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From: rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: trading a IIx for a IIfx
Keywords: trading for new mac
Message-ID: <260ff42a.3e86@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 27 Mar 90 23:15:54 GMT
References: <3623@dev.dtic.dla.mil>
Reply-To: rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer)
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Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <3623@dev.dtic.dla.mil> duc@dev.dtic.dla.mil (Duc Tran) writes:
>The local Computer Age store in my area (Washington DC) offers
>a deal for people to trading their Mac II for the new MacIIfx.
>I inquired, and for my MacIIx w 4MB RAM, 80MB hd they allow the
>trade for an additional $5,000. I would keep the same disk, color
>monitor, adaptor, floppy drive. They just swap the main box.

This doesn't sound like a particularily good deal.  I read somewhere
(maybe in MacWeek?) that to upgrade a Mac II/IIx to a IIfx would
cost $3000 plus another $1000 for 4Mb of memory.  Granted, you don't
get a new case and power supply, but even with Apple's somewhat high
prices, $1000 seems an awful lot to pay for them.		:-)

Ray Fischer
rcfische@polyslo.calpoly.edu