Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: scott goehring
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 09:53

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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950820025750.2150B-100000@nova.gmi.edu>,
Matthew Kramer  <kram1968@gmi.edu> wrote:
>On Sun, 20 Aug 1995, Dave Glue wrote:

>> Since 3.0.  And unlike the Mac, most Windows applications were
>> co-operative aware 4-5 years ago.
>
>No, Windows has never multi-tasked.  IT's task-swapped, yes, but never 
>multi-tasked.

"task-swapping" is a (primitive) form of multitasking.

the only way a computer can truly run two or more tasks simultaneously
is if it has more than one processor.  all multitasking uniprocessors
use some sort of arbitration scheme to divide processor time up
amongst competing tasks.

might i recommend A. Silberschatz et al, _Operating Systems Concepts_
as some light reading so next time you won't have to have your toes
surgically extracted from your larnyx?

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