March 30, 1990 (vol. 100, iss. 120) • Page Image 4
… the IBMs To the Daily: I am writing this letter from the Angell Hall Computing center, on an IBM PS/2 computer fitted with Microsoft Word. Other IBMs around me sit idle gathering dust, while about 15…
… feet away I see peo- ple waiting in lines. Lines for Macintosh computers, and lines for printing out stuff written on Macs. My point is that every time I come here I see tons of students waiting in lines…
… configured with Microsoft Word, a word processor which is easily learned, especially by stu- dents at the college level)? They pay for these computers in their tuition, yet they don't use them. Ever since this…
… lab has opened I have used the IBMs. And let me inform the general public that when I have needed to write those last-minute papers and letters, I have never waited a single minute for a computer or the…
… laser printer here. (I might add that the laser printer puts out some fine looking text, which I feel looks better than the Apple Laserwriter.) So I guess what I am trying to say is "Hey, Michigan…