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From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac vs. PC in campus labs
Message-ID: <3839@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 20:09:07 GMT
References: <2925@optilink.UUCP> <867@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> <10560@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <6388@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <10566@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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In article <10566@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>Now here's the good part:  So many people want to use Macs
>that it is standard to see waiting lists for machines with 20 to 30 people on
>them (during prime hours).  I have waited for *4 hours* on a Saturday afternoon
>a couple of times, just to print out a research paper ...

Like you, lotsa people here do all their work on their own Macs and then
use our labs only to make laser-quality printouts ... and they often have
to wait in line for hours just to use a Macintosh for five minutes.

We solved this problem by designating one Macintosh as an "express
computer."  It has a consultant-enforced usage limit of five minutes.
The idea for it actually came from a user via our suggestion box.

-John
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John O'Malley           / Macintosh  / Purdue University / (317)
ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-1787