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From: che99a@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Classic VS SE
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Date: 5 Nov 90 01:11:30 GMT
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     Hi.  I'm at an "educational institution", and it seems that they're
still selling SE's here.  The price seems to be about $300 MORE for the SE's in
every configuration (ie. 40 meg hard drive, 2 meg configuration.)

     My question is this: besides getting
* an extra adb port
* an internal slot
* a dimmer knob
* an older power supply
* a computer with around the same speed (apple says the classic is around 5%
faster than the SE; MacUser says it's around 5% slower, who can tell?)
* a computer that apple has discontinued :(
     
     what are we paying the extra $300 for?  To keep apple's profit margins
up? Should I tell my friends to get the Classic?

thanks in advance,

Jeremy Goldman

CHE99A@BRANDEIS.BITNET (I never remember my internet address)
(try to keep the replies here down--don't want them finding out that I'm not
 spending _ALL_ my time on my thesis...)