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From: sdbeck@mac.cc.macalstr.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Stylewriter / Deskwriter
Message-ID: <1991May6.200528.430@mac.cc.macalstr.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 02:05:28 GMT
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In article <10511@pitt.UUCP>, planting@cs.pitt.edu (Harry Plantinga) writes:
> References:<2482@n-kulcs.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> <1991Mar20.010444.15445@eng.umd.edu> <1991Apr11.173045.3661@tkna.uucp> <1991Apr24.144935.28397@europa.asd.contel.com>
> 
>>There is absolutly no reason to by the Deskwriter. (Cost > $600). What you
>>should buy in that case is:
>>
>>1.  An HP DeskJet 500 (About $475 with the typical discount).
>>2.  A copy of JetLink Express from GDT Softworks. (About $85 with cable).
> 
> There is now no reason to by a DeskJet.
> 
> I have heard that HP is lowering the price of the DeskWriter to be equal 
> to the price of the DeskJet.
> 
I'd like to throw in something to the price/performance debate. 
For educational users, the price of the
StyleWriter is <$400 US. (I paid $377 at Macalester College St. Paul)

Now, for a quantum leap in performance, you could spend another couple of
hundred dollars and get an HP inkjet.

And for _another_ quantum leap in performance, you could get Apple's Personal
LaserWriter (sorry if I got the name wrong) which is being sold educationally
for well under $900. (To non-educational netters: Sorry! You could try taking a
class at your local community college, though....)

Basically, you get what you pay for, and there are some who simply _can't_ pay
for anything beyond a certain level. And there are others who don't _need_ the
performance (though they could use it).

There's an argument that you should get the best you can afford, and in a vacum
that makes sense. But really, I've got to pay for food, too!


Dan Becker