Upgrade Policy ?

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3 total messages Started by Dan Hartman Sun, 02 Aug 1992 02:02

#595

Author: Dan Hartman
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 02:02

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This has probably been asked and discussed before, but does anyone know
if NeXT has any sort of upgrade policy concerning the slabs?

Basically, I have a 25mhz mono-slab, and wish I could somehow upgrade it
to a color machine.  Any official way to do this, or do I have to sell of
my slab and buy a color-station?

Yeah, I know you can't have everything, but you can ask for it. 8-)

Thanks,

Dan Hartman
omv@athena.mit.edu
danh@tekig6.pen.tek.com

Re: Upgrade Policy ?

#596

Author: Wassim M. Jabi
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 03:11

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In article <6392@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman)  
writes:
>...
>does anyone know if NeXT has any sort of upgrade policy
>concerning the slabs?
>...
>Dan Hartman
>omv@athena.mit.edu
>danh@tekig6.pen.tek.com

Along those same lines... Does anyone know if there will
be an upgrade from the Color slab to the Color Turbo?

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Re: Upgrade Policy ?

#606

Author: Sherwood Botsford
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 19:54

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Dan Hartman writes
> This has probably been asked and discussed before, but does anyone know
> if NeXT has any sort of upgrade policy concerning the slabs?
> 
> Basically, I have a 25mhz mono-slab, and wish I could somehow upgrade it
> to a color machine.  Any official way to do this, or do I have to sell of
> my slab and buy a color-station?
> 
> Yeah, I know you can't have everything, but you can ask for it. 8-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan Hartman
> omv@athena.mit.edu
> danh@tekig6.pen.tek.com

I'm skeptical.  

Upgrades make sense when you are replacing a small part of something.  However,  
a Next turbo upgrade is a replacement for the whole motherboard.  In automotive  
analogy, you're replaceing the entire drive train.

From the marketplace, people seem to be getting 2/3 of what they paid for  
selling their Nexts used.  I would be surprised if you can get an upgrade to an  
equivalent turbo for only 1/3.

Sell your Next, and use the proceeds to buy another one.

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