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Article #14839Re: New Mac Prices
From: jww
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1987 15:37
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1987 15:37
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The current macs are definitely *****NOT***** upgradeable. Several
interviews with people (like Glassee) made this clear. Something
about too many tradeoffs.
Most developers say 'why would you bother?' for the Plus->SE. As
for the II, you can buy a prodigy. It would be nearly impossible
to take a Plus and add 6 huge slots to it, and I'm sure to take
advantage of the II design, you need those slots.
Or, to be tactless, your Plus is only worth $1500 on the open market.
Its salvage value is negligible compared to the $5,400 price of a
II with keyboard, display card, color monitor and 1 floppy.
One good thing to be said for Steve Jobs: the no-slot, everything
built-in, tiny monochrome display Mac is certainly cheaper than
any Open Mac will be.
--
Joel West
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jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu if you must
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