Whatever your PC, these printers are just your type
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Apple's Apple Personal LaserWriter NTR, NEC Technologies' NEC Silentwriter 95 and QMS's QMS PS 410 are low-cost laser printers that work with both IBM PC or compatible microcomputers and Apple Macintosh microcomputers. The printers retail for between $1,400 and $1,700. The preferred of the three printers is the estimated $1,450 QMS PS-410, which has a small footprint and provides crisp and fast printing. While its print engine is only rated at four pages per minute, PS 410 uses a fast microprocessor. QMS is the only printer evaluated that has proprietary circuitry that can automatically detect differences between a PostScript and an HP printer language document. While QMS's paper capacity is only 50 sheets, the NEC Silentwriter offers a 250-sheet feeder at about the same price. Silentwriter offers more detailed printing than the other printers and a very convenient push-button settings menu, as well as a print engine that rates six pages per minute. Apple's NTR is the fastest printer, but also the most poorly designed and expensive of the three at $1,700. Switching from PostScript to HP print language is difficult and the printer has neither NEC's button settings or QMS's automatic intelligence.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
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Three new desktops have added features but some downsides
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The $3,300 Macintosh Centris 660AV is superior to all other Macs for speed and performance. This machine also offers speech recognition although this feature is in need of further debugging. The Centris 660AV includes a 230Mbyte hard disk, 8Mbytes of memory and a fast CD-ROM drive. Built-in networking and other standard Mac features are provided, and users can get the AudioVision optional monitor, which has a built-in microphone and stereo speakers. The 660AV can function as a telephone and answering machine, and it can transmit television signals. Software is lacking to fully utilize these features, however. The Centris 610 is still an adequate machine for fast multimedia capabilities. Compaq's low-cost Presario 425 and Dell Computer's high-end Dimension XPS are discussed briefly.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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Tandy and Apple build in arrays of sound and light
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Both Apple Computer's Macintosh Performa 600CD and Tandy's Sensation are good multimedia microcomputers. Both computers come with a CD-ROM drive and internal sound systems to produce digitized voices, music and other sounds. Both also come with easy-to-use interfaces and lots of software, including integrated software packages and a full encyclopedia on a single CD-ROM disk. However, the $3,000 Performa is a better full-service computer than the Sensation. The Performa has a 160Mbyte hard disk, compared to the Sensation's 107Mbyte disk, more standard memory and a better CD-ROM drive. The $2,400 Sensation is a better choice if children are going to be the main users. It comes with more accessories, such as a connection for joysticks and music keyboards and a built-in modem.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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