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Computer know-how is almost essential
By Nick Henderson
Emerald Contributor
A whole generation of grad
uates in the workplace don t
know anything about compu
tors, but need to. according to
micro computing support lab
specialist Linda Fernandes
Learning to use either a
Macintosh or IBM will help
you, she said Crossing be
tween the two is getting eas
ier "
On this campus, computer
use is about 90 percent Mac
Intosh and 10 percent IBM
Fernandes said IBM sales
have doubled over the last
year while Macintosh sales
have increased approximately
15 percent
The new breed of portable
computers, called laptops,
aren't nearly as popular with
University students as are per
sonal computers
Buyers tor laptops here are
primarily (acuity according to
Dan Bregar of the Micro Com
puter Support Lab But busi
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Laptop computers are efficient and handy, hut they still
leave something to he desired pricewise.
ness applications outside ot
the campus environment rely
heavily on their flexibility
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sometime/' Fernandes said
The laptop's portability isn't
always to your advantage,
however As Bregar points
out, it you are using it in the
library to help your research,
"every time you want to go
get another book, you have to
shut it down and take it into
the stacks with you
Low sales among under
graduates comes as no sur
prise to anyone who has
priced a laptop Macintosh
laptops run about $3,500 at
the EMU's Computing Center
Screen and memory tech
nologies are also on the list of
drawbacks, as most laptops
only have the battery power to
last up to 12 hours
The compact laptop has a
pop up screen about half the
size of the computer itself
The computers can be very
versatile and though they sel
dom weigh more than 15
pounds, some people consid
er this luggable and not tru
ly portable
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