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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: trading a IIx for a IIfx
Keywords: cost of upgrade
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Date: 28 Mar 90 05:27:44 GMT
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Reply-To: sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca.UUCP (Maurice Sharp)
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From: sharp@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp)
Path: cpsc!sharp

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.
>
>From what I know the IIfx costs about $10K. 
>What do you think? I understand that at this moment Apple has not
>announced an upgrade from IIx to IIfx yet. Should I wait for a
>better deal from Apple?
>

According to my handy dandy University price list, the cost for a
MacIIfx logic board upgrade is ... CAD$2884 University price.  This
does not include RAM, but then what does.  Your only problem is if the
IIfx requires faster RAM.  I do not know the answer, but suspect that
is the case (probably 70 or 80ns RAM).

Either way, you are being jipped my son.  Order the logic board, and
if you need faster RAM, sell what you have and buy the new stuff.

	maurice



Maurice Sharp MSc. Student
University of Calgary Computer Science Department
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