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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Wishlist SE/II merge
Message-ID: <76000137@uiucdcsp>
Date: 21 Feb 88 03:00:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Feb 20 21:00:00 1988


Here is my wishlist for a Mid-Price Macintosh II, due in the middle of
the year from Apple.  I had a very hard time deciding which machine to
purchase (SE or II) -- a machine in the middle would have made the
decision much easier.  Here are the preferences, highest priority
first.

(0) 68020 chip, of course.  12-16Mhz.
(1) Small, perhaps slightly larger than SE.  Slightly portable.
(2) Quiet Fan.  Quieter than the current Mac SE.
(3) SIMM space for 8Mb.  People will soon hit the 4MB ceiling!
(4) 1:1 interleave hard disk driver.  1.25Mb/sec (=maximum) transfer rate.
(5) Full Color Quickdraw.  Even if you buy a monochrome machine.
(6) Ability to run A/UX.  Maybe someday A/UX will be cheap(er)?
(7) Multifinder/Multitasking demands a large display.  Either
  (a) Video display card that can drive a Multiscan monitor at Max
      Resolution (560*800?) (decapitated macintosh)
  or
  (b) Built-in grey-scale or color monitor with at least 640*480 resolution.
      (swelled-head macintosh)
(8) 2-3 slots.  Either NuBus or SE-bus, I suppose.  Because most people may
    eventually want an (a) accelerator, (b) modem/ethernet, and (c) a display??
(9) Sockets for 68881 and 68851, unpopulated.
(10) 1.6 or 3.2Mb floppy disk drive -- today's floppies are puny!

Except for the floppy drive, it should be possible to retail a
stripped machine like this for $500-$1000 less than a similarly
equipped Mac II (you save on power supplies, cases, 12Mhz 68020, bus
slots, no 68881).  That would have been very nice.