MacX or X Window System?
Martin Ewing
ewing-martin at cs.yale.edu
Wed Feb 6 15:41:29 AEST 1991
In article <1991Feb4.230846.1421 at aucs.AcadiaU.ca> ifocs9d at aucs.AcadiaU.ca (Rick Giles) writes:
>I'm upgrading A/UX and X Window System 11R3 on a Mac II and am faced with
>getting MacX or the X Window System 11R4.
>What are the advantages/disadvantages of one of these servers running under
>A/UX? Thanks.
Two big advantages for MacX: You get the Mac desktop along with your X client
windows, so you can run regular Mac applications. It also takes only a modest
amount of disk space, one or two megs, I think. The disadvantage is that
performance of your X windows is somewhat limited, especially for animation
like 'ico'.
Running the X11 server, you get zero Macintosh compatibility but great
performance. Of course you get the X client library, too, which you can run
with either the vanilla X11 server or MacX.
Take your pick, but I think MacX is the Better Way for most of us.
Martin Ewing: Ewing at Yale.edu
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