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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long as you're stuck living in the present (and your kids watch too much TV anyway), the gift for 1998 might be a new PC, even two. This year's top models (like the Compaq Presario 5665, seen here) roar--and still seem to have last year's price tags attached. Just as intriguing at the other end of the spectrum, the $499 eTower has arrived. Forrester Research analyst Bruce Kasrel notes that while 43% of America's 100 million homes have at least one PC, only 12% have more than one. Though the maturing U.S. PC market grew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1998 Technology Buyer's Guide: All The Best | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...Compaq had 1996 revenues of $18.2 billion, more than triple its annual revenues just four years earlier. The industry's next wave of growth is being propelled by falling prices that put the cost of a machine closer to that of a household appliance. Houston-based Compaq introduced its Presario 2100 for $999 in February. Others have low-priced PCs too. Now the industry is bracing for a quantum leap in demand as people who previously couldn't afford a computer rush to buy one on the notion that one day a PC will be as indispensable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM | 5/19/1997 | See Source »

winner Compaq Presario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...Compaq Presario 3000 Series This stylish $3,499 PC combines the monitor and system into one portable unit, outfitted with a smaller, laptop-like screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...playing computer games is among your supreme joys, the $3,148 Presario 8712 is for you. With 6 MB of memory to enhance video quality and an 8X CD-ROM drive, everything onscreen looks better. The JBL Pro Premium speakers and subwoofer deliver terrific sound for playing such included titles as Descent II, MechWarrior 2 and Yukon Trail. The 3.8-GB hard drive gives you enough room to load dozens of programs, and the Pentium-200 processor and 32 MB of ram offer enough power to run any game on the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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