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From: kpottie@icarus.cs.kuleuven.ac.be (Pottie Karl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter / Deskwriter
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Date: 22 Apr 91 19:14:38 GMT
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>PK> If you've got to decide between a deskwriter and a stylewriter 
>PK> , consider this: 
>PK> The Stylewriter 's got a life expectancy of about 6000 pages, 
>PK> the deskwriter about 60000 .

>I find this _extremely_ hard to believe.
>Can you quote a source for this information, beyond "I heard it from this guy"?

I obtained this information from the U.K. version of MacUser and the
manual of my deskwriter.
Macuser quotes the 6000 pages life span several times, and says
it is an important fact to consider when you buy a StyleWriter. If
you need a longer lifespan, you should buy the laserwriter LS (according to
Macuser U.K.)

If you see the Stylewriter, how fragile and small it is, I do not find
this figure hard to believe.