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Article: New Mac: compact power, decent price
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 29, 1989
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SAN FRANCISCO Apple's new computer is pretty impressive. Introduced
at the just-concluded MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, the Macintosh
SE/30 boasts speed comparable to the more expensive Mac IIx, and data
compatibility with MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS computers (e.g., Apple
IIs).
All its compact power comes at a decent list price of $5,160 for
a computer with 1 MB of RAM and a 40 MB fast internal hard disc.
Configurations with more RAM (up to 8 MB) and a bigger hard disc (up
to 80 MB) can be purchased. Street prices for the SE/30 eventually
will come in under the list prices. The SE/30 grows the Mac product
line to five basic models (Plus, SE, II, IIx, and SE/30).
In my preliminary tests, ...