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- From: pmontan@nswc-wo.navy.mil (Paul Montanaro)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: IIsi question related to Apple XMAS special
- Message-ID: <pmontan-171292164222@paulmac.nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 21:53:40 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.205556.20436@kodak.kodak.com> <4f=yA_q00WB3MIp5ZO@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- In article <4f=yA_q00WB3MIp5ZO@andrew.cmu.edu>, Faisal Nameer Jawdat
- <fj05+@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
- >
- > osuch@acadia.Kodak.COM (Bill O'Such) writes:
- > > I recently got a flyer from Apple for a XMAS special. A MAC IIsi,
- > > 3MB memory, 40MB hard disk, 14 inch color monitor, extended keyboard,
- > > all for $1699. It seems like a good deal (maybe too good) for home.
- > > Are there any problems with the IIsi or is there something in this
- > > deal that I'm missing.
- >
- > Well that's such a ridiculously minimal configuration that I wouldn't
- > ever consider it. For any sort of serious use you'll need at least 5
- > megs ram and an 80 meg hard drive, or system 7 will be a dog, and
- > you'll run out of drive space in a flash.
- >
- Yes but this still sounds like a great price to me. Adding more memory and
- a bigger hard disk for a 5/80 config. would cost less than $500. $2199 is
- still a good price for this system assuming that you get the 14" trinitron
- monitor and not the performa monitor with it.
-