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Though his company is getting beaten badly by its chief competitor here at Harvard, the head of Apple Computer yesterday described his firm's new Macintosh computer as a triumph of technology and marketing...
...Macintosh is easier to use than comparable IBM personal computer, and is designed with the non-expert in mind, said Sculley, who is considered responsible for turning Apple from a fledgling operation into a $1.5 billion corporation...
...Portable, and the DEC Rainbow are geared most towards the users who do a lot of writing, such as humanities majors. The Macintosh is a less expensive student oriented machine, with the drawback of limited software. Science oriented users would benefit most from the IBM PC/XT, and the DEC Professional 350 is a high powered all purpose computer. Finally, the DECmate II word processor is geared toward secretarial and administrative uses and is not often selected by students...
...another front, the University will continue to experiment with personal computers in a number of courses. In Computer Sciences, the Macintosh will be used in Computer Science 11, "computers, Algorithms, and Programs." As in the past, an experimental section of Expository Writing will utilize IBM computers, and for the first time an experimental section of Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics," will utilize personal computers...
...foreign languages, programs have been developed to allow use of the Macintosh in courses ranging from German to Greek, says Scott Bradner, director of the foreign language software development program. He pointed specifically to computer directed vocabulary drills and translation testing as two examples of potential uses...