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From: abm@alan.aux.apple.com (Alan Mimms)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: MacX or X Window System?
Message-ID: <12052@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 91 18:10:00 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.230846.1421@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> <28562@cs.yale.edu>
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In article <28562@cs.yale.edu>, ewing-martin@cs.yale.edu (Martin Ewing) writes:
|> 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'.

I'd like to point out that color performance is about 2-3 times better
in MacX 1.1 (just now shipping and part of A/UX 2.0.1) than in MacX 1.0.1.
This might help ameliorate (sp?) that disadvantage somewhat.

|> 
|> 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.

Thank you.  I like it too.

|> 
|> Martin Ewing:  Ewing@Yale.edu

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Alan Mimms (alan@apple.com, ...!apple!alan)   | My opinions are generally
A/UX X group                                  | pretty worthless, but
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