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To: MeDroogies who wrote (500)	5/20/2002 5:27:25 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4345

I know there's a certain segment of the population that considers cars and, more recently, computers as virility indicia or fashion accessories, but I'd like to think many are immune to that, especially in difficult economic times. Curiously, SI's spell checker doesn't know the word "indicia." JMHO, as always. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: MeDroogies who wrote (500)	5/20/2002 5:52:01 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Respond to of 4345

Most consumer computers are being used primarily for internet access, and email. Some light WP, financial planning are the next common applications among adults. Among younger adults and children, games are common but relatively few are what we would consider "high end gamers." At least that was the state of the world last time I saw a study on consumer use. More and more, I'm hearing people talk about their computers as appliances. They sit at home and get used. Very different from cars that are actually seen in public. I don't think those people are in the camp that would upgrade just to have "the best." In fact, I can't think of a single person I know who has recently bought a top-end computer. Most have bought somewhere in the middle of the road, in terms of what's offered right now. mg

To: MeDroogies who wrote (500)	5/21/2002 3:22:20 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4345

Someone in my family got VERY upset with me after he showed me his $2000+ powerful MAC computer. WHy? I suggested many times before he upgraded and dumbly reminded him again that he would have been able to surf on AOL 10x faster for only $50 a month with the old one if he just bought broadband. He surfs the web, reads email and plays with screensavers at age 69. I think people's OS and desktop gets so messed up that it doesn't pay to have it reloaded when small things keep breaking so they just buy new. one friend of mine couldn't get dsl to work on her PC due to the firewall that we removed to see if it would run faster... Zonealarm. It turns out the uninstall of Zonealarm renders the PC useless for any internet access unless you reload from scratch. She decided it was better to upgrade and buy new. Now she can watch DVDs on the plane! bottom line... I agree. People don't upgrade just because they need processor speed.