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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Process Boy who wrote (85092)	1/5/2000 3:23:00 AM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

PB <Whomever is running the finance departments of players in the Workstation and high end segments have got to be hoping that a lion's share of its customers take this upgrade approach :-).> My old office had about 15 computers of which 5 were used full-time for CAD. The CAD machines were replaced annually and were usually top of the line PCs (not workstations). The trickle down meant everyone got a new machine about every three years which was just fine... unless the old one was stable! The point I am trying to suggest is that buying the best you can today may be less effective than more modest purchases with more frequent upgrade cycle. Of course, graphic-intensive games also provide a nice need for speed and enhance the upgrade cycle. What confuses me though, is advertising that new high speed processors enhance the internet experience ("the power you need"). Really? Even with a cable modem my old hack machine is waiting for something to display. PT