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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
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- Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
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- Date: 15 Dec 92 04:35:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec11.023321.28211@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes:
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- >Additionally, Mac networks are generally MUCH less headaches than PC networks.
- >Novell networks are nicer, for instance, but when one goes down, OUCH, what
- >a headache!
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- Surprise! What do you think we use here for our Mac networking? Novell!
- Its Ethertalk NLM is one of the better Appletalk servers around. On a
- local network its reasonably fast.
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- Now throw in a few Macs running System 7 on a remote subnet. Or even a
- Novell server on a remote subnet. Want to see slow? Try running anything.
- On a bad day (or the wrong server) it can take MINUTES to MOVE A WINDOW!
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