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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Eric Idle's Fish Eric)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II / Mac discusson (was:Re:Official"No New Apple II's")
Message-ID: <1990Nov3.223640.18069@isis.cs.du.edu>
Date: 3 Nov 90 22:36:40 GMT
References: <9624.apple.net@pro-angmar>
Reply-To: kreme@isis.UUCP (Eric Idle's Fish Eric)
Organization: Pseudo-Dragon Protection League
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In article <9624.apple.net@pro-angmar> kgreen@pro-angmar.UUCP (Kevin Green) writes:
>In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
>
>Unknown, 
> Aside from better resolution, the Mac can multitask. Processor speed is
>higher. Numerous other little things that you find out about looking at Mac
>magazines. 

Untrue.  The MHz might be numerically higher on the Macintosh, but comparing
MHz across processors is a lot like compating a BMW to the Space Shuttle.

In fact, applications ported to the GS from the Mac tend to run faster on the
GS than on the stock 68000 (8 MHz?)  Crystal Quest is a good example.  It runs
faster on a srock GS than on a stock Mac II.

>HOWEVER - It is not my intention to glorify the Mac over the //gs or any other
>platform. Each has its own uses/advantages/disadvantages. I personally think
>that most of the nifty software that the the Mac has can and should be ported
>to the //gs.

Absolutely.  Sim City would be nice... heheh!  I'm sitting here with 4 Megs
of RAM trying to figure out how to use it all... :-)

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