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From: evensen@husc10.harvard.edu (Erik Evensen)
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Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ???
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Date: 15 May 91 03:12:54 GMT
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In-reply-to: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu's message of 14 May 91 15:50:36 GMT

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?

   Plus side: (The plate is half full)
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   Minus Side:  (The plate is half empty)
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   Sum Game:  (Hey, there's food on the plate!)

   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.

   Pure Conjecture:  (What's for dinner tomorrow?)

   One wonders if a 32-bit clean hardware upgrade for the SE & SE/30 will
   come out of the rumored '030 Classic at year end?

How's about maybe curing "CPU envy" or SE/30 owners, solving the dirty
ROM/upgrade problem, and kicking butt in the "Personal Workstation"
market and bring out an SE/040 with an upgrade path for SE and SE/30 owners?
(I get chills just thinking about it...)


--Erik (evensen@husc9.harvard.edu)
...just ramblin' not speaking officially for anyone...