Word: macintosh
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...been more than a decade since Apple first wowed the computer world with its Macintosh, so now that it has all but waved the white flag in its losing battle with Microsoft, the company is opening a new front. The weapons of choice, unveiled this week and available early next year, are its first "information appliances": portable, simple-to-use devices that will sell for less than $1,000 and combine PC functionality with palmtop mobility...
Users can play board games, connect to other Palaces around the world and chat. Macintosh users can even transmit live sound via CHATeau...
...picture myself rolling out of bed in the morning having a cup of coffee and grabbing today's front page on my Macintosh. Or leafing through my favorite sections by pressing up and down keys on a computer keyboard. Or erasing my mistakes on the crossword puzzle by pressing delete over and over again. There is something invaluable and indescribable about holding the actual product in your hand (and having it not weigh seventy-five pounds), whipping it out in the middle of the day, on a train ride or a bus ride or to refer to it, cutting...
...however, isn't neccessarily the best place to buy a complete computer system. They sell only systems from top companies like Dell and Compaq; as a result, their prices on PC desktops and notebooks tend to relatively high. On the other hand, their prices on Apple Macintosh systems tend to be quite competitive with other retailers...
...stories are being written, no one will be using the Macintosh we use to scan pictures onto the newspaper page and I'll get one of the Power Macintosh's we use to lay out the page...