
1Ghz processor (thats 1000 times faster than the apollo CPU) in a netbook is not enough for poor Windows 7 to run more than 3 applications at a time.
A bit like comparing an apple to a Ferrari. The only real-time graphical display that the LM had was the window, and they weren't surfing bloated flash-enabled websites while typing up a damage per second spreadsheet in OpenOffice. The uses for computers have changed dramatically in 40 years, and even though the 3 application limit is horseshit, you cannot compare the 8 "tasks" that the AGC could handle to 3 applications in Windows 7. The thread count on my windows 7 test PC (which admittedly is not a netbook) currently stands at 221 while idlely sitting there with no applications open...
Great you just gave WoTC a new business model. Whenever you buy one of their books you must buy the installation package which will have a WoTC technician come out and nail the book down into the folding table in your mom's basement.
Fixed that for you...
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