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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (22033)	12/9/2000 3:08:24 AM
From: Charles R	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Tim, <You wouldn't think that would help but the 500mhz system was a lot faster then the 200mhz pentinum II that I used briefly before I got the new system.> I hope we don't argue too much about this topic - the data out there overwhelmingly supports that current hardware is way ahead of current software. Intel/AMD need the help of new applications to keep the MHz race going. My guess is that these new applications are a couple of years away and will be driven by a combination of broadband connectivity, DVD R/W and wide use of MPEG2/MPEG4. Time will tell. Coming back to where we are today, the point I keep making is that for a lot of people what is there now is good enough. Yeah, it may get a little better but is that a reason to upgrade? Here is something from some people who ought to know: ******************* Downbeat Mood at Tech Conference By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 2 - Michael Dell just came out and said it. ``There haven't been a lot of great reasons to buy a new computer,'' Mr. Dell, the chairman of the Dell Computer Corporation told a group of investors here this week. Jeffrey Weitzen, president and chief executive of one of Dell's rivals, Gateway, put it another way, the day after his company shocked the market with news that sales and profits would fall far below forecasts. ``Do you really need a gigahertz processor?'' Mr. Weitzen said during an interview here. ``We're finding people don't need that. The drive for speed is no longer what it once was.'' ******************************* You can read the full story at nytimes.com Chuck