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

To: t2 who wrote (61814)	10/21/2001 11:51:43 AM
From: Timetobuy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Of course that is the purpose of advertising. It's a mistake to overestimate the immediate sales level of XP. I think msft learned that after they released Win 95 with results below expectations. Of course it did become a success, but not as quick as the company or analysts had anticipated and the stock suffered for it moving from 56+ to 48 post release. It didn't bottom out until under 44. But hey, isn't that about where the stock has been trading now, three years later? Great growth I see! I have a pre Y2K pc and it's doing quite well, thank you very much. I'll buy another in 2-3 years if there is a need to replace this one. So far, I see no need whatsoever and do not anticipate it. I won't be ordering more for my division at work either. We have ample computers sitting around doing nothing but collecting dust. We MIGHT upgrade them in 2 years, MAYBE. Oh, btw. I got win 3.1 and win 95 right away. I won't be getting XP. So, I wouldn't count on previous earlier adopters ponying up for this one. And our company upgraded to NT early on as well. Not now. I expect XP to be pretty much a non event. Those who would buy a computer will do so, but it won't drive sales much if at all.