djohnston@pbs.org (10/03/90)
Apologies, Net-land, for this repost but my sysadmin informed me that my address in my signature was incorrectly listed on the initial post. I have gotten a few replies to the original post but would really like to hear what you have to say. E-mail to either address in signature. Thanks! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My parents are looking at buying an IBM (or clone) machine and I would like to get some opinions from some other folks regarding the IBM PS/1. I am not a DOS man personally, but am certainly willing to learn. I have experience with both MacIntosh and DEC VAX (dangerously knowledgeable user, not a programmer). Anyway, Mom has no experience with computers and Dad's experience is limited to WANG wordprocessing (retired federal gov't). Mom will be doing mostly word processing (she is a published writer of poems and prose) and dad wants to learn spreadsheets and database. The question is then: Will they be happy with IBM's PS/1? The pre-configuration of the system is attractive, but upgrade seems to be extremely limited especially in the upper level machine (1 meg RAM, 30 meg HD, No open slots!). I like the Windows-type display (being a MAC-man, I would) but wonder if they could do better with their $2K by buying a different 286 and adding VGA, mouse, Windows 3.0, Microsoft or Lotus Works. Any comments? My apologies if the PS/1 has been over-discussed here or elsewhere on the net. -- * Dave Johnston, PBS * * * (Domain: djohnston@pbs.org) * * * * * * * * * * | (UUCP: ...{uupsi,vrdxhq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!djohnston) | | Disclaimer: "These views are mine and do not represent (and may not | | coincide with) the views of my employer, nor anyone else, | | living or dead, past, present or future, etc." - Cheers! | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *