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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Advantages of an accelerator for an SE over getting an SE30
Keywords: (or over a MAC IIci)
Message-ID: <1681@atux01.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 89 22:20:34 GMT
Organization: AT&T CSEd/CET, Piscataway, N.J.
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Well, it's that time of year, and I was dreaming about having a faster more
powerful mac.  I have a Mac SE (dual floppy, with 60Mb external hard
drive, and 2.5Mb RAM) which I bought in March of 1987.  I cuurently use my
Mac for HyperCard programming, music processing (composing with Opcode
System's VISION, word processing, and games.)

I would like to be able to use System 7.0 (whenever THAT becomes available),
but I realize that I will need an 020 or 030 processor and math co-processor
to take advantage of ALL its features (e.g., outline fonts and virtual
memory).

Now I don't really want to spend $3K+ on an SE30, nor $5K-$7K on an even
more powerful (and faster) IIci.  But I would like the greater power and
speed to run things faster.

So would it be wise to go and spend $1K on a 25MHz accelerator board, a
68882 math co-processor (for another $2-3 hundred), and upgrade to 4Mb, or
should I save my pennies, wait 2 or 3 more years and see if there isn't
faster (like 33MHz), more powerful and cheaper technology in 1992?

Or will upgrades to software become so big and powerful that I will need to
upgrade my hardware just to keep pace with the software?

Does anyone out there have any opinions on this?


						Jim Collymore