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Article #20798SE vs II
From: Mike Kao
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 02:47
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1987 02:47
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Until recently, I was sure that my next computer purchase would be a Mac II.
However, a friend of mine instilled within me doubts by saying that many
existing Mac software packages and MOST games won't work on the II. Granted,
I'm not purchasing the II for just games, but I would hate not having that
option. Also, I fear that since that machine is not geared toward entertainment,
most software companies will probably not upgrade and/or write machine specific
games for the II. Can anyone contradict my assumption?
Anyways, my choice now is the Mac SE. I have a couple of questions regarding
this machine:
1) How's the software compatibility with the existing Mac software base?
2) Does it have the capacity to upgrade to the Mac II's stature in the future
(like in terms of color graphics, clock speed, math coprocessor, multi-
tasking, etc.)
3) Will be able to run Unix?
4) What's the real difference between the SE and OLDER Macs?
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-- Mike Kao
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!man!crash!mkao From: mkao@crash.CTS.COM (Mike Kao) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: SE vs II Message-ID: <1912@crash.CTS.COM> Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 21:47:37 EST Article-I.D.: crash.1912 Posted: Mon Oct 26 21:47:37 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Oct-87 19:52:26 EST Reply-To: mkao@crash.CTS.COM (Mike Kao) Organization: Crash TS, El Cajon, CA Lines: 29 Summary: need advice