Innovations from Next MORE EFFICIENT DESIGN Next's computer is built around a single circuit board instead of the several that most PCs use. The design of the board's two custom chips makes the machine especially fast MORE STORAGE CAPACITY Instead of regular disk drives, Next uses an erasable optical disk drive that stores 6 to 10 times as much data HIGH-QUALITY SOUND A digital signal processing chip lets the machine produce compact disk-quality music -- and send or receive voice mail SHARPER IMAGES Next's 17-inch, black-and-white monitor is crisper than most displays on the market CHEAPER PRINTING Software that controls laser printing, normally built into printers, is built into the computer. Result: Next's printer costs only $2,000 EASIER TO PROGRAM Using so-called object-oriented techniques, Next has created programming tools that make it very easy to write software for the machine. This is key to building a library of programs that help sell the machine DATA: NEXT INC., BW

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