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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE vs. Plus
Message-ID: <34112@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 18 Aug 89 18:39:26 GMT
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>>	What I want to know is why anybody would buy an SE?  For $800 or so
>> (after the $300 price drop) more than a Plus you get exactly the same
>> processor, an expansion slot that will probably never be used, and the
>> ability to have an internal hard drive (convenient, but certainly not
>> something which improves the machine substantially).  With the new SEs, you
>> also get a marginally better floppy drive (BFD).  Get a Plus and use the
>> money you save over the SE to buy a good printer, more memory, and/or a
>> bigger/faster disk drive, any of which will substantially improve the
>> system.

>Uh, doesn't the SE have newer ROMs than the Plus? (i.e. 256K rather than 128K)

You also get better performance, since you don't have cycle stealing on the
video. You also get the ADB bus, which is where all the new peripherals
(trackballs, etc) are being designed. You also get an internal fan and a
heftier power supply. And a decent keyboard (the MacPlus keyboard was never
my favorite). Plug in $70 for a Kensington fan and $130 for a Datadesk
keyboard and all of a sudden the price isn't as bad.

You'll save some money with a plus, but you'll be giving up some features
and technologies that you may not need now, but you'll kick yourself later
if you don't have them when they become important.


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