Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Paul Christenson
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 04:51

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Nevin ":-]" Liber (nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU) wrote:
: In article <4in381$ri9@steel.interlog.com>, daveacg@interlog.com (Dave
: Glue) wrote:

: > You mean in 1991, the Mac OS could dynamically allocate memory to apps
: > without the user "specifying" how much memory each apps needs by
: > him/herself?

: On the flip side, Unix users have to set process limits so that things
: like Netscape don't bring the whole machine to a snail's pace.

I have *NEVER* had to set a "process limit" on ANY *nix system that I've
used, from my (primarily) CLI Linux system here at home, to the SGIs at
school.  I've run Netscape concurrently with several shells and programs
such as Matlab.  The only time I would need to set priorities is when I'm
running a timing-sensitive process such as RealAudio.

Many of the MEs at school regularly run Netscape while waiting for a long
ANSYS job to run.  Most programs (like Netscape) spend most of their time 
waiting for input, be it user input or data from the net.

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
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