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- From: putzolu@cs.ucdavis.edu (David Matthew Putzolu)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Need to convince boss 486's are *not* way to go...
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 05:58:26 GMT
- References: <FXaoXB2w165w@bbs.draco.bison.mb.ca> <1993Jan21.020447.24669@athena.mit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan21.020447.24669@athena.mit.edu> Eric M Hermanson,
- zmonster@athena.mit.edu writes:
- >>MacOS isn't pre-emptive multitasking, I'll admit that, but it's comming
- >>up! But with all of thsoe things you said about Mac, it was still
- better
- >
- >If they were to make the MacOS pre-emptive, all the current software
- would
- >have to be rewritten to accomodate it. You will never ever ever see
- >pre-emptive multitasking on a Macintosh.
-
- Wrongo! There has been a pre-emptive multitasking Macintosh OS
- around for several years now, that does NOT require any rewritting.
- It's called A/UX, and it CAN run normal Mac apps pre-emptively.
- Try to check the facts before you flame.
-
- >>than PCs, becuase the only "OK" current multitasker now on the PC
- >>platform is OS/2, forget about windows. I don't see next capturing a
- >>large share of the marketplace anytime soon, and they don't deserve to.
-
- >It is not next, it is NeXT.
-
- NeXT is MUCH better than Windows, and probably better than OS/2.
- But at several hundred $/copy, it isn't next, it is simply doomed.
-