Re: What has changed in the Apple world last 6 months?

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

Reread my message. Resizing huge images may not be a common activity in most
businesses, but big, high-resolution screens are a proven productivity
enhancer. Anyone who has used Excel at 640x400 and then moved to a 1280x768
desktop on a big CRT will know exactly what I am talking about. I can think
of lots of similar examples. According to studies I have read about, savings
of as much as an hour a day can be realized.

Look, I love my Apple II's as much as the next guy. But I cannot see how a
modern Apple II would look or behave significantly differently from a modern
Macintosh.

Tom Zuchowski

"Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net> wrote in message
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> Interesting points, but not relevant to the point that Paul was making.
>
> Resizing large images is not a common business use of computing power.
> Clerical tasks are, which do well on text-based interfaces.
>
>
> "Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> > Idle cycles? Try resizing a 24-bit, 300-DPI, 8.5x11 image on a Pentium
166
> > (or Mac equivalent) with 64MB of RAM. It takes about 10 minutes on mine.
> It
> > would probably be an overnight job on a IIgs.
> >
> > Eye candy? Numerous studies have shown that larger screens greatly
enhance
> > productivity (my own experience fully supports this view.) How well do
you
> > think an old CPU would do running a 1024x768 screen? How about
1600x1280?
> >
> > Tom Zuchowski
> >
> > "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message
> > news:90mfhb$qm7$1@merope.saaf.se...
> > > In article <3a2e9a31@news.svn.net>, Paul Grammens <grammens@svn.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Why?  These old Apple's had enough CPU power needed by many
> > > businesses.  The extra CPU power in modern computers is mostly used
> > > for "visual sugar" (pretty-looking GUI's etc), without adding any
> > > real content.  Or for idle cycles....
>
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