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Show Wednesday, February 10, 1993 The Daily Utah Chronicle computer costs low enough to enable students to buy system of dreams Page Eleven On-camp- us, priced systems, the at $869. BY DEBBIE MOELLER Chronicle Feature Writer It is becoming more and more difficult for a college student to survive without a computer. Hopefully that doesn't have to be the case. The University of Utah Bookstore has educational agreements with three major computer producers, said Dave Husted, bookstore computer sales department head. Because the computer department sells only to U. students, faculty and staff, they can offer their customers lower prices than many (not all) normal retail stores can offer. Hardware (computers, printer, disk drives, eta) and software from IBM, Apple (Macintosh) and NeXT. For example, they sell an IBM WordPerfect program for $135, while ordering it by mail it can be as much as $269. Husted said that for hardware the price difference was once $200-1,00- 0 less at the bookstore than other stores, though now the 0 less. difference is closer to Besides Apple, IBM and NeXT products, the bookstore carries the Dell Comuters, Inc. and National Microcomputers brands. The latter, Husted said, offers one of the lowest $50-50- NMC-38- 6 SX-3- 3 On the other hand, they sell the Macintosh Quadra 950 computer, sans keyboard, monitor, mouse and printer for as much as $6139. "We regularly sell systems that cost more than $10,000," Husted said. Husted said that the first thing a student needs to decide when choosing a system is whether he or she prefers a Macintosh system or a DOS system. If a student were, say, an English major who was accustomed to a Macintosh, he said the system could be as simple as a Macintosh Classic II. It has a monochrome (black and Start Fresh this Spring They can both run about $1,000, but neither includes a monitor. Macintosh black and white monitors are available for less than $200, but $400-2.70- preference for either a Macintosh or IBM system, he suggested a couple of systems. In the Macintosh line, he suggested one of the faster computers necessary for buying their systems, to be paid off monthly. The payments, however, can be deferred until after graduation. statistical data, but has no real Program 0. drive. The Classic II runs $825. With any one of a number of printers that cost around $350-37the package comes to about $1,200. Husted said the Classic II is one of their most popular models because of its low price. For a business student who has needs a system that can handle more 0, j color monitors, depending on size, run In an IBM system, Husted suggested a Model 57 486 SLC2 at $1,973 or a Model 76 486SX at $2,187. These also require monitors which run about $500 for a 14" color display. For a serious engineering or math student with needs for "number-crunching- " power and a definite preference for IBM computers, there is the Model 95 XP 486. These start at $5,055 then jump to $9,413 because the more expensive systems have a 40MB data stream line, ECC and error correction memory. Despite the bookstore's competitive pricing on their computer products, the cost can still be daunting to a lot of students. However, there are ways of making the purchase of a computer a little easier on students' budgets. The Apple Computer Loan is one of them. Apple offers a loan to white) monitor housed in the computer with a superdrive and 40 Megabytes of memory in the hard American Cancer Society's Fresh Start Smoking Cessation like the LC Dor the IIsL Workshops held ebruary 22, 24 March 1,3 12-- 1 p.m. Olpin Union, Room 324 to register Call 5S1-7776 Fee: $10 Scholarships Available Sponsored byUofU Alcohol & Drug Education Center students for exactly the amount I 1 1 1 ;fie CHRONICLE PHOTOScott Sine The bookstore sells computers to students at reduced prices. i i I IPljlTJ n John Hart Artistu- Dirmtok - BILLY THE KID VESPRI EQUINOXE FEBRUARY 12, 13, 17 20 - DON'T MISS ANOTHER BALLET WEST SELL OUT! mm sWa' P 13 rarariTtirrY)rf)fflfiVv .... J SB ' m n i r f 1 SALT LAKE Call 355-ARTS(27- If jj RADIO tROAOCASTfRS ASSOCIATION STUDENTS NEEDED to lasso up their Valentines for a dynamic evening with the lpcendarv "Billv the Kid". Also eniov the lovely and Equinoxe, a dazzling new-ag- e work with an electronic score. STUDENT RUSH - HALF PRICE! classical ballet, Vespri, Available one hour prior to performance at the Capitol Theatre ARTIX Box Office. |
