Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <47581@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 21 Apr 91 18:53:27 GMT References: <1o4G7xmu1@cs.psu.edu> <11230@uwm.edu> <672G.izu1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Distribution: comp Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 12 In article <672G.izu1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >The megapixel display is a nice crisp 92dpi display, and there are >times when you image an entire 8"1/2 by 11". It only takes a split >second. Can there be that much of a difference when going from 92dpi >to 300dpi? Is this a serious question? You HONESTLY can't figure out the difference between a 68040 doing 92*92 res imaging and a 68000 doing 300*300? (I'll admit that the 92 dpi is greyscale (2 bit?).) Also, I'd bet that the laserprinter already has the page imaged in memory before the paper begins to feed. Sheesh.