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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac IIfx Availability?
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Date: 29 Mar 90 17:33:02 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Mar 28 20:52:00 1990


Due to the recent problems with the mac portable and mac iici, it
seems a little hasty to buy a macintosh when they are first announced.
Especially now, Apple is under a lot of pressure to introduce new
products and boost their sales.

You may find half your software doesn't work, due to color quickdraw
"In ROM", or your hard disk sticks, or your clock battery is soldered
in, or your monitor display jiggles, or your ROM won't allow you to
address >1Mb of Nubus memory, or your PMMU socket is not completely
soldered to the board, or your HD floppy drive is excessively flakey.
All these problems have already happened.  What will it be with the IIfx?

Now, are you sure you want to rush out and buy a IIfx?

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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