>But it sure is annoying when a program crashes in the MacOS and >requiring a long reboot, instead of WinXP just exiting the program and NOT >requiring a reboot..Anybody notice that?
Well, you're talking about technology that's ~10 years apart. XP has all the latest preemptive multitasking and kernel protection stuff built in (more or less), while 7.1 (and up to the last of the 9's, really) is still using the old cooporative multitasking with minimal memory/kernel protection. It does so happen that well-behaved Mac apps are more likely to keep running well than Win apps, but even on a Mac things will go wrong, and when they do, the OS itself is vulnerable. OS X fixed that of course, but since we're not likely to see OS X on an '030... There's always A/UX ;) Scott Holder -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Replacement Apple CDROMs from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 PPC 5400/200Mhz 16/1.6GB/CD/ENET/L2 $119, 5+ for $99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
