How Does the Pocket PC Benefit from Support of Real Time?
Did you know that your Pocket PC is running multiple tasks even when just displaying the Today screen? These tasks are the kernel, shell, and GDI (Graphics Display Interface) — in addition to any applications you are using. The Pocket PC is constantly switching between these tasks, and between other programs you are running simultaneously. This means that there are many times while you are using your Pocket PC when it has to switch between applications, in order for it to finish a function call, a processor activity. Each time a switch occurs, the amount of time the Pocket PC takes to switch is about one fifth the amount of time that the Palm-size PC took. Windows CE uses preemptive multitasking to guarantee that all applications will have a percentage of the CPU. Preemptive multitasking means that Windows CE maintains a list of tasks that are running and provides a guarantee that those applications will have a percentage of the CPU. This allows you to run other applications in the ba
