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From: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fastback II offer: is it a good deal?
Message-ID: <799@kosman.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 01:01:45 GMT
Reply-To: kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman)
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Organization: K.O.'s Manor - Vital Computer Systems, Oxnard, CA 93035
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Yesterday's mail contained an interesting offer from Fifth Generation
Systems.  Because I am already a registered user of something of theirs,
I can get FastBack II for 60% off.  I gather that this a new release.
The price comes out to $US75.60.

They say this is a limited time offer, although I could not see the
time limit anywhere in the mailing.  Sigh.

I have a couple of questions, all under the general heading of "is this
a good idea".

First, is this actually much less, or any less, than I'm likely to see
it for in mail order discount houses?

Second, is this a good package to have.  My concerns are speed,
and reliability first.  Then, I do not like image backup software
where you're always updating to the same disks.  This may just be that
I'm not used to such stuff, but some of the consequences of this approach
bother me.

Does anyone have comments?