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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi  questions
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Date: 24 Feb 91 02:35:02 GMT
References: <8456@plains.NoDak.edu>
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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In article <8456@plains.NoDak.edu> fleckens@plains.NoDak.edu (Clint Fleckenstein) writes:
> I am looking at buying a IIsi...my problem is deciding between a
> 2/40 configuration and a 5/80.

Get the 5/80.  The memory is especially nice for multi-finder, and
you will fill up the disk before you know what is happening.  All
those init, fonts, and toys....

> Will I need the extra memory?  Will it affect performance?  How
> large ARE Mac applications?

If you get color, you will find that color paint & draw applications
will want a lot of memory.  Otherwise, expect to use 1 Meg for the
finder, then 1 Meg for each additional application that you have
running.

> Will I need that much hard drive space?  How much space do normal
> Mac applications take?

My "System Folder" is 6.8 Megbytes, and my "System Stuff" (apple file
exchange, disinfectant, misc utilities, apple utilities) is 9 Meg.
If you trade PD and shareware programs, you will quickly fill the
space.  Most applications nowdays come on 1 or more 800K disks.
Both MacWrite and UltraPaint take 3 disks each.

> By the way:  My uses will be telecommunication, graphics, word
> processing, and games.  NO number crunching, possible use of 
> SoftPC.

Other than for graphics, you will find that the IIsi will run up
to 5 times faster if you turn off the color, and up to 2 times faster
if you switch form 256 colors down to 8 colors.

Here are some PD apps that you might want to get:
	Kermit		Stuffit		Compactor
	McSink		BinHex		miniWriter
	Disinfectant

Here are a few commercial toys that you will want to check out:
	After Dark	ClickChange

> I *do* wish I could get an Apple// emulator...I have a LOT of //
> software I'm familiar with (7 years' worth :)

The Apple card will not work with the IIsi, but there is a program
called "][ In A Mac".  It ran about 1/2 speed on my Mac Plus, so
I would assume that it would kick butt on a IIsi.  I ran Appleworks
and Bolderdash on my Mac Plus.  Too cool.  Look for ads in the back
of MacUser or MacWeek.

-john-

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