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To: kash johal who wrote (37094)	4/23/2001 3:33:20 PM
From: redbird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Kash, Most people don't need an SUV either, but feeling rich in 1999 helped sell a lot of them. I actually have a GW P-75 in my basement that I still use for sideline programming and games from time to time (don't snicker). My next personal purchase will be a laptop, if I can get one cheep enough. On the other hand, I will probably help purchase a few hundred small servers this year. End users have little need for power but want mobility. Companies still need server power to compete. Unless speech recognition comes a long way (Fire photon torpedos. Now warp 9 back to earth) or a killer application is released (new home arbatrige system) end users don't need the power. As luck would have it, AMD should be entering the mobil and server market soon. Come on cheep AMD Call options. Just bought a few INTC May $25 Puts. Very few. Redbird

To: kash johal who wrote (37094)	4/23/2001 4:03:39 PM
From: rsi_boy	Respond to of 275872

fast enough?! non-sense, why do people keep suggesting this? People have been suggesting technology has gone far enough for about as long as technology has existed, always they are proven foolish I remember when a computer shopkeeper told me a 100 pentium would be the last processor I would ever need to buy... Of course current software does not require 1ghz, software vendors have to cater to the installed base in order to make a profit. Future software will of course require future hardware and in so doing computer applications become more usable, more efficient, more indispensable -- following the trend of the last 30 years. People buy computers to last years, they want something useful for tomorrow's applications not just todays. Case in point: Microsoft Office XP comes with voice software bundled. Ever try to run voice software on a "mere" ghz processor? Frustrating as hell and dog slow. Human-computer interaction has a long way to go. Believe it or not, software has always been limited by hardware. Anyone who thinks 1 GHz is all the consumer will ever need, will look pretty foolish in the not-too-distant future when hunting & pecking or pointing & clicking goes the way of the DOS prompt or the Altair's switches and lights. </rant> t.