Re: Macs with PC capability

Craig Nansen (nansen@warp6.cs.misu.NoDak.edu)
Mon, 4 Dec 1995 00:59:25 EST

>My big question is: What are the best, yet affordable,PowerMacs capable
>of Windows/DOS compatibility for a small school? Any suggestions?
>I will be happy to compile a summary. Please send your responses to
>skelly@uconnvm.uconn.edu

According to MacLeak (MacWeek), you should wait until around Feb when Apple
releases their DOS card for the Power Macs.

The only Apple solution right now is the LC 630/DOS which is the last of
the 68040 Macs, but it is a great machine. I am working on one right now,
and I have an LC 5300 at my disposal.

I took the LC 630/DOS to grad school this summer where the entire
University was Windows based. I did most of my work on the Mac, but
switched to Windows 3.1 running on the 486 board with two keystrokes to
work on Windows software.

P.S. - I ended up showing the DOS experts how to use Windows! The reason:
since Windows is supposed to work like a Mac, I tried to do things with
Windows that they have never seen done before. (But only about 1/2 of the
things I tried worked- Windows is not yet like a Mac).

Craig Nansen If learning is an act of exploration,
Technolology Coordinator then technology equips the explorer
Minot Public Schools for the journey of a lifetime.....
Minot, ND 58701
nansen@warp6.cs.misu.NoDak.edu Technology: opening minds with a
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