battle of the compact 68030's

[geforceg4]

https://tidbits.com/article/3398


if u had a chance to get either the classic II (1991) http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_classic/specs/mac_classic_ii.html
its just the classic II not the colour classic..


or the SE/30 (1989) http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_classic/specs/mac_se30.html
which would you get???

arent these machines pretty close in capabilities?
once machine released in 91, the other in 89..  does newer = better?


now i know the SE/30 is referred to as the most desireable + capable compact mac
but the classic II has the same cpu specs (68030 @ 16mhz)

[MacTron]

The Macintosh Classic II model has a 32-bit processor. But It has a 16-bit data path.
The Macintosh SE/30 has a 32-bit processor and a 32-bit data path.

The SE/30 was a hit , a really beautiful and powerful machine at its time but really expensive. Another great compact mac was the Color Classic II but I haven't seen a real one by myself ...

[Texas_RangerAT]

The SE/30 has the additional advantage of having a PDS slot for all kinds of expansion cards. And it supports a whole lot more RAM than the Classic II, which was essentially an all-in-one LC II. The SE/30 was more like a Mac II minus NuBus slots, at least from what it could do and how much it cost.