Re: Apple/Mac Info Needed

[skadesh@mv.us.adobe.com (Seth Kadesh)]

In the interest of correcting some misinformation, I offer the following:

In article <3u24gk$fpv@maureen.teleport.com> sifu@teleport.com (Greg Fishback) writes:
>Help!  Please don't flame me.  I'm a PC user and I know little or nothing
> about Mac computers.  My dellima is as follows:
>I work for a major repair center, we do all sorts of electronics repair and
>have recently branched into PC repair.  One of our customers dropped
>off his Apple IIe and was inquiring about adding a hard drive, memory,
>and a mouse so his 7 year old could have somethig to play with.  From
>looking at the machine I have a feeling that this is going to be
>impossible due to it's age.  I've been informed that he could purchase a
>better system with a couple of meg of RAM, a small hard drive, all the
>other stuff for less money than he was looking to put into this thing.  I
>would like to talk him int that.


1) Mac != Apple II, although both computers were manufactured by the same
company.

2) No flames intended, but how can you tell by "looking at the machine"
whether or not an upgrade is possible?

3) Rather than talk your customer into something that YOU feel comfortable
with, consider what the customer wants and talk him into something that HE
feels comfortable with.

FYI, it certainly IS possible -- even today -- to add a mouse, memory, and
a hard drive to an Apple IIe.  Depending on the size of the drive, you
could do the entire upgrade for about $250 - $350.

A good place to look for this stuff is Sequential Systems:

	orders: (800)-759-4549
	http://www.hypermall.com/sequential/index.html

This post has been re-directed to comp.sys.apple2, so that other people
can offer suggestions....

>     Give me some ammunition to help me talk this fellow out of putting
>          $$ into this machine!

Why?  I have nothing against Macs or PCs, but if this person has a machine
that can do what he wants -- why shouldn't he use it?

-seth
skadesh@adobe.com