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From: lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: To upgrade a Mac SE or not to upgrade, THAT is the question!
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Date: 22 Mar 89 15:17:54 GMT
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In article <1042@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes:
>Well, I've been reading a lot about the virtues of a MAC SE/30, and now
>the new IIcx.  If I were to spend $1700 on a new 68030 logic board, and another
>$700 on a SuperDrive to upgrade my SE, WOULD IT REALLY BE WORTH IT?  I mean,
>[...]
>Aside from giving in to childlike "I want this new red wagon 'cause it's
>REDDER than the red wagon I've got now!" behavior, could anyone tell me what
>advantages I can really expect to have from upgrading my current SE, or buying
>an SE/30?  I should add that the only thing I use my MAC SE for currently for
>is doing HyperCard stack development, using WriteNow 2.0 and SuperPaint 2.0,
>and sometimes playing "Colony."  
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>						Jim Collymore

I don't know about the others, but a 020-030 machine sure makes Colony a lot 
better!

						Georges Lauri
						lauri@cs.cornell.edu