At '96 PC Expo, laptops reserve center stage
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The laptop/portable computer takes a prominent position at the PC Expo trade show. Driven by faster processors and more sophisticated screen technology features, the current generation of laptop machines is no longer a substitute for the desktop PC, but a platform in its own right. Investing in productivity-enhancing portable computing technology is considerably less expensive as well, with high-resolution features once available only in the $7,000 range now found in the $2,000 to $4,000 range. Overall portable sales are expected to top 4.8 million units this year, with overall US sales pegged at around 9.3 million units by the year 2000. A further market projection sees 35% of total PC sales by the year 2000 devoted to the sale of portable systems. Hitachi of Japan is one company which has recently entered the US PC market, gearing its efforts exclusively on portable sales.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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I.B.M. official has harsh words for Microsoft; new allegations, new details and some new documents for U.S
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IBM executive Garry Norris testified in the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. Norris, an IBM program director from 1995-1997, handled business relations with Microsoft for IBM's networking hardware unit. Norris' testimony helps the government's case against Microsoft by backing allegations that the company used its power in the marketplace to pressure IBM and other computer-makers to raise prices, use the Windows operating system and Microsoft browser exclusively and control the user's first PC screen. IBM was quoted higher prices for use of Windows 95 software and less support if it continued to promote its Lotus division's Smartsuite office software. Prosecutors believe Norris' testimony and the documents he provided to back-up his testimony to be conclusive evidence that Microsoft used its persuasive powers to keep a competitor from competing.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1999
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Sun offering a lower-cost network computer
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Sun Microsystems' JavaStation network computer is a low-cost alternative to the PC. The network computer will lack a hard disk, instead storing its files on the network and using network-based software. Opponents to the concept contend the network computer is a throwback to the dumb terminals of the mainframe era. The network computer concept is supported by many companies, including IBM, Oracle, Apple and Netscape. Microsoft and Intel originally dismissed the concept, but are now developing their own specifications for a NetPC that will be closer to conventional PCs. Sun and its supporters envision the network computer as a way of lowering computing costs and loosening the grip Intel and Microsoft currently hold in the PC market.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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