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From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
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Subject: Re: Do I buy a MacIIci?
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Date: 11 Sep 90 17:11:04 GMT
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In article <83539@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, griffi-r@moon.cis.ohio-state.edu (robert m griffiths) writes:
> I'm interested in purchasing a high-end macII: either a ci or an fx. The
> ci currently stretches the limits of my budget and the fx isn't really feasible
> at the current prices.

That would seem to be a deciding factor...a slower machine that you can afford
will be faster (for you) than any machine that you can't.

> So, my basic question is this: if I buy the ci, will Apple release a new 
> computer within the next year or so that will drive the price of the fx into
> a more affordable region and make me regret that I went ahead and bought the 
> ci? Obviously, I would rather have the fx if I could afford it.

That is the nature of the business.  On the other hand, expect to see c-class
macs in the not-too-distant-future using the MC68040 at 16 or 25 or 33 MHz
that will run faster than the fx does now.  An upgrade for your ci would be
less than the cost difference between the ci and fx now (if you wait a while,
at worst), and you have a more convenient size of box on your desk.

> Does anyone have any insight that would help me make a decision?

Not so much insight as remembering having lived through equivalent cycles
time after time in the past.

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