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Old 17-05-2005, 09:47   #17
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Re: New Longhorn details

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Originally Posted by scastle
The Amiga could unload all unnecessary programs (include the desktop) 17 years ago! Why has it taken Microsoft so long?
Maybe because it essientially does away with multitasking. If you wanted to tab out, mid game, and then tab back in, I wonder how long it would take to keep loading and unloading the desktop. How much resources does it take to render a near-static desktop anyway?
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