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From: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Is it me, or is 7.0 7.slow?
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.141717.2052@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au>
Date: 17 Apr 91 04:17:17 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.152903.41771@eagle.wesleyan.edu> <1991Apr15.200850.9002@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
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In article <1991Apr15.200850.9002@umiami.ir.miami.edu>, dweisman@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Ordinary Man) writes:
> In article <1991Apr15.152903.41771@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, rcook@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>> I recently got a copy of 7.0b4 for my IIsi, and while it looked fabulous, it
>> seemed rather slow.  This may have been because the machine was in 256 color
>> mode and drawing all those fancy color windows and menus takes a lot of time,
>> but in all honesty, I felt like I was back with my Mac Plus.  I don't think all
>> the slowdown can be attributed to graphics, since Apple spent a lot of time
>> writing a lot of code which I assume must get executed at some time.  Moving to
>> fewer colors didn't speed things up that much either.
>> Other people I know have also complained about the slowness of 7.0b4.  What has
>> been the experience of others on the net?  If 7.0 is slow on a 20MHz 68030
> 
> System 7 in general is slower than 6. That's the way it's gonna be. Every new
> version so far has gotten a little faster b4 is faster than b3 and the FC
> series is faster than the b series. But the fact remains that system 7 is
> just going to be slower. Not a lot slower, but enough to notice. Increasing the
> RAM cache will lower available memory, but increase speed. I would imagine
> that apple will do everything in their power to try and speed it up more but
> they've done a LOT to make it as fast as it is so that may be asking too much.
> 

Another example of why sys 7 has not been available to all of _US_.  7.0b4 
notice the 'b' is a beta test version so probably has lots of debug code.  
Longer pathlengths mean it appears slower.  I'd expect on May 13 we will 
be able see how fast the REAL sys 7.0 is.  Until then comments on 7.0bx or 
maybe even 7.0CnFx are only speculation.

Disclaimer:  I have seen 7.0b4 running, but do not have it.  I too am eagerly 
waiting, in Australia we will probably have to wait longer (unless apple.
com) come across!  Patience is a virtue: about the only one I have :-)

-- 
David E. Bellamy        Email: bellamy@covax.commerce.uq.oz.au
Dept. Commerce, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, AUSTRALIA