Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!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: <9011051728.AA15418@apple.com> Date: 5 Nov 90 17:14:07 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 50 On Mon, 5 Nov 90 09:03:19 GMT The Unknown User said: >In article <9011040755.AA25630@apple.com> MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU >>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. > > Can definitely tell that the Mac is faster? Yes. > Think of this hypothetical example.. You have one GS that has a >Transwarp GS card in it.. It is running System Disk 1.0 for the GS... ^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you would have my original message, I said a 2.8Mhz GS and a 7Mhz Mac. >(Or whichever version is the first that's -NOT- running that non-Super >Hires mode "Finder".. That one was relatively quick from what I remember).. It's hard to compare the GS system disk 1.0 to the current Mac OS... it's mor logical to compare GS/OS 5.0x to the Macs' OS. Also, I wasn't basing the fact that the Mac is faster than a GS on the screen update speed, but how fast they do internal calculations and the overall speed of all applications I've used on the Mac compared to the overall speed of all applications on the GS. From what I can tell from my experience with both of them is that a stock Mac is faster than a stock GS. period. Sure, you can speed up the GS. Sure, you can't tell 100% from the speed of the screen updates and the speed of ONE application to ONE application, but when you compare all the programs you've used on both machines, that's a pretty accurate and fair conclusion. > You also have a standard 2.8 megahertz GS running System Disk 5.03 >(I doubt they made speed differences between 5.0x verssions but I'm just >using the latest in case they are)... > >to the END USER does -NOT- mean the Mac is faster. I'm not saying the Mac >isn't faster, I'm just being very very picky on this point. I understand your point and I agree, but the point I'm making is that the Mac IS faster than the GS. >/Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu MAIL ME FOR INFO ABOUT CHEAP CDs\ >\"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/ ________________________________________________________________ | | | | HEY! They're licking | BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm | | FROGS in Colorado!!!! | pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com | |_______________________|________________________________________|