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From: Art Altman  <altman>

I have an IBM AT at home, with all the spreadsheet and word processing that
I really need, strictly speaking.  It's a loan from a client that I do some 
occasional consulting for, so it's free and I'm going to have it around 
anyway.  

Somehow I don't end up doing much letter writing or playing with it; I 
find using 123, msdos etc reasonable but awkward; just not fun enough to 
have me using it after a day at school or work.

I am extremely computer literate (been programming since '72, just 
completing now an MS in CS.)

Should I get a MAC?  We have consortium prices here.
Purpose would be home use - letter writing, budget, and fun.
Plus the transportability.

My question is addressed to all of you, but especially those of 
you that have lots of experience with IBM pcs and then switched to the 
MAC - are the differences real or superficial?  
Does the friendlier interface and graphics really make a difference to 
you or does it, after the initial "wow" period, really become all the 
same as using an ibm pc?

And if you already had an AT, would you pour money into a MAC?

Thanks very much, 

Art Altman (obviously new to this newsgroup - hope I'm not stepping
            on anyones toes....)

ps: just looking over some Mac magazines, I detect kind of a Macintocsh
    culture, which looks intriguing;  do people develop emotional
    ties to Mac? (certainly does not occur with ibm pcs)

pps: if I get the mac, is the imagewriter II the way to go?  Is there a way
     for me to adapt my TI-55 printer, in a way that takes *full* 
     advantage of the mac?
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Art M. Altman
Department of Computer Science     {allegra|seismo}!rochester!altman
University of Rochester            or
Rochester,  NY 14627               altman@rochester.cs.edu
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