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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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Subject: Re: A call for "3D look" (a la Next) interface guidelines from Apple
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Date: 6 Feb 90 19:10:11 GMT
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In article <142@farcomp.UUCP>, murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar) writes:
> And try running an HP9000 (16 mHz 68020) with X. You will 
> regret it.  

It's worth remembering that a Sun 3/50 is about the same horsepower as a
Mac IIx (talking raw CPU cycles).  A Mac IIx with 4M of memory is quick
and responsive.  A Sun 3/50 with 4M barely runs X11 at all, and don't even
think about speed, although I hear R4 is better than R3.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation

"Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view."
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