Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!vd09+ From: vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? Message-ID: Date: 8 Dec 90 06:01:09 GMT References: <1142@duteca.UUCP>, <1990Dec2.084149.25494@world.std.com>, <130024@jake.encore.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: <130024@jake.encore.com> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.misc: 6-Dec-90 Re: The New Macs: > Greedy Co.. Mr. New Dad@encore.com (2601) > > Regarding your assertion that the average user doesn't do anything that > > uses an FPU: besides spreadsheets, there are Adobe Type Manager and TrueType > > (I don't know for a fact that TrueType makes use of the FPU, but if it > > doesn't, it must be really slow). Using quadratic (TrueType) or cubic > > (ATM) splines to display text on the screen is a very floating-point- > > math-intensive process. > Does the average user really do these things? If they did, don't you think > computer companies would sell more models with FPUs included? Will average users be able to avoid doing these things when System 7 comes out? (Of course, I suppose there is some question as to whether that will ever happen, but I think that the original poster had a significant point.)