granteri@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Grant Erickson) (10/21/90)
My Macintosh 1024KE having grown old since its purchase in 1986, and lagging
behind in software and hardware choices, I have considered to buy a new
Macintosh. However, I am now left with several choices: IIcx, IIsi, IIci. I am
looking to Apple Netters and other Netters to assit me in answering some big
questions I have.
1) I need to have an internal hard disk, I would put it in myself (Quantum
105) as Apple charges way too much for 80s and 40s (sorry Apple, truth
hurts sometimes). So the CPU would have to be purchaseable in an 'empty'
configuration. Ditto for the RAM.
a) Is the rumor correct that the IIsi only accepts 1/4 Height? Does Quantum
make $569 105 QH drives?
2) How slow does the IIsi become when running off mother-board video? IIcx
speed, or (gasp) even slower?
3) Will games break and other programs break on the IIsi, the same as they do
on a IIci?
4) And seeing I will be entering college this upcoming fall and will be going
into EE study, and won't be able to buy another Mac for a good 4 years,
which would be the best considering both cost and upgradability/future
compatibility.
Thanks, ANY information and help would be greatly appreciated.
Grant Erickson
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!______________________________________________________!ostroff@Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff) (10/22/90)
In article <3355@orbit.cts.com> granteri@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Grant Erickson) writes: >2) How slow does the IIsi become when running off mother-board video? IIcx > speed, or (gasp) even slower? Have never seen an si, but in Apple's own words: ] Lower Cost Macintosh Personal Computers Target New Customers ] ] FREMONT, California--October 15, 1990--In a move to reach more people with ] Macintosh personal computers, Apple Computer, Inc. today announced a suite of ] ] <stuff deleted> ] ] Macintosh IIsi ] The Macintosh IIsi lowers the cost of Macintosh II-class computing by ] delivering the performance of the Macintosh IIcx for more than $2,200 less == Boyd Ostroff, Tech Director == Sys Admin, "The CallBoard" == |||| Dept of Theatre, SUNY Oswego |||| Serving the Performing Arts |||| |||| (315) 341-2987 |||| 315-947-6414 1200/2400 baud 8N1 |||| == ostroff@oswego.oswego.edu == cboard!sysop@oswego.oswego.edu ==