_- WHILE. :.. CD-ROMS

“modems can provide lots of fun,

~. ‘are they really necessary for stu-

dents looking to buy a comput-
: ‘er?

John Wiggins, the owner of North

‘Vancouver's PC. Galore, -said CD--

ROMs : are. becoming “incredibly
: important.”

New programs often need a lot of .

Space. Therefore, software compa-

and

-ROM's massive capacity when sell-

ing new software programs,
Installing software from CD-

said.
Some great- encyclopedias ‘are

_ also available on CD-ROM, Wiggins

said.
' “Almost everything will be on
CD-ROMs eventually.”
Still, even though CD-ROMs pro-

vide advantages, they ‘are not yet a

“ROMs rather than disks is easier, he

GOl

It's a similar’ story with fax
modems: they are becoming impor-
tant, especially with the explosion of
the Internet, but they are not yet
essential, said Wiggins,

However, with modems students
can .download . information : from
databases worldwide, said Wiggins.

And as students try to post mes-
sages quickly to bulletin boards, their
typing improves, -

hardware must be bought by keeping 7

in mind a student’s needs and budget.

Westcuast Computer salesman
Dan Hubbard recommends Compaq
computers with fax.and CD-ROM
that range in price from $2,200 to
$4,500. :

Future Shop's Nader Gengy

added a Macintosh Performa 580,’
again with fax and CD-ROM, goes
for about $2,000,

— lan Noble

However, Wiggins cautions that
"nies are taking advantage of the CD- «. necessity, said Wiggins. oe by ; ;

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