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Re:Next Computers by mpweiher on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @03:31AM (#35871229)
Well, NeXTstep could multitask in 8MB of RAM. And do it well in 16MB.
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Re:Next Computers by saagarjha on Tuesday May 09, 2023 @05:06AM (#35871755)
I mean the concept of multitasking takes basically no overhead. The question is what resources your "average app" takes. On NeXTSTEP those requirements were quite low.
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