Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dalcs!aucs!peter
From: peter@aucs.UUCP (Peter Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Rebirth of the Mac Plus.
Message-ID: <1262@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Sep 88 11:36:09 GMT
References: <18612@cci632.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
Lines: 25

>> We have a steadily growing Mac Lab, presently equipped with Mac SE's only.
>> That model has gone up substantially and we will now be forced to purchase
>> what we consider obsolete technology--the Mac Plus.
>                   ^^^^^^^^ 
> If the Plus is obsolete then why did you buy the Mac SE?  There is nothing
> an SE can do that my Plus can't do also.  Apple has bent over backwards to

Obsolete is probably not the right term. We prefer the Mac SE because of its
superior keyboard, dual internal floppy drives (this is ideal for a lab; if
we had got MacPluses for our lab, we would have to had bought second external
drives, which is something more for students to swipe), and its internal
expansion slots. It does run slightly faster as well. You have to admit
though, the MacPlus has been around for quite a while and with the way
computer technology grows, it doesn't take long for an item to be considered
"obsolete", or at least not state-of-the-art. Let's face it, the MacPlus
can't even support a "real" control key...

But you're right, there's not much an SE can do that a Plus can't. Still, we
consider the Plus a less than adequate choice for our lab...

-- 
Peter Steele, Microcomputer Applications Analyst
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada B0P1X0 (902)542-2201x121
UUCP: {uunet|watmath|utai|garfield}!dalcs!aucs!Peter
BITNET: Peter@Acadia  Internet: Peter%Acadia.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU