Macintosh II - Do you remember what it was like? — #45

Post #45 by pathw

Source Forum	Macintosh II - Do you remember what it was like? — #45
Category	68k
Post Date	Fri, 3 Jan 2014 - 02:36
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/macintosh-ii-do-you-remember-what-it-was-like.28101/

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Do any of you remember your first experience with the Macintosh II?Were you blown away, by it?

With all that 68020 Speed / Color / Expandability and the mathematical power of that Motorola 68881 FPU installed!

I don't remember - I was using a SUN Workstation with a 68020 in graduate school, and that was my rationale for taking out a loan and paying the big bucks when I went to my first job (still had some work to do to finish my dissertation, and needed something to use at home, that had LaTex, etc.):

Mac II + HD (3144) + RGB Monitor (599) + Video Card (299) + Video Card Expansion Kit (89) + S&H = 4350 (a student discount, so less than list)

I'm guessing that I was not blown away, having worked with the SUN Workstation, but it did work for me. (I did have to get it serviced immediately - bad keyboard).

It was also our main system until 1996, though I was getting pretty desperate by this point. We couldn't afford a new Apple system, going instead with a refurbished Power Computing system.

How do these Macintosh II series monsters hold up over time from Caps and Batteries?

My Mac II was just recently resurrected after many years of not being used. I did have to replace the batteries, but have not recapped anything (living dangerously I guess).