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From: schaut@cat9.cs.wisc.edu (Richard Schaut)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC's are democratic; Mac's are fascistic
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Date: 22 Dec 89 17:39:15 GMT
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In article <509@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
| There is one place that, despite the wider range of choices available
| in the PC world, I can get a better, cheaper product for the MAC: word
| processing.  The PC has at least two very good higher-end word processors:
| Word and Word Perfect, both of which sell for about $225 from most mail
| order sources. However,  there is no really good package in the $100 range on 
| the PC. There is on the MAC: WriteNow.  WriteNow is very easy to use yet very
| powerful. It can handle letters, reports and so forth with no trouble.
| (The only reason to use Word (which is harder to use and more expensive) is 
| when you need its style-sheet capabilities.)

Doesn't Windows Write qualify for this category?  Plunk 70 bucks down on
Windows, and you get your simple yet capable word processor, and a whole
lot more.
--
Rick

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