By and large, few, if any, academics say they have any practical knowledge of tablet
PCs beyond what they've seen in advertisements and on TV.
The ADSL modem market will follow the same development path as the dial-up mode, meaning that, as soon as the current problems are resolved, new
PCs will ship with bundled ADSL modems.
"The benefits offered by Sprint
PCS' Free & Clear Business Plans - a single rate, anytime, anywhere on the Sprint
PCS nationwide wireless network, free long distance calling, enhanced voicemail, Caller ID, first incoming minute free and text/numeric messaging - are essential to real estate professionals who need to stay in touch regardless of location," said Alan Pyles, president of HMS.
But in the world of the living, some manufacturers are going well beyond Energy Star in greening their
PCs, notably Apple, Hewlett-Packard and, at the forefront, the IBM PC Company, an independently run business under Big Blue's umbrella that was founded in late 1992.
The
PCs' continued use of foot patrols best exemplifies the community policing concept.
is only about 30 percent, leaving 70 percent of America disenfranchised...The rate of adoption of
PCs is going down, not up.
CPAs are now allowed to practice in
PCs in all states.
"Today, AMD charts a new course for the industry by changing the definition of everyday computing to reflect what businesses and consumers really want to do with their
PCs," said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager, Microprocessor Business Unit, Computation Products Group, AMD.
removable media when they want to change the songs stored in their devices and are away from their
PCs. "One of the barriers to MP3 players becoming more widely accepted [has] been the high cost of removable flash storage, with 32MB cards priced at approximately $100," says Iomega's Mike Lucas.
Most machines, including 486-based
PCs, can be upgraded to a Pentium CPU (or comparable chip from Cyrix or AMD) for under $300.
I can understand why Bill Gates would not think it's a good idea, since all these
PCs now require a Microsoft license.
"As a result, the vast majority of Tablet
PCs that shipped in 2003 went to vertical applications." Within horizontal markets, Tablet
PCs are particularly targeted at large enterprises.
Once, the deployment and configuration of new
PCs was one of the most time consuming tasks of a reseller or systems integrator.
Commonly called a "sneaker net," this is one of the most inefficient ways of sharing information between
PCs (the other would be osmosis).
