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To: WTSherman who wrote (121006)12/7/2000 12:27:25 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
Re: The previous trend of 30-36 month replacement cycles for desktop PC's is now stretching out to 42-48 months for machines that are 500Mhz and above.

I'm not sure that's the case. At least, you have only speculation to go by since no 500MHZ machine is more than 20 months old at this point. Very few are more than a year old. Whether these machines will be replaced (on average) 2 years from now or 3 years from now is not yet known.

Another factor is that, compared to previous years, machines sold in the last few years were less costly, and used less substantial power supplies, cases, etc. that may result in their requiring replacement earlier, not later than previous generations of PCs.

But I tend to agree with you that, in general, replacement times are stretching out some.

Regards,

Dan
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