It's as plain as the screen in front of your nose

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Purchasers should not overlook one essential component in shopping for a microcomputer system: the monitor. Users look at their video monitor all day, and buying a good one can greatly enhance satisfaction with a computer system. While monitors resemble color television sets, they are more complex and consequently cost much more. A 21-in color monitor runs $2,000 more than a 21-in color TV, for example. Most users do not need so large a monitor, however, and high-quality color monitors appropriate to their needs typically cost several hundred dollars. The best way to select one is to go to a large computer store and make an eyeball comparison. It is usually cheaper to actually order the monitor by mail or over the phone, however, though shipping costs for this heavy component may offset any savings. Buyers should be aware that the actual display size is smaller than the total screen size.

Purchasing, Column, Video monitors, Purchases, Hardware Selection, Monitors, Price, Size

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On shuttle, Wristmacs help out

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is experimenting with Wristmac watches, which can take data from an Apple Macintosh Portable microcomputer, displaying data later or sounding an alarm to remind an astronaut that something needs to be done. Several commercially available products and programs are in use on the space shuttle Atlantis. Items being tested include file compression software, electronic mapping, computer sound cues and trackball input devices. Trackballs used on earlier missions were found to be too loose in their cases for weightless conditions. Mice are impractical because they float away. In addition to the Macintosh Portable computer, the space shuttle carries a GriD Systems Inc GriD 1530, an 80386-based portable computer. NASA uses standard commercially available products whenever possible, which makes replacement easy.

Electronic computers, Space research and technology, Usage, Microcomputers, Product information, Equipment and supplies, Testing, AAPL, Space flight, Space shuttles, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Apple Inc., Atlantis (Spacecraft), Microcomputer, Watches, Trackball, Trackballs, Apple Macintosh Portable (Portable computer), Grid Systems Corp., GRiD Systems GRiD 1530 ((Notebook computer)

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As mice go, the family is stylishly handsome

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Logitech Inc introduces an array of new mouse products ranging in price from $119 to $199. The new Mouseman products are ergonomically designed for left-handed and right-handed users, and there are different models for small and large hands. The Mouseman line is designed to offer users a maximum amount of flexibility in a product area that is cluttered by look-a-like models. Besides sporting innovative and functional design, the Mouseman line features 400-dots-per-inch pointing precision and a variety of plug-in options. Logitech also offers a mouse that communicates with the computer via radio waves from as far away as 11 feet. The product line is compatible with Apple Macintoshes and with IBM microcomputers and compatibles.

Product introduction, Computer peripherals industry, Mouse, product announcement, Cursor Control Devices, Logitech Inc., Logitech MouseMan (Mouse)

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