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In article <43ff6r$cfg@onramp.arc.nasa.gov>, josco@eco.arc.nasa.gov 
(Joseph Coughlan) wrote:

>a) Apple's only offering one configuration to students and it's
>   inflexible on their configurations so students are getting
>   a one size fits all system -- easy to maintain for Apple.

You definitely have some strange ideas.  Where did you get that one 
from?  

Most university computer stores carry a wide range of Macintosh models.  
From low-end Performas to PowerMac 6100's, 7100's, 7200's, 8500's, up to 
9500/132's if the student wants to spend that much money.

>   The system comes with 12MB of RAM which is not enough for a
>   NEW SYSTEM.  One would like to keep a new system for 3-5 years.
>   12MB isn't enough FOR A NEW SYSTEM.

Well they can buy a different Macintosh system then, or a different 
configuration, or they can buy some more RAM to suit their liking.  It 
doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out a solution to that problem.

>
>
>Did you just buy a 12MB system?  I hope not.  New systems with 12MB
>will soon need RAM upgrades, probably requiring one to toss some
>

I just bought a 8MB system.  PowerMacs run okay with 8MB of RAM, using 
RAM Doubler from Connectix.

>We,
>SGE, got some 8MB 6100's and they are too slow to run WORD.  12MB --
>4MB more is peanuts.
>

This must be flame-bait.  Word 6 for the Mac is a performance nightmare.  
Where have you been?

>
>>The 286-6 has a 4MB card in it, a windows specific accelerator card
>added inplace of the monographoics card, an IDE card added in place of
>the MFM card, New BIOS added to run 1.4 Drives, new color video screen
>to replace the mono-monitor and runs the most recent version of AMI PRO
>for Windows, QuattroPro and etc. all at an acceptable speed as well as
>quicken and other current software.
>

Sounds like it would have been cheaper to buy a whole new system than to 
buy all those upgrade components.  Not to mention the time spent 
installing and configuring...

>
>My MAC was easier to maintain because it was so limited in what could
>be done.  The PC was harder to configure because I had choices but had
>a much longer life span than the MAC.
>

The average PC user is more limited than the average Mac user.  The 
majority of PC users only know how to start up their word processor and 
play a couple of games.  Apologies to the millions of extremely capable 
PC users out there.

>
>Today I see Apple forcing students and entry level users into limited
>lifespan systems.  I hope competition will kill off these crippled
>MAC's that APPLE sells to educational and entry level users.
>

What the heck are you talking about?  Most university students can buy 
top of the line Macs through educational channels.  If they can't, then 
there's always the normal commercial market.

How many brands and configurations of PC clones does your school sell?  
Most students who buy PC's don't buy them from their school because they 
are cheaper on the outside.


>You have to interoperate with people and that means buying updated
>software.   My class is taught with current software -- MS OFFICE.

Maybe you should drop MS Office then?

>
>A 386 can be jacked up to 16MB and run MS OFFICE 95.  
>

Yeah, the 386 can be upgraded to that amount of RAM for $500.  (For the 
extra 12MB of RAM).

Aloha,
Peter