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From: ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Alexander Edwin Jauch)
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Subject: Re: Mac Vs. Windows? (sorry)
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Date: 16 May 91 20:12:05 GMT
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In <1991May10.183611.3392@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> jim@tortuga.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Jim (James) Ruehlin) writes:

>>3. It seems to take more Intel machine to get the same response as a Mac.

>I agree, but I think part of the reason for this is the Mac mouse is
>controlled by hardware, while the poor intel chip has to handle everything.
>It's just a matter of one machine being built for the mouse and the
>other isn't.

Well Jim, I don't agree with this one.  I have used windows without a mouse
(horrors!) and it is still much slower redrawing windows and such than a Mac.
I would blame the speed differential in that Macs have much of there system
calls in ROMs and they are specifically tailored to run a GUI.  Windows is
grafted onto a DOS machine and has two layers of crap to get through.  I would
say that considering it's inherent disadvantage it is quite speedy.


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Alex Jauch
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