Microsoft sound card adds to the noise in PC marketplace

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Microsoft Corp's $289 Windows Sound System is a well-designed audio card, although its usefulness is limited because it runs only on Microsoft Windows. The add-on circuitry enables users to get audio feedback from software programs. The card is easy to install and includes sophisticated and useful software. Users may record and play music with Windows Sound System. Voice Pilot allows users to perform certain tasks through voice activation, and ProofReader has the computer read out numbers to users after they enter the numbers into a spreadsheet. However, since Windows Sound System is only compatible with Windows and Windows applications, it cannot run with most games and children's programs. Also, the company touts its product for use in business audio, to improve corporate documents. The value of such use of Windows Sound System is questionable because to produce and read such documents would often take more time than it would be worth.

Equipment and supplies, Sound processing, Boards/Cards, Expansion boards, Boards/cards (Computers), Microsoft Windows Sound System (Sound board)

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Taking a good look through Windows at the pros and cons

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Microsoft introduces Microsoft Windows 3.1, the latest version of its graphical user interface (GUI). The new version improves file management, speeds printing and cuts down on crashes. Microsoft Windows acts as a shell, allowing users to work with various applications in a graphical mode. Apple believes the interface is so similar to the Apple Macintosh interface, that the company is suing Microsoft over the issue. Microsoft Windows runs on most IBM PC and compatible microcomputers but it is maximized when running with an Intel 386SX chip, 4Mbytes of memory and 10Mbytes of spare disk space. Users who run only a few old programs on their current microcomputers and who feel comfortable with the keystrokes in their applications might not need Microsoft Windows to make complex commands easier. Most MS-DOS users find Microsoft Windows can help simplify printing, copying text and numbers from file to file and creating professional documents.

Product introduction, IBM, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, Graphical user interface, Microsoft Windows 3.1 (GUI)

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Contact customers, make campaign fliers, do desktop publishing

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Small businesses can produce professional designer-quality brochures, documents, fliers and newsletters by using a variety of software and hardware products. Professional results can be gained using Microsoft's excellent $79 Publisher 3.0 DTP software, HP's inexpensive $479 LaserJet 5L laser printer and Visioneer's easy-to-use $370 PaperPort scanner. Microsoft Publisher 3.0 is designed exclusively for Windows 95. The software provides the best desktop publishing features for the occasional user. The best feature of Publisher are the PageWizards, a set of 20 predefined templates for quickly creating excellent documents. There are Wizards for nine different newsletters with four layout types. For printing, the HP LaserJet 5L is an affordable laser printer that produces outstanding print quality. The Visioneer PaperPort scanner is inexpensive, but it provides outstanding scanning capabilities with easy-to-use operations.

Software Publishers, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing, Laser Printers, Word Processing Software Pkgs (Micro), Nonimpact Printers, Optical instruments and lenses, Optical Scanners, Software, Product/Service Evaluation, Column, Software single product review, DTP software, Desktop publishing software, Desktop publishing, Hewlett-Packard Co., HWP, Scanning devices, Hardware multiproduct review, Word processing software, Inkjet printers, Ink-jet printers, Laser printer, Sheetfed gray-scale scanner, Sheetfed scanners, Visioneer Communications Inc., Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95 (DTP software), HP LaserJet 5L (Laser printer), Visioneer PaperPort (Sheetfed gray-scale scanner)

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