Word: pc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think a PC should be a standard piece of office equipment for every faculty member in FAS," says Professor of History William E. Gienapp...
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PC COMDEX's hottest technology appeared to do the impossible--import the legendarily clunky Windows desktop operating system to handheld computers from the likes of Casio, Compaq and Philips. The NEC Mobile Pro HPC runs fist-size versions of Microsoft Word and Excel on a 5-in. screen...
...PC makers did the macarena--a hand flap here, a hip swivel there. But their efforts to improve home computers amounted to the same old song and dance: incrementally faster processors, modems and CD-ROM drives, with an occasional dip toward better design. Toshiba, however, wowed the crowded desktop dance floor with a balletic new product that blends the functions of a computer with the capabilities of TV and stereo. With its radical design, innovative features and ability to attract a crowd, the Infinia Home PC is a critical...
Toshiba, the world leader in laptops, realized two years ago that compact machines would not dominate half of the PC market, so they went to work on a desktop version (laptops, pricey and difficult to upgrade, currently account for only some 20% of computers). "A lot of it was discussion around life-style and ease of use," says Ron Smith, a Toshiba marketing V.P., describing the development of the Infinia. "The concept was to design it for real people who are used to using stereos...
Although Toshiba won't divulge numbers, it says that Infinia, which hit store shelves in September, is selling better than expected. PC Magazine executive editor Bill Howard says he could have guessed as much: "If you're going to go beyond the 35 million or so people using PCs now, the technology has got to be easier--they're still too darn hard to use." We'll sing along with that...