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To: Maurice H. Norcott who wrote (3124)	9/4/1996 9:13:00 AM
From: Burt Masnick	of 186894

The average car lasts 160,000 miles. The average owner doesn't keep the car 160,000 miles. Although you could keep your car that long (and I tend to keep cars until they literally die) most people get tired of the inconvenience, uncertainty and repair costs that come with running a real old car. With computers something similar is true. It's just hard to deal with the internet with a 286 (or windows or multimedia or ....) Features and conveniences keep popping up on new pcs that can't be supported without at all or without a lot of effort. Sooner or later you wind up with more of a pc. My personal estimate is that I will need a new home pc every three years. The old one will still be going but it won't support 3d graphics or videophones or whatever. Every pc sold for home use spurs the future sale of a replacement pc. It's not that the old pc stopped working. It's that the old pc will probably be feature poor and folks like those features. There are still people who are running their 286 with a 123 spreadsheet and they are perfectly happy. But they are a small minority (like those who hold a car until it breathes its last breath). burt

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