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- From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: Information on: The IIvi, IIvx, and Performa 600
- Keywords: performa new macintosh
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.003055.7220@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 00:30:55 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.233545.28691@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Aug16.144158.24957@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
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- breck@kirk.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes:
-
- >Wait! Stop! (Sorry about this, Apple, but...) Reconsider buying
- >that IIsi! It has no significant advantage over the LCII, and some
- [...]
-
- >The IIsi's only advantages are slightly better CPU speed (not a big
- >enough difference to notice in real time use, but you will notice the
- >disappointing screen redraw speed) and the ability to plug in Nubus
- >cards, again, not an issue because the LCII is a very popular machine,
- >so there are a lot of cards for its PDS (processor direct slot).
-
- [...]
-
- Say what?! no offense, buddy, but I would recommend whoever considering
- buying a LCII to think about it again...
-
- The LCII is a *major* speed hog. The Vram is not only nice to have... but
- also essential! If you have supplied enough ram, you can see the SI sweeps
- the floor of the LCII. Putting a 32 bit cpu into a 16bit machine is
- simply inexcusable--especially when their price tags only have $100 difference
- (according to my school's "Back to School" deal.)
-
- I do have to admit it's nice to have the PDS though...
-
- Yours Sincerely,
- Kelvin
- e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
-