Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!orstcs!prism!flatmas
From: flatmas@prism.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: RE: II => IIx upgrade
Summary: DON'T DO IT!!! :-)
Keywords: Mac II to Mac IIx upgrade price... :-( Not cheap!!
Message-ID: <11406@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 27 Jun 89 21:10:55 GMT
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Reply-To: flatmas@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Scott Timothy Flatman)
Organization: Oregon State Univ. -- Computer Science
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This is a summary of the *ONE* reply I received regarding the cost to upgrade
from a Mac II to a Mac IIx. Thanks to Ric Anderson for the only reply I have
yet to receive! :-) Here is what he found out about a month ago:

FDHD , the newfangled floppy is ~$700.00 :-( ( you must be kidding! )
and for some more good humor brought to you from Apple "Steal 'em blind"
Computer, the logic board is ( you may laugh now...) $1600.00 !!

And the total is .... $2300.00 !! :-(
Again Apple wins the first place award for *RIDICULOUSLY* over priced computing
equipment! After hearing some rumors about upcoming machines I intend to wait
and see. $2300 bucks for about 20% more performnce is just *?!$ foolish!!:-)
Also note that you could sell a MacII motherboard and buy a Mac IIx motherboard
for a bit less than $700.00 floppy cost( Since I got mine at school is is 
very cheap this way. Yes I know you are supposed to only sell it to another 
"qualified" buyer... see a lawyer... Another new marketing strategy brought to
you from Apple :-) )

So it is up to you... I intended to wait out the year and see what Apple has
coming down the pipe. If it is not a *MAJOR* improvement over a MacII I fully
intend to stop all my Mac development efforts and jump ship to something else
(like a SUN :-) Hopefully Apple feels alot of pressure from SUN...). If 
anybody wants a used Mac II around Christmas I may have one for sale.

SO APPLE LISTEN( for once ) TO YOUR CUSTOMERS! WE DEMAND MUCH BETTER 
PERFORMANCE. LETS SEE, THAT MEANS... A GRAPHICS CO_PROCESSOR(a necessity for
32 bit quickdraw which is way *SLOW* ) ... MUCH FASTER DISK ACCESS( like DMA )
... FASTER CPU( similar to a cheap UNIX box, like Sparcintosh )... AND A
RESONABLE PRICE!

Well I've said enough, I'll climb down off my soapbox...

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