"The black Florence Nightingale and the making of a PC myth," it says.
It may have all the functionality of a PC, but maybe it's smaller.
The presence of a PC there, he said, makes it logical for recipes to be stored and summoned electronically.
This is another remake – this time of a PC game released back in 2000 – using the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons system.
For the uninitiated, "joining a domain" is the process that sysadmins go through to take ownership of a PC.
And this is taking place against the backdrop of a PC market where sales are dwindling by about 10% annually.
Forget about the advanced capabilities of a PC, like performing chemical analysis, rendering 3-D animations and blasting aliens.
A computer processor typically accounts for 25 to 35 percent of the total cost of a PC or laptop.
This week Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates defended Windows 8: "It takes the benefits of a tablet and the benefits of a PC, and it's able to support both of those – so if you have [Microsoft own-brand tablet] Surface, Surface Pro, you've got that portability of a tablet but the richness of a PC in terms of the keyboard, Microsoft Office of a PC," he said.
We all know somebody who would love to get on the Net but could do without the complexity and bulk of a PC.
Similarly, giving all of your advisors a tablet instead of a PC seems nice at first sight but how does this really create value for the customer?
