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...even people who like to telecommute, but from the sofa rather than the home office. Some 30% of laptop purchases will be made by these people during the upcoming year, according to IBM. Price, for them, is a major consideration. So is bang for the buck. Also, apparently, stereo speakers...
...ThinkPad i Series turned out. The company's first consumer-targeted notebooks, due out next month, are priced at $1,499, $1,999 and $2,499. All have active-matrix color screens, 56K modems and 20X CD-ROM drives. And inch-wide Altec-Lansing stereo speakers...
...assessment? An everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach certainly has appeal from the cost side. But there are pitfalls that may turn out to be penny wise, pound foolish for some people. Those stereo speakers, for instance. While I am no Leonard Bernstein, I believe I have a fairly discerning ear. And that ear could hardly tell the difference between the Altec-Lansings and the no-brand speaker that comes on most laptops. I'm not sure, really, who'd use them; the sound on my demo model was too low-fidelity (and the volume just too low, even cranked...
...about 10 other manufacturers to showroom floors--and the first digital broadcasts will begin in a little over a month. This much anticipated debut would seem to be terrific news for tube lovers. As promised, the sets deliver supersharp digital pictures, wide-format movie-style screens and magnificent stereo surround sound. And thanks to the content-neutral nature of digital signals--"Bits are bits," they like to say in TV circles these days--you could wind up seeing web pages and e-mail on your HDTV...
...best thing about Slain by Yatsura is that you don't have to know about anime to get the music. You just have to know about a loud stereo and a smile on your face. Benjamin E. Lytal