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From: neil@sdcsvax.UUCP (Neil Rhodes)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: need info on purchasing a mac
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 14:03:28 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 18 14:03:28 1985
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I am very close to buying a mac, but I have a couple of questions:

I am planning to buy a 512K mac with an external drive and an ImageWriter.


1)  Is the above the best configuration?

2)  Is a price of $2500 good for that configuration or are there better
    deals available (including Apple Consortium schools)?

3)  What software is most useful?  I plan on getting Smalltalk, MacWrite,
    MacPascal, and some terminal emulation program.

4)  How well does Smalltalk work with 512K and floppies?  I have used
    Smalltalk on a Sun-2 and found the speed barely tolerable.

5)  Is Inside Mac (?) in the yellow-pages version worth getting.
    (I understand software updates come with the non yellow-pages
    version)

6)  How much software is posted to Compuserve that is not posted to
    Usenet?  (Should I count on spending $10-$20 / month on compuserve
    bills to keep up-to-date)


I would really appreciate any time you could spend answering these
questions for me.

Please reply by mail.  If requested, I will post summaries to the net.

Neil Rhodes
ARPA:  neil@ucsd
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