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From: holtz@zonker.cascade.carleton.ca (Neal Holtz)
Subject: Performance of Objectworks 2.5
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 90 18:30:52 GMT

I just installed Objectworks 2.5 on my Apollo DN2500.
Now, I know that a DN2500 is not the most powerful machine around,
but a year or so ago it would have been considered fairly decent.  Also
I do have 12 MB, which is usually adequate.  And there are no
other large jobs running.

I have found Objectworks to be so slow as to be all but unusable,
particularly in menu interactions and scrolling.  It is FAR, FAR
worse than the previous version (2.3?). Scrolling is very sluggish, with the 
marker lagging far behind the pointer.  Menu items usually don't get highlighted
until the mouse stops moving for about 1/2 second.

I have heard that the stock Apollo X11 server is not the best (in performance), but 
it is acceptable for almost all other applications.

Its quite a disappointment.  Was wondering if anyone had more positive
experiences on equivalent hardware.
--
Prof. Neal Holtz,  Dept. of Civil Eng.,  Carleton University,  Ottawa, Canada
Internet: holtz@civeng.carleton.ca   Tel: (613)788-5797    Fax: (613)788-3951