Multitasking is a very essential requirement today. There are not so many choices for multitasking operating systems today--Microsoft, Symbian and Linux.

hello, i'm searching for a good os for older x86 machines that run between 16-100mhz (386 to p100) with very small ammounts of memory (2-4MB), and small hard drives (system must be ~5-10MB full ...

Microsoft and IBM have open-sourced on git the 1988 operating system MS-DOS 4.0 under the MIT License. In addition to the source code for MS-DOS 4, the public git repository contains unreleased ...

Windows, prior to Windows 95, and the Mac, prior to Mac OS X, were non-preemptive multitasking operating systems. Contrast with preemptive multitasking. See multitasking.

Introduced in April 1987, the OS/2 operating system was the first Intel-based modern 32-bit multitasking operating system aimed at the personal computer market. (The operating system for the first ...

From a user-facing perspective, Apple plans to deliver a multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system, according to those same people.

I had one of those weird moments recently where I made an analogy between two things that I have never before analogized. Namely, multi-tasking operating systems and project planning. I will get ...

Apple has officially announced iPadOS, as the iPhone-maker is splitting off the iPad from iOS. The new OS will take advantage of the bigger screen.