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Things Mac OS 9 doesn't do that you wish it did.
I wish it was FAT. It would be sluggish but cool.
I wish it had:
Protected Memory
Genuine Multithreading and Multitasking (NOT HACK)
Thats about it
Protected Memory
Genuine Multithreading and Multitasking (NOT HACK)
Thats about it
Let me be the troll;
Really? I think thats Apple propaganda, as everyone has to read that the OS is not afflicted by a application crash for years now. I have some reale stabel OS 8.6 machines that never need reboots at all. OK, PM could be nice but it is not mandatory.
I do not need it. In fact cooperative multitasking has its advantages. For example I will never see such a snappy GUI at any X or Debian or whatever. It drives me crazy to see how fast a OS can react at 1 GHz when I use the Quadcores with Linux, ...I belive cooperativ multitasking is better for desktops and single user computers. Applications like Quicktime, that grab everything and block the entire computer are a pain – that´s true - but this is a application problem and not one of the OS.
In fairness, it is eminently possible for one bad application to stomp all over another one. The OS tries to guard for this (and has some trivial protections such as guarding the red zone), but there really isn't much true protection at all.
That said, as you demonstrate, a well-chosen set of well-behaved apps will run faster and just as well on a real-memory, cooperatively multitasked OS simply because preemptive multitasking and true virtual memory cost cycles. But then, cherry picking always works. }
That said, as you demonstrate, a well-chosen set of well-behaved apps will run faster and just as well on a real-memory, cooperatively multitasked OS simply because preemptive multitasking and true virtual memory cost cycles. But then, cherry picking always works. }
Windows 9x was a nice mixture of everything. Part Protected, part not. Cooperative Multitasking with Multithreading. (Wha?) Sometimes it was rock solid, and then 1 bad app or driver would make the entire thing as stable as 7.5.2. But then, cherry picking always works. }