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

To: Timetobuy who wrote (61803)	10/21/2001 3:06:29 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<< I don't go back to Win 3.1 but what I have is quite adequate and will continue to be until there are new applications that soak up memory and drive space. >> Exactly how so many new computers are sold. Eventually the average consumer stumbles on an application that doesn't work well on their old PC. They go buy a new one and wham, MSFT sells a new copy of Windows and often times Office. I bought a recent version of Links 2001 golf game and it's so graphics intense and so realistic that it doesn't run well on my old 300 mhz laptop with 128 Ram. I'm looking for a good deal on the latest PC, probably 1.5 gig or higher. Obviously when I buy it, MSFT will sell another license of Win XP, and Office. To me. I have no complaints because it's ME that's choosing to buy a new computer because I love to play the Chateau Whistler course that's just north of us and I like to see the scenery in the background in great detail, including the lodge I've stayed at and the birds and clouds that float by. Can't do that very well on a PC that's more than 3 years old. Just an example, but one that applies. I'll get a new PC that will also work better in every other respect (ie. digital photography, digital music, even word processing <g>), but it took one particular application to get me to the store. Dave

To: Timetobuy who wrote (61803)	10/21/2001 3:13:25 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

<< The frequency of replacing pc's is going the direction of the frequency of replacing any other saturated market item such as cars and refrigerators. >> Sort of, but not nearly to the extent you state. Refrigerators only need to get the food so cold. Cars can only go as fast as the speed limit. PC's still have an almost unlimited number of uses. Many that you can't even imagine. How much RAM and processor power will it take to project a virtual butler holograph that greats your guests at the door at parties and shows them to the closet to hang their coat and then directs then directs them to the nearest beverage station? You laugh, but if you could do something like this for the cost of a $500 PC and a $200 video and audio device, you might just upgrade your PC. <g>