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Such smart machines were among the hottest items unveiled last week at the computer industry's vast Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Want a phone with a screen and pull-out keyboard that lets you surf the Internet? Samsung's Web Video Phone will hit stores in late February with a price somewhere south of $1,000. For those who'd like a touch-sensitive tablet that receives e-mail, news and weather, Global Converging Technologies will roll out its Cendis Net Display next summer for about $500. Philips' Ambi system, due out in February for $500, will turn...
...flick of Rick Sayre's keyboard tells you all you need to know about the future of animation. "We start with a pencil and a paintbrush," says Sayre, senior animation scientist for the digital studio Pixar. On his screen is a graceful line-and-pastel drawing of two ants gazing across an underground landscape, an early rendering from the much anticipated film A Bug's Life, which opens this week. "When we recruit artists," Sayre says, "we still look for people with great hands." Then he hits the return key, and up pops the finished shot, lush with color, aglow...
...iMac is one of the cheapest complete computing solutions on the market. The package includes a 4 GB hard drive, 24X CD-ROM drive, 32 MB RAM, 2MB of video RAM, a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet card, 56Kbps modem and a keyboard, mouse and monitor...
...ergonomic design of the iMac is also faulty. The round mouse, while innovative, is uncomfortable. It does not fit in the palm of the user's hand and is therefore harder to control. The keyboard also has problems. The keys seem too crammed together, and the arrow keys are too small. Furthermore, the keyboard does not have all the keys of the more-standard extended keyboard. A user may adjust to these differences quickly and possibly even find them comfortable. However, most first-time users grumble about the unfortunate design...
...which it would not be appropriate, the iMac is certainly a viable option for a home or a college dormitory. What's Included: 4 GB Hard Drive 24x CD-RAM Drive 32 MB RAM 2 MB Video RAM 10/100 Base-T Ethernet Card 56Kbps Internal Modem Built-in Monitor Keyboard and Mouse