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From: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Accepting the Mac (was Re: More Macweek Rumors)
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Date: 20 Mar 90 04:55:17 GMT
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In our last episode, Keith Rollins points out that the entire Mac line,
taken from a certain perspective, consists of only two basic machines.

In today's serial, Chun-Yao Liao writes:
>You call Mac IIci is just minor modification to the Mac II? As far as I've
>been read, The Mac IIci is a completely redesign from the original Mac II
>lines. The heavyly use of VLSI made it possible..... all the stuffs deleted.
>Or, the publisher made it up? 

From a user's standpoint, I'd say that Keith's perspective is stunningly
accurate.  The Mac Plus/SE is analogous to the classic Apple II, while the
Mac II family is like the IIGS.  Even though the hardware was redesigned
from scratch for the IIci, the machine acts just like a faster, slightly
more capable Mac II.  The difference, of course, between their story
and ours is that they RELEASED a faster Mac II while the GS Plus exists
as rumor.  :~(
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