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To: Voltaire who wrote (15086)	11/12/2000 5:45:09 PM
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Hardware retakes center stage at Comdex By Ken Popovich, eWEEK November 10, 2000 2:13 PM ET Hardware products will retake center stage from the dot-com companies at Comdex in Las Vegas, as computer makers unveil new desktops, notebooks, Internet appliances and peripherals and Intel Corp. touts its next-generation Pentium 4 and Itanium chips. The resurgence of hardware comes a year after more than 600 dot-coms crowded the showroom floor. There will be dramatically fewer dot-coms this year, said a Comdex spokesman, reflecting the failure of hundreds of such companies to survive the past year. For example, online auction house 2TheMarket.com, which had a large presence last year, is no longer in business. One of hardware's heavyweights, Intel, will demonstrate desktops running the company's 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz Pentium 4 processors, which are due to launch Nov. 20. In addition, the chip-making giant will promote its upcoming 64-bit Itanium processor, designed for use in high-end workstations and servers. Hewlett-Packard Co., meanwhile, will show off its compact OmniBook 500. The new ultralight, which weighs a little more than 3 pounds, features a 12.1-inch display and is touted as being wireless-capable and able to operate on batteries for up to 10 hours. A base model equipped with a 500MHz Celeron will sell for about $1,900, while notebooks featuring faster Pentium III processors will be priced at more than $3,000. Applause for appliances Internet appliances will also garner a lot of attention this year as companies such as America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. roll out new systems. AOL and Gateway Inc. on Friday unveiled their new wireless Web tablet, powered by Transmeta Corp.'s new mobile processor. The product, which features a full-color touch-screen and is designed to offer consumers simpler connectivity to AOL's online site, is scheduled to go on sale in the first quarter of next year. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is also expected to unveil a new Web tablet that the company is hoping to introduce next year. While little is known about the product, it's expected to be marketed in conjunction with Microsoft's online service. Among other companies touting Web tablet browsers are Sonicblue Inc., which recently changed its name from S3 Inc., and Honeywell International Inc. A host of display and peripheral manufacturers will be on hand with new flat-panel LCDs, storage devices, and printing and scanning systems. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will have one of the biggest displays -- literally -- when the company introduces what it's touting as the world's first 24-inch, HDTV-ready analog/digital LCD screen, the SyncMaster 240T. The display, which offers 1,920-by-1,200-pixel resolution, also features a Picture-By-Picture function, which allows for a split screen that enables side-by-side displays from two input source