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To: Weekapaug who wrote (9760)	11/27/1997 12:08:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Re: "IMO there has to be some "new technology" to keep them alive." Week, if you could just see Intel's and Microsoft's roadmaps regarding all the new technologies we'll soon be seeing in PC's, you wouldn't be too concerned. The rate of change has not slowed one bit.... yet. Paul Engel over on the Intel thread brings up a good point about semiconductor advancements. This is applicable to PC's as well as it is their basic driver for change. www3.techstocks.com MEATHEAD

To: Weekapaug who wrote (9760)	11/27/1997 5:36:00 PM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

week, pc's will get many new apps in business and the home will be wired and have server... plus the handheld wireless will become common place. housewifes will use it for phone , get emails, etc. So, the business man will really be teching it to keep pace with the housewife.

To: Weekapaug who wrote (9760)	11/28/1997 10:40:00 AM
From: ed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Deflation is good for the economics only when 1) The market size is large enogh, otherwise , no matter how cheap the product is, no body will buy. 2) The deflation is good for the economics only when the deflation is caused as a result of productivity increased, instead of laying off people or salary reduction, because the employee are also consumers. 3) Deflation is good for the importing countries only when the the deflation is caused by currency effect, but not good for the exporters where the exporters needs to export more goods to gain the same amount of dollar reserve. The market is driven by applications, The PC's market is driven by MICROSOFT to release more applications.Each time when new applications were released while the old models can not handle the programs, it open up a new market for the new PCs,example: 386 to 486 vs dos to window, 486 to 586 vs window to win95 ....etc. The TV is different than PCs, for years TV just receive signals and display the motion pictures, but for PCs lots of new applications are on the way.