Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ukma!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A3000UX in PCW Message-ID: Date: 30 Jun 91 20:33:28 GMT References: <13641@uwm.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu's message of 30 Jun 91 20: 03:04 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws0.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <13641@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes: It's a windowing-speed thing. No, the NeXTStep isn't as fast as the Amy's windowing system. The rest of the system is. But that's not what's important, and it's not what's being discussed. How fast is the Amiga windowing system when you are in the million-pixel display mode with 2 bit color and 12 bit color? There's more horsepower in a 68040 Amiga than a 68040 NeXT... :D How much more? 25% more? So is the Fusion Forty, which is why I'd like to see a comparison. :) Seriously. The... uh-oh, brain blackout. Whatever they call their Workbench/Finder thing, and the NeXTStep graphic interface in general, isn't as fast as a 'miga, and isn't as fast as a Mac (I don't think. I haven't had much use for my IIcx as of late, and don't want to mess with it if I don't have to. :) Well pull out that Macintoy and notice that when you drag the windows around that you are only moving the outline of the window, not the window itself. -Mike