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From: moore@mit-eddie.UUCP (Andrew M. Moore)
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Subject: HELP: Thinking of buying a Mac
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Date: Wed, 4-Dec-85 15:34:53 EST
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I am thinking of buying a Mac but I would appreciate it if you could answer a
few questions for me.  (I an NOT interested in the "new" (color) Mac to be
announced in January -- I am waiting for the prices on the old Macs to go down
as a result of the new Mac).

1. 128k or 512k?  Which should I get?  Does most software require 512k?  Will
I frequently get "out of memory" errors?  (I suppose this depends on what I
am using the Mac for).
3. Can I use both my Hayes SmartModem 1200 and my (serial) Diablo 630 printer
with the Mac at the same time, or does the beast have just one serial port?
4. Multitasking -- can it run more than one application at once?
5. Can I survive with just one drive, or should I get the external as well?


   Please let me know of additional features (and/or drawbacks) of the machine
as well.  Thanks in advance.

-drew