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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
COHR 194.01+4.1%Jan 6 3:59 PM EST
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To: robert b furman who wrote (1683)7/16/2014 9:57:59 AM
From: Kirk ©   of 26950
 
Remember too that in 1999 PCs had several years of orders moved forward to replace older OSs with ones that would not crash due to the Y2K bug. We may have something in reverse where companies will replace working PCs to get a new OS to replace MSFT XP. There probably won't be the same surge in earnings as companies may replace PCs over a wider window.

My PCs are plenty fast for the heavy data crunching I do and I'd do better to spend the money to get comcast cable internet. Trouble is with that, I spend $1,000 once for a fast PC rather than nearly that much to get high bandwidth. It makes me wonder why only the "rich" can afford 25MB internet connections in the US and those who watch their pennies get DSL while the poor use Starbucks and libraries for laptop homework and rely on smart phones to access the internet at home. BTW, the reason I don't pay for it is I had terrible experience with the cable company customer nonservice and won't go back. I tried DirecTV and now have DISH. I REALLY like Dish and will pay them nearly $140/month when my $20/mo savings to not switch back to DirecTV expires. I can watch my DVR on any device anywhere in my house using my home WiFi so I don't need cable speed but for uploading and downloading.

Kirk out
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