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The enraging thing is NeXTstep ran acceptably on a 25MHz 68040 (and okay on the 68030 --- the lucky folks had 33MHz "Turbo" '040 boards) --- the performance Rha
by WillAdams 1y ago
The enraging thing is NeXTstep ran acceptably on a 25MHz 68040 (and okay on the 68030 --- the lucky folks had 33MHz "Turbo" '040 boards) --- the performance Rhapsody promised was amazing, but Adobe reneged on a free license of Display PostScript, and Apple spent 10 years recreating that as Quartz (née Display PDF) --- the transparency and drop shadows are nice, but I'd rather have the performance.
- leakycap 1y agoYes, Mac OS X not only looked like Kai's Photo Goo when it came out, it felt about as responsive. I had a B&W '030 NeXTStation and it took 5+ minutes to boot and a long time to launch apps, I wish I'd had a turbo!
- WillAdams 1y agoAt that time, I was using similar performance hardware running Windows (a ThinkPad 755c), Mac OS (a Mac w/ a 68040 processor at my workplace --- can't recall which, I was eventually upgraded to a 9500/180MP), and my NeXT Cube (68040 25MHz) --- the Cube was the most reliable and nicest of them all.