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HELP! Mac OSX vs. WinXP Multitasking Limits?!
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<blockquote data-quote="TekWiz" data-source="post: 211193"><p>I haven't been able to find any head-to-head comparison between Mulititasking ability in WinXP and OSX or Linux for that matter. I believe WinXP may be severely limited in multitasking ability and everybody who uses it pretends it's fine or just suffers with it.</p><p></p><p>xstep, I do have 10 years experience working with Windows and I have been using WinXP for hours a day for 5 years now! Currently I am using a 1500 Mhz Athlon with 512 MB. Believe me, I can't run more than a few things on a freshly booted machine, and as soon as I use it for a few days, I must reboot because I can run less and less. Photoshop loses most of the available fonts, etc.</p><p></p><p>As I explained, Windows makes use of the SWAP file if it doesn't have enough RAM. When I opened the 37 IE windows and 16 Explorer windows, the swap file didn't increase a bit and THERE WAS NO SLOWDOWN AT ALL! It's just that at that point, NO WINDOW WOULD OPEN ANYMORE! Maybe if I closed one of the Explorer window I could open an IE window but with nothing showing up in it, or maybe no toolbar, or as you say an empty frame. This is clearly an indication of some STACK LIMITATION in the OS. Let's face it, with all of the glitz and hoopla, WinXP is unable to run more than a couple of major programs and maybe 10 IE and 10 Explorer Windows. We have seen in this thread that the MAC has no such clear limit--people have easily opened up hundreds of windows with no problem and posted samples.</p><p></p><p>I am currently trying to get info on Win2000 from that other forum.</p><p></p><p>Yeah that link has stopped working because the answers I got were very abusive and the forum moderators decided to delete the whole thread. Those WinXP users were RABID--calling me names and what not. They don't like to be faced with the truth about Windows the love so much.</p><p></p><p>I'm trying to get more info on the same forum, but taking a more sophisticated approach. However already I get a negative response--"why would anyone need so many windows open at the same time?" Idea totally missed. Why did people in this forum test and give me immediate results with screenshots? Most Windows users don't know how to even get a screenshot much less post it anywhere... Hehehe...</p><p></p><p>New threads:</p><p><a href="http://computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/64135.html" target="_blank">http://computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/64135.html</a></p><p><a href="http://computing.net/windows2003/wwwboard/forum/5540.html" target="_blank">http://computing.net/windows2003/wwwboard/forum/5540.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TekWiz, post: 211193"] I haven't been able to find any head-to-head comparison between Mulititasking ability in WinXP and OSX or Linux for that matter. I believe WinXP may be severely limited in multitasking ability and everybody who uses it pretends it's fine or just suffers with it. xstep, I do have 10 years experience working with Windows and I have been using WinXP for hours a day for 5 years now! Currently I am using a 1500 Mhz Athlon with 512 MB. Believe me, I can't run more than a few things on a freshly booted machine, and as soon as I use it for a few days, I must reboot because I can run less and less. Photoshop loses most of the available fonts, etc. As I explained, Windows makes use of the SWAP file if it doesn't have enough RAM. When I opened the 37 IE windows and 16 Explorer windows, the swap file didn't increase a bit and THERE WAS NO SLOWDOWN AT ALL! It's just that at that point, NO WINDOW WOULD OPEN ANYMORE! Maybe if I closed one of the Explorer window I could open an IE window but with nothing showing up in it, or maybe no toolbar, or as you say an empty frame. This is clearly an indication of some STACK LIMITATION in the OS. Let's face it, with all of the glitz and hoopla, WinXP is unable to run more than a couple of major programs and maybe 10 IE and 10 Explorer Windows. We have seen in this thread that the MAC has no such clear limit--people have easily opened up hundreds of windows with no problem and posted samples. I am currently trying to get info on Win2000 from that other forum. Yeah that link has stopped working because the answers I got were very abusive and the forum moderators decided to delete the whole thread. Those WinXP users were RABID--calling me names and what not. They don't like to be faced with the truth about Windows the love so much. I'm trying to get more info on the same forum, but taking a more sophisticated approach. However already I get a negative response--"why would anyone need so many windows open at the same time?" Idea totally missed. Why did people in this forum test and give me immediate results with screenshots? Most Windows users don't know how to even get a screenshot much less post it anywhere... Hehehe... New threads: [url]http://computing.net/windows2000/wwwboard/forum/64135.html[/url] [url]http://computing.net/windows2003/wwwboard/forum/5540.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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