cc:Mail Mobile

The launch times for cc:Mail Mobile (measured from selecting the icon to gettting the password window) is 15 seconds for both the PowerBase and PowerBook. In comparison, the Mac version 2.03 takes about 5 seconds on both. WordPerfect 6.1 takes respectively 25 seconds and 30 seconds to launch on the PowerBook and PowerBase. The Mac version 3.5.4 takes only 5 and 10 seconds. On the 8500/225, it takes 10 seconds to open PowerPoint under VPC but only 5 seconds in the Mac environment. Opening a template took 8 seconds under VPC but only 5 seconds in the Mac version.

All three of these applications (cc:Mail Mobile, WordPerfect 6.1 and PowerPoint) performed slower than their respective counterparts in the Mac environment on all three computers but at an acceptable rate for occasional, not regular, use. Compuserve 3.01 and the internet software performed marginally well on the 8500/225 but were much too slow on the PowerBase and PowerBook--screen re-draws just took way too long.

If you have some specific questions, please e-mail me.

[10:30a] CompUSA and Best Buy have great deals on PowerMac 6500's according to the Sunday advertising supplement to the Washington Post. For $1999 one can get either a 6500/250 with 15" Apple monitor (CompUSA) or a 6500/225 with an Apple 15" monitor and Apple inkjet printer (Best Buy).