Promising computer beauty
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Techstyle Computer, a start-up based in Denver, CO, encases PCs, monitors and keyboards in handcrafted wood. The company, founded in Sep 1997, is owned by Robert Savi, 29. Savi believes aesthetics and electronics ought to combine in a PC's casing, and he says computers ought to be aesthetically pleasing if people are going to have to look at them all day. Savi's base model, a computer covered in maple or red oak, costs $5,500. Savi offers various exotic woods, such as koroboreli, Honduran rosewood, ebony and bubinga, and customers can match wood samples to furniture they already own, such as cabinets, desks or tables. Other companies are appearing that offer similar services. For example, Oberhofer Hand-Crafted Computers, based in Los Angeles, offers a wireless mouse, made of mahogany, maple or cherry wood, for $350. Wood-encased keyboards cost $650, and flat-screen monitors start at $6,000.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Which computer is just right? 3 new notebooks have real keyboards but fit in a pocketbook
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NEC Computer Systems's Mobile Pro 750C, Hitachi HPW-200EC and LG Electronics's Phenom Ultra represent the first three big so-called PC companions that are more powerful than organizers but less powerful than a notebook. Each of the $899 devices features the same basic programs as well as backlighted touch screens that are slightly longer than eight diagonal inches and 640-by-240-pixel resolution. A more typing-friendly keyboard will encourage such usage, and the three products allow viewing of around 16 lines of a full-width document in a 10-point font. Battery life can last as long as 10 hours, according to the vendors, plus the PC companions load new programs and share information through a Windows PC instead of a floppy or CD-ROM drive. Drawbacks include less complete features and performance than a PC-companion-size counterpart, according to a United Parcel Service computer technician.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Clinton ease computer sales: advanced modes would be more eligible for export
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The Clinton Administration has a plan that will allow the export of more powerful computers. Government concerns about the use of computers to create nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction caused the regulations originally, and the persistence of these concerns means that some countries, such as India, Pakistan, China and Russia still face stricter controls. These countries' military users must obtain a license and may only import computers that perform between 2,000 and 7,000 million theoretical operations per second (MTOP). The new plan would allow remove most restraints on exports to allies such as France and England. Friendly countries, such as Mexico, that have no nuclear programs may import computers that perform 10,000 (MTOP). The existing regulations require that all vendors selling computers that perform over 1,500 MTOP be licensed to sell to foreign markets.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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