In their spring shows, some riffed on the shirtwaist, offering versions in leather.
Apple had been offering versions with Intel Core Duo and Core Solo processors.
Huawei, based in China, is offering versions of Cisco's networking gear for business, at drastically lower prices.
TUXEDOS have been a major trend in the spring collections, with designers offering versions both traditional and unconventional throughout the Paris shows.
Pontiac is dropping it from the Grand Prix for 2004, for example, and General Motors is offering versions of its Avalanche, once loaded with extra bulk, without any cladding.
Microsoft is just one of several companies in this software market, with competitors offering versions of Linux, and software from Wind River, Palm and others.
In all but one of the past 15 years the BBC has topped the festive ratings, largely by offering versions of much-loved shows.
Later this year, Tesla plans to begin offering versions of the Model S with smaller battery packs, including a 40 kilowatt-hour choice starting at $57,400 and a 60 kilowatt-hour pack starting at $67,400, excluding a maximum $7,500 federal tax credit.
In a March 6 design auction, Sotheby's in New York is offering versions of the Neue gifts: a pair of Olbrich candlesticks and a Wiener Werkstätte vase with brass grid filigree have estimates of up to $8,000 each.
