#Multitasking
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If you can do all of that in a 512K Amiga (as the message you replied to
suggested, and as your response – under $800 Amiga 500) suggested, please let
me know how! I have a 512K 1000 and can barely run anything without immense
frustration.
Multitasking is a real powerful tool. Unfortunately if you have a low-level
system (like 512K) it's a pain in the butt. Why? You may say "well just
don't multitask". My response is that just about everything EXPECTS you to
multitask. I print a decent-sized document in WordPerfect without quitting
WordPerfect and running the print program separately. Before you sink your
teeth into that one, I can't do any decent graphing whatsoever with
MaxxiPlan. And, (unbelievably in my opinion) my terminal programs don't even
have an editable buffer, because they expect me to be multitasking a text
editor in the background!!
Now, I'm not denying the power of the computer, and the power of multitasking
at all. It's wonderful. And when I have 1 meg I'll be living happily – at
1.5 meg I'll be smiling broadly. But, there is another side to it. I think
a 512K Amiga is a significantly less functional computer than an ST at 512K,
and in many ways "practically" less functional too – as in my second
paragraph.