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...PC is Launched, using software from Bill Gates' Microsoft...
...Micron PC offered free support a year ago when I bought it. But like most other PC makers, Micron now charges $24.95 for help with software after 30 days (hardware help is still free). I understand why this has to be. Margins in the PC business are thinner than Bill Gates' smile. Why should any PC maker have to fix the zillions of problems that can arise when consumers install their own software? A few enlightened manufacturers, such as Dell, offer free lifetime support for any software shipped on their machines. As PCs become interchangeable--one box much the same...
...driven analog computer called the differential analyzer--was also a prophet. In 1945, dismayed by the wartime info overload, he proposed a desktop machine, the "memex," that would display text and pictures (from a microfilm library) at the press of a button. Presciently, Bush envisioned users of his proto-PC following trails of knowledge along storable hypertext "links," much like today's Web surfers...
REAL CHEAP PCS It doesn't seem that long ago that a good deal on a computer meant a new PC that sold for under a grand. Now the cheapest PC practically pays for itself. The $299 Webzter Jr. desktop from Microworkz Computer Corp. packs a surprisingly powerful punch with its 300-MHz Cyrix processor, 32 megabytes of memory and 3.2-gigabyte hard drive. Like every other sub-$1,000 PC, it comes without a monitor, but it does give you one year of free Internet service from Earthlink, a $240 value...
...stereos and multimedia computers have been getting pretty thin lately. Now NXT has taken this anorexic trend about as far as it can go: to invisible. The company, based in London, has developed a way to make speakers so transparent that they can overlay any flat surface--PC monitor, TV screen, picture frame, even car windshield. A prototype covers a laptop with a vibrating sheet of clear plastic and produces a stereo sound that seems to come right out of the screen. No licensees yet, but with tech this cool, it's only a matter of time...