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- BUSINESS, Page 52Business NotesCOMPUTERSChip Off The New Brick
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- How big is the niche between desktop and laptop computers?
- The folks at Ergo Computing in Peabody, Mass., are hoping it
- is about as big as a Brick -- the name of the firm's unique
- portable. The 8.3-lb. Brick ($2,495 to $4,495) is a powerful
- desktop machine complete with modem and mouse, and enough
- muscle to store and quickly process the complete records of a
- small business.
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- Only about the size of a collegiate dictionary, the Brick
- is small enough to take home (where it can be plugged into
- another monitor and keyboard) without transferring files or
- juggling floppies. Ergo president and Brick designer Tom
- Spalding, 41, says the machine comes in "boring beige" and in
- a postmodern granite finish, which he likes a lot better.
- "We're not a traditional vendor," says Spalding, who previously
- made millions in hot-tub and stereo-equipment ventures. "It's
- much more fun doing neat, clever designs."
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