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From: shankar@king.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Subash Shankar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIGS capability question
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Date: 25 Aug 89 02:52:21 GMT
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In article <470@ncelvax.UUCP> charles@ncelvax.UUCP (Charles R. Lindsey Jr.) writes:

>  When I went to the local computer
>store, I was steered towards the Macs; the IIGS was 'for the
>elementary and junior high' crowd, *not* for someone like me.
> However, the salesman would suggest a IIC and a
>Mac purchase.  I'm somewhat leery of buying the whole store to satisfy
>the situation.

?????? I haven't the foggiest why somebody would want a //c and not a 
//GS.  The GS is faster then the //c (and faster then the //c+ in native
mode), expandable, has far superior graphics, sound, and ROMs, much more
sophisticated software, ....   

>
>What specifically does it take to upgrade a IIGS, in terms of memory
>and speed, to have essentially a color mac?  

Well, it depends on what kind of Mac you're talking about.  The IIGS
really can't be upgraded to equal any of the Mac II family computers,
but if you had enough money to buy a Mac II, you probably wouldn't be
asking this question, so I'll assume you're talking about SE's.
With a Transwarp GS card (a little under $300 mail order), and any
of numerous RAM cards (1 Meg in addition to the existing Meg on the
motherboard would cost about $250) would bring up the GS comparable
to a SE as far as speed and memory go.  You'll probably have less
software availability going the GS route though, especially in 
business and productivity software.  Off course, there'll be lots
more educational software on the GS. 

One comment - I believe that a hard drive would be essential on both
the GS and Mac.

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