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From: ugbinns@sunybcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: RE: Apple IIe vs Apple II+
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Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 13:55:55 EST
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Keywords: Speed

Article 717 of comp.sys.apple:
> Just now would seem to be an odd time to switch from Apple to IBM for business
> ...
> Jumping to IBM now might be insuring that the business class '
> is fully equipped to move into the past.

Maybe even more so for the Apple ??  (staying in the past).

> p.s. It's not a question of memory. ][e and ][c can now easily have 
> 1 meg of RAM, plus large hard disks and 3.5" drives. Mac+ goes up to 
> several meg of RAM, while Mac II (surely beyond your need) can do 4 gigabytes

But it's not only a question of *memory*, what about *speed* ??
I can't speak for the Mac (I'm not too familiar with it), but an IBM AT
or even an IBM XT can run circles around the apple IIc, IIe & II+.
With an IBM you're dealing with a much faster clock speed, and a 
true 16-bit processor.
	
And I've *heard* that you can get a 3rd party 40M hard drive for about $600!
An Apple 10 or 20M hard drive costs more than that last time I checked !!

Anybody know how the IIgs compares in speed (sorry if it's an old topic) ?

Sorry if I took you *too* much out of context Bruce  @:-)
	
	Len Binns     ugbinns@sunybcs
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