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Why aren't computer clocks as accurate as cheap quartz watches?
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No, windows NT does not pre-emptively multitask.
Yes, it does. I've seen the code.
This is because it only multitasks, but it is not pre-emptive
multitasking. The kernel does not have complete control of each
application.
It does preemptively multitask, and the kernel has complete control of
all applications.
You're still applying the principles of 16-bit Windows and Windows 9x
to the NT-based operating systems. The latter are completely different
operating systems, though, rewritten from scratch, and they don't have
anything in common with other versions of Windows except for the look
and feel of the user interface.
It is very good, but it is not pre-emptive.
It is both good and preemptive.
OS/2, for one, uses pre-emptive and it is so far ahead and superior
to the way windows works, folks would not believe it. The difference
between the two is beyond night and day.
OS/2 is dead and gone, and although it was superior in design to the
old versions of Windows, it was not superior to NT.
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