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- From: wdp@gagme.chi.il.us (Bill Pfeiffer)
- Subject: Serious Info needed on Peforma 600 (with and w/o CD)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.234816.25533@gagme.chi.il.us>
- Originator: wdp@gagme
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- Sender: wdp@gagme.chi.il.us (Bill Pfeiffer)
- Organization: Gagme Public Access UNIX, Chicago, Illinois.
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:48:16 GMT
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- Greetings:
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- I am considering the purchase of a Mac Performa 600 (either with or w/o the
- CD-ROM drive). What I am seeking is serious, non-predjudicial
- information on this machine.
-
- I would like to know...
-
- What, if any, are the limitations of the Performa version of Sys-7 and
- how hard (expensive) is it to install the original Sys-7 or even a
- later version of Sys-6?
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- The machine claims to be a 32 mhz clock speed. Is this real? Or is
- there some reason that the P-600 is slower than other 32 mhx 030
- based machines?
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- The system I am looking at has, I beleve, a 160meg HD. Does anyone
- know about the speed of this drive? Reliability?
-
- What aout the CD rom drive that is included with the P-600CD? Is it
- up-to-snuff? Is it as fast as, say, an aftermarket drive?
-
- Basically, I am interested in the system because it has a lot of the
- features that I am looking for, and seems to be fast enough, plus the
- $$$ outlay is reasonable (for a MAC that is :->) About 2000 for the
- P-600 (4-160 512k vram) and $2500 for the CD version (5-160 1 meg
- vram) w/o monitor. This is at (uggh) Sears and includes a year of
- on-site service and tech support (???) as well as Claris Works bundled
- software, extended keyboard and several CDroms to start with.
-
- My main purpose is DTP, but I will want to also use it for other
- functions like data base and maybe communications.
-
- What are the shortcomings of this machine, the strengths, peculiarities?
- I would like neutral advice, please. I know that the Performa series
- is aimed at the household market. But I have a limited budget and
- would like to get the maximum speed, storage and usability for my
- buck. I really want to get the Mac, most of my files are Mac, but
- now-adays with the DOS (sorry for swearing) machines coming down so
- low in price, unless I can get something like this Performa for this
- kind of money, I might be forced to look at the DOS. Please save me
- from this fate.. give me some advice :-).
-
- E-mail is prefered, since I have only a limited time to read news. I
- will summarize my findings to the net.
-
- I could also use a piece of advice on decent, yet inexpensive laser
- and/or ink-jet printers that may be useful for DTP on this system.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Bill Pfeiffer
- wdp@gagme.chi.il.us
- wdp@airwaves.chi.il.us
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