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In article <13353@helios.TAMU.EDU> mkh6317@summa.tamu.edu writes:
>
>Actually, I've run Windows 3.0 with SoftPC/AT/EGA already on my IIci.  Even
>on this platform, it is a VERY slow puppy.  Supprisingly the IBM people who
>run Windows on a 286 platform get *approximately* the same response.  It
>would seem that Windows really needs a 386-25mhz platform before a Mac person
>would find it useable (if ever ;->).
>
>Truth or fiction:  Most people who bought Windows 3.0 are not currently using
>                   it because it is a slow memory pig?
>

Well, we actually use Windows 3.0 here at work.  I'm running it on an
NCR 486/33 MC with 16MB of memory, and it "feels" slower than running the
Mac OS w/ Multifinder on my personal Mac IIcx with 5MB of memory.  As a
matter of fact, just a couple of weeks ago we upgraded the machine from
a 486/25 to a 486/33, and now using Windows is tolerable, whereas before
it seemed awfully slow.  Of course I don't have any benchmark results to
back up my "feeling" of the machine, but I think that how the machine
"feels" is often as important as how it performs in the benchmarks.  I have
no doubt that the 486/33 is a "superior" machine if you only count raw
computing power, but given a choice, I would still choose a Mac to use
anytime.  (Of course, if they were being given away, I would take the
486/33, sell it, and buy a Mac IIfx with a laser printer, and still have
money left over for software!  :-)

Conclusion?  Windows might be a real asset to PC users with POWERFUL PCs,
but I can hardly see any Mac users being converted to using the PC because
of it.

Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar
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Dave Barnhart
NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division
3245 Platt Springs Rd.
West Columbia, SC  29169    email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar