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...their personal computers should put them on the market now. Used Macintoshes and IBM compatibles are bound to decline in resale value real soon. Other than posters around campus and classified ads in local newspapers, the Boston Computer Exchange has been very successful at selling several of the Happy Hacker's friends computers...
...Happy Hacker has yet to sell his old computer, but he does have some insights into the latest offerings from Apple as well as some Boeskyesque information on IBM's planned offerings...
Although computer costs are decreasing, the new Macintosh models are not the Happy Hacker's idea of cheap. The Macintosh II starts at $3898 list, and the SE starts at $2898. Although Harvard's Technology Product Center remains secretive about their planned pricing policy, they will offer the new computers at a discount. The prices should be available within a week, and if they are anything like the present discounts, an SE could sell for around...
...today's students, the Happy Hacker recommends staying with the 512KE for simple wordprocessing. For other applications, such as data base programs or large compilers, the additional memory of the Plus and SE could be useful...
...their new computers should be available sometime in May (around the time the Mac II is scheduled to appear in stores). According to the Happy Hacker's not-yet-caught-for-trading-insider-information source, the new computers will be much faster and will have a smaller footprint...