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From: brandonl@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Brandon Lovested)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Low cost Mac's ?
Message-ID: <1385@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 90 16:55:05 GMT
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In article <25541.26DA84DD@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) writes:
>Kevin, I thought your post made some good points but I don't think that the
>Mac is the right machine for members of the general public.  The typical 
>person
>who asks me about what kind of computer that they should buy will use the 
>thing
>about two hours a week for light word processing and ballancing their 
>checkbook.

As the so-and-so who started this surprisingly dynamic thread, I agree that
in 1990, the average person does not "need" a computer.  In 1910, the
average person did not "need" a car, either.  Our homes grow with our tools.

However, the push is for intruction in general, and education specifically.
Education is under-funded, and thus little money for computers.  If there's
little money in a market, there will be few of the best and brightest in it,
relative to business applications, for example.

> The primary advantage of the Mac, the consistent user interface across 
>applications,
>will be totally lost on them because they will only get one or two 
>applications.
>
A good cross-application UI is great, but a good, single application UI is also.
It wouldn't be a waste.



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