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From: georgew@june.cs.washington.edu (Georges Winkenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Recommendations sought
Message-ID: <12721@june.cs.washington.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 18:01:02 GMT
Sender: georgew@cs.washington.edu
Reply-To: georgew@june.cs.washington.edu (Georges Winkenbach)
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I'm thinking about buying a mac II ci; but before I do so I'd like
to get some comments/recommendations. My main concern related to
spending that much money is: will it do (almost) everything I 
want? I would very much appreciate any comment or recommendation 
related to the followings:

1) I will definitely need a document processing system that support
   math symbols and formulae. Does a PD or comercial version of
   LATEX/BIBTEX exists for the mac? Does there exist a commercial
   WYSIWYG program that does everything LATEX can do?

2) My wife will need a 3D architectural CAD program. We are
   actively looking at ArchiCAD, AutoCad, and ArchiTrion.
   Any comment?

3) Does a C++ compiler for MacOS exist (besides MPW)?

4) Does anyone recommend against using a NEC or Magnavox
   14" color monitor instead of the Mac monitor?


Thanks very much for your help,

george  (georgew@cs.washington.edu)