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Dec 8 3:59 PM EST

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To: J R KARY who wrote (5099)	9/22/1997 2:51:00 PM
From: shahn	of 213174

JR KARY, its actually Doren's post I first saw techstocks.com `The scuttlebutt is that Rhapsody is a very fast OS. A large improvement.' Your own post is more measured. All I wanted is a URL to a benchmark test or report comfirming this since it defies all logic and the first rule of investing is to know the facts. ALL I've seen so far is that Rhapsody on a fast machine will run OK. I claim it will still be slower than more stupid OS/s on the SAME machine and thats what a benchmark would establish. I checked Mayos links too and they dont give this either (I'm not talking about windows in Rhapsody on intel...). I'm interested in `sluggishness' like how long between clicking an applicaition and it opening up, boot up times, relogin time, screen writing (which is slower in postscript) etc. Never mind, I'll just do my own research. FWIW, I think P266 intel or things like the UMAX machine which is 11 times faster than an old powermac will be fine with Rhapsody, i.e. people buying new computers next year will not complain about slugishness. But its a concern for older or cheaper models. I dont mean Bill Jacksons 486. I think P150 will be a bit sluggish. How do I know? Thats my computer with 64K ram. Its not just CPU speeds by the way, the other benchmarks like hard disk access are even more crucial. I have SCSI but many intel boxes are slower EIDE. This all adds up to a correct marketing strategy for APPL going after both intel and professional Mac markets without conflict. I think this is Jobs' insight. By the way, about the dream email and Object oriented protocols ... I think this is all part of Jobs' vision and he won my respect for it years ago. You guys IMO underestimate his genius and `vision'. Good luck, all Shahn

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