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From: cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Cowboy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???
Message-ID: <13043@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 15 May 91 09:02:45 GMT
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In article <1991May14.155036.26366@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>, gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes:
> In article <1991May14.035501.7812@umbc3.umbc.edu>, cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs421317) writes:
>If you read the announcement about motherboard swaps being cheaper, it appears
>that Apple is proposing motherboard upgrades as the 'dirty' ROM solution.
>However, I hope it's obvious to others besides me that a $1500 upgrade is not
>the answer we need. It's beginning to seem like 'bait and switch' time.
>
>What do you think?

Perhaps I'm naive (and I'm sure those of you who believe so will let me know),
but for me, this is great! I need more speed, and I need more memory (give
me more, More, MORE!!!!!) I have 4 MB right now. And I want it pronto. I have
an SE, and would very much like an SE/30. Actually, I would like a IIfx, but
unless somebody wants to give me a deal I've only seen in dreams, I can't
afford one.

I can also get colour with an SE/30, which I can't with an SE. And I want to be
able to edit larger bit maps and, as I said before, do other, more memory
intensive work. And I don't wish to wait forever as I currently do.

These in and of themselves are sufficient reason for me. I doubt I could really
afford much more $. Perhaps it isn't everything I would like, but it is
substantial enough improvement for reasonable enough cost, that I expect I will
go for it. And this is even before thinking of System 7.

So hey, I'm happy with the reduced price on motherboard swaps. Now, can
somebody explain why I should not be?
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                                       -- Chris. (cycy@isl1.ri.cmu.edu)
"People make me pro-nuclear." -- Margarette Smith