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In article <mike_steiner-101192134830@192.35.50.131> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>In article <SRO.92Nov9040421@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, sro@media.mit.edu
>(Shawn O'Donnell) wrote:
>> 
>> I heard of a study a couple of years ago--at the University of Delaware,
>> I think--according to which students who used (DOS) IBM PCs wrote better
>> papers than students who used a Macintosh.  (The students using the Mac
>> allegedly spent all their time fiddling with fonts and formatting instead
>> of worrying about what they were saying.  Since it was so hard to do
>> formatting on old DOS PCs, the students using the IBMs spent all their
>> time thinking about the writing assignment.  Or so the story goes.)
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a reference for this study?  
>> 
>> And I know I read about it recently... I can't remember where, though.
>> Maybe in a Boston Computer Society publication?  BCS Update?  In don't
>> know.
>> 
>> Any pointers?
>
>It wasn't a study.  It was the report of one teacher.  Nothing ever came of
>it.
>
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And boy what a problem it has turned into. Many professors here point to the
report as evidence that all students should use ibms to write papers. I have
had classes where the professors have claimed that this report was conclusive
proof. What a bunch of bull. Luckily the university still supports macs and
we still sell them (seems like we are selling more than ever right now!).
Seeya,

Dave
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