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...their satisfaction with SoftRAM 95. And the indomitable Poertner remains unbowed. He can be seen regularly on the Internet fiercely debating his critics. He also turned up last week at the giant Comdex computer trade show in Las Vegas to announce new versions of SoftRAM, including one for the Macintosh...
This summer, Microsoft played chicken with the Justice Department when it announced plans to incorporate a link between its proprietary network system and the much-touted (and honestly, inferior-to-Macintosh) Windows 95. This link took the form of a ubiquitous icon on the desktop, which would encourage users of Windows 95 to gain immediate and easy access to the Microsoft Network (MSN). Since MSN was new to the internet provider market, it would be at a decided advantage in gaining new subscribers. More than 80 percent of the world's computers run Microsoft Windows and almost all of them...
Lamont's current collection of CD-ROMs consists of 12 titles in both Macintosh and IBM format, including Smithsonian's America, Microsoft Art: The National Gallery, and Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time...
...employees. He broke with tradition by licensing Apple technology to outside firms that have begun manufacturing a wave of low-cost Apple clones, which could help the company by attracting cost-conscious buyers and increasing market share. And last year he began shifting production to the new Power Macintosh line of computers, a tricky task that involves switching over to new suppliers and parts while phasing out old inventory. The technical press loved the Power Macs, and so did Apple's faithful users; the company has sold more than 2 million of the computers since March...
...chapter in the history of a company that has come to symbolize the classic American nerds-to-riches story. Founded by college dropouts Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs in 1976, Apple scored its biggest breakthrough with the 1984 introduction of the Macintosh, which popularized the mouse as well as a point-and-click menu system. The Macintosh attracted millions of converts who realized for the first time that computers might represent not Big Brother or Big Blue but just the opposite: personal empowerment...