"START /wait" or running without "START /wait"

[Ascii2]

Guides for unattended install of Windows state to use "START followed by a title, the /wait switch, then the item to run. The reason given to use START with the /wait argument is to have items run individually (not having multiple things running simultaneously).

When applications in a batch file are run without the START command, they seem to run individually and in sequencial order. Is the perception accurate? Is the opting to use START with the /wait switch a preference of multiple ways of doing something?

Edited September 26, 2008 by Ascii2