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...issue is doubly compelling as the U.S. market chugs ever higher. The average blue-chip stock has risen a stunning 29% annually in the past two years, nearly triple the historical 10.5% benchmark, making the U.S. the best-performing major market on the globe in that period. The Dow Jones industrial average blew past the 6300 marker last week, more than double its level less than five years ago. America is on a roll, and with Wall Street euphoric over the election results, it seems nothing can go wrong. U.S.A. all the way! Besides, giant U.S. companies such as Coca...
There are at least three strong reasons for picking the Nintendo, and we'll begin with the strongest: technology. The N64's greatest miracles come from a specially developed internal processing chip that does one thing--paint rich pictures on your TV--better than any other device in history. Called the Reality Co-Processor, the chip was designed by 3-D special-effects giant Silicon Graphics (of Jurassic Park fame) and built by Japanese chip monolith NEC. Even as computers do more in smaller spaces, there's something extraordinary here: SGI and NEC have stuffed the sophistication...
...machine on your TV almost seems as amusing and entertaining as renting a movie or watching a ball game. The 3-D effects are what game pros call immersive, that is, real enough to make you forget the 4-ft. space between you and your TV. Nintendo's smart-chip technology, blended with terrific software, has created a virtual world so compelling that the plastic game box moves from novelty to full-fledged revelation...
Micron Millenia Plus P200 Like Dell, Micron lets you select each component that goes into your computer. The $3,099 base price includes a 200-MHz Pentium chip, CD-ROM drive, sound card and three-year warranty...
...time I get to Lamont for some afternoon reading, the sunlight has begun to fade and the dinner hours are fast ticking away. Even if I don't eat again until 7--when only the ends of the pork loin are left and the chocolate chip cookies are long gone--just four-and-a-half hours have elapsed since I finished lunch...