__/ [ Heidi van Wong ] on Tuesday 19 September 2006 18:46 \__
> I've used Microsoft OSes since MS-DOS 2.11. Back then multitasking *that
> just worked* was the OS holy grail for home computers. I spent my precious
> time warezing Desqview to achieve this magic. I even bought GeoWorks
> (GEOS). Spent *lots* of time using, and envying, the Apple Macintosh
> computers my friends and colleagues used.
>
> Enter Windows 3.11. It promised to make multitasking easy. But you know
> what? I've upgraded through Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and
> Windows XP and I *still* can't get my PC to multitask properly, 20 years
> later. If there's a speed bottleneck anywhere, it makes the whole system
> crawl. I could have a 5000-core liquid nitrogen-cooled 20GB RAM 90000Ghz
> FSB and it would edit 200 Notepad files just great, but try copying files
> from a CD-ROM or via USB cable and the system will become unusable.
>
> Will Vista change this?
>
> I want to boot up a Windows OS where I can copy from a CD, put songs on my
> MP3 player, manage my digital camera and burn a DVD while I play a
> graphics-intensive 3D game in a small window with _NO_ slowdown.
>
> Will Vista deliver this?
You must be thinking about an augmented environment that exploits, e.g. the
notion of virtual desktops.
Enter Linux.
http://slated.org/xgl_on_fc5
Best wishes,
Roy
PS - c**p. Only now do I realise it was crossposted wildly. [groups reduced
appropriately]
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