
drives and built-in modems, making them viable workhorses for every-
day computing tasks such as calculating spreadsheets, word processing, and
programming.
Some years ago, Apple Computer ran a television ad showing two execu
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tives discussing the merits of various personal computers. Both men were
talking about technical specifications, and one appeared to have a profound
revelation: The most powerful computer is not the one with the fastest CPU,
the biggest disk drives, or the most terrific software. It is the one that is used
most.
Judged solely by this criterion, the notebook PC will someday rank as the
most powerful computer ever built. It doesn’t ...