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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: System Wars
Keywords: System Wars Windows Amiga
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Date: 6 May 89 08:56:57 GMT
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Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <24036@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> korpela@bkyast.berkeley.edu writes:
>Windows:  Used to be slow as hell, but that's been solved in the 386 version.

	Any speed problem can be solved by throwing hardware at it.  Amiga
windows are reasonably quick with a lowly 7MHz 68K.

>Amiga Workbench:  Nice multitasking, but this is the least user friendly
>windowing system I've seen.  You can't get by without the CLI.

	Yes.  But I thought were were comparing windowing interfaces, not
program launchers.  WorkBench is lackluster, yes; but the window manager,
Intuition, is rather nice.

>GEM and ST GEM:  I haven't used ST GEM too much, but I assume its a lot like
>PC GEM.  It's nice and fast because it doesn't try to do too much at once.

	If the PC version is fast, then something got lost in the ST
translation.  ST windows are (IMHO) slow.  Response to clicking on gadgets
is sluggish; I have to hold the button down for a rather long time for it to
hear me.

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