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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Is the NeXT Slow?
Message-ID: <770002@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 89 20:20:10 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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I had the chance to play with a NeXT machine a little.  It supposably had a 330
Meg disk installed so I assumed it wouldn't have the throughput problems that
some people have complained about.  However, when running the word processor
(WriteNow ?) I noticed that it took a very long time to load and that
scrolling and moving throught the document was very slow.  This surprised
me considering the amount of horsepower the NeXT machine is supposed to have.
When going to the bottom of the ducument, it took about 5-10 seconds to redraw
the screen.

Is word processing really this slow on the NeXT, or is WriteNow just a slow
word processor?  I'm used to a Mac II, and even when running Adode Type
Manager (their screen font scaling technology), text editing and program
launching is quite fast.  Does anyone have a good idea of why the NeXT was
so slow?

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard