31.   The coolest personal computer around has two microprocessors, can run a half-dozen multimedia applications at once without stumbling and comes in a spiffy, dark blue box.

32.   The iMac comes with a suite of multimedia applications aimed at making work with music, movies and photographs easy.

33.   The processor included some instructions, dubbed MMX, that purported to speed up multimedia applications.

34.   The San Rafael, California-based company has been broadening its focus to include multimedia applications and geographic information systems.

35.   The three programs available now are multimedia applications, which combine sound and graphics -- some include video -- with the usual serving of text.

36.   These chips, with four times the memory, will allow users to run popular multimedia applications faster.

37.   With Internet users looking for faster access to bandwidth-hogging music and multimedia applications, the cable modem market is exploding.

38.   Yet, many new multimedia applications require chips with the speed of a Pentium to run well.

39.   Pentium II processors will be used in the most advanced machines for sophisticated multimedia applications while the less powerful Pentiums will be used in the mid-range PCs.

40.   A certain device may have the appropriate storage space but it may not be the best device for playing multimedia applications.