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From: gchow@ipsa.reuter.com (george chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Spreadsheets on 9" screens
Message-ID: <1990Jul26.142254.27100@ipsa.reuter.com>
Date: 26 Jul 90 14:22:54 GMT
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In article <F2exnw51@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>I know someone that wants to purchase a computer to do a lot of
>spreadsheet work.  But I am hesitant about recommending a Macintosh
>because she only wants to spend about $2500 dollars on the computer
>and that is only enough for a Mac Plus or an SE.  I personally find
>the 9" screens on Macs unbearable, especially when using a
>spreadsheet; too much scrolling back and forth.  Is the small screen
>something that most people learn to live with, or are large screen
>add-ons the route to go(how's their performance)?  

You may want to try out Stepping Out II. It's an init that gives you as big
a virtual screen as you want (size is limited by memory). It's not as nice as 
a real large screen but for $100, it's not bad. I use it for previewing TeX 
documents and it works great.

>I really don't want to tell her to get a PC with Windows!
>
>-Mike

George Chow