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From: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Rom 04 comment
Message-ID: <13715@fs2.NISC.SRI.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 90 14:38:31 GMT
References: <48000015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Feb28.061841.29116@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu>
Reply-To: cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson)
Organization: Network Info Systems Ctr., SRI Intl., Menlo Park, CA.
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In article <1990Feb28.061841.29116@spectre.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>>I'm all for the idea of a ROM 04 machine, but I have one thing I
>>want to scream at the top of my lungs at all listening Apple
>>Employees and that is:
>
>>UPGRADE PATH!
>
>I heard you. I'm not an employee of Apple, but I ask you this:
>
>HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW IMPRACTICAL IT IS TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU ASK?
>
>This is the age of disposable motherboards.

Ah. I see.  Disposable motherboards.  What a thought.  

Actually, while an upgrade path would be an interesting option, the plain,
simple fact is, that it isn't worthwhile.  Sure, when the GS came out, there
was an upgrade path from the //e, but it cost what, $700?  You can buy a new
GS now for just a wee bit more.  

So you'll end up with two computers.  Well heck, there's your multitasking. 
I do it all the time -- run a telcomm program on my //e, downloading files,
while doing other things on my GS.  

'course, I haven't quite figured out what to do with the //c+, the other
//e, and the 2 ][+s in the closet.... howbout parallel processing?  ;-)

--Chan
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