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

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From: Bernd "Bernie" Meyer
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:08

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Matthew Kramer <kram1968@gmi.edu> writes:

>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.

Imagine the flamewar that will erupt once I mention that Windows has been
preemptively multitasking since version 3 :-)

Bernie

P.S.: It's true. And no, I will not participate in the following discussion.
I have done this 5 times over, now it's somebody else's turn.

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