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From: mtang@altos86.Altos.COM (Man Kit Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DTP on 386
Summary: PageMaker on MacIIcx and Compaq386
Keywords: PageMaker
Message-ID: <160@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 90 18:58:55 GMT
References: <1990Jan11.120911.19092@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <90012.154848MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET>
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In article <90012.154848MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET> MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET (Mike Dahmus) writes:
>In article <1990Jan11.120911.19092@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>,
>jin@eecg.toronto.edu (Jinwon Kim) says:
>>
>>Would anyone who has used applications such as Aldus Pagemaker
>>and Adobe Illustrator on a 68030 based Mac and a corresponding
>>version on a 386 based system under Windows like to comment on
>>their relative merits?  Are they same on both systems?  Do they
>>run at comparable speeds on both systems, or do they appear more
>>sluggish on one system than the other?
>
>I've used PageMaker on a regular Mac Plus and on a 16mHz Model 70.
>The Mac Plus was faster - so I suspect the 68030 would blow away
>the Model 70.
>
>Michael E. Dahmus
>MXD118 @ PSUVM

I have a MacIIcx (15.7MHz 68030, 5MB memory, 8-bit graphics & 80MB hard disk)
and a Compaq Deskpro386/20(20MHz 80386, 5MB memory, EGA graphics & 60 MB
hard disk).  PageMaker on average for the work that I done appears to be
0% to 20% faster on the Compaq running Windows/386 than on the MacIIcx 
running Multifinder. However, I use the Mac more often since 20% of speed
degradation is well compensated by the well defined user interface of the
Mac.

Opinion expressed above are mine and definitely has nothing to do with my
company.

M. K. Tang
mtang@altos86.Altos.COM