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From: en2j@vax1.UUCP (Thomas Purcell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac II /hardware advice request
Message-ID: <565@vax1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 15:53:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 15:53:46 1987
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Reply-To: en2j@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Thomas)
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Keywords: Mac II request advice
Summary: seeking 'ultimate' personal workstation

This is a request for advice:  I'm trying to put together a very respectable
personal system for the next couple of years (till the Super-engineering
workstations come down to $5k.).  Its uses would include some commercial
applications (that is, business type stuff) and software development.
Preferred characteristics are:

	o	Unix -- now or very soon (avail. within 1 yr.)

	o	desktop publishing at least up to mac quality level

	o	multiple operating system capability, even if this
		anticipates additional processor cards  (methinks
		this is better than buying 4 different machines.?.)
	
	o	speed.  don't want my hair to turn grey while I'm
		waiting for something running on a hardware simulator,
		for example, to execute a single instruction

	o	color graphics better than IBM cga, cheaper than a
		$50k Silicon Graphics workstation

	o	full-page display would be pretty handy.

	o	Big harddrive; ample memory
		(80 meg, 2 Meg is a nice starting point, bigger better)

I might be inclined to believe that a Mac II with a lot of nice add-on
hardware would be my best bet -- except for that "speed" requirement
(a few times faster than a regular mac does not a workstation make).

Would anyone like to recommend the best Mac II add-ons that would get
closest to this?  Will Apple be three more years before releasing Unix
for the Mac II ?  Is the Mac II too slow?  Would somebody care to
suggest an alternate bundle of equipment?  Please advise ... (thanks!)

(please send copy of reply direct to mail address.. thanks!)

en2j@crnlvax1.bitnet
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