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To: Paul Engel who wrote (27290)	1/7/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: charles moore	Read Replies (2) of 1572630

Paul: Again I do not have and do not plan on buying any Modems period let alone the modems mentioned as not being upgradable. In your enthusiam as an Apologist for Intel you are again trying to detract from the issue by trying to be facetious using such words as "duped". I never said I felt like a victim or was "duped".There are hundreds of Manufacturers of Modems out there and modems are not Vital to the operation of a Computer in the same way that a CPU is. Perhaps thats why they call them "Central" process units.Apparently any type of Marketing is ok with you if you possess the type of symbotic relationship with Intel that you do. The issue I presented and always has been that everbody does not read a "technical manual" before they go out and buy a Computer for whatever reason.Even the ones that dont read a Tecnical Manual understand that Technology will make that Computer face obselance in the near Future.It was the Industry that used the word "crippled"to describe the SX.Why should Buyers not only face the inevitable technical advances but also have one built in from the Onset?If Intel built it in deliberately to appeal to a certain segment of the Market then it should have been advertised as such or the other explanation was that Intel Engineers didnt know what they were doing. Your Choice.I can go out and pay $3000 for a Computer or if I am savvy and know what I am doing I can get the same functions for about $1500.00 and probably a 5% difference in performance at the most.In many cases, I can now get one for less than $1000 which is adequate for many people. If the Manufacturer advertises "upgradable........ " and then one buys it with that thought in mind and when they go to upgrade it they find that the portion they wish to upgrade is proprietary and instead of just one aspect they have to buy a whole new Board then no they are not being "duped".This is a word as an Apologist for your beloved "Intel" that you like to throw around when not trying to compare Apples and Oranges to try and make others seem less informed to you. Sort of an Ego trip I guess. Didnt Cyrix and AMD let you paly in their Sandbox while only Intel was gracious enough to do so.Again my point was at what point does one believe in responsible marketing or requiring the Consumer to read a Technical Manual or every Major Computer magazine published in the last 12 months before making a Computer purchase? Charles

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