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Thus far, IBM has outsold both DEC and Apple by about four to one, says Otha T. Sonnie, Equipment Store manager in the Office for Information Technology, and the Macintosh is selling second...
...oriented moves have been several recent deals with major firms to bring computers to students and staff at cut-rate prices. The most publicized was the deal Harvard and 23 other universities signed with the Apple Computer Company last January under which students can now obtain the much touted Macintosh, list priced at $2400, for just...
...name is selling the product," he says. "IBM is IBM, and the Macintosh is selling because you can't beat the price," Sonnie says. DEC's machines are not selling as well because of "low visibility," he adds...
Also now available are the Macintosh ($1200), the DEC Rainbow ($1827), the DEC Professional 350 ($3050) and the DECmate II world processor...
Despite the wide and often confusing array, each machine is geared toward a specific market, Sonnie says. The Macintosh, the cheapest model available through the University, boasts excellent graphics capabilities and is very easy to use. Its memory, however, is limited as is the available software. The computer, which features the "mouse" pointer, is appeared especially for users who do a lot of writing, but it falls short in science and engineering related capabilities, Sonnie says. Humanities and social science students and faculty would benefit most from the Macintosh, he adds...