jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) (03/22/89)
Well, I've been reading a lot about the virtues of a MAC SE/30, and now the new IIcx. If I were to spend $1700 on a new 68030 logic board, and another $700 on a SuperDrive to upgrade my SE, WOULD IT REALLY BE WORTH IT? I mean, the way Apple is changing its hardware so frequently, will I just have wasted my money on things that I'll be able to get in the 1992 Macintosh for about the same price? Aside from giving in to childlike "I want this new red wagon 'cause it's REDDER than the red wagon I've got now!" behavior, could anyone tell me what advantages I can really expect to have from upgrading my current SE, or buying an SE/30? I should add that the only thing I use my MAC SE for currently for is doing HyperCard stack development, using WriteNow 2.0 and SuperPaint 2.0, and sometimes playing "Colony." Is this really worth it for a Mac user such as me? Please post your responses since I think there are a lot of other people in this newsgroup who are in the same position as myself. Thanks for your feedback. Jim Collymore
lauri@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Georges Lauri) (03/22/89)
In article <1042@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes: >Well, I've been reading a lot about the virtues of a MAC SE/30, and now >the new IIcx. If I were to spend $1700 on a new 68030 logic board, and another >$700 on a SuperDrive to upgrade my SE, WOULD IT REALLY BE WORTH IT? I mean, >[...] >Aside from giving in to childlike "I want this new red wagon 'cause it's >REDDER than the red wagon I've got now!" behavior, could anyone tell me what >advantages I can really expect to have from upgrading my current SE, or buying >an SE/30? I should add that the only thing I use my MAC SE for currently for >is doing HyperCard stack development, using WriteNow 2.0 and SuperPaint 2.0, >and sometimes playing "Colony." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Jim Collymore I don't know about the others, but a 020-030 machine sure makes Colony a lot better! Georges Lauri lauri@cs.cornell.edu
merchant@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Peter Merchant) (03/22/89)
In article <1042@atux01.UUCP> jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) writes: >Well, I've been reading a lot about the virtues of a MAC SE/30, and now >the new IIcx. If I were to spend $1700 on a new 68030 logic board, and another >$700 on a SuperDrive to upgrade my SE, WOULD IT REALLY BE WORTH IT? I mean, >the way Apple is changing its hardware so frequently, will I just have wasted >my money on things that I'll be able to get in the 1992 Macintosh for about >the same price? Excluding memory shortages :^), prices on computer equipment tend to drop as time goes on, especially when you consider power vs. price. If you wait two years, you'll be able to buy an SE/30 for nothing. But, of course, you'll want the SE/40. Here's what I do: I look at what I'm doing and I decide whether the time that I save on having the more powerful computer is worth the money. If I don't find my current Macintosh to be "slow", I probably don't care. On the other hand, if I find my productivity being hindered by having to "wait around" for my computer, than I probably will find it worthwhile. (In the case of the SuperDrive, if I find myself being hindered by having to convert MS-DOS/Apple II disks to the Mac all the time, or find my floppy disks just don't store as much as I'd like...) You have to decide whether the cost/benefit is worth it to you. If you ask me to decide, I'll tell you that you should do it because I just love spending other people's money--that's why I work for The Government! :^) --- "Should I do it?" Peter Merchant (merchant@eleazar.UUCP) (Peter.G.Merchant@dartmouth.EDU)