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From: cetron@wasatch.utah.edu (Edward J Cetron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,misc.kids
Subject: Re: Mac games for 4 and 5 year-olds
Keywords: Macintosh, games, kids
Message-ID: <2274@wasatch.utah.edu>
Date: 1 Aug 89 04:45:32 GMT
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Organization: Morrison-Knudsen, Industrial Buildings Division, SLC, UT
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Ok, so that I don't set off the 'fanatics', I love my Mac, and I realize
how great the user interface is, etc, etc.

BUT, I want to use it about 50% of the time for my 7-year old to learn with.
I'd hoped when I bought it (Mac SE, 1MB, dual floppy) that there would be 
lots of great educational software out for it.  Well I found Math Blaster
(with copy protection which only lets it run out of the lower drive), Kidstalk,
and Reader Rabbit.  And that's it!  Everything else runs on Apple II series or
IBM PC's.  At this juncture,  I can either:

		a) upgrade an old Apple II+ to a IIe and get it a color mon.
			Lots of edu-stuff, but a VERY old machine which I
			figure Apple is soon to discontinue.

		b) fix up the Mac with a color monitor (which is VERY important
			in educational programs) a hard disk, etc. or upgrade
			(via trade-in) to a Mac II.

		c) scrap the Mac and buy and IBM Clone.

A) is the cheapest, but I wonder about the life-expectancy.  C) is actually
cheaper then b) and has a DAMN sight more edu-stuff available (I've even found
whole BBS's of stuff).  I know the Mac is easier to 'run' than MS-DOS but since
my son has been hacking on both for a while, I rather think this is somewhat
unimportant at this point.

SO:  my request for the net is:  Is it worth keeping the Mac?  Is anyone ever
going to support all that neat edu-ware on the Mac?  Can someone, anyone give
me any reason to keep that Mac?

Thanx in advance,

-ed
cetron@wasatch.utah.edu