[net.micro.mac] Is the Mac really fast?

ma155abl@sdcc7.UUCP (Nick Flor) (11/30/84)

I hear all this hype about the macintosh, but is it really
a relatively fast machine.  I heard that it runs at about 4 MHZ
when accessing ram, and 7.8 MHZ when accessing rom, (or something
like that.) Anyhow, my plug in 68000 card runs at 12.5 MHZ, all
the time.

So whats the deal?

-Nick "the curious"