Portable desktop PC has quickly grown to great popularity in corporate and small-office environments. Read about our members' aches, pains and remedies in this August 2000 roundtable archive. Despite beating profit estimates by a penny, Dell dips 10 percent in early trading Friday. NEC's dominance fades as Sony and Sotec start to catch up. My IBM Aptiva shuts down after 30 minutes of inactivity.
Nobody knows what to do about it.