Multimedia takes center stage; CD-ROM drives, sound cards, and speakers. (includes related articles on PC vs. professional video equipment, tips for shopping for equipment and guidelines for installing sound cards) (Buyers Guide)

Computer Shopper | November 1, 1994| | Copyright

After storming the home PC market, where media-rich entertainment and educational CD-ROM software titles abound, multimedia is making its way into business offices as well.

Large corporations are using multimedia PCs to cut production costs by creating marketing and employee-training presentations in-house. MIS departments are finding that multimedia tutorials, built into applications from major vendors such as Lotus, are more effective than making end users sit down with stacks of manuals. Multimedia voice and image annotations are spicing up and clarifying E-mail and ...

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