Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!norton From: norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 7.0 on an LC is sloow... Message-ID: Date: 15 May 91 06:26:58 GMT References: <28309573.9100@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au drewster@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew T. Laurence) writes: >I went to my friendly neighborhood Apple dealer today to play with sys 7. >I was working on an LC w/ 12" in 256 mode, with 32bit addressing turned off >and virtual memory turned off. As in my subject line, it seemed unbearable >slow. >How much faster would it have been on a IIsi w/ 32 and/or virtual turned on? >Appreciably? >Alas, they'd only loaded 7 onto the LC, so I wasn't able to test this out >for myself. Obviously you haven't tried it on a Classic. My experiences with System 7 on the LC with 4 megs certainly seems "bearable". My IIci doesn't look to bad either, altho' I do detect a slight degradation in response. Maybe it's my scepticism that something so good can't also have good performance :) >Please email back. >Thanks, >Andrew Laurence >drewster@orion.oac.uci.edu -- <<<< My employers ignore me, I'm on my own when I speak out in public :^( >>>> < Norton Chia | Mail me on norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU APPLELINK:AUST0240 > < Micro Support | "There are only 3 types of people in the world: > < Uni of Sydney | Those who can count, and those who can't" >