cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs421317) (05/14/91)
If you read the new motherboard upgrade pricing press-release, you'll notice that Apple says that the upgrade will provide 32 bit addressing to users of the target machines, (II, IIx, IIcx). Does this mean that Apple is saying we will have to upgrade to get the new addressing capability? I'm not prepared to shell out an additional $1500 for this. It's beginning to feel like 'bait and switch' time. What do you think? How much more pressure is necessary? - Gary Goldberg Census Bureau/DIR/SIRS AOL: OgGreeb cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu
jbr0@cbnews.cb.att.com (joseph.a.brownlee) (05/14/91)
In article <1991May14.040651.9137@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs421317@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs421317) writes: >If you read the new motherboard upgrade pricing press-release, you'll >notice that Apple says that the upgrade will provide 32 bit addressing >to users of the target machines, (II, IIx, IIcx). Does this mean that >Apple is saying we will have to upgrade to get the new addressing capability? > >I'm not prepared to shell out an additional $1500 for this. It's beginning to >feel like 'bait and switch' time. At $1500 list, my guess is the street price we be around $1200, which is a step in the right direction anyway. I'd actually consider this if the price was more reasonable. Given that this upgrade is essentially a motherboard swap and dealers will replace the logic board in case of a problem for around $400, that's a pretty good size markup. When the price has only 3 digits in it, let me know. This should not be offered *instead* of a ROM upgrade, though -- merely as another alternative. -- - _ Joe Brownlee, Analysts International Corporation @ AT&T Bell Labs /_\ @ / ` 471 E Broad St, Suite 1610, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 860-7461 / \ | \_, E-mail: jbr@cblph.att.com Who pays attention to what _I_ say? "Scotty, we need warp drive in 3 minutes or we're all dead!" --- James T. Kirk