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From: jprice@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Advice needed for Mac II purchase
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Date: 28 Feb 90 17:30:56 GMT
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Reply-To: jprice@uclapp.physics.ucla.edu (John Price)
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Hi all:

      My group is considering the purchase of a Mac II.  We can get a good 
price for it - $2999 for a base IIcx (we don't really need the speed of a 
IIci).  This system comes without a hard drive or monitor.  We will be 
using it mostly for text editing (with TeXtures or OzTeX) and graphics 
(CAD, probably). The questions I have are:

     1) How good are Apple's 40MB hard drives?  I can get one for $400.  
I'm looking for specs with respect to access time and MTBF.  I'm also 
considering an external removable drive.  I have a Mirror 45MB removable on 
my Mac+ at home, and I'm pretty happy with that.

     2) How is Apple's 13" color monitor?  That comes for $670.  Are 
full-screen and two-page screens really as great as they say?  Do either 
TeXtures or OzTeX support the larger screens?  Are there any that support 
color?

     Please respond to me via Email, and I'll summarize.

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