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In article <42b97r$paf$2@mhafm.production.compuserve.com>, Nathan Jones
<73754.717@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

> Hello everyone.  I don't know why everyone is comparing Win95 to the hunk
> of poorly-designed crap known as the Mac!
> 
> First off, both are crap, don't waste hard earned $$$ on either.

In reality, MacOS is the only competition Win95 has. No one else has
anywhere near the volume to have a chance.

> 
> Second, if you want to argue, the Mac sys 7.5 NEVER had preemptive 
> multitasking (system allots time).  It has a crap-form where an app
> grabs as much time as it wants, and gives it back when it's done.  This
> is Win3.1, people!  This is a TASK-SWITCHER.

You might try learning something about computers before you post. Mac
System 6 task switched. Mac System 7 and above _does_ multitask (as does
Win3.1). It's called cooperative multitasking. Different from Pre-emptive
multitasking, but it works.

> 
> You want real multitasking?  The mac won't do it.  Get OS/2, UNIX, or
> just about anything decent.  Of course, if you want excellence, get an
> amiga.

Suppose you tell me where I can buy an Amiga with 1/2 the power of a good
PowerMac. As for multitasking--can you explain why I _need_ preemptive
multitasking? Cooperative works well enough for now (though PMT will be an
improvement, I don't consider it an essential one) for me and all of our
computer users.

> 
> BTW: What caused the confusion about whether system 7.5 has everything
> a GOOD machine has is that it has 32-bit addressing and some degree of
> plug&play (which is no more real than Micorsoft's, since ALL SCSI
> peripherals are P&P, and MS's only works with major brand name parts)

If you're trying to compare MacOS PnP to Microsoft's, you _really_ don't
have a clue. MacOS PnP _works_. Win3.1 doesn't even have it and Win95
works some percentage (<< 100%) of the time.

-- 
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