I have some doubts about that multitasking ... the system seems to go away for
5 - 30 minutes, depending on what it's doing, and won't allow any mouse or
keyboard activity to interrupt what it's doing, which is a mystery. It does
come back eventually, though I've not checked it extensively. This sort of
event happens on both boxes, so I doubt it's broken hardware.
Not to create an issue, but under Windows, that doesn't often happen, though
it's possible, I guess. <ducks to avoid flames> What could be going on?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
When compared to Windows, the MacOS was AMAZINGLY
fast, stable, and
compact.
And cooperatively multitasked. Ewww. <ducks to avoid flames>
This is truly its greatest fault, yes. Do note, though, that one advantage of
having less software available means less shovelware. Despite being non-
preemptive, classic MacOS crashes much less because the software Macs run
is generally better quality. We don't have everybody and his brother writing
crap that crashes the machine, though we don't have all the good stuff either.
Of course, with OS X.1 now available, this critique too is no longer valid.
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