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Article #6841Re: Multitasking
From: Dave Thompson
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1986 14:48
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1986 14:48
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I used an RT with the Andrew window manager for the first time yesterday.
While Andrew certainly isn't a Mac, by the same token a Mac isn't Andrew. And
the ONE thing Andrew has that the Mac doesn't is multitasking! It does seem
much more productive to have a typescript (UNIX) window and an editor window.
You can go back and forth quickly, making a change in your editor window and
remaking your program in the typescript window. Want to see a man page? Type
the command in the typescript window and up pops another window with that info.
(I'm not sure that I like tiled windows, though.) Really NEAT!
Yes, I know LightSpeed C is fast! and that you can (sort of) run it under
switcher ... Maybe when Servant comes out there will at least be the ILLUSION
of multitasking though certainly not of the unix/vax type. I DO love my Mac(s)--
but it doesn't stop you from dreaming, does it??
--
Dave Thompson uucp: {ihnp4|hplabs|psivax}!csun!dlt
CSUN Computer Center phone: (818) 885-2790
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
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