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From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: BASIC QUESTION ABOUT WINDOWS
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Date: 5 Dec 89 01:58:56 GMT
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In article <413@vlsi.ll.mit.edu> malpass@ll-vlsi.arpa.UUCP (Don Malpass) writes:
|A few weeks ago I asked that even MORE basic question, since I had
|tried it and concluded that it was slick but was badly in need of a
|problem for which it was a solution.  The response was underwhelming -
|NOBODY defended it, and the only people who responded agreed with me
|that unless you secretly wished you had bought a Mac, Windows was
|nearly worthless.

I must not have seen this. For the average office that has to tolerate
both Macs and PCs, Excel seems required. And of course, Excel runs
under windows. I am also looking forward to Word for Windows, for much
the same reason. There's also Micrografx Designer, etc. 

Finally, there's nothing wrong with wanting a Mac-like interface at PC
prices. I think there'll be a whole bunch of money in it, actually.

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