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From: ewing-martin@cs.yale.edu (Martin Ewing)
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Subject: Re: MacX or X Window System?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 04:41:29 GMT
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In article <1991Feb4.230846.1421@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> ifocs9d@aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Rick Giles) writes:
>I'm upgrading A/UX and X Window System 11R3 on a Mac II and am faced with
>getting MacX or the X Window System 11R4.
>What are the advantages/disadvantages of one of these servers running under
>A/UX? Thanks.

Two big advantages for MacX:  You get the Mac desktop along with your X client
windows, so you can run regular Mac applications.  It also takes only a modest
amount of disk space, one or two megs, I think.  The disadvantage is that
performance of your X windows is somewhat limited, especially for animation
like 'ico'.

Running the X11 server, you get zero Macintosh compatibility but great
performance.  Of course you get the X client library, too, which you can run
with either the vanilla X11 server or MacX.

Take your pick, but I think MacX is the Better Way for most of us.

Martin Ewing:  Ewing@Yale.edu