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...JavaStation has no hard drive, doesn't play CD-ROMs and takes no floppies. Users are supposed to store their personal files on the servers and download whatever little application programs (or "applets") they need directly from the Net. The price of the base machine, with one fast microSPARCII chip, starts at $750. By the time you add a keyboard and a monitor, however, the cost approaches $1,000--almost as much as a low-end Macintosh or Windows PC would cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

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