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From: swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: New Macs
Keywords: Mac SE 030
Message-ID: <410538ca.129dc@blue.engin.umich.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 89 18:06:00 GMT
References: <1378@trotter.usma.edu>
Reply-To: swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling)
Followup-To: Re: New Macs
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In article <1378@trotter.usma.edu> joe@trotter.usma.edu (CPT Joe DiGangi) writes:
>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 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.

I read in a recent MacWeek that the 3-slot Mac II was supposed to be released
sometime in late spring/early summer and the portable Mac will be available
in limited quantities (I guess kind of like the Mac II at first) in the fall.
If you want to get a laptop though, be propared to specnd a whold bunch of
money.  It's supposed to be very expensive.