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From: bdiscoe@tybalt.caltech.edu (Ben W. Discoe)
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Subject: Re: Subjective Speed
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Date: 20 Apr 89 23:16:50 GMT
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In article <1921@csuna.csun.edu> abcscnge@csuna.csun.edu (Scott Neugroschl) writes:
>
>My SUBJECTIVE opinion is that the NeXT "feels" slow.  You click on a program,
>and the system goes away for what seems to be a long time.  There is no
>
>I realize that there's a log of grafix going on, but that could be offloaded
>onto the 56000 (at least partially).  My opinion is just that for a 25MHz
>machine with 8MB RAM, it feels really slow.  I don't know, maybe its the
>optical drive...
>

   "Slow" ??!!  It feels like swimming in molasses!!!  Looks like NeXT made the
same mistake the Macs made - No Graphics Coprocessor - On a computer with a
visual user interface, this is

   DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB DUMB.  Not Smart.  Stupid.

   It's not the optical drive's fault - all our cubes are on hard drives and
they are SLOOOOOWWWW!!!
   For crying out loud, there's even a noticeable wait for MENUS to come up!
And I sure hope that "Stealth" flight prog is NO indication of REAL graphics
speed, because I've seen faster graphics on a COMMODORE #$%^!! 64!!!

#ifdef IF_YOU_ARE_OPEN_TO_THE_TRUTH
   This is reason #3 why there is STILL no personal computer that matches the
Amiga in graphics power/versatility.
#endif

   Really, I asked the NeXT people if the DSP chip would be doing any graphics
support - The guy-in-a-suit demonstrator didn't even know, but the technical
person they had said she doubted it.

   COME ON NeXT - WAKE UP!!!

---Ben "The Amiga is God" Discoe      No Joke, guys.  No Smileys.  Not Funny.