One thing making that more convenient is a new adapter that Apple announced yesterday that connects Powerbooks, which already come with gorgeous built-in LCD screens, to Apple's bigger and brighter Studio and Cinema flat-panel displays.

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This spring the company opened in New York, the first of five planned city-center stores in the U.S. It boasts a latte bar, scores of high-resolution flat-panel displays and a studio for a budding financial news and information operation.

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Rents are cheap: a renovated four-bedroomed flat costs as much as a claustrophobic London studio.

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They lived together in a decrepit Forest Hill flat, devoid of furniture, that doubled as his studio.

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