It's been debated since the early days of smartphones, when devices such as the Treo based on Palm OS could not handle more than one task at a time, while handsets based on the Windows Mobile platform had the capability.

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The guy in my client meeting had a MacBook that ran both Windows and Mac OS so it came with a lot of extra memory to handle both operating systems.

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Here is why Microsoft creates new OS. Technology changes and so does the need to be able to handle new resources.

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