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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release
In-Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu's message of 18 Apr 91 17:11:46 GMT
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In article <11145@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:

   Ten percent would be just fine.  10% of 25 mips.  Gee, that sounds
   good.  I'll take it.  It would speed up NeXTStep just enough so that
   it doesn't feel sluggish.  10% would be just fine.  I don't want
   realtime video, bud.  I just want it to feel good.

NeXTStep doesn't feel sluggish.  At least because of the CPU.

   > 
   > What other systems have wysiwig displays?
   > 

   Macintosh, pal.  At least it's close enough.

Then why True Type and Adobe Font Manager?

-Mike