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

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From: Don Schmelling
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 01:21

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Daphine (edwintam@b2.hkstar.com) wrote:
: Don Schmelling (dons@olympus.net) wrote:
: : will simpson (wbs2@po.cwru.edu) wrote:
: : : the majority of users dont need preemptive multitasking... (mind you, id
: : : certainly welcome and appreciate it...) but, the protected address space
: : : is something id like to have today... copland is an excellent step in the
: : : right direction... impressive actually... as for win95 being preemptively
: : I beg your pardon???  Why are Microsoft and Apple trying to implement
: : PMT then?  Perhaps someone thinks the majority of users do in fact need PMT.
: : Everyone that wants to complete several tasks in the shortest amount of time
: : needs PMT, unless of course they like wasting their time...
: No, that's because PMT is another big chance to hype and get big real money.
: Ask around the users (Mac or M$) 
: "Do you want PMT ?" YES! YES! YES!
: "How many PMT you want for free ?" MORE! MORE! MORE!
: "What is PMT anway ?" ...
Well there is something to be said for that.  I would never buy a
computer for my personal use that did not have PMT because I have
found it to be indispensable.
PMT = preemtive multitasking

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Don Schmelling   Port Angeles, WA USA
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           OMNIA EXTARES
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From: dons@olympus.net (Don Schmelling)
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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
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