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From: rmitchel@bbn.com (Rob Mitchell)
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Subject: Re: Why buy a Classic over a Plus?
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Date: 3 May 91 19:41:27 GMT
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cyf@druco.ATT.COM (Charlie Farwell) writes:

>    I would like to know exactly what the differences are between
>    the 128K ROMS and the 256K ROMS. Will sticking with 128K give me
>    a performace penalty, or the possibility of not being able to
>    run some future applications? (The two machines are supposed to
>    be totally backward and forward compatable, right ;-)?

    The Classic "spec" sheet in front of me says that it has the 
    newer 512K ROMs (may mean that they're 32-bit clean) and the
    Classic is "25 percent faster than a Mac Plus."  It has an
    ADB bus for the keyboard and newer/lighter mouse.  Other
    than that, they're pretty much the same computer, IMHO.


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