Computer simulation of individualized bone tumor resection and reconstruction included three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the disease area, identification of tumor resection range, computer-aided design (CAD) surgical template, CAD individualized prosthesis, and computer-simulated bone tumor resection and reconstruction.
Second Life is bandwidth-hungry, so unless you have a top-range computer, it is not practical.
If you just want to do common home-computing activities like Web surfing, e-mail, word processing and spreadsheets, you will probably be happy with a lower- to mid-range computer in terms of both price and speed.
"There are some indications in the long-range computer model that there will be a substantial shift in the weather pattern that will lead to extremely chilly conditions," he said.
It had a 30-year-old application running on IBM's AS/400 mid-range computer platform that the 400-person firm was outgrowing as sales picked up for products like its Snap-On Smile partial denture.
Software maker EMC, a market leader in data storage systems, saw its stock slip after the company said it would buy Data General, a top maker of mid-range computer data storage products, for $1.1 billion in stock, paying a 48% premium to Friday's closing price.
Often, the cost of fixing a significant hardware problem is more than the cost of just buying a new mid-range computer, so don't agree to pay for repairs until you know what's wrong with it.
I.B.M. used chat sessions with top company executives last fall to help promote the introduction of its Internet commerce-ready line of AS/400e mid-range computers.
Part of the company's DPX/2 family of mid-range computers will be based on Motorola's 68040 chip and will have four processors in each system.
But like Sony, IBM expanded its brand to include mid-range computers, personal computers, microchips, software and consulting.
