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...deal tempted even cynical me. Free-PC is offering 333-MHz Compaq PCs with full Internet and e-mail access to anyone willing to fill out a questionnaire, watch ads onscreen and use the computer for 10 hrs. a month. No hidden fees, everything included--even speakers and a fancy Internet keyboard. But hold on: Who in her right mind would suffer through a barrage of onscreen ads just to get a free computer? Or submit to all sorts of prying personal questions, down to your income? Next thing you know, these "free" computers might be coming with built...
...gone soft when presented with a gleaming new PC? Not quite. The company had no idea I don't drive a BMW or own a cell phone or make $150,000 per annum, contrary to my claims on the application. And I decided I didn't really care if Free-PC knew which websites I frequented, so long as it kept its promise never to tell a marketer that I log on to cnn.com three times a week and check my stock portfolio every day. I even found a simple way to make the ads disappear: I taped paper over...
...biggest drawback: it's hard to get a Free-PC. More than 1 million people applied for the first 10,000, which were awarded by a secret formula the company refuses to divulge. (The company did lend me a unit to test, and I was asked to complete the application form.) Another 20,000 will go out by year's end, but odds are you won't win one. My advice: if you can't wait for the next Free-PC lottery, buy a $1,000 system from Gateway or Dell instead. You'll get a 400-MHz system with...
Apply for a free PC at free-pc.com or get Web links to other offers at time.com/personal E-mail Anita at hamilton@time.com
...peanut butter sold in most supermarkets is bad for the heart [HEALTH, July 19]. We sent samples of the major brands to an independent lab for analysis, and the amount of trans-fatty acids was well below 0.2%. This means peanut butter would classify as a trans-fat-free food. The majority of fats in peanuts and peanut butter are heart-healthy mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Also, a study at Penn State found that a diet rich in peanuts and peanut butter significantly lowers total and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol. In addition, large population studies now show that eating peanuts...