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From: STREATER@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (415)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi  questions
Message-ID: <91051.200412STREATER@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 91 04:04:12 GMT
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I just bought a IIsi - am very happy with it. You will need 5mbytes rather
than 2 but I merely looked in the comics and paid $49/mbytes for memory. I
installed it with *no* tools and no trouble. In addition, I have not seen any
of these problems which people allege occur with the IIsi.  That is probably
cheaper than Apple memory.

As far as disk is concerned, start with the 40 mbyte and expand later. Disk is
constantly going down in price, to the extent that the correct approach is to
run with (nearly) full disks. No point in buyiong extra space that will be
cheaper when you buy it later (if you need it). Sounds like you don't know
that you will need it, so why not wait. I see that Jasmine has these cute
litte cigarette-packet sized drives that plug into the back of your SCSI port
and don't need an external power supply (the SCSI port supplies it). At
present they have only a 20mbyte for $399 but larger drives are supposed to be
in the offing.