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From: wjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery)
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Subject: Re: Univ. of VT chooses AT&T pc's
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 18:57:49 EDT
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> > > >> Burlington, Vermont; The University of Vermont has (paraphrased)
> > > >> required incoming freshmen to purchase PCs...
> > > 
> > > > What if they can't afford it?  
> > > 
> > Anyone who can afford the $8K or so per year for room, board and tuition for
> > out of staters should be able to afford  to pay for a 6300 over four years.
> 
> The logical extention of this is that if I can afford a condo,
> then I can afford a house; if I can afford a Honda, I can afford
> a Mercedes ...
> 

No, it's more like 'if I can afford a Honda, I can afford a Honda
with air conditioning'  This certainly isn't always true, but if you
can't afford the Honda with AC and you live in Houston, maybe you
should consider a Nissan with AC instead of a Honda without.  The
important question here is not so much the cost of the computer, but
how important it is to the education you're getting--that's a whole
different debate.

And if, perchance, you can get me a new Mercedes for the same % increase in
price over a Honda as UVM + PC6300 over UVM, I'm ready to buy!!!