February 1996 / News & Views

Win 95 Roars with Pentium-Class PCs Relentless Pentium Im provement Cyrix's 6x86 Weighs In	Intel's relentless drive to make the Pentium the PC standard for running mixed 16-/32-bit software continues, but its competitors aren't far behind - by Dave Andrews and Dave Rowell
PowerPCs Still a Spec on the Horizon PowerPC Platform Highlights	"The waiting is the hardest part," accord ing to a song by Tom Petty, and that's what users will have to do now that Apple, IBM, and Motorola have released the PowerPC Platform specification. - by Tom Thompson and Dave Andrews
Web Forces Change The Web Made Them Do It	In his book The Road Ahead, Bill Gates predicts that the Internet will transform businesses worldwide.
Alternative Input Spells Relief Now You Can Say "Make It So!" Naturally It's From Microsoft A Contour for You	Users are flocking to ergonomic keyboards and other input devices, despite the lack of research proving that these devices prevent or cure repetitive strain injuries (RSIs). - by Rob Dieterich
Windows Business Applications Up, Mac Down 1994 vs. 1995 Sales	Sales of Windows applications grew by 47 percent while Mac sales declined by 13 percent in the first three quarters of 1995 compared to the same period in 1994, according to the Software Publishers Association (Washington, D C), a trade association of desktop software companies.
Notebooks Take on Rugged Challenges Rugged PCs Go Mobile	Notebooks are taking a field trip. Users who need a notebook or hand-held PC that can run multiple applications while withstanding stressful environmental conditions are buying rugged portables in increasing numbers (see the chart).
Au Revoir, Overh eads Integrated Projectors Run to Daylight	New technologies will result in portable projection devices that integrate their own light sources and offer brighter displays. - by Chris B. Chinnock
BYTE Gives Away Car to Lucky Winner	BYTE congratulates Ronald D. Bell (Green Valley, AZ), winner of our Mobile Office of the '90s Sweepstakes.
Home PC Sales Pass Peak U.S. Home Multimedia PC Shipments Few Workers Telecommute...but Many Could	PC vendors' dreams of putting a computer in every home may take longer to realize than first expected. - by Matt Trask
Year 2000 Promises Strange Days Ahead	What's in a date? Oh, about $400 billion. That's how much analysts say will be spent worldwide addressing the notorious year 2000 date-change problem.
Add Spreadsheets, Charting to Programs with Ease Simultaneously Formatting Changes with Formula One	Building-block-style programming just got easier, thanks to new OLE custom controls (OCXes) from Visual Components (Lenexa, KS). - by Rick Grehan
New Docks Improve Commuter Computers	Notebook vendors are improving their docking stations as the percentage of users who buy notebooks as true desktop computer replacements increases. - by Dave Andrews
Coming: Faster, Cheaper Optical Data Links Parallel-Optical Interconnectors At A Glance	A new breed of optical interconnectors for linking video servers, computer clusters, and other applications will deliver the high-speed performance of fiber at less expensive prices. - by Chris B. Chinnock

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