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- <title>
- July 30, 1990: Business Notes:Computers
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 30, 1990 Mr. Germany
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 52
- Business Notes
- COMPUTERS
- Chip Off The New Brick
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> 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.
- </p>
- <p> 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."
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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