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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite (prices?)
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Date: 25 Jan 88 21:44:56 GMT
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In article <943@usfvax2.UUCP> pollock@usfvax2.usf.edu.UUCP (Wayne Pollock) writes:
>There has been some feedback from the beta tester on this product.  None
>of them have said whether FullWrite is fast or slow.  On the one hand,
>the product has so many features, and is properly written (so as to be
>compatible/protable), you'd think it would have to be slow.  On the other
>hand, I believe the developer would never release a product if it was too
>slow.  Any comments from those who have played around with it?

Speed: Well, automatic repagination in the first place; VERY fast with 1 Meg
and no MultiFinder, or MultiFinder and a partition larger than 1 Meg.  I've
been running it on a 2.5 Meg Mac+ and a standard Mac+; under these
conditions, it works very well.  This is with loads of graphics sidebars
(most of them floating and wrap-around); the only time I found it slow was
an occasional re-painting delay when scrolling through the document -- and
it was still faster than Word's repainting.

My editor at MacHorizons better get on the stick and switch to this...
ComputerWare is taking advance orders for it for $195 -- anyone know of a
better price, mail-order wise?  List is supposed to be $395, so I am
wondering if Programs Plus's claim of $169 was premature.

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