Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!tjc From: tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Quibbling about new macs (Was Re: 1/3 or 1/2 height drives for IIsi) Keywords: IIsi, hard disk Message-ID: <7418@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: 3 Dec 90 13:46:45 GMT References: <109561@convex.convex.com> <1990Nov30.210449.3362@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <1990Dec1.015257.4891@athena.mit.edu> Organization: Edinburgh University Colouring Book Software Lines: 20 In article <1990Dec1.015257.4891@athena.mit.edu> josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes: >But people are criticizing the machine for: > a. not enough power supply (see above references) > b. not having the same 25MHz speed as the Mac IIci > c. for having a "new" slot -- the funky PDS instead of a NuBus > d. for not having a CPU ($249 option) Well, you know if someone tried to sell me a computer without a CPU I'd criticise them. :-) Now an MMU I would call an option. Tony get stuffed inews -- Tony Cunningham, Edinburgh University Computing Service. tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk If a man among you got no sin upon his hand Let him cast a stone at me for playing in the band.