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From: krk@cs.purdue.EDU (Kevin Kuehl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac Vs. Windows?
Keywords: ROM questions
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Date: 19 May 91 22:47:04 GMT
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In article <1991May19.021620.22656@agate.berkeley.edu> wchang@qin.Berkeley.EDU (William Chang) writes:
>we are now using.  Obviously a great deal of genius and hard work went
>into it.  (X windows is how many megs? How fast is it on 50 Mhz workstations?)

Comparing the Mac interface to X windows is like comparing Apples and
oranges.  How many different architectures does the Mac interface run
on?  Can it take advantage of a much faster machine on the net as
easily?  You pay the price for generality.
-- 
Kevin Kuehl
krk@cs.purdue.edu