MORE CHEAP COMPUTERS

Apr 27, 2001 | computers

Look, this is getting ridiculous. Costco has a few dozen E-Machines today with these specs: Celeron 633MHz processor, 64Mb RAM, 15 Gb HD, plus a DVD drive and the usual accessories. Price: $399.99, including a 15″ monitor! Amazing.

SATELLITE STORY, PART 5

Apr 26, 2001 | broadband

My purchase order is in for Pegasus Express Plus service. The price has dropped a bit in the last two weeks. Startup costs are about $600 for hardware (including installation) and software. Service for 2-4 computers is $99/month, plus $15/month for a static IP...

CABLE INTERNET ACCESS

Apr 26, 2001 | broadband

AT&T now owns most of the cable system in Sonoma County. They’ve amusingly named the cable division “AT&T Broadband,” and cable Internet service has been rolled out to limited parts of Windsor and Healdsburg. Just for fun, I spoke again to...

MICROSOFT & SMALL BUSINESSES

Apr 26, 2001 | business, Microsoft

Microsoft has revamped its bCentral web site, a collection of services and resources for small businesses. One interesting example is the offer to design and host a web site from scratch for $399. That’s the price for a custom design with a generic but...

NEW ADOBE ACROBAT & QUICKTIME

Apr 24, 2001 | Adobe, Apple

I don’t know whether these are compelling upgrades – haven’t tried them, don’t know about new features – but Adobe has released Acrobat Reader 5.0 and Apple finished work on Quicktime for Windows 5.0. Acrobat 4.0 was very polished and...