feldy@CS.UCLA.EDU (10/07/87)
A friend has the opportunity to get a 512K mac with 800K internal
and 800k external drive plus macwrite,paint,draw for about $1000.
Any reason not to do so? He's not a bigtime computer user. He'll just
be doing word processing and maybe a little spreadsheet.
Any problems with old roms vs new roms etc??
Thanks.
Any replies can be mailed to me.
Bob Felderman
3732L Boelter Hall feldy@cs.ucla.edu
University of California ...!{ames,trwspp,sdcrdcf,ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!feldy
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(213) 825-2841ostroff@oswego.UUCP (Boyd Ostroff ) (10/13/87)
In article <8509@shemp.UCLA.EDU> feldy@CS.UCLA.EDU (Bob Felderman) writes: >A friend has the opportunity to get a 512K mac with 800K internal >and 800k external drive plus macwrite,paint,draw for about $1000. > >Any reason not to do so? > This is a questionable deal. At Apple University Consortium prices, we can buy a new Mac Plus (1 Meg with SCSI port) for $1249. The last time I checked, it would cost about $600 for Apple to upgrade a 512KE to a plus, and I understand that they will discontinue the upgrades soon. On the other hand, I own a 512KE Mac and find it very useful. I know there are new programs coming out (MultiFinder/Hypercard/etc) which need at least 1 Meg, but I am able to run everything I want for now. (-: I remember buying an Apple II in 1978 and agonizing on the decision of buying the 4K or 16K model :-) I use an Apple 20 meg hard disk with my 512KE and have no complaints. Recently I saw an unenhanced Mac 512 (400K disk & old roms) sell for $600 including a 400K external disk. See if they will come down a little on the price... -- UUCP: seismo!rochester!rocksvax!oswego!ostroff US MAIL: Boyd Ostroff, Technical Director, Department of Theatre SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 PHONE: (315) 341-2138