Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU!MQUINN%UTCVM From: MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple II / Mac discusson (was:Re:Official"No New Apple II's") Message-ID: <9011040755.AA25630@apple.com> Date: 4 Nov 90 07:43:15 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 33 On Sat, 3 Nov 90 12:11:56 GMT said: > > Which one has better resolution? They're all different! "Processor speed > is higher" has been proven over and over a null statement. MHz does > not imply speed (witness my initial attempt at a RISC processor, which I don't think it's really 'null', but I agree that the XXMhz numbers aren't a straight forward way of determining the speed of a chip, although, you can usually get a pretty good idea of the relative speed by these numbers. Anyway, I think the point of that original "Processor speed is higher" was accurate in comparing the Macs speed to the GS's speed. A 7 Mhz 68000 is definitely faster than a 2.8Mhz 65816. I'm not basing that on the Mhz numbers, but the actual speed of the two processors. Working with a GS and a Mac side by side, you can definitely tell that the Mac is faster. About the Multifinder and 'multitasking'.... I completely agree with you. Switching between aplications is NOT multitasking.... Having two applications both RUNNING at the SAME appearant time IS multitasking, which the Mac does not do. >-- >Jawaid Bazyar | Blondes in big black cars look better wearing >Senior/Computer Engineering | their dark sunglasses at night. (unk. wierdo) >jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | The gin, the gin, glows in the Dark! > Apple II Forever! | (B O'Cult) >Comp.Sys.Apple2- Home of the Unofficial Apple II Developer Support Team (DST) ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | This is your brain... | BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm | | This is your brain on drugs... | pro-line: | | This is your brain on frog licking.| mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com | |____________________________________|_______________________________|