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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (52713)	6/29/2001 1:52:08 AM
From: mu_basher	Respond to of 53903

Skeeter I agree, and thats where zeev is correct about developing nations wanting PC's. They price these things at give away cost and they will be able to afford them. Heck, the Tibetans will be lining up to get one for a new prayer wheel. I'm just not sure this approach will be profitable for all in the future. Demand for a 2.0 or 2.5 ghz box at say $200 will be great. but is there any money to made here for a structured capitalistic economy.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (52713)	6/29/2001 2:42:18 AM
From: mu_basher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

SKEETER & ZEEV All your points are well taken. What I'm trying to say is that great changes are facing the American people in the not to distant future. Baby boomers will pressure the economic system (shrinking the amount of available capital to spend on "TOYS" - and this is where the inheritance factor comes in), less children are being born (fewer newbies to sell to), and as already pointed out economies of scale are shrinking to saturation (advancements will likely have little effect) All this tells me that the PC growth rate for US is over, most of the people that want or need a computer already have them (here) and yes there will be a computer industry(s). But wonder if zeev is wrong??? Say all these developing nations economies fail or fail to materialize - then what. Yea, cell phones are great to people that have no phone "SYSTEM", but a cell phone and computer are not really in the same ballpark IMHO. To me all this paints a very bleak future for the PC industry in general, which brings us around to MU - even bleaker….and yet inspite of all this MU heads north - you figure it out???