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- From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
- Subject: Re: WANTED INFO on PS2 UPGRADES
- Message-ID: <93012.45086.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
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- Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 12:31:26 PST
- Lines: 37
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- In <1363@pivot-sts.sbi.com>, Vijay Bajwa writes:
-
- >I have one of the first PS/2 model 50 turkeys with a 20MB HD and
- >1 MB system ram. Recently, I have seen a spate of articles/ads
- >exhorting me to upgrade my system to a 386SX. Here is a halfway
- >decent configuration, and what it will cost:
-
- >1. Processor upgrade $250 - $300
- >2. 120MB SCSI HD
- > w/adapter $575
- >3. 2-8m board w/4mb
- > on board $250
- > -----------
- >Total $1085
-
- >For this price, I can get a 486SX clone w/monitor. Why
- >should I upgrade? How can these upgrade vendors hope to
- >convince anybody.
-
- >Can anyone point me to lower priced upgrade provider with
- >acceptable quality?
-
- Due to the proprietary MCA architecture (rather than ISA), PS/2 parts are
- generally more expensive. Part of the reason is that you're "buying IBM"
- (which may be their selling point). It also means that you're buying over-
- priced crap if you ask me. Since there isn't a mass market for PS/2 parts
- like their is for the generic ISA architecture, the parts need to marked up
- higher in order to make their production profitable.
-
- I'd just see if I could get $500 or so for the PS/2 and buy a 486 clone. Even
- if you only got a 386/40 (you can buy a fully loaded 386/40 system for about
- the price you quoted above), you would then essentially be paying $500 or so
- for the upgrade.
-
-
- Tim Irvin
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