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ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:

>          Macintosh IICi, built-in Apple video, 680x480(yuck)x256 colors.
>          32 bit addressing turned on, VRAM on, 16 Meg available, disk 
>          cache 384K.      

>Software: Excel 3 (I will try it with Excel 4 in the next couple days).

  I tried it with Excel 4.0 on the Mac, which is generally slower than
Excel 3.0 in my experience.

>The test: Put an integer into cell A1. Cells B1 -> Z1 are cell to the left
>          + 1. Cells A2 -> Z1000 are cell above +1. See how long it takes 
>          to recalc the sheet after changing value of A1.

>Results:  Under Windows recalc took 3.3 seconds. 
>On the Mac, 7.5 seconds.

  4.1 seconds on my IIci.  

>          I'll try this and other benchmarks on different machines. Don't
>          have a Quadra to try though.

  I do though.  1.2 seconds for the same test on a 25MHz 68040 Quadra.

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