Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!sunybcs!oswego!ostroff
From: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Plus ??
Message-ID: <1029@oswego.Oswego.EDU>
Date: 9 Dec 88 02:58:38 GMT
References: <46700090@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: ostroff@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Boyd Ostroff)
Organization: Oswego Macintosh Users Group (OMUG)
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In article <46700090@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> ews356@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>I'm considering the purchase of a new Mac Plus. 
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>Anyway, can anyone advise me as to the wisdom of buying a
>Plus ?  Is it doomed to obsolesence ? 

Well, of course it is - just like *all* computers are :-)  The real question
is will it do what you need today?  As recently as a month ago, we've been
told by Apple that there is no software they know of that runs on an SE
that won't run on a Plus with comparable memory (with the exception of
full-page displays, etc that require add-on hdw).

As a person who often aids students in their choice through the users group
here, I personally have a hard time recommending an SE to someone on any
kind of a budget.  For example (at University Purchase Program prices) an
SE with the standard keyboard and internal 20MB drive costs $2567 (including
tax & shipping).  By contrast, a Plus with third-party 20MB external SCSI
drive (65ms) can be had for $1698.  I don't know about you, but there
aren't many students (or faculty) here who couldn't put up with any of the
Pluses "limitations" for $868!

>And finally, has Apple really stopped making them ?
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As of this Monday our Apple contact has assured us no.  However, we have
been told to expect a 14-16 week delay in all Plus orders and 6-8 weeks
for SE's.  The "official" line we were given is that they just can't 
keep up with the demand.  On the other hand, *if* I were a cynic (thank
God I'm not) I *might* observe that Apple doesn't mind having the use of
your cash-in-advance for 14-16 weeks while they wait to ship your Mac :-)


[OF COURSE, these are my personal, biased opinions - not SUNY Oswego's]

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