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From: joe@trotter.usma.edu (CPT Joe DiGangi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: New Macs
Keywords: Mac SE 030
Message-ID: <1378@trotter.usma.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 89 13:35:23 GMT
Organization: US Military Academy, West Point, NY
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Well, I have to say that I'm sorely disappointed.  I've owned a Mac 512K
that was upgraded to a Plus for about 3 years, and this MacWorld Expo was
the time I had finally decided to get a new machine.  Rumors of the "Year of
the CPU" are apparently not true - at least yet.

I've been anxiously awaiting the resurgence of the innovative Apple that I
once knew and loved, and all I get is a Mac SE with a 68030.  That's not
innovation!  That's repackaging what they already make!  I'm beginning to be
more than a little upset at how the little guys don't count anymore.  Maybe
the recent rags are right - Apple is taking the "safe" approach by just
incrementally improving their products so as not to upset the corporate
world.  Oh, well.  I had hoped to get a laptop soon (guess I shouldn't hold
my breath on that!), or maybe a 3-slot Mac IIx, or at least have a wider
choice.

Speaking of the new SE/030, I was reading on the boards last night that there
are a lot of 3rd party products for this new machine.  Does anybody know if 
the SE can be hooked to an external _color_ monitor?  Now, if that's true, and
I can have the transportability (not portability) of the SE, and a big screen
with color at home, then maybe that's OK.

All right, I'm ready for the deluge of reactions!

Joe
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CPT Joe DiGangi
Department of Mathematics, US Military Academy
West Point, N.Y. 10996
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