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- From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
- Subject: Re: brainstorm accelerator for the plus $230 = Mac II speed!?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:54:05 GMT
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- The Brainstorm is probably the only remaining cost-efficient upgrade for the
- Plus. But don't imagine you are getting a Mac II. It gives you a significant
- speed increase (about 50%, but it is highly variable depending on whatyou do
- most) but it gives you just a faster Plus, NOT a Mac II, or a Classic II, or an
- LC. If speed, not features, is what you feel lacking in your Plus then maybe
- the Brainstorm is what you need. As Brian said in his response, you will have
- to forever be concerned about system upgrades. Apple may continue to support
- the Plus, but you can bet they won't make much effort to insure Brainstorm
- compatibility. The only people who will ever care at all about keeping your
- Mac compatible are the Brainstorm folks, and they won't care very much, since
- their sale is done.
-
- I don't want to sound too negative: it IS still a decent deal. It works well,
- has less compatibility problems than the more expensive and more complex '020
- and '030 upgrades, and gives you about as uch speed as you can reasonably get
- out of the Mac Plus architecture. But it won't be as fast as a Classic II, or
- have the same range of compatibility. The CII costs a lot more, even allowing
- the resale price of the Plus in. (maybe not a LOT more tho, de4pending on
- whether you can get educational pricing) If you can lay out $250 now, maybe you
- can consider laying out a net $600 or so and get a CII or Performa 200. ( and
- deal with trying to sell a Plus)
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