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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (24453)	7/9/1999 3:48:00 PM
From: Dave B	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 93625

Skeeter, ;-) graphics apps could use more memory. The average Joe-six-pack isn't going to add memory. It's too hard and they have no idea whether it will help or not. Some will, most won't. Also, it's a Cyrix processor and I believe the video memory comes out of the regular system memory pool (to help cut those costs [at the expense of performance]). So you know what would help -- RDRAM! (since we've agreed that it helps with video performance) it will advance. i never said it wouldn't. i just said folks won't pay an arm and a leg for small marginal improvements. at least, not en masse. No one here is saying they will either. No one is claiming that RDRAM adoption will be a step-function. But generally systems get upgraded every 3-4 years, and that makes up a significant mass. Do you think the Celeron 2G processor will use 133Mhz SDRAM in 10 years. Of course not. Won't it need some kind of faster memory to handle the video, audio, 3D, etc.? Of course! Will Intel suddenly decide that that faster memory will be DDRDRAM instead of RDRAM? Ha! technology will have to advance to keep computers from becoming free. ooops, they already are ;-) Yea, yea, yea. So are DVD players: techstocks.com That's exactly the type of attitude us marketing guys love because you actually don't take the time to do the math that shows that leasing a PC while getting the internet service is more expensive than just buying the parts separately. We're happy to take more money from you than you really need to pay <G>. The unfortunate part is that people usually figure out that they're getting suckered. Dave