[OS X TeX] New iMac

[Adam M. Goldstein]

On Dec 3, 2009, at 1:38 AM, Michael Sharpe wrote:

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> On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:20 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
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>> Thanks Herb, Dick, and others, it worked.
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>> So now I typeset the book I am writing. About 500 pages with hundreds of illustrations.
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>> Typesets in the Terminal in 2.135 seconds.
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>> For me, this is unbelievable.
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>> GG
> 
> And, as another reference point, 25 years ago, I was writing a book on a Mac Plus, and delighted to get a beautiful page of output every 45 seconds. That means a factor of about 10^4 in 25 years, which equates to an annual increase of processing speed of close to 45%. 


And now we can't make the excuse, "my TeX document is compiling" when we are seen surfing the web or whatever other distraction we've created for ourselves! This is progress, I suppose. :)

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