Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nbires!ncar!oddjob!sphinx!kus3 From: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Best Apple Buy for School Message-ID: <4229@sphinx.uchicago.edu> Date: 12 May 88 01:41:32 GMT References: <8805101610.AA12397@braggvax.arpa> Organization: University of Chicago Computation Center Lines: 37 From article <8805101610.AA12397@braggvax.arpa>, by 20-37bn@BRAGGVAX.ARPA: > I work with a guy who is going back to school and needs a computer that > will give the best all around performance. He is leaning toward one of > the MAC's but was wondering about the IIGS. The MAC SE is alittle more > expensive than he can afford right now. Also, what would be a good list > of software to get him through school the first semester or two? If he wants to do general things like word processing and other stuff along a similar vein and not play games (we dont want to play games at school, do we?), go with a mac. As a longtime // fanatic, I've seen what a // can do and what a mac can do, and if the school sells cheap macs and cheap software for the mac, I would definate consider getting the mac over a //. An added plus here is that there are around 2-4 sites with laserwriters connected to a cluster of macs for great printing. He might want to check out what kind of support there is for either computer on campus. The good thing about the // I can think of offhand would be Appleworks and GEOS. Apart from this, is there anything on the // worth getting for college? > Is the IMAGE WRITER a good printer for school? Its a decent printer but the ribbon cartriages are expensive (I think). It does a great job but I hate it when my roommate prints his paper out at 3am (not as much if I'm already awake). > He is at the moment going to major in Liberal Arts and would therefore > need Word processing, along with capabilities for sciences, math, > econimics and accounting. Being sorta bias towards WordPerfect, I would highly recommend this word processor over any other, its one of the best for the mac (personal opinion). And if the school sells computer for cheap, they might have software for cheap as well. -- Bob Kusumoto | Follow me! Internet: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.edu | I'll play the game you want me, BITNET: kus3@sphinx.uchicago.bitnet | Until I find a way back home. UUCP: {ihnp4!gargoyle,oddjob}!sphinx!kus3 | --- Genesis, "One for the Vine"