After From the August 1998 issue of PC Computing OK, you've all seen the goofy newsreels of Ma and Pa and Opie listening to the Green Hornet on a radio the size of a jukebox. Or watching Clarabelle chase Chief Thunderthud on a tiny round gray TV screen. These look like something from the days when people washed their clothes on the riverbank by banging rocks on them, and were lucky if they lived to be 30. But when it comes to PCs, nostalgia ain't what it used to be. This industry compresses time like no other.
Systems are behind the curve the day they're released.
PC Computing started ten years ago this month. Back then notebook makers crowed about new models that weighed just 18 pounds. You could choose from among 55 different word processors. In this tenth anniversary issue we've created a time capsule containing today's best hardware and software. And while the new Intel CPUs are almost 100 times faster than the original 8088, gigahertz chips are around the corner and ten years from now we'll be nudging into terahertz territory.