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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???
Message-ID: <1991May14.165009.28289@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 14 May 91 16:50:09 GMT
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In article <1991May14.155036.26366@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>, gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes:
|> It's a step in the right direction, making the hardware upgrade to a
|> IIci/IIfx easier to afford.  Availability is still an issue (I'm told
|> that some folks have been waiting 3 months for a SE -> SE/30 upgrade). 
|> And the SE/30 is still lacking a step-up to hardware 32-bit
|> Cleanliness.  But it is a step forward, nonetheless.
But consider the wording in the press release:
  the price cuts ... are aimed at Macintosh personal computer customers
  who want to take full advantage of the new robust memory capabilities
  of System 7.
No mention is made of the fact that the SE/30 upgrade does not "take full
advantage of the new robust memory capabilities of System 7".
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu