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…Ninety-seven years of editoria/freedom VOLUME XCVII - NO. 74 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14,1987 COPYRIGHT 1987, THE MICHIGAN DAILY New By STEVE BLONDER Apple Computers is expected to…

… announce a new line of Macintosh computers next week and another line next month, but Apple officials say their upcoming Macintosh sale at the University is not an attempt to dump their inventory. Apple…

… Macintosh Plus. The larger screen will allow people to view an entire page at once, cutting down the time it takes to read a file and providing more space for graphics, according to Chuck Nicholas, a computer…

… users have had with the Macintosh Plus, he said. Processors do the actual computing operations in a computer. With the new computers' faster processors, "you won't have to waste time waiting for a file to…

… be printed out and you can do more than one thing at a time," said Nicholas. IBM compatibility would give Macintosh users access to software developed for IBM computers. Phoenix Software Associates of…

… Norwood, Mass. has reportedly developed the technology to link Macintoshes and IBM compatible computers, but company officials were unavailable for comment. For most students, however, the Macintosh Plus…

… will remain adequate. "I think that the main use of computers on campus is word processing, and other kinds of editing. For that task, a Mac Plus does all that one wants and even more," said LSA junior…

… Nick Rose, an, independent software developer for Apple. NICHOLAS, though, said the Macintosh Plus may become obsolete in a couple of years. "Once See APPLE, Page 5 Panel city h de t hears ousing…

… program is Friday. "It's now or never to sell their Mac Pluses. In a month, it will be all over. Apple is selling computers cheaply to students all over the World," said Rose. BUT Apple Public Relations…

… for its use right now." The buildings named for demolition under the proposal include the main "y-winged" building, the surgery wing, the Apple to, announce new line, experts say (Continued from Page 1…

…) new computers are developed, software is designed for the new systems, and is usually not compatible with the older models. Even if the program could run on the older model, it would not be very…

… efficient," he said. Nicholas also suggested that Apple might not want to maintain two production lines and is therefore offering Macintosh Pluses at low costs in order to clear out their stock. Apple is…

… cooperating with the University to provide Macintosh Pluses to students, faculty, and staff at significantly reduced prices in the Computer Weekend in February. The deadline for buying a computer through the…