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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
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- Subject: Re: Information on: The IIvi, IIvx, and Performa 600
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- Date: 17 Aug 92 21:02:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug16.144158.24957@risky.ecs.umass.edu>, breck@kirk.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Aug12.233545.28691@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> kellogg@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Lars Kellogg-Stedman) writes:
- > >Beyond the short posting in c.s.m.a, I haven't seen any information on the
- > >new Macs. I'm about to purchase a IIsi - are any of the new Macs similar
- > >in price/performance?
- >
- > Wait! Stop! (Sorry about this, Apple, but...) Reconsider buying
- > that IIsi! It has no significant advantage over the LCII, and some
- > real disadvantages. Aside from the better price the LCII has:
- > dedicated, dual-ported VRAM and hence equal or better video
- > performance than the IIsi, it can use a VGA monitor, which will save
- > you a couple hundred bucks if you want to use a 13" color monitor (get
- > the Sony CPD 1320 from J&R Musicworld -- $330) and it has the newest
- > System 7 ROMs (the ROMs in earlier Macs were close to where System 7
- > stablized, but not perfect) so the OS will use less RAM memory.
-
- Er, unless I'm grossly mistaken, the LC II uses the same ROMs that the
- original LC did.
-
- > 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).
-
- The LC II is limited to 10 megs of RAM; the IIsi can use more than that
- (17 megs, I believe).
-
- You do have some good points there, but it is not as clear a choice as
- you make it out to be.
-
- > If you can, though, wait and see what Apple introduces this fall. All
- > the new machines are going to have the VRAM and VGA support (Apple's
- > new monitor to replace the Hi Res RGB will be a $600-list VGA) RAM
- > expandable to 68 Meg, the new ROMs, faster processors, etc.
-
- Any time you can afford to wait, it is probably a good idea to wait.
- New products are released, and/or the prices of older products drop.
- At worst, you collect interest on your money and buy for the same price
- later. The key is whether or not you can afford to wait, or whether
- you need something *now*.
-
- > I'm buying a Mac soon, too. I'm waiting to see the new machines, and
- > further waiting for the price cut that's bound to fall, maybe middle
- > to late winter. I dunno about this, but this may be the last big
- > round of technical improvements to the 68K desktop Macs. Apple's
- > gearing up to start design and production on the PowerPC RISC Macs, so
- > the new ones may be the last and best 68K Macs made.
-
- Last that I heard/read, the PowerPC won't be out until 1994 or very late
- in 1993. Also, I believe (no inside information to confirm or deny it
- though) that Apple won't be stopping 68K development when the PowerPC
- first comes out; there will be parallel development for a year or three.
-