Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!neil From: neil@sdcsvax.UUCP (Neil Rhodes) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: need info on purchasing a mac Message-ID: <1047@sdcsvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 14:03:28 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1047 Posted: Sun Aug 18 14:03:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 19:36:34 EDT Organization: EECS Dept. U.C. San Diego Lines: 39 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 UUCP: {ucbvax,decvax,allegra}!sdcsvax!neil -- Neil Rhodes UC San Diego {ucbvax,decvax}!sdcsvax!neil (619)455-0159