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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Excel and Word on pcs and macs
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Date: 21 Mar 91 20:18:31 GMT
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Christopher Tate <CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>And I don't buy your comment about how the Mac is doing a lot less work.

It has a lot fewer pixels to move. The Mac screen is only 512 pixels across.
How many down? 384? I don't know, you probably do. Each pixel is 1 bit.

My 386 screen is 800 pixels across by 600 down. Each pixel is 16 colors.

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Help! I just got a Macintosh. Anyone got a magnifying glass?