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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc10!ibhan
  2. From: ibhan@husc10.harvard.edu (Ishir Bhan)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: is $2600 for a ii/ci a good price?
  5. Message-ID: <ibhan.724453833@husc10>
  6. Date: 15 Dec 92 21:10:33 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: husc10.ibhan.724453833
  8. References: <Bz9s2G.BJ3@cs.uiuc.edu>
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  13. u1733@cs.uiuc.edu (Ching Tai) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Hi,    I'm thinking about buying a mac!  My university offers a 
  16. >II/ci 8/230 w/ color monitor, keyboard, mouse for about $2800.  Supposedly
  17. >the price will only last from now until Jan. 20 (or so).  Is this a 
  18. >good price for a II/ci?  TShould I buy a II/ci ? I.e. is it being
  19. >discontinued? Thanks.
  20.  
  21. Okay, well you should know it's weaknesses:
  22. -Slow built in video
  23. -Maximum 8-bit internal video
  24. -No Sound input
  25. -Upgrades to Q700, a machine that will be discontinued soon
  26. -Will likely be discontinued itself soon.
  27.  
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  29.                -  Ishir Bhan -  ibhan@husc.harvard.edu  - 
  30.                                      - - - 
  31.            "Your hats all off and I'm...gone away." -The Cure
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