PC industry pins big hopes on laptops

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Computer manufacturers plan many laptop-computer product releases, hoping to cash in on the hottest part of today's microcomputer industry. Texas Instruments Inc introduces its 5.7-pound TravelMate 3000; Compaq Computer Corp has already started marketing a product; and Epson America Inc, Toshiba Corp and AST Research all are expected to unveil new machines at the Comdex trade show in November 1990. Notebook-sized computers are said to be as powerful as today's desktop machines. Computer makers hope such products will carry them through a maturing market for desktop machines and slow economic conditions. Sales of laptop and notebook computers have increased 58.6 percent this year, while the total microcomputer market has increased only 5.3 percent. Notebook computers typically weigh five to seven pounds and run for about three hours on a battery charge. They cost $4,000 to $7,000.

Product information, Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, Supply and demand, Texas Instruments Inc., TXN, Laptop computers, column, New Product, Market Analysis, Texas Instruments TravelMate 3000 (Notebook computer)

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Tandy expected to introduce multimedia PCs

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Tandy Corp is expected to introduce a product line of 'multimedia' microcomputers. Such computers can use compact disk players to generate and manipulate photograph-quality images and high-quality sound, entertaining like television or informing like an encyclopedia. The price of one of the new Tandy machines is expected to be about $3,000. Multimedia upgrade kits, for Tandy or other microcomputers, will include compact-disk drives and sound add-in boards, and they will cost about $800. Lack of software has slowed the acceptance of multimedia computers, but Tandy hopes to entice developers to create more applications. Apple Computer Inc and IBM reportedly also are working on multimedia machines.

Product development, Microcomputers, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, AAPL, RadioShack Corp., Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, TAN, Apple Inc., Microcomputer

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