I love Multitasking!
Man, I just realized how much I am doing on this system than others with Classical Mac OS
LIke, back then, when one application crashed, everything else whent, and now, oh man, it is so much nicer,
And now the Finder is a seperate application from being able to open things. SO, if your finder is not working for some reason, you can still open other programs
and, oh man, i love being able to have all these programs open at once, doing a lot of different thigns with the system, and not hitting a bump ANYWHERE
and, of course, the 128x128 iconny goodness... oh yeah.... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
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Nebagakid] at [2007-11-15 9:13:46]
# 1 Re: I love Multitasking!
The old Mac OS had multitasking. It also had multi-processing, the cooperative kind. What it lacked, which you love, is protected memory. The old Mac OS's memory management was its real soft spot.
In Mac OS X we have protected memory, preemptive multi-processing. It makes all the difference.
[ 03-16-2003: Message edited by: Scott ]</p>
Scott at 2007-11-17 13:12:29 >
# 2 Re: I love Multitasking!
[quote]Originally posted by Scott:
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In Mac OS X we have protected memory, preemptive multi-processing. It makes all the difference.
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Actually, the best is when all of this multitasking mumbo jumbo lets me see the coolest thing on OS X— the spinning beach ball.
I like watching that on my iBook. It's very hypnotic, like staring out the window for hours, or these <a href="http://www.bthere.tv/video_popup.asp?sid=463&quality=H" target="_blank">bouncing boobs.</a>
# 3 Re: I love Multitasking!
I love OSX, OS9 is so slow in comparison (I have a Dual 1Ghz MDD), for instance, an installer in OS9 will take up practically all of the processor, while in OSX you can easily do so many other things. :D
mattyj at 2007-11-17 13:14:37 >
# 4 Re: I love Multitasking!
[quote]Originally posted by Scott:
<strong>The old Mac OS had multitasking. It also had multi-processing, the cooperative kind. What it lacked, which you love, is protected memory. The old Mac OS's memory management was its real soft spot.
In Mac OS X we have protected memory, preemptive multi-processing. It makes all the difference.
[ 03-16-2003: Message edited by: Scott ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Incorrect. In Mac OS X, we have preemptive multi-tasking and symmetric multiprocessing, not preemptive multi-processing. Subtle though you may think this is, multi-processing is the ability to use more than one processor at a time by distributing threads to each available processor. In Mac OS 9, this functionality was not built into the OS kernel but had to be added to individual applications and hence OS 9 did not have multiprocessing. OS X's symmetric multiprocessing means that threads are divided equally between all processors by the kernel, depending on their processor usage.
You would be correct in saying that Mac OS 9 had multitasking, but of the cooperative kind. This meant that a rogue process was able to take over the system and hence force a restart. Mac OS X has preemptive multitasking, which means that the OS has some control over how much processor time each process is allowed to have.
I apologise for being so picky. I'm tired. ;)
And to Nebagakid - I agree. I didn't realise it at first, but the ability to multitask so effectively does have a huge impact on productivity!
# 5 Re: I love Multitasking!
OK... Terrific
# 6 Re: I love Multitasking!
Yup, multi-tasking is great... maybe one day the Windows world will be able to experience it as well.
# 7 Re: I love Multitasking!
Even better? Multitasking and dual processors AND dual monitors...
Vuala ( http://66.66.103.207/multi.jpg)
# 8 Re: I love Multitasking!
OS X does multitasking very well, but it needs to be more threaded. There are times when I am in the Finder and I try to log on to a server and the Finder freezes until it connects. I think that 10.3 will be the OS that only a few will have complaints about. 10.3 is going to be the pussy that everyone wants to lick. :)
# 9 Re: I love Multitasking!
Multitasking was kind of a pain for me, but then I added 384MB of RAM to my system, and all is well.
Kecksy at 2007-11-17 13:20:43 >
# 10 Re: I love Multitasking!
Originally posted by Mac OS X Addict
10.3 is going to be the pussy that everyone wants to lick. :)
People lick their cats :!!!:
Don't they end up with fur balls :?:
RodUK at 2007-11-17 13:21:44 >
# 11 Re: I love Multitasking!
Originally posted by RodUK
People lick their cats :!!!: Perhaps this is some american slang that doesn't work in the UK. :p
Don't they end up with fur balls :?: In some cases, probably. :lol:
Kecksy is right about the RAM issue, though. Mac OS X NEEDS a hefty amount of RAM to sufficiently multitask between a number of open apps without paging to the hard disk for virtual memory. Once you hit a "sweet spot" for RAM, multitasking is a beautiful facet of the OS.
Brad at 2007-11-17 13:22:43 >
# 12 Re: I love Multitasking!
Can't say I have any problems with licking pussy... erm... cough.
Sometimes I sit in wonder at all the stuff my Mac will do at once: I frequently surf and email while 3D renders go off in the background, and the machine doesn't even get upset when I connect to it from the Powerbook to drag some files over.
The fact I have the confidence to do this (under OS 9 I wouldn't even dream of trying to do more than one thing at once) speaks volumes for Jaguar's solidity.
# 13 Re: I love Multitasking!
For those that can't wait to multitask in 10.3:
http://www.emansworld.com/JPEGS/dog1_anpa.jpg
# 14 Re: I love Multitasking!
...and our OS is so cool, it goes both ways:
http://www.emansworld.com/JPEGS/dog3_anpa.jpg
