Thread: Why PalmSource May Be Right About Multitasking
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Old 06-27-2005, 03:45 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Laurens
The drawback to multitasking is that applications have to compete for memory usage.
True, but that shouldn't be a problem anymore. The Palm V had 2MB Ram and Flash and didn't offer multitasking. The Tungsten T5 has a whopping 256 MB of total memory (which includes the user-accessible RAM and Flash), and still doesn't offer multitasking.

All I am saying is that as hardware develops and opens up to new possibilities, we shouldn't be arguing that software technology that dates back almost a decade is still preferable to newer technology.
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