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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Gryba who wrote (85792)	7/25/2002 12:04:32 PM
From: Milan Shah	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 275872

Dan ( and wbmw ) what drives PC sales is software!!!!!! SOFTWARE!!!!!! I beg to differ. This used to be the case 10 years ago, around the time Windows/386 came around, when software could actually run faster on newer hardware, and there was a ton of software that only ran on 386s. IMHO, the main reason people upgrade now is actually advances in hardware and integration. Odd as it sounds, few people will prefer to add in a $60 USB 2.0 card, they'll just prefer to buy a new PC etc. Similarly, odd as it seems, many people will refuse to add more disk space, they'll just get a new PC. By the time they run into the need to add hardware, the PC is typically 2-3 years old, and looks and feels old, so they say "heck with it, lets just get a new PC with all the bells and whistles". Hence my theory that we might be doomed given the current shape of the industry. The PC manufacturers have very little R&D budget due to margins, so they can't develop new hardware effectively. There are a few things I myself would upgrade my PC for: 1. Integrated WiFi Access Point / Router 2. Blue tooth keyboard and mouse 3. Super-quiet (Fanless) PC suitable for installing in the family room. 4. High-quality integrated web-cam in the monitor. If the incremental cost of the integrated versions is very small (it should be!), then I would easily consider upgrading my whole PC instead of slapping together something from components. Milan