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To: kash johal who wrote (37127)	4/23/2001 9:22:04 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

kash, I've just spent MINUTES waiting for an Excel chart to load which is part of a 20 meg document. In fact, only one of three of these charts was embedded as an Excel chart, the others were Microsoft "picture" format, because it takes 10 seconds just to scroll over a page than contains an Excel embedded chart. That means that engineers here are not able to see the original data when they review documents. Now, granted, most people here only have 400 MHz or so, but I am looking forward to a very much faster machine. In fact, I'm finishing this work at home tonight because there I have a decent machine! (1.33 Athlon/DDR) In the last report I wrote, the file size would have been >100 megs if I did it the right way and would have been totally unmanageable on anything other than a GHz machine or faster. Petz

To: kash johal who wrote (37127)	4/23/2001 9:37:01 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Kash: Well you are part of the 10% that needs speed. What about the other 90%. Sure, there is a group of users who don't need much in the way of processing power; a group for whom any 600MHz or whatever computer would be plenty good. However, I see no reason to believe that this group is as big as you indicate. Games are an incredible factor that many simply ignore as "not serious". However, studies (at least here in Denmark) have shown that kids don't stop playing computer games when they grow up. No, they keep on playing. Sure, the genre spread shifts, but the demand for new, more powerful computers is always there... and now these "kids" have a disposable income allowing them to keep up with technology. Oh, and lest I forget, have you seen any gender statistics on games lately? Females are joining the fray big time. Again, the genres may differ, but the need for technology is just the same. Spending on these "games" has already surpassed total Hollywood spending and the trends are clear: more, more, more. And with each generation of games, more powerful processors will be needed. EDIT: Think about the age thing again... 10 years ago, virtually no one over the age of 20 played computer games. Today, you probably need to look at 30+ to find the same degree of "virtually no one". In 10 years, who says won't be looking at 40+? -fyo