Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:14881 comp.sys.mac.misc:10296 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Desktop publishing Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 23:09:45 GMT References: <1991Mar25.024612.1264@mlb.semi.harris.com> <1991Mar26.053352.13091@mendelson.com> <1991Mar26.195213.12862@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Mar26.213042.8120@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Followup-To: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 24 In-reply-to: melling@cs.psu.edu's message of 26 Mar 91 23:26:00 GMT >>>>> jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes: Jess> With regards to purchasing a Mac or Next, both are extremely Jess> promising environments. The price/performance ratio on the Next Jess> is better, but the number of programs available currently is Jess> only around 100. The Mac's pricing is somewhat steep, but has Jess> thousands of proven applications available. >>>>> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) replies: Michael> Again, look at the number of programs, the diversity and the Michael> quality. 100 applications is more than anyone is going to Michael> buy in one's lifetime. Remember when the Mac was all new? The PC freaks were telling us to stick with PC's because they had all these applications available while the MacEvangelists told us that "You don't need 127 word processors, just one good one and that Mac has that". Have we come full circle? /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk |Erst kommt das Fressen, dann die Moral CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | - B. Brecht