From: utzoo!decvax!cca!Larry@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: Consumers Union Questionaire on Personal Computers
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2126
Posted: Sun Jul 18 23:23:18 1982
Received: Sat Jul 24 01:31:32 1982

Consumers Union is interested in several issues regarding personal
computers that I think the "experts" are most able to answer.
Some examples are frequency of repair, quality of documentation,
capabilities (how zippy is the execution, does it have good mass
storage, etc.)  Nonexperts ("consumers"), who probably have experience
with only one type of personal computer, will do a bad job at answering
these questions, I think.  I would encourage anyone who has a
computer at home (I don't, alas) to get the questionaire and fill it
out, keeping in mind that what a consumer wants from a personal
computer is not quite the same as what most of us want.  After all,
Consumers Union solicits auto experts to judge the automobiles they
review (and audio experts for the low cost audio equipment), so
why shouldn't they have the benefit of our opinions? 

Larry Seiler
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