You're forgetting the SCSI 2 Card, that leaves the IIci wanting at least another slot for any kind of content production work. Back in the day you could just squeak by using IIci onboard video, but that grew more and more pathetic from early to mid-nineties standards. Six slots, there are no substitutes!
The pet IIfx is my favorite toy for NuBus playtime, edging out the Radius 81/110 by a hair. 8MB is probably enough, the 32MB I have is plenty.
If you're only going to have just one box from the era, the IIci is the probably the most authentic as it was ubiquitous in THE DTP workhorse role, but the IIfx is a quirky Thoroughbred in a 40MHz '030 system bus class by itself. Gotta love it.
The pet IIfx is my favorite toy for NuBus playtime, edging out the Radius 81/110 by a hair. 8MB is probably enough, the 32MB I have is plenty.
If you're only going to have just one box from the era, the IIci is the probably the most authentic as it was ubiquitous in THE DTP workhorse role, but the IIfx is a quirky Thoroughbred in a 40MHz '030 system bus class by itself. Gotta love it.