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In article <42ki5d$20pg@hopi.gate.net> cirby@news.gate.net (Chad Irby) writes:
>From: cirby@news.gate.net (Chad Irby)
>Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
>Date: 6 Sep 1995 12:27:25 -0400

>Juergen Wahlmann (ibl-juwa@wiso.wiso.uni-dortmund.de) wrote:

>: Apples newest OS is System 7.5 and I don't think it runs on a 68000.

>Wrong.  System 7.5 will run on a 68000 Mac.  

My fault.

>: A 68030 is quite too slow for System 7.5.

>It is?  Damn.  I guess that means I'll have to take it off of my 33 MHz 
>68030 Mac.  Even though it doesn't feel slow at all.  Or have you ever 
>*seen* 7.5 on an older Mac?

I've run it both on a 68030 25MHz and a 68040 28MHz. Of 
course it's subjective.

>: The MacOS has a poor performance, much of the processor power is eaten up.

>That's interesing.  Wrong, but interesting.

I've experienced both AmigaOS and MacOS and the MacOS is slower on performing 
the same tasks (LHA f.e.).

>True, some things (like disk access) aren't as fast as they 
could be, but >if you had bothered to check up on things, you'd find that 
overall, MacOS >only "eats up" 3% of the CPU time on a Mac.

>But thanks for reminding us of those same old myths about MacOS...

Every myth has a truth implied... :-)


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