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...biggest drawback for some buyers may be the lack of a floppy-disk drive (most software comes on CDs now anyway) and the 33.6-Kbps modem is poky even for a low-end machine. But many analysts think the iMac will be a winner. "It's a spectacular machine," says independent market analyst Pieter Hartsook. "Apple has been living off its user base for years, but this is going to attract people who don't even own a computer." Eric Lewis, an analyst for International Data Corp., agrees: "It will give consumers a reason at least to take a look...
...find a few things to complain about. The once standard fax utility, for instance, has vanished, though if you already have Microsoft Fax on your machine, you'll still be able to use it. And although most pre-Win 98 applications will work fine, old versions of disk utilities like Norton Antivirus will require upgrades. Games like Activision's Heavy Gear that use Win 95 movie features also might not work properly. (Microsoft says early bugs have been fixed; we'll see.) Then there's Win 98's gluttonous appetite for hard-drive space: if you upgrade, be prepared...
Although a small room, which FASCS wishes to expand because of the high demand level for its technology, the Technology Showcase contains computer equipment capable of both film and paper scanning, a CD-Rom burner for copying material onto a CD, a DVD disk for film and various other technological gadgets...
...Hartmann, a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said the hole in the center of the disk "is about the size of a planetary system" which suggests that the disk is the early stage of a solar system. The presence of planets, however, is not in any way confirmed. "We have not detected any planets directly or indirectly," Jayawardhana said...
...think for a long time the evidence is going to have to be indirect," Hartmann said. "One possibility is that the planets might cause ripples in the disk because of their gravity...