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In article 17299@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov, hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:

>I dunno about the Amiga, but anyone who claims that Macs are genuinely
>upgradable is either a moron or has been brainwashed by the idiotic Apple
>propaganda.
>
>The point being - we've already rehashed time and time again how "upgradeable"
>PCs are. But to claim that Macs are upgradable *is* just pure BS, in my book.


Ah, c'mon, Howard.  These comments may have been close to the mark for the
early Macs, but certainly isn't the case for any of the modular ones (LC, si,
ci, fx, vx, vi, quadra, etc).  The ci has a cache card slot, SIMM sockets, and
4 Nubus slots into which may be inserted graphics adapters, ethernet cards,
accelerators, sound cards, video capture cards, etc.  You don't even have to
turn a screw to "pop the hood" for access to the motherboard.

Please don't take my comments, wrong.  The original 520ST was an outstanding
value in it's day and I _still_ believe that Atari systems provide a lot of
"bang for the buck" given their ease of use and relative performance.  But
like it or not, Atari's are still basically closed systems... both in their
architecture and the evident mindset at Atari HQ.  ;-)

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