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From: a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Need HELP!, PC Luddites on the Offensive
Message-ID: <3896@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 90 12:06:41 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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It is hard to speak to the question of PC lLuddites - most of us use whatever
computer is to hand, but ina message, Tony MacDonald  <719@keele.keele.ac.uk>
writes:

Does anyone have any suggestions for some situations where we can go to the
Luddites and say "The Mac is so far ahead of a PC or Sun for this application

that to make a comparison is futile"

Ok, so that may be a little too much, but you get the general idea.

Remember that this is an academic institution so that educational application
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are preferred.
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Tony, you used the "M" word (multimedia) -- that may be one of the real points
to make note of.  If you can find any applicable CD-ROMs, and set up a simple
demo program showing how really easy it is to create a HyperCard stack to
access any, some or all of the information thereon, the PC Luddites WILL be
impressed.   I would suggest that you demo how easy it is to start from scratch
with a stack with the Apple CD-ROM extensions installed, and just build a few
buttons to go to a relevant area on the disk.  Make use of one of the
well-designed "browser" stacks - they make finding the relevant stuff easy, and
also show Hypercard to advantage.

Further, Temple, Barker & Sloane, Inc. produced a published report entitled
_THE BENEFITS OF THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE: A REPORT ON NEW PRIMARY
RESEARCH_ in April 1990.  The report details the benefits especially in the
white collar areas, of a GUI over a text (character)-based interface.  You
should contact Microsoft or Zenith Data Systems about getting a copy of the
report.

Hope this is of some benefit in repelling the nay-sayers.  Luck.

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