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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIe vs Apple II+
Message-ID: <2825@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 11:10:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 26 11:10:46 1987
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Keywords: Apple
Summary: Get the //gs...


The //e is not obsolete and is still in production, BUT, the current
price is $829 and the //gs is only $999.  Under those conditions you'd
be crazy to by a //e because the //gs is a far superior machine.  The big
problem is that you must have a 3.5 inch drive to run the //gs system
software and only a 5.25 for the //e, which is much cheaper.  If you have
tried to use the new //e software on a 5.25 inch 140K drive though, a 
3.5 800K will quickly become the first item on your shopping list.  If
you can't afford a 3.5 get a //gs anyway.  It works fine in the //e mode
but is 2.5 times faster and //e graphics look better on a //gs than they do
on the //e anyway.  This way you'll only pay $170 more for these extra
features and you will be able to run //gs stuff as soon as you can afford the
3.5 inch drive.  If you get a //e you will not only have to get the 
drive but fork over an extra $500 for the upgrade and you still won't
have a detached keyboard.  All this doesn't even consider all of the
other //gs goodies, ie built-in serial ports and RGB and disk controller.
I don't think Apple will continue selling the //e for much longer unless they
drop the price to $400 or less (which they might do, the new //e is 
very inexpensive to build).

Rick Fincher
ranger@ecsvax