Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!g556871349ea From: g556871349ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (0040;0000056927;0;745;352;) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac + vs Mac SE Message-ID: <4406@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 25 May 89 19:43:47 GMT References: <391@zeus.hf.intel.com> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: g556871349ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Colin Ong) Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 36 In article <391@zeus.hf.intel.com> cfj@zeus.hf.intel.com (cfj) writes: > >I'm thinking about purchasing either a Mac + or Mac SE. Could someone >out tell me if there really is any advantage to buying an SE or the Plus >if : > > 1. You don't care about the SE's internal expansion slot. > 2. You don't care about having an external hard disk. > >There is such a large difference in price between a SE and a Plus, it seems >that there must be more advantages than I'm not aware of. > >Thanks, > >Charles Johnson >Intel Corp. >Hillsboro, OR >cfj@cfj.hf.intel.com >...uunet!littlei!sdp!cfj Given conditions 1 and 2, I personally have recommended the Mac Plus because it DOES NOT come with a fan which makes it practically silent You do have to decide which keyboard you prefer. My favorite is the old 512 keyboard. Of course this is if I intend to use the Mac at home. At work, I have set up the office with SEs because we want the expansion slot for accelerators and big screens. But, the main point I want to make because I just found out about it yesterday is that the SE 2/40 is not 100% compatible with programs written for other Macs. I called up PCAI about a program of theirs that wasn't working, and they replied that it would not work on a SE 2/40...BUT IT WORKS ON EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE! Does anyone know what hardware difference there is? Colin Ong Dept. LAWR UC Davis