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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Freidenberg who wrote (60173)	7/27/2001 7:03:11 AM
From: techanalyst1	Respond to of 74651

Ok... that's possible. I have home networking and have three desk tops and a lap top. So maybe that's why I feel the need to not buy any more. I've asked my neighbors though and even those without home networking don't plan on buying a pc for at least a year or two because they feel that what they have is adequate. If home networking is currently driving pc sales, thank god, cuz sales are declining for the first time in a decade. Imagine how bad they'd be without it. But... maybe everyone is waiting for XP. Maybe I'm wrong. I still think it depends ALOT on consumers spending more at the end of the year and there are lots of things on their wish lists. Corporations are continuing to cut budgets. Lay offs are continuing. Why would corporations HAVE to upgrade pc's and OS's when they are even cutting spending on security software? When it comes down to it... they'll have to prioritize spending when it turns up again. Is there something in XP that makes it a "must have" that would move it up on the list? TA