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- From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel)
- Subject: Re: SE to SE/30: Worth It?
- References: <1992Sep10.120048.15513@husc3.harvard.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:15:52 GMT
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- silvers3@husc9.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith) writes:
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- >I'm considering upgrading my Mac SE 4/40 to an SE/30 ($799 + $35
- >installation = SE/30 5/40 in college student mathematics). Is it
- >worth doing this rather than buying a new LC II or II si or one
- >of their successors this fall, both in terms of price and future
- >utility? At some point in the future, for example, I might want to
- >add a color monitor; would the fact that I would need a card for the
- I think it is well worth it since the SE/30 is considerably faster than
- an LCII and even a little faster than the IIsi. On the other hand the
- SE/30 is no longer made so unless you have a warranty with the upgrade
- you may not want to do it. The IIsi is slower than dirt unless you
- put a card in it anyway so I don't think you're losing anything by
- putting a card in the SE/30 for color.
- -Terry
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