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From: smiley@gcc.uucp (Wise men still seek Him)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: General Mac questions
Message-ID: <363@gcc.uucp>
Date: 4 Feb 91 22:05:39 GMT
References: <2508@westmark.WESTMARK.COM>
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Organization: Grove City College, Grove City, PA
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In article <2508@westmark.WESTMARK.COM>, billy@westmark.WESTMARK.COM (Bill D'Augustine) writes:
> I am contimplating getting myself a Mac Classic computer...
> ... on the Classic model, there are two varities: one with no
> hard drive for about $900 and one with a 40mb drive for about $1400.
> $500 for a 40mb drive is quite a lot of money, so I am wondering,
> if I get the one without the hard drive, can I later add a hard
> drive too it? 

The model with the 40 MB hard drive also includes 2 MB of RAM - making it 
ready to run the System 7.X software, when it becomes available.  The extra
megabyte of RAM in the Classic involves an extra card that plugs into the
board, not just another 1 MB SIMM.  Thus the $500 gets you the hard drive,
the card with the extra SIMM sockets and another 1 MB SIMM.

Although the $500 may still seem like a lot for a 40 MB drive and the memory,
consider the fact that the power supply on the Classic is small - it needs a
drive that specifically meets that small power requirement.  Presumably,
the drive that Apple put into it does - third party internal drives may not!
(Several third parties initially released and recalled Classic internal drives
for this reason.  They are now beginning to reappear.)

Jim Smiley