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- From: jazzbo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Scott Raymond Harris)
- Subject: Re: IIsi vs new Macs - should I wait?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.051225.2052@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 05:12:25 GMT
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- >Through mid-October, I can get a Mac IIsi 5/80 for $1572 (bundled with
- >Word, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and some other stuff) through
- >the university. This certainly seems like a good deal in comparison
- >to standard retail prices. But I would be really annoyed with myself
- >if I threw out all of this money (which I would have to borrow) only
- >to find on October 19 that I could get a bigger-better-stronger-faster
- >IIvi (or IIvx?) for even less money. Does anyone out there have a
- >sense of how the new Macs will stack up against the IIsi in performance
- >and features? Any Secret Insider Information would be much appreciated.
- >Thanks.
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- Yeah, I can get the same deal, but I have to buy in a few weeks:
- I'm graduating.... I'll be back in school in a year, so I'll be able to
- get educational discounts in another year. Will a IIsi be a good buy if I
- plan to sell it in a year or so and move up to a better machine, or are
- they gonna can the IIsi line?? Are they coming out with any new powerbooks?
- The IIsi is at the lower limit of the power I need anyway, since
- I do a lot of engineering and math intensive stuff.
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- Is a $1600 IIsi too good of a deal to pass up, or should I wait and
- pay retail on a new machine, or maybe get a IIci now?
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- My own theory is that prices on the old machines are gonna drop
- once the new ones come out and a IIsi to hold me over for a year or two.
- It might be the most economical in the long run....
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- -Scott Harris
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- Thanks!
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