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From: Michael.Burton@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac + vs Mac SE
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Date: 27 May 89 14:17:16 GMT
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> 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.
        
   I've been using a Mac Plus for a year, and so far I've encountered
scarcely anything that an SE can do that a Plus can't.  You're aware that
the Plus doesn't have the SE's expansion slot.  You also say that you
"don't care about having an external hard disk."  It's much more difficult 
to find a good internal hard drive for the Plus than for the SE.  I can
promise you: you WILL want a hard drive for your Mac--it's becoming
increasingly difficult to run the latest software without a hard drive.
   The SE is a little bit faster than the Plus on some operations.  But
I've never been able to see any reason to spend almost a thousand dollars
more for an SE.


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