Powerful stuff in miniatures
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Computers continue to get smaller. A number of companies have succeeded in shrinking the already small notebook computer to develop palmtops. Among the palmtops currently available are Poquet Computer Corp's Poqet PC, which comes with a 32-line by 80-character video display terminal and keyboard, and Sharp's PC 3000. Although the portability of these machines is an advantage, palmtops also have several drawbacks. These include the smallness of the screen and the keyboard which makes palmtops difficult to use, the incompatibility of these machines with PCs, and their inability to accomodate a disk drive. Nonetheless, computer manufacturers seem bent on further innovating hand-held computers. A recent team-up between Sharp and Apple Computer Inc has resulted in the development of the Newton, an electronic organizer that is equipped with a pen-based operation system instead of a keyboard.
Publication Name: The Accountant's Magazine
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4761
Year: 1992
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Luxury laptop living
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The decreasing size and increasing power of portable, laptop PCs has made the portable office a reality. Accountants can achieve many advantages by taking their PCs and peripherals on-site: it is more efficient to be able to make on-spot calculations and discuss financial data implications with the client at the client's business site. Clients can be visited once a month, and management accounts can be produced on the spot by posting day books and adjustments into a portable PC. The accounts can be printed up either on the client's printer or on a portable printer. On-site calculations have the advantage of giving clients up-to-the-minute information with which to monitor the business and the ability to immediately react to deficiencies, and it impresses on the client the immediate value of accounting services.
Publication Name: The Accountant's Magazine
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4761
Year: 1991
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Business information on tap
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Executive information systems (EIS) are sophisticated, PC-based management information and decision support systems that provide executives with the ability to easily access and manipulate information. EIS typically use a graphical user interface in order to make the systems more user-friendly. EIS makes information searches more accurate and rapid. Executives using an EIS can select the precise information they need to make a decision. EIS offers executives direct access to data and the ability to investigate a situation by asking for further data. An EIS can be run on a local area network, which will cost a firm anywhere from 11,000 pounds sterling to 200,000 pounds.
Publication Name: The Accountant's Magazine
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4761
Year: 1991
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