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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is the Mac II really dead?
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Date: 13 Nov 89 17:32:27 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Nov 12 22:29:00 1989


I own a mac II, and don't see it as a "dead" machine.  I think some
people dumped their Mac II system units to get IIcx units.  I think
some of those people took a bath and might be unhappy.

For the word processing I do, it's not visibly slower.  The only speed
difference is in crystal quest (which is easier 8-) ).

The Mac II has no 68851, but no upgrades are necessary to run vaporware!
(system 7.0)

The Mac II has no 1.4Mb floppy, but for $400 I can live with a few
extra disk swaps during backups.  The 1.4Mb drive seems to write just
as slowly as an 800K drive (an engineering mistake, in my opinion).

My machine also has a nice, burned-in 80Mb 5" Quantum disk, with
time-tested grease inside.

After 1 year, I tapped the video cable to feed power to my modem.
Some day, I'll get a quieter fan.  These improvements are only
possible with an expired warranty 8-).  It's nice not to be on the
"bleeding edge" of technology (Apple users seem to bleed more than
most).