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 msprague@superior.mcwbst311b (Mike Sprague) writes:
>...  The needs of a church PC usually cover
>things like word processing and keeping track of records.  A 286 will
>fit the bill quite nicely, and will cost very little.  As long as your
>not trying to use windows, and assuming you want to upgrade the XT,
>a 286 will do quite nicely.  (Well, Windows will work on the 286, but
>what's the point.)

I have to tell a story here:  Our church decided to purchase a couple
of PCs for the pastor and his assistant to use.  I was on the
committee (it's a Presbyterian church :-) which was to select the type
of computer to buy.  I made exactly the recommendation above:  A 286
would be a super deal, all we need is Word Processing and so forth,
just stay away from Windows.

Well, they bought the 286s.  The computer store bundled Windows 3.0
with _every_ system sold.  "As long as we've _got_ it," the pastor
thought, "we might as well run Windows."  |-\  And since they were
running Windows, naturally they bought WordPerfect FOR WINDOWS to run
on them.  Now they complain about how slow the machines are!  And they
can't just scrap Windows because a) they're addicted to the pretty
graphics, and b) they don't have any DOS software. >sigh<

And it gets better/worse.

The pastor went out and bought a new version of Printshop FOR WINDOWS,
and it wouldn't run on his machine.  Why?  Because it needs Windows
3.1!  So, he upgraded his _286_ to Windows 3.1, and it's now even more
slothful than before.  So he traded in the machine on a 386DX/40.

So much for saving money...

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