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To: yard_man who wrote (3205)	7/11/2000 4:52:34 PM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

tippet, I ran across a report this morning, 2% of the world owns a computer and 7% own cell phones. Imagine what happens if China and India (over 2 bil) take off like the US has (300 mil).

To: yard_man who wrote (3205)	7/11/2000 5:47:00 PM
From: John Graybill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

The loss-leader / closeout hardware deal at Fry's Electronics here in Silicon Valley is now a K6-333 CPU and a motherboard to put it in for $79. Ninety percent of people buying a new computer at the consumer retail level don't need more horsepower than that, or even that much. (edit at 5:55 -- oops, just read chic's opposing view) And a 10GB drive is $80, and DRAM is still more or less a buck a megabyte, and a 15-inch monitor is $150, etc., etc. Until I decide to spring for $50 a month for DSL internet service, my P1-200, which was last year's closeout, is limited by the 56K phone line.