Re: Why the Apple II was on the right track...

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <5em56j$pkc$1@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

> In article <5elp3q$r3k$1@scramble.lm.com>,
> Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
> >My workplace had some spare parts floating around, so I got a bigger
> >hard drive and more RAM for the Performa.  Too bad I can't even open
> >the system to install it.  I can't believe, because I don't have a
> >torx screwdriver with a 20 foot neck, I can't get into this mac.
> 
>    Funny. 4 phillips screws are all that separate you from most
> PCs. [Excepting a few Compaq Deskpros I've run across with annoying
> star-shaped screws]

Funny, my Mac II opens just like my IIgs. Push two tabs and pull up. My
Centris 650 has one phillips head screw (that I never screw in) and then
you just slide the case forward and up. (BTW the screw is fixed so that
it can never fall out and get lost). In both cases, adding a new hard
drive amounts to "plug", "power on". Adding memory is "open lid", "snap",
"power on". Adding a video card is "open lid", "plug", "power on". No
screwing around with dip switches, whacked up drivers, configuration
files, IRQ conflicts, etc... I guess I'm just a lazy moron since I prefer
not to have to get my hands dirty.

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