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In article <205@bridge2.UUCP> ngg@bridge2.UUCP (Norman Goodger) writes:
>> I've been programming on Macs and Lisas for a long time now.  What do I
>> spend my time doing mostly? No, not typing in code, no, not debugging  I
>> spend most of my time watching the stupid machine compile things.  I could
>> be doing thousands of better and more interesting things if the damn thing
>> could compile in the background!  But NO, the Mac's operating system is so
>> brain damaged, and the hardware is so "un-there", that this is just
>> impossible.
>> 
>> 
>> Oh well, all this flaming aside, I really do like the Mac.  It's a great
>> little box. But it could be a lot better.
>> 
>>	Come on lets get serious, You are all trying to compare a $1500
>	Computer with the processing power of a mini or mainframe. Sure
>	Multi-tasking would be nice, sure it would be nice to have it
>	print several documents while you communicate with a BBS or 
>	whatever. The Mac was never designed to be what you are trying
>	to Make it, future Macs may be a totally different story, but stop
>	jumping on the MAC to do things it was never designed or able to
>	do. If you want multi-tasking on your Mac...get more than one!!!
>	The Mac in comparsion to other Computers is the best buy for its
>	software and power over the competition in its range..lets leave


I think if you were comparing the mac to YESTERDAY's conceptions of
mini and micro, yes, but by todays standards, no way!

A CoCo with os-9 can handle multi-tasking so I'm told, and what of
the Amiga?

I don't think the CoCo was DESIGNED as a multi-tasking machine, but
the software's coming out [for the mac too, if you get gib.juicy-rumours]
it changed it quite a bit.

What I want tho, is to have everything built into the operating system.
I don't mean "pseudo-multi-tasking" like switcher or servant, but the
real stuff. The 68000 is a VERY powerful chip compared to others
in the past, and should easily be able to handle the memory management
footwork with some clever programming.

No, the mac WASN'T designed for multi-tasking with stuff built into
the ROM for it like with the amiga, but the time for it is LONG overdue!

Mac-er's of the net, unite! We have nothing to lose but our carriers!


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