[comp.sys.mac] SE->SE/30 upgrade

markham@rho.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Markham) (05/29/89)

Ok, I have seen prices quoted at around $1600 for the SE-SE/30 upgrade
and am wondering what the eductional discount price will be.  I went
down to the computer shop at UNC-CH and the man told me that the price
would be ~$2100 and I told him to go jump in a lake.  I paid ~$2100 for
my SE and couldn't  believe it.  Also, if I can get it for $1600 retail
I'll just go buy it somewhere else (just kidding, I realize that he was
incorrect).  Anyhow, does anyone (APPLE ARE YOU LISTENING?) happen to 
have the real price???

Please let me know as soon as possible.  Also, if you know any of the
details of the upgrade (does Apple get the motherboard of the SE back,
can I keep my 256K simms, etc) please let me know these also.

Thanx,
Andrew W. Markham 			<markham@sunmail.cs.unc.edu>
Undergraduate Assistant
Computer Science Department
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

prw@meccts.MECC.MN.ORG (Paul Wenker) (05/30/89)

The $2100 price probably doesn't include the $700-800 credit you will
get when you return your original logic board.  I think somebody is
overlooking the fine print.

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fosler@inmet.UUCP (06/01/89)

      The Suggested Retail Price on the SE/30 Logic Booard Upgrade is
$1699.00.    Maybe the $2100 price included the credit for the return
of the old logic board to Apple?

Carl Fosler

macduff@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Roger R. Espinosa) (10/04/89)

Hi.

The local Apple dealer is really (*really*) eager to sell me the SE->SE/30 
motherboard swap upgrade.  (He's really really eager to sell me the Superdrive
upgrade too, and Virtual, and a DeskWriter, and the new HD that I'd need to
run Virtual :-)

Could people email me experiences they've had with the motherboard swap? Does
it work well? Or are there as many incompatabilties/difficulties as with the
Apple IIe->IIGS upgrade that went on a few years back?

If there's enough interest, I'll post the responses.

Thanks!
 Roger Espinosa
 rre@ihlpn.ATT.COM or ..!att!ihlpn!rre

jstewart@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Ace Stewart [Jonathan III]) (10/05/89)

And along those lines, would someone care to post a messag concerning
the pricing of these upgrades nowadays? It seems entirely impossible
via finanaces as this time, but I'm still interested...

				Ace

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