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The Stoner (mxs...@hertz.njit.edu) wrote:
: On 19 Apr 1995, JORDAN SPENSER AARON wrote:

: > Sure it can run several, multithreaded applications at the same time.  

: Everything I'v heard about Win95 says it is still a 16 bit (at heart) 
: coopertive multitasking os.  Sure it will run serveral apps, but it 
: doesn't pre-emt, so (from what I understand) if a WIN95 app locks up while 
: calculating or something, the whole system will lock up, since the program has 
: control over the processor.  (correct me if I am wrong) Also, I would still get 
: the little annoying hour glass telling me I have to wait till what I am 
: currently doing is done.  In a sense, that IS running several apps at the 
: same time.


You are wrong.  It is a 32bit OS, with DOS built in.  I have had ONE 
application lock up, and only one time.  It didn't take the entire system 
down, as I was able to terminate that program, and everything else just 
kept chugging along.  And if you want my opinion, whats the difference 
between the hourglass and the OS/2 clock icon?  So you know, there is a 
new pointer in Win95.  Have you used the newer Mosaic?  There is a combo 
hourglass/pointer.  You can still move windows around and do work in 
another app while the other app is busy.  

You have not even seen Win95 yet, have you?

:  If Microsoft cruches OS/2, then I'll most to Linux or another UNIX os 
: before I go to Windows.  At least I know I will have TRUE multitasking 
: capabilities and not some re-worked DOS/WIN3.1 combo stirred up and 
: repackaged.

tsk tsk... Have fun!
While you are sweating with your OS, I'll be working and ENJOYING my 
computer.

 Jeff