picard@milton.u.washington.edu (Mary Stumpel) (03/11/91)
I'm considering purchasing a Mac SE/30 but I'm not sure whether the IIsi is
a better deal. Plus, I see a lot of posts concerning problems with the
SE/30 in this newsgroup which gives me cause for concern. I don't want
anything "lower" than a SE/30 because I'd only have to upgrade. Can anyone
give me the relative merits of either machine. I'd especially like comments
from people who actually USE these Macs to tell me what they like (or
don't like) about their particular machine. This will, I hope, really help
me decide which Mac is "better." Thanks.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael.Sweeney@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Sweeney) (03/20/91)
Mary,
I just bought a Mac IIsi at the end of last year. I love the machine and it
more than meets my needs, now. But since I got a "bare bones" system (ie, 2
MB memory and a 40 meg hard drive), the first thing I had to do was upgrade
the memory to 5 Meg. Then I had to get a Nu-bus adapter card to get the math
co-processer since the IIsi does not come equipped with one. In contrast to
the SE30, I have a 13 in. Hi-rez monitor so the screen is much larger than
the standard Mac screen, in B&W mode, the IIsi is comparable in performance,
but in 256 color mode, it is much slower. You All in all, I'm glad I got the
IIsi rather than the SE30 I was looking at originally. Just be prepared to
add the math co-processer and get at least 5 Megs of memory.
*mikes*
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