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From: goldis@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Al Goldis,19 LC,335-5487,)
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Subject: Re: Advantages of an accelerator for an SE over getting an SE30
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Date: 14 Dec 89 02:46:48 GMT
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From article <1681@atux01.UUCP>, by jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore):
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> Now I don't really want to spend $3K+ on an SE30, nor $5K-$7K on an even
> more powerful (and faster) IIci.  But I would like the greater power and
> speed to run things faster.
> 
> So would it be wise to go and spend $1K on a 25MHz accelerator board, a
> 68882 math co-processor (for another $2-3 hundred), and upgrade to 4Mb, or
> should I save my pennies, wait 2 or 3 more years and see if there isn't
> faster (like 33MHz), more powerful and cheaper technology in 1992?
> 
> Or will upgrades to software become so big and powerful that I will need to
> upgrade my hardware just to keep pace with the software?
> 
> Does anyone out there have any opinions on this?
> 
> 
> 						Jim Collymore

An accelerator is the least expensive option.  Certainly less expensive
than a new machine and also less expensive than Apple's SE to SE/30
upgrade (availability??).

Remember, No Matter What Machine You Buy, It Will Soon Be Superceeded
By A Newer/Faster/Spiffier Machine.  Buy a IIci now, and in a few months
it will blown away by the IIxi or whatever they call it.  And in another
6 months to a year, etc....

The question is simply:  how long do you want to wait?
Or if an accelerator satisfies your needs, why *wait* for new--and soon
to be obsolete--technology (yes, the "satisfies your needs" part is
important).