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From: MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET (Mike Dahmus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DTP on 386
Message-ID: <90015.170031MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 15 Jan 90 22:00:31 GMT
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In article <160@altos86.Altos.COM>, mtang@altos86.Altos.COM (Man Kit Tang) says:
>In article <90012.154848MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET> MXD118@PSUVM.BITNET (Mike Dahmus)
>writes:
>>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.
>>
>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.

Sorry,  I should have added the info.  that the Model 70 and the Mac Plus
both had only 1 meg of memory - putting the Model 70 at a distinct
disadvantage due to the fact that the Mac is designed for this stuff.
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