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From: hzink@alchemy.UUCP (Harry K. Zink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: My decision for the LC
Message-ID: <366@alchemy.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 18:42:59 GMT
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In article <44069@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:

>I believe the author was trying to say that there is no real upgrade from a Mac
>LC. Not much you can do with one little slot, ya know. Just as you can "upgrade"
>from a II to a Mac LC, you can "upgrade" from a Mac LC to some other computer.
>However, you can't upgrade from a Mac LC to another Mac.

Apple, nor anyone else, has ever claimed that you could upgrade the Mac LC to 
another Mac.  It is *usually* apple policy to allow users to upgrade from one 
Mac platform to the same within the same family, i.e. it is that policy that 
allows meek Macintosh II owners to upgrade to the Macintosh IIfx (for a price -
which is nevertheless significantly less than buyng a full IIfx system).  
SImilarly, I envision that it might be possible to upgrade the LC to a possible
future LC+ - just as it was possible to do so with the Apple II line for a 
while.

The LC might only have a single slot, but that slot will allow you to later (or
even right now) upgrade your LC with a 68040 accelerator that gives it 2-3 
times the performance of a IIfx!  As a sidenote, acceleration technology is 
very easy and very available on the LC, while the same, unfortunately can not 
be said for the Apple IIgs 9no thanks to Bill Mensch being incapable to built a
CPU able to go at decent speeds.  One wonders why it seems so difficult in an 
age when 32-bit architectures are getting CPUs rated at 50 and 100 MHz, why is 
it so difficult to WDC to manufacture a measly 16-bit processor at 20-25 MHz?).

Granted, though, the single slot inhibits more complex expansion, but if you 
want more slots, all you need to do si get a Mac that has more.  There are 
choices, you know!

Harry