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From: RMG3@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Why color?
Message-ID: <91016.113104RMG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 16:31:04 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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  This question has come up in our purchasing decisions here.  Given that
we do not have, and are not likely to get, a color printer what do we
_need_ color for?

  I do have a color screen at work myself.  But when asked what I did
that actually _required_ color, I did not find much.  Our work is in
scientific modelling and data analysis.  The only thing I found that
required color was a flow visualization package.  Nice to look at on the
screen, but we can't publish it so the value is limited.

  So, what do you do that the absence of color would make difficult or
impossible?  What is it that justifies spending extra money on a color
card and monitor rather than RAM and disk space?

 Thanks.  If there is significant interest, I will summarize of course.

Bob Grumbine