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Well, College people, how do youlike your MACs? [message #75898] Wed, 29 May 2013 20:00
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Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 00:45:55 EDT
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Last fall I went out on a limb and predicted that it was foolish for
any college to depend on MACs in 1984-85 for large numbers
of college students.  I predicted that the MAC would not come out
soon enough, that reliable software would not be adequately available
for this semester, and that colleges making the early purchases of
MACs in quantity would find they had a lot of white elephants on their
hands for a while.

Apple has clearly done a much better job than I expected bringing out
a reliable MAC.  Some good software packages at least are available.
Now I would appreciate hearing from people at schools (like Dartmouth)
that counted on the MAC to serve many students.

I will be glad to summarize private responses to the net.
How do you like the MAC?  What are you able to do with it?
Do you know many students who are using MACs regularly in their work?
Do you wish your college had emphasized a different machine? If so,
which one?

If you write to me, please indicate your the degree of computer
literacy.  It seems to me from information I have collected so far that
some of the happiest MAC users are computer jockeys with access to
as-yet-unreleased MAC software.

	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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