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Article #22032Re: What should I do with a 128K Macintosh (MacProblem)
From: Paul A. Suhler
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1987 16:12
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1987 16:12
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In article <693@zycad.UUCP> kjb@zycad.UUCP (Kevin Buchs) writes: >So here I am sitting at home with a 128K mac which I paid over $2000 for. I >does not run any software and I don't use it. It was great when I bought If you paid that much for it, I assume that you've had it for at least three years. Consider that money to be mostly amortized and go ahead and upgrade. I started with a 128k Mac in Feb 85 and have had it upgraded to a 512k and later to a Plus. It beats doing without for those years and then starting with an SE. I consider it money well spent; I'm now considering a 2Meg upgrade. It can still do what it did in the beginning; don't blame Apple if you now want it to do things it couldn't do then. On the other hand, if buying a new Plus or SE isn't that much more than the Plus upgrade, you might do that, since you'll get a new machine with a presumably longer lifetime ahead of it. Does anyone know how long the original Macs have lasted before their failure rates start going up the far side of the bathtub curve? -- Paul Suhler suhler@im4u.UTEXAS.EDU 512-474-9517/471-3903
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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!rutgers!im4u!suhler From: suhler@im4u.UUCP (Paul A. Suhler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What should I do with a 128K Macintosh (MacProblem) Message-ID: <2431@im4u.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 11:12:25 EST Article-I.D.: im4u.2431 Posted: Tue Nov 24 11:12:25 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 27-Nov-87 22:39:41 EST References: <693@zycad.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Univ of Texas Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept Lines: 22 Summary: Consider it money well spent and upgrade