Re: Pre-Emptive Mutlitasking(was re: Apple?)

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From: Colin Smith
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 15:44

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: >>>Humans are inherently preemptive multitasking systems.  
: >>
: >>Not really.  Not if you want to actually accomplish anything, that is.

That's what script's are for, write a script to do a task, then submit it to
cron and forget about it. Have you ever tried to do a backup under Windows,
while still working? It turns my 486 into an XT. How about formatting a
floppy? Printing even?

While humans might get confused when doing more than one thing at a time,
it's nice to be able to have the computer do routine stuff for you., defrag
the file system, remove temporary or backup files, reindex databases, log
on to a news/mail host & grab the news & mail etc etc. In windows this'll
slow your computer down to a crawl, the Mac isn't as bad, Apple have got
the multi-tasking better, but it can still be a serious pain at times. 

hence............

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From: colins@mojo.europe.dg.com (Colin Smith)
Subject: Re: Pre-Emptive Mutlitasking(was re: Apple?)
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 95 15:44:59 GMT
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