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To: Road Walker who wrote (166034)	6/8/2002 4:58:35 PM
From: tcmay	Respond to of 186894

"I don't think anyone ever called it a "depreciation cycle", until you did. The useful life of a PC used to be about three years, what was called the upgrade cycle, what the upgrade cycle is now is open to debate. "Does anyone really buy your "depreciation cycle" nonsense?" Bizarre. I cite your own phrase and then you say "I don't think anyone ever called it a "depreciation cycle" until you did. " Your own words: --begin quote-- To:John F. Dowd who wrote (165933) From: John Fowler Friday, Jun 7, 2002 7:41 AM View Replies (2) \| Respond to of 166040 We are coming up on the three year depreciation cycle for those PC's, and in the past that has been significant. And the congress, in their wisdom, has given corps accelerated depreciation for the new purchases. --end quote--