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To: Night Writer who wrote (504)	5/20/2002 5:55:41 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4345

> Try selling that line to a tec teenager or college student. They want the latest and greatest. Saving money for a rainy day isn't a big concern. That happens after they have kids of their own. < I must admit I don't know a huge cross-section of teens. But none of the ones I know have the latest and greatest gaming machines. Their parents mostly won't pay for them, and they don't have the money themselves. Most of the serious gaming machines I have seen are owned by single guys in their 20s to early 30s who have incomes of their own and can afford to skip on other expenses in order to have better gaming capabilities. mg

To: Night Writer who wrote (504)	5/20/2002 6:03:30 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4345

FWIW - I've got a daughter in college. She runs Linux on an old Pentium box. I offered to buy her a "latest and greatest" Windows machine and she declined. I also have a teen daughter at home. She uses whatever we have. She has never complained about not having enough computer "horsepower" available; the only computer related complaint I recall from her was that the sound card we were using at one point didn't sound very good to her. Maybe my kids are unusual when it comes to computers, but I doubt it. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)