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The Mac had cooperative multitasking until I believe Mac OSX. They were nearly the last OS to get preemptive multitasking by a factor of like 5-6 years. The M
by kenjackson 16y ago
The Mac had cooperative multitasking until I believe Mac OSX. They were nearly the last OS to get preemptive multitasking by a factor of like 5-6 years.
The Mac was technologically out front when it came out and then for 15 years just seemed to stand still. Architectural elements like multitasking and memory management just became dated while systems like Windows made the Mac OS look archaic. Until OS X.
I think the other commenter is alluding to iOS maybe following the same trend, but this time to Android.
- bane 16y agoYeah, that's exactly what I was thinking about. History tends to repeat itself. The shift from cooperative multitasking to preemptive was an extremely painful experience for Apple. How many failed OS projects did they have before they just threw in the towel and bought NeXT? I hope that the modern equivalent doesn't go the same way for their mobile solution.