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From: scott@kong.gatech.edu (Scott Coulter)
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Subject: Re: Computer for Student
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Date: 10 Jul 90 14:12:20 GMT
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In article <602.2698591f@sleepy.bmd.trw.com> bstantus@sleepy.bmd.trw.com writes:
>My son is just staring his freshmen year in college and is looking for an IBM
>compatable system since the schools compter lab in IBM. I suspect that he will
>be using it mostly for word processing since he is going into pre med. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated. He wants to keep the cost down since the
>money is comming out of his pocket not mine :).
>
>Thanks in advance
>Bob

Be sure to ask about educational discount rates from whatever computer
companies you talk to.  Many of the "bigger-name" companies offer student
discounts.  I'm currently using a Zenith system that I could never have
afforded at their regular prices, which I bought at student discount.

Scott D. Coulter				uucp: ...!gatech!ics!scott
Software Engineering Research Center		InterNet: scott@ics.gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology 
"Everybody's talking to computers, they're all dancing to a drum machine..."