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To: Mani1 who wrote (102738)	4/7/2000 12:15:00 AM
From: Charles R	of 1576888

Mani, <I personally only buy top of the line, so I won't have to upgrade for 2 years. I paid few hundreds more to get the 650 MHz foil instead of the 550, but I think it was worth it. I do not like upgrading computer, transferring files, backing stuff up, etc.> It is all need driven. Most of the folks who post here are techies and are power users by nature. So, Mossberg's statements do not necessarily apply to you. <I am with chic in completely disagreeing with that dude's analysis that anything over 500 MHz is a waist of money. 450 MHz K6-2 or Celeron is barely good enough now, in 12 months it will be choking.> I say 233MHz MMX that I bought couple of years back is good enough for what me for another year or two. It all boils down to what do you use it for. <I don't think this person argument is any different than when people were saying 40 MHz 486 DX2 is fast enough and paying for a Pentuim is a waist of money.> I disagree. During the 486 time the software was stretching the hardware. That is no longer the case for most people today. Chuck

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