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To: John Donahoe who wrote (136137)	7/10/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: DellFan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Re: Broadband & PC Demand MD cites broadband as a main contributor to future PC demand. I suppose he knows what he's talking about, but I wish I had more specifics. I tried the Roadrunner service for the first time over the weekend, and, although I loved the service, there is not much there which requires a whole lot of PC power - yet. Example: You could watch movies from Yahoo/Broadcast.com, but they had to be watched in a small window on your computer due to low resolution of the broadcast images. From what I could tell, broadband - in its initial iteration - will not require much from your PC. But the next generation of broadband - which I believe will require another round of infrastructure upgrade - will require a more powerful PC. However, that is probably years away. So my conclusion, without talking to "MD the expert", is that broadband will spur PC demand - but not for 3 to 5 years, perhaps longer. I could be wrong but, based on observation, that's the way I see it.