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Frank Breedijk (breedijk@hell.xs4all.nl) wrote:

>  JP> impressed! But this multitasking just isn't any better than Windows,
>  JP> System 7.5 or whatever.

> Don't hurt my eyes like that please.

>  JP> If I copy a file from disk to Hard drive (OS is on HD but not partition
>  JP> copying to)...I wait and boy do I have to WAIT! Now I thought I could
>  JP> copy a file and do whatever else. Why is this? could I copy a file from
>  JP> floppy to HD, if I had two HD's? One for the OS and One for the file
>  JP> being copied to.

> First of all, how are you copying, if you are using the workbench to copy the
> file, than you indeed have to wait, because the task is busy, but other tasks
> still run. Try loading you ANSI edito first and then copiing the file.

>  JP> Soooo why is Amiga Multitaking better than Win 3.11 or any other OS.
>  JP> Amiga is fast and tasks full advantage of it's resources , but the
>  JP> multitasking is just not that great. Unless it could copy a file, print
>  JP> a page of text, and render an image. That would blow WinDOZE, System 7 
>  JP> away as far as multitasking. Thanks in advance for setting me straight!

> First, the acid test, open for example DPaint and then goto the workbench and
> format a disk. Then switch back to dpaint using Left amiga M to flip back. Try
> this under windows. You can't!

> The diferance is that in the amiga operating system, the operating system is
> respocible for deviding the system time between the tasks running whereas on
> windoz, the programs have to give up time to let the other programs run. This
> is done differently under windows NT.

> Offcourse I do have to admit that the amiga get sluggisch when you do a lot at
> the same time, but it does not come to a grinding halt, it does still run. And
> with more processorpower it would even run better.

Get Executive, and it won't even be sluggish any more.

Jeremy
jeremyn@injersey.com