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DESKTOPS Macs are back, PCs rev up 90 NOTEBOOKS Ultralight power play 93 HANDHELDS Wireless Web access now 96 CELL PHONES Going digital with care 100 PRINTERS, SCANNERS Sharp and cheap 102 SOFTWARE Utility players and Y2K 105 GAMES The age of total immersion 107 HOME THEATER On the verge of HDTV 110 DIGITAL CAMERAS True sophistication...
...household appliances. The best computers at the turn of the millennium combine solid fundamentals (a fast processor, a roomy hard disk and a great screen) with a choice selection of new technologies, like rewritable CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM and digital video editing. DV cameras can output footage to PCs through a single, fast cable called FireWire from Apple and i.LINK from Sony, the two companies that integrate DV editing into their machines. The trick, of course, is to determine which of the new technologies you need or just have to have. No matter what you decide, the compromise...
Most people think choice is a good thing. Take French roast vs. Kona, or Skippy vs. Jif. But when it comes to notebook computers, the options can be downright dizzying. This year, with the introduction of superfast Intel Pentium III processors in laptops and the rapid proliferation of ultralight PCs, your choices got even broader...
STREET CRED A national network (AT&T, Sprint PCS) is not always the best choice. Some local and regional carriers have attractive roaming deals. Pick whoever does the best job in your backyard...
...marriage license, I've never agreed more with a legal document than I do with Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's findings of fact in the Microsoft case. Of course he's right when he says Microsoft enjoys a monopoly on the desktop--more than nine out of 10 PCs use Windows. Of course Microsoft used its control of the marketplace to hammer competitors--just ask Netscape. And of course Microsoft could charge more than the fair market price for Windows--and do so for a long time without losing market share. After all, what's the PC user's alternative...