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From: mack@intvax.UUCP (Michael J. McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac IIsi  questions
Message-ID: <3685@intvax.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 91 18:28:27 GMT
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From article <8456@plains.NoDak.edu>, by fleckens@plains.NoDak.edu (Clint Fleckenstein):
> I am looking at buying a IIsi...my problem is deciding between a
> 2/40 configuration and a 5/80.  The reason I have doubts is price
> difference.  My question is this:
> 
...
I bought the IIsi 2/40 version because 1) while an 80 meg disk is
nice, it takes quite a lot to fill it up, 2) It is easy to upgrade
the amount of memory to 5 meg (less than $200 by mail order), 3) the
price difference between configurations was very high compared to
street values for similar devices, and 4) If I ever did need the
extra disk space, I could purchase an external hard disk and have a
better choice of price/performance.

You might choose something different if you can get a deal that
doesn't have such a bad price/performance ratio (look at the cost of
upgrading after buying vs buying, figure that you won't have to get
a bigger drive for a year or more (unless you are realy hacking) and
that you will need a memory upgrade right away), then check the
price advantages.