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To: bosquedog who wrote (16426)	2/17/2001 11:13:37 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110631

"I'd never spent that much money on myself in such a short period of time without getting something that I could either drive in or sleep in." LOL !

To: bosquedog who wrote (16426)	2/18/2001 12:34:03 AM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110631

bdog, The upgrade dilemma LOL. The first PC that I could call my own was a 486 66Mhz that I bought new in late 1994. It had a modem and an internal Colorado tape drive (about the only serious embellishment). It cost me $3000, with a 15 inch monitor. I bought it a couple of months before the first Pentium came on the scene. I remember the "problem" (I believe it was a math processor issue) that Intel encountered when the Pentium was first introduced. I felt pretty smug about buying a 486 instead. That lasted about a month :) Over the past 8 years its been goofy watching the PC business, from a retail consumer viewpoint. No matter what you buy and when, you know that what you've just bought will be available cheaper (faster and bigger) shortly thereafter. (with the exception of memory...its been up and down and up and down). I just bought a 20 Gig hard drive about a month ago for $100...the same hard drive can be had now for around $50 with rebate and online coupons. I watch prices like a hawk and when this drive could be had for a C note I was in hog heaven...a few weeks later I'm biting my lip. About a month back I had a friendly exchange with J.C. Dithers on this thread. He mentioned that he was a retired professor of marketing. I'd like to hear his take on the PC industry and the weird dynamic that the consumer (upgrader) is faced with when you know that what you're going to buy today will be cheaper...faster...and better??...tomorrow. Pulling the trigger on a purchase always seems to have that element of shooting oneself in the foot :)