flatmas@prism.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman) (06/28/89)
This is a summary of the *ONE* reply I received regarding the cost to upgrade from a Mac II to a Mac IIx. Thanks to Ric Anderson for the only reply I have yet to receive! :-) Here is what he found out about a month ago: FDHD , the newfangled floppy is ~$700.00 :-( ( you must be kidding! ) and for some more good humor brought to you from Apple "Steal 'em blind" Computer, the logic board is ( you may laugh now...) $1600.00 !! And the total is .... $2300.00 !! :-( Again Apple wins the first place award for *RIDICULOUSLY* over priced computing equipment! After hearing some rumors about upcoming machines I intend to wait and see. $2300 bucks for about 20% more performnce is just *?!$ foolish!!:-) Also note that you could sell a MacII motherboard and buy a Mac IIx motherboard for a bit less than $700.00 floppy cost( Since I got mine at school is is very cheap this way. Yes I know you are supposed to only sell it to another "qualified" buyer... see a lawyer... Another new marketing strategy brought to you from Apple :-) ) So it is up to you... I intended to wait out the year and see what Apple has coming down the pipe. If it is not a *MAJOR* improvement over a MacII I fully intend to stop all my Mac development efforts and jump ship to something else (like a SUN :-) Hopefully Apple feels alot of pressure from SUN...). If anybody wants a used Mac II around Christmas I may have one for sale. SO APPLE LISTEN( for once ) TO YOUR CUSTOMERS! WE DEMAND MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE. LETS SEE, THAT MEANS... A GRAPHICS CO_PROCESSOR(a necessity for 32 bit quickdraw which is way *SLOW* ) ... MUCH FASTER DISK ACCESS( like DMA ) ... FASTER CPU( similar to a cheap UNIX box, like Sparcintosh )... AND A RESONABLE PRICE! Well I've said enough, I'll climb down off my soapbox... +====================================================================+ | Scott Flatman | | INTERNET: flatmas@prism.cs.orst.edu | | UUCP: { hplabs!hp-pcd,tektronix }!orstcs!prism.cs.orst.edu!flatmas | +====================================================================+ | * FREE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION * | +====================================================================+
mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) (06/28/89)
In article <11406@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>, flatmas@prism.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman) writes: > This is a summary of the *ONE* reply I received regarding the cost to upgrade > from a Mac II to a Mac IIx. Thanks to Ric Anderson for the only reply I have > yet to receive! :-) Here is what he found out about a month ago: > > FDHD , the newfangled floppy is ~$700.00 :-( ( you must be kidding! ) > and for some more good humor brought to you from Apple "Steal 'em blind" > Computer, the logic board is ( you may laugh now...) $1600.00 !! > > And the total is .... $2300.00 !! :-( > Again Apple wins the first place award for *RIDICULOUSLY* over priced computing > equipment! After hearing some rumors about upcoming machines I intend to wait > and see. $2300 bucks for about 20% more performnce is just *?!$ foolish!!:-) If you are at a univeristy, your prices will be something like this (I don't deal in retail, so this is all I have): Macintosh IIx logic board upgrade $ 3,039.30 Return of old Mac II logic board 1,500.00 ---------- Net cost of motherboard upgrade $ 1,539.30 Macintosh II FDHD upgrade kit (includes FDHD drive and ROM/SWIM upgrade) $ 569.00 Return of old ROM/SWIM chips 150.00 ---------- Net cost of drive upgrade $ 419.00 Grand total for upgrade $ 1,958.00 ========== I'm sure that this would translate into $2300 retail without any problems. Now here is one thing that I don't understand: Why do you need to upgrade the ROM/SWIM chips? Wouldn't it be much easier to include those on the logic board upgrade? Then you would just need to buy a FDHD drive, which only runs about $349 (university price for internal FDHD drive). I think that this would make much more sense, but then again, what do I know... -Michael p.s. I don't have enough money for a Mac II, so I will never have to worry about the upgrade to a IIx... -- Michael Niehaus UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!mithomas Apple Student Rep ARPA: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu Ball State University AppleLink: ST0374 (from UUCP: st0374@applelink.apple.com)
jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) (06/30/89)
Scott Timothy Flatman <flatmas@prism.CS.ORST.EDU> writes:
FDHD, the newfangled floppy is ~$700.00
I got a quotation here in New York City (from ComputerLand, no less)
for the whole thing (hardware, new ROMS, instalation, etc.) for $475.
I'm gonna get one, since I can't get a Mac-able floppy for my laptop PC
no matter *how* much I pay :-)
/jordan