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- From: baer1@berlioz.nsc.com (Jeff Baer)
- Subject: Re: Word processors
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.191514.25820@berlioz.nsc.com>
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- Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara
- References: <1993Jan21.214403.5041@bnlux1.bnl.gov> <D7yVXB1w164w@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:15:14 GMT
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- In article <D7yVXB1w164w@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca> grb@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca (G. Randolph Bickerton) writes:
- >dwn@bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr) writes:
- >
- >> In article 8093@b8.b8.ingr.com, egsalmon@b8.b8.ingr.com (Emmett Salmons) writ
- >> >Dear Net People,
- >> >
- >> >My brother is considering buying a Brother word processor for his daughter t
- >> >use for school. This is a subject that I have not seen on this net before an
- >> >I was wondering if anyone had any good/bad experiences with a Brother W/P.
- >> >I do not have a model number but it is currently on sale at Sears for ~$230.
- >>
- >> I have the Brother WP-2200 and like it a lot. The only two drawbacks are
- >> the spreadsheet capabilities that take up too much space on the hard disk
- >> and the floppy holds 1/10th of what a DOS formatted floppy does.
- >>
- >> Spring for a few extra bucks and get one of the Brother models that format
- >> the floppy is MS-DOS format. It'll be worth it later if a MDS-DOS pc comes
- >> into the picture.
- >>
- >> ---
- >> Dave Niebuhr Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
- >> Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
- >>
- >>
- >
- >Why not get a used XT rather than just a word processor!
-
- Why buy something well past its product lifecycle, just to get some
- additional capabilities that they aren't interested in anyways? Why
- not buy something new that does exactly what they want it to do?
-
- You gotta remember that a lot of people are scared of computers, and
- a lot of people aren't really interested in doing more than a very
- minimal amount of stuff with it. For these non-power-users, a PWP
- is a pretty good compromise.
-
- jeff
-
- >
- >G. Randolph Bickerton GRB@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca
- >P.O. Box 751 TEL (514)744-5524
- >Pte-Claire Dorval, PQ H9S 2L5 FAX (514)748-8109
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