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The Toshiba T1100 Continues To Impress!

The Toshiba T1100 continues to make headlines as "the first mass market laptop computer". The $1900 USD computer, most comparable to the original IBM desktop PC, has impressed many across the globe with it's strange design and surprising portability. The machine operates on MS DOS 2.11, houses an Intel 80C88 CPU, monochrome LCD screen, 3.5" floppy disc drive, and no hard drive. That's right, this machine only runs of floppy discs, a cut made to keep its portability. Despite the machine's lower-end specs and weight of 9lbs, many have found the device to be their go-to computer for wherever they need it. To say the technology, though not as powerful as a desktop, has been revolutionary to computing would be an understatement. The future for laptops looks promising, and a lot less heavy.

The NES Slowly Makes Its Way Into North America

The NES, short for Nintendo Entertainment System, has begun to be spotted in the USA after months of anticipation. The brand new video game system by Nintendo, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in June, is the companies first leap into the North American commercial video game sphere. However, the company already has experience in the video game market with the release of the Famicom in Japan in 1983. The Famicom, in fact, is just the japanese equivelent to the NES, the only difference being the outer design and the marketing. The Famicom has been selling insanely well in Japan with 2.5 million consoles sold so far, and the NES has already started gaining traction. The Nintendo Entertainment System has been spotted selling like hot cakes in New York City, the only place you can find one right now. Because of the video game crash of 1983, Nintendo has been skeptical on whether their console will be able to sell well in the west. To see if their fears are true, they've begun selling the console in limited locations to test if there even is a market for their product, and these test markets are starting in NYC. Luckily for Nintendo, the console has been in extremely high demand, selling out right after every new shipment. It's safe to say that the NES won't be leaving anytime soon, and may even begin selling internationally in the new year.

Music

Billboard 100

"Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie holds the number 1 spot for the 3rd week in a row.

#2 - "Party All The Time" by Eddie Murphy
#3 - "Alive & Kicking" by Simple Minds
#4 - "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne & Friends/Elton John/Gladys Knight/Stevie Wonder
#5 - "I Miss You" by Klymaxx

Billboard 200

The "Miami Vice" soundtrack holds on to the number 1 spot for the 9th week in a row.