dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) (02/21/90)
I have gotten several very useful responses to my broad query on
purchasing a new Macintosh IIcx/ci system, but still have a few
questions to which I would greatly appreciate answers.
1) Does anyone have numbers on the following:
-IIci speed: the MIT price list says that the IIci is "45% faster
than a IIcx". It doesn't say how this is derived, and
this isn't as fast as I expected. Does anyone know where I
could find a table comparing the two machines running the
various "standard" tests (fibonacci, etc)
_IIci video: Several people have told me that the IIci is
qualitatively slowed down by the use of the built in video
card. Does anyone have a more quantitative result to back
this - in particular, how much is speed degraded by using
internal video to drive the Apple 13" monitor in 1/8 bit
modes?
2) Compatibility. Is there any problem in this area? I assume that
all new software will run on the IIci/cx? How about older stuff -
what percentage of software written for the plus will run? This
isn't an overriding issue, but I am sort of curious about how much
of my older software (games, etc) I will have to junk...
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