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From: forrest@ucsbcsl.UUCP ( )
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Leading Edge PC's
Message-ID: <214@ucsbcsl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 12:11:26 EST
Article-I.D.: ucsbcsl.214
Posted: Fri Jan 11 12:11:26 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:58:59 EST
Organization: U.C. Santa Barbara
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I recently bought a Leading Edge PC and I am extremely happy with
it. It runs all my IBM software (dBase III, Sidekick, Turbo Pascal,
PC-Write, PFS-Proof, Norton Utilities) and does so at 1.5 times faster
than an IBM PC. This measurement was made using the SI program from
the Version 3.0 Norton Utilities. Best of all is the price of the
LE PC which was $1300 for a system with 256K, 2 DS/DD drives, serial
and parrallel ports, clock with battery backup, MS-DOS, GW-BASIC,
Leading Edge Word Processor, a memory expansion board, and
green monitor. This price was from Computer Warehouse in Phoenix.

I'm especially pleased with the speed. While I was looking around at
PC's I was worried that the new generation of 8086 PC would give
significant performance improvements, not to mention the improvement
given by a AT. However, I'm told that a Compaq Deskpro only rates
1.4 of a PC and costs about twice as much as a Leading Edge, which
is rated at 1.5 (such a deal!).

So, if you're looking for good performance at a great price, check
out Leading Edge.

Jon Forrest, UC Santa Barbara
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