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Originally Posted by macrotor
I prefer saved-state (with support of background threads) for the following reason:
A program will have nearly ALL resources available to it while it runs.
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I am not sure about HEAP allocation and such in Windows Mobile 2005, but unless you run out of memory, I have never had resource trouble when running multiple applications at once on a Pocket PC.
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Until we develop a device that allows us to SEE multiple applications at once, there is little need to be running multiple entire programs at once.
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Well, except for those who like to do multiple things at once, like Alex's example with the Internet applications. Btw, there is a tool called Seymour for PPC which allows you to SEE two running applications at once:
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/2294.html
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How easy is the app to restart and get where I left off versus just letting it run in the background and suck down resources?
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Like I said above, I don't see where resources are suck down when you run PPC applications in background.
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In other words, we are now at the beginning where only games and video require ALL resources, so task-switching will become unnecessary. I prefer Palm's method...for now. I think PocketPCs were trying to be a laptop long before they had the power to do so, and their usability has suffered because of it. But I applaud Palm's switch to Linux and multi-tasking. The hardware has finally arrived (LifeDrive and T5), but now the software needs to catch up.
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Totally agree with you here!