James Sweet wrote:
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and the inability of windows to pre-emptively
multitask,



Incorrect.

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How about offering some insight rather than just a big buzzer?

Wasn't necessary as I doubt anyone in here is running 3.1 or older.

Depends on the version really, Win 3.1 and earlier didn't offer
pre-emptive multitasking, when an application was minimized it generally
ground to a halt. Win 9x was a big improvement over this but still
mediocre. Win NT/2K/XP is better still, and are generally quite good
OS's, but the multitasking is still rather poor compared

Not really but then 'poor' is a subjective term.

to several
other OS's on the market. Of course any OS is a compromise, what you
gain in one area you often lose in another.