robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (01/15/84)
Since it is so much more fun to say "I told you so" in advance, I want to comment on Dartmouth's gamble again. Apparently there will soon be lots of a NEW, UNTESTED PRODUCT (untested by real customers, that is), the McIntosh, on campus at Dartmouth, for the sucker--excuse me, the students to use. Apple may pull off a miracle here, but the likely expectation is for: (1) Long delays in delivery, machines not ready when needed. (2) A lot of shakedown, hardware for sure and maybe software too, in the first year of widespread use. I would rather subject my student body to a tried and true technology, and let someone else try the machines out before I buy them on a large scale. Good luck Dartmouth! You have my sympathy; I'm not sure I should admire your courage. - Toby Robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison or: allegra!eosp1!robison (maybe: princeton!eosp1!robison)