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Subject: What would you recommend for
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Date: Sun, 28-Sep-86 21:26:04 EDT
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A friend who wants to spend up to $2K on a PC with a printer that
meets the following criteria (priorities):

1. It is small (in the sense that it does not take up much  space
in  a  small apartment) and is preferrably portable (in the sense
that it can be put on a desk and moved).

2. It is small (in the sense that it won't take  up  much  space)
and preferrably portable.

This  person  is not a technical type and the primary interest is
in a good word processing system (that has good documentation and
can  be easily learned from reading the manual).  This friend may
want to extend the use of the PC  later  on  for  other  purposes
(record keeping and billing) but that is not the initial intent.

A  Mac  2  has  been  recommended  to  this  friend.  My personal
preference is an IBM compatible or clone  because  of  the  wider
range  of  software available and the longer life span.  The cost
is an important factor (a limit of $2K).

I would appreciate any  and  all  recomendations  you  can  make.
Please include model numbers and approximate costs.

Thank you very much in advance for all the help.