What causes the GUI's slowness under 3.0?

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From: Paul A. Griffin
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 03:25

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a. Does anyone out there (maybe someone at NeXT) know the 
exact problem that causes the 10-30% performance degradation
of NeXTSTEP's GUI running under 3.0? I have read alot about this
problem on this newgroup.

b. Is this due to an added feature that existing applications do 
not take advantage of, or is this a bug?

c. If it is a bug, is there a simple fix that an end user, or system
administator can implement?  Does NeXT plan on releasing the bug fix
before 3.1 arrives?

d. If the slowdown comes from a feature of 3.0, can applications be "speeded 
up" by recompiling under 3.0?  What specifically is the feature that causes 
the slowdown?

I just recently upgraded my "turtle" (coined by Scott Hess) nextstation 
'40 25 mhz from 8 to 20 mb of ram and really enjoy the increased snappiness 
of the GUI.  I don't want to upgrade to 3.0 and find that the machine feels 
like it has only 8 mb.

-- Paul Griffin

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Subject: What causes the GUI's slowness under 3.0?
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Summary: Is the GUI's slowness a bug or a feature?
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