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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Runner who wrote (9195)	11/21/1999 1:52:00 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Three years ago I spent $3600 on a Compaq P120 Notebook computer. Today, it will not run the programs I use for my business. Solution: New notebook, again, another $3500, and I suspect in another 3-4 years, that notebook will not have the power to run new software I need for business. Solution: I will be forced to upgrade once again. Welcome to the world of computers. BTW I use Windows98 Second Edition.

To: Runner who wrote (9195)	11/21/1999 9:39:00 AM
From: Jeff Mizer	Respond to of 9818

Re: >>All these brilliant programmers and their CEO's who tell me there is not going to be a problem can't even fix Windows 95 correctly. This is small to you, but a large proportion to me.<< If the average person knew nothing about Y2K problems and economic global concerns- but just that comment alone and how you have touched the tip of the iceberg they would realize it is very serious and not a joke as some kids imply. Jeff

To: Runner who wrote (9195)	11/21/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: bluejeans	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Does that mean my computer won't work in 2000? What model of computer?

To: Runner who wrote (9195)	11/23/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: bearcub	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

hi, runner. your post rung a bell in us. $3,000 is a lot of money for anyone. just because some are too numb or dumb to admit it doesn't make it less of a large amount. our first computer we bought through American Express' arrangement with AT&T. took us 12 months to pay it off, and sometimes those payments weren't easy. i look and listen to our offspring who have had to find it in THEIR budgets to get one in order to help their kids keep up with the smartys at school, and see $3000 tacked onto $3,000 tacked onto $3000, etc. Pretty soon I see the entire family unit having shelled out over $33,000 for these things that are obsolete in one sense based on msft's greed. and tht is just for starters. yes, something IS wrong here, and the Y2K bug isn't going to fix it all either, which is going to make that $33,000 (theft)/investment look pretty big when it all comes tumbling down. yes, and then there is ink cartridges, paper, phone access charges, membership, anti-virus software, business application software, email "upgrade" s/w, game s/w, game controllers, and the inevitable fighting over who's turn it is to use it. yes, if someone would have told me back in the 50s when i first heard of this thing that something so addictive and so financially crippling would grip this population's fancy by the 10's of thousands of dollars, i would have told any such speaker, they were nuts. but then we weren't paying basketball players 8 figure salaries either. we do make our choices, and your post made several good points.