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From: geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE vs II
Message-ID: <858@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 16:45:22 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 27 16:45:22 1987
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In article <1912@crash.CTS.COM> mkao@crash.CTS.COM (Mike Kao) writes:
>Until recently, I was sure that my next computer purchase would be a Mac II.
>However, a friend of mine instilled within me doubts by saying that many
>existing Mac software packages and MOST games won't work on the II. Granted,
>I'm not purchasing the II for just games, but I would hate not having that
>option. Also, I fear that since that machine is not geared toward entertainment,
>most software companies will probably not upgrade and/or write machine specific
>games for the II. Can anyone contradict my assumption?

The Mac II offers so many advantages, that I think it will
take over as the main line product as the price drops.
It isn't hard to write games for it, and as new games come
out, they will all work on the Mac II (some don't even work
on the SE, including Dark Castle, don't forget).  The mac
II will be upgradable for a long time (see the Apple II),
but the SE will probably only last 2-3 years.  The only
reason I can see to order the SE is if you need the small physical
size.