Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!rutgers!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!hoss!hoss.unl.edu!ho From: ho@hoss.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Stuffit Deluxe Message-ID: <1990Oct15.032616.12451@hoss.unl.edu> Date: 15 Oct 90 03:26:16 GMT References: <1990Oct1.211515.29595@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <1990Oct5.120229.25234@maths.tcd.ie> Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lines: 22 In rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) writes: >In article <1990Oct5.120229.25234@maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes: >>Does it compress much more? > Yes, if you use the "Better" compression method. This is awfully >slow on a Mac SE, but for semi-permanent archiving it's useful. It Oh, my. Don't get me wrong -- I LIKE Macs, unlike most PC owners you'll meet. But my number-one gripe about using a Mac to do the bulletin-board thing is the horrifying slowness of Mac compression programs compared to those for the PC. I assume there is a variety of reasons for this. But the thought of ANYTHING being slower than StuffIt sends shivers up and down my spine. -- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu | "Mine... is the last voice that you will ever hear." -- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska Internet: ho@hoss.unl.edu | "Mine... is the last voice that you will ever hear."