Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!rmh From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: IIcx intro (Mac II dead?) Message-ID: <897@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 9 Mar 89 17:38:34 GMT References: Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 18 In article wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes: > Did Apple just kill that Mac II? If so, does it really matter? I don't think the Mac II is suddenly obsolete. The "average" user has no need for six slots, true. The "average" user really needs only one, for the monitor. But a lot of us developers need the extra slots, for ethernet boards, co-processors, multiple monitors, and products under development that run on NuBus cards. We don't necessarily need the extra speed or the fancy floppy drive, so we can save the extra bucks that the IIx costs over the II. ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 rmh@apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 27-O | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."