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From: bullfrog@ruth.UUCP (Curtis Blevins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Mac Lc vs IIgs A+
Message-ID: <0XRkw1w162w@ruth.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 91 06:59:44 GMT
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I recently read an article in the Dec issue of A+, which reviewed the new
Mac LC. One of the points they made was the cost of an LC is $500.00 cheaper
than of an Apple IIgs. They showed a chart to illustrate there point.

Here is their chart.

Feature        MacLC          Cost           IIGS           Cost
-----------------------------------------------------------------
CPU            68020          $2399          65816          $1149
Speed          16 MHZ                        2.8 MHZ             
Accelerator    No                            Applied 7.MHZ  $ 349
Ram            2megs          N/C            1meg           N/C
                                             Apple 1meg     $ 229
Color Monitor  Apple RGB      $ 599          Apple RGB      $ 588
Internal HD    40 meg         N/C            Vulcan 40      $ 899
Superdrive 3.5 Apple          N/C            Applied        $ 279
Floppy 5.25    Apple          $ 329          Apple          $ 329
Scsi interface Apple Scsi     N/C            Apple          $ 209
Mono input     yes            N/C            No                  
Runs GS warez  no                            Yes                 
Runs Mac stuff yes                           Cirtech?            
Runs II warez  II board       $ 249          yes            N/C
Fan            yes            N/C            Apple          $  49
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Total                         $3576                         $4091


Here is my chart

Feature        MacLC          Cost           IIGS                Cost
---------------------------------------------------------------------
CPU            68020          $2399          65816               $1149
Speed          16 MHZ                        2.8 MHZ                  
Accelerator    No                            Zip gs1600 8Mhz     $ 249
Ram            2megs          N/C            1meg                N/C  
                                             Applied 1meg             
                                             GSram II            $ 189
Color Monitor  Apple RGB      $ 599          Apple RGB           $ 588
Internal HD    40 meg         N/C            No                       
External Hd    No                            Ehman 60            $ 410
Superdrive 3.5 Apple          N/C            Applied             $ 279
Floppy 5.25    Apple          $ 329          Apple               $ 329
Scsi interface Apple Scsi     N/C            Apple               $ 209
Mono input     yes            N/C            No                       
Runs GS warez  no                            Yes                      
Runs Mac stuff yes                           Cirtech?                 
Runs II warez  II board       $ 249          yes                 N/C  
Fan            yes            N/C            Apple               $  49
Stereo in out  no                            App. Sonic Blaster  $  98
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                         $3576                              $3549

As you see my chart shows that they are priced the same and the gs has lots
of extra goodies that you don't really need to run it. If you eliminate the
accelerator,sound card,extra meg of memory you drop the price of the GS to
$3013 which is around $500 cheaper than the LC and still runs GS, II and
maybe in the future Mac software. Anyway it is pretty silly to compair a mac
to a gs. Would you compair a gs to a 386? The buyer has to decide what are
the features he is looking for then look at the price. Unfortunately Apples
pricing structure is set up so that the macs have a lower markup than the II
line. This is odd as the cost development of the IIs has long since been
regained. For all the lip wagging that apple has done lately about how they
still support the IIs out there, I have still not seen any evidence of
economic support in the form of lower prices. Gee I thought that "obsolete
technology" was allways cheaper.


Bull Frog