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From: swerling@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ace Swerling)
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Subject: Re: New Macs
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Date: 8 Feb 89 00:24:00 GMT
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In article <24344@amdcad.AMD.COM> ching@pepsi.AMD.COM (Mike Ching) writes:
>In one of the guided tours that came with a new Mac II there's a picture
>of a Localtalk network containing 2 Laserwriters, a MacPlus sitting on a
>Hard 20, a Mac SE, 2 Mac IIs, and 2 boxes that look like the rumored
>small footprint Mac II. If everything is to scale, the monitor is
>slightly larger than the current Mac II monitor and the base is the same
>width as the monitor. There's only one floppy slot with a rectangle under
>it that might be a case decoration or possibly something more interesting.
>The known parts of the picture are pretty accurate so the details like
>square corners on the monitor are likely representative of what's in
>store.
>
>mike ching

I got the new issue of MacWeek today and there's some info about the new
3-slot Mac II.  It's called the Mac IIcx.  It comes with a SuperDrive, 68030,
68882 co-processor, and will be introduced in March at a show in Hanover, West
Germany.  The IIcx will be priced closer to the Mac SE/30 than the Mac II,
which presents the question as to what will happen to the current Mac II.
Apple says that it will continue to sell the Mac II, but I wonder who will
buy this machine if they can buy a IIcx.  Any responses from Apple?

Apple also said at their shareholders meeting that they will introduce their
long-awaited portable this summer.  The main limiting factor on releasing this
machine is the new technology in the display.  From the rumor mill, it said
in MacWeek that there's some controversy inside the portable division about
whether to release the almost completed 68000 based machine, or to wait and
release a new design with a 68030.  Supposedly, people are being taken from
the 68000 project and moved to the 68030 project.  I guess that tells you
what's going to happen.

-Ace

Disclaimer:  I only read this stuff in MacWeek.  If it's wrong, sue them, not
me.