🚀 go-pugleaf

> The applications I am most interested in running (that don�t work so well
> or at all on my LC-II):
> Pagemaker            Photoshop   Freehand
> Netscape Gold        Quark       Pagemill
> 
> Ny primary uses for this machine will be desktop publishing and graphic
> design, including web page design (for my work) and surfing the net.
> 
> The two dealers I talked to recommended:
> Performa 6400 and the PowerMac 7500/100 
> (I�m perfectly willing to buy a machine other than these two, but these
> were the two that were suggested.)
> 
> At CompUSA, the worker swore to me that the PowerMac 7500/100 was much
> better (worth the extra $500) than the Performa 6400 even though on paper
> it looked worse. A bystander then walked by and said that that was
> completely wrong, that the 6400 would be better.

you would more then likely have ot buy a video card for the 6400 seeing as
it only has 1 meg of non-upgradable VRAM. (the 7500 has 2 megs standard
and is upgradable to 4). I myself have a 7600/120 (a faster version of the
7500) that I use for very similar tasks. I would however recommend you get
a 7600/120 or better - the faster processor will pay off. If however you
prefer the performa, understand also that it uses a slower harddrive
technology, you can't upgrade the CPU, and over all is a lesser quality
machine.

a 7600/120 can be had for around $1800 or less depending on where you buy
from (the comp.sys.mac.wanted group is a good resource, as is the back of
Macworld). I'd strongly recommend this system over any performa.