Word: plugged
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spend most of your time online these days, the iMac is truly a marvel of simplicity: pull it from the box, plug in the power and phone lines, click a button, and you're on the Net. That ease of use may prove as strong a draw as the chance to buy a machine that matches your decor...
Something else that's easy on the eyes is the Matrox Marvel G200 ($299), which I reviewed earlier this year. A Swiss army knife of a PC-plug-in device, the Marvel allows me to edit home videos easily on my computer. It's a TV tuner, so I can watch television on my computer monitor. And it's a graphics accelerator that makes computer games come alive...
...translucent bits, a computer that looks like what a desktop computer for the home really is: a toy. And since the most fun thing about the computer is the Internet and the least fun thing is attaching all the ugly cables, thank you for making it so easy to plug in. The two-tone keyboard! The adorable round mouse! The parabolic shape! Even the circuit boards, visible through the plastic sides, are alluring...
...Crimson must plug in a new Energizer battery before tonight's match against Colgate. Before its loss against BU, Harvard's multifaceted offense had found its rhythm, decimating Sacred Heart by the margin of 79-64 and shooting 50 percent from the floor during the game...
...business traveler knows, finding an analog phone jack to plug in the modem of a notebook computer can be a chore. That's because most offices and hotels use digital lines that won't transmit the analog signals generated by a modem. ModemMinder ($40; available in January) from Konexx in San Diego is a small device that solves the problem by converting incoming and outgoing signals to the right format so that you can jack in anywhere...