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...CD limited-edition The Rubinstein Collection (list price: $1,600) is perhaps the biggest box set ever devoted to a single artist. It contains 706 recordings made between 1928 and 1976, including most of the music of Chopin, three versions of the complete Beethoven piano concertos and plenty of chamber music, plus a 305-page booklet full of adoring essays by admiring colleagues, critics and relatives...
...latest CD the gangsta rapper addresses nuclear proliferation, explores the "digital divide" between blacks and whites, quotes liberally from Hegel...nah, we're just playin'. Dre's album is mostly about weed, "bitches" and guns, just as you'd expect. Still, some of the beats are fresh and involving, and Dre's collaborations with Eminem and Snoop Dogg have ferocity and wit. But you have to wonder: Can gangsta themes age gracefully? Will Dr. Dre 2041 find an older, wiser Dre boasting about the benefits of marijuana for glaucoma...
...real simplicity--the long coming of computers that are as easy to use as household appliances. The best computers at the turn of the millennium combine solid fundamentals (a fast processor, a roomy hard disk and a great screen) with a choice selection of new technologies, like rewritable CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM and digital video editing. DV cameras can output footage to PCs through a single, fast cable called FireWire from Apple and i.LINK from Sony, the two companies that integrate DV editing into their machines. The trick, of course, is to determine which of the new technologies...
...DRIVE'S THE THING Don't settle for less than a DVD-ROM, which can play your old CDs as well as dvd movies. Consider a built-in rewritable CD-ROM drive. It's great for making your own music discs and storing digital photos...
SIZE MATTERS Ultralights (starting at 2.7 lbs.) are best for frequent travelers, but beware of cramped keyboards. And don't forget the added weight of external floppy and CD drives, plus extra batteries...