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From: rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
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Subject: Re: not good news
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Date: 16 Oct 90 01:51:00 GMT
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In article <1990Oct15.132313.24705@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Alan Gerber) writes:
>OK. Here's what I saw on the news wire:
>
>Mac Classic $999. 9-in BW screen. 68000 processor.
 Street Price around $700. Nothing to say here, A500 is still better.
(except that it doesnt have a built in SCSI port) But Im guessing
that after you buy 3 or 4 Mac Software packages you'll have already
surpassed the price of the classic.

>Mac LC $3,098. 68020 processor. 2 Meg RAM. Hard Disk. Color capabilities.
>                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Are you sure? From what I read, the microbytes newswire said
'It comes with QuickDraw routines built into Rom.' This doesn't mean
it has a 24bit color board, only that it has the software to use the
color card.
 Also, the A3000 clearly beats this. (you have to buy a keyboard)
and its only a 68020.
>Mac IIsi. $3,769. 68030 processor. 2 Meg RAM. 80 Meg HD.
 ^^^^^^^^

I just read that WITH the monitor and keyboard, the total STREET
price will be $3600. Also, its only 20mhz, and its a 40meg HD I beleive.
(I could be wrong)
  Anyway it only has ONE expansion slot. Apple was quoted as saying
'normal Mac users only need 1 slot, they usually only own a video
card.'
 This is nothing to worry about, the A3000 easily beats the IIsi
for price and performance.


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