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...provide such a powerhouse at such a low price, Apple had to make some sacrifices. The iMac lacks a built-in floppy disk drive. Without such a form of writeable media, installations can become difficult. However, in the college dormitory environment, where high-speed networks are more efficient than floppy disks, the latter is becoming obsolete. In creating a cheap computer, Apple decided to forgo the drive and to offer it as an external option--leaving the ultimate choice up to the consumer. Imation and Iomega both offer 100+ MB disk drives (the former also offering compatibility with current floppy...
When it comes to notebook PCs, thin usually means expensive. But a new line of sub-$1,000, 3-lb. notebooks running the Windows CE operating system is both svelte and affordable. Hewlett-Packard's Jornada, Sharp's Mobilon Pro and Vadem's Clio feature built-in modems, word-processing and spreadsheet programs, and offer up to 12 hours of battery life. The screens on the Mobilon Pro and Clio rotate on a hinge and can lie flat, tablet-style. But none have a floppy drive, making file transfers a bit awkward...
...pretty straightforward. You plug a standard phone line into one hole in the back of the box and a standard telephone receiver into the other. You use the telephone to dial your Internet provider and to punch in your log-in and password. Then the Aplio--with its built-in modem--takes over, connecting you to the party you are trying to speak to. It connects you, that is, if the party has an Aplio synched to yours, which probably requires enough prearrangement by telephone to eat up most of that 95% saving...
...patients, this focus on the customer can be refreshing. Duke and its competitors are listening to patients and giving them what they want. WakeMed's new Heart Center includes an attractive built-in hotel that allows families to stay in the hospital while the patient undergoes surgery. Duke has shifted its primary-care physicians out of the main building to satellite locations, since focus groups show that patients want street-level parking when they visit doctors they see regularly...
...fixed digital camera that can send color snapshots to any computer or Web page every 30 seconds. Unlike similar products that must be tethered to a PC just a few feet away, the $300 FoneCam (available at fonecam.com simply plugs into a phone jack and uses its built-in modem to send pics to any computer across the country. Software is included to let owners schedule the frequency of photo transmissions...