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To: Ali Chen who wrote (41182)	11/29/1997 10:00:00 PM
From: StockMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali babble, Re -- What people need is a stable system configuration process, clear hardware abstraction models, simple networking concept, smooth text scrolling, and ability just to turn PC off when it is in power down mode (without filesystem corruption). All this is so simple and do not require any more processing power to make people happy. Its called DOS. Are you advocating we go back 10 years in evolution? Stockman

To: Ali Chen who wrote (41182)	11/29/1997 10:16:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali, I believe you have inadvertantly made a case against exactly what your saying here. <<<And the the dancing animated paper clip in Office97 does not add any performance.>>> Your right here Ali, the dancing paper clip in Office 97 does not add any performance. God don't I know it! When I've tried to ask it questions it was even more clueless than myself! <gg> But what if it was voice activated with some sort of Logic software embedded to understand what you are trying to ask? Consumers and the industry need it. The limiting factor is? You guessed it... inexpensive fast processors. You see that's the key, the more people use computers, the more they want the computers to do, and the more they want it easier to understand. Hence faster and faster chips. There's a reason software development always lags behind Intel's processors. Until they have the speed in the processor, they dare not write the enormous codes required for their next generation program. It's no coincedence that a 486 will barely run today's children's educational programs. As soon as software developers knew they had the speed to work with, the complexity of the program grew, until more and more of the functions the developer wanted to originally put in the software were added. Do you really see this scenerio changing in the future?? I am positive it will not. As more and more fast inexpensive processors are made available. Software developers will find more and more innovative way's to use them. It's as true today as it's been for 25 years. Michael

To: Ali Chen who wrote (41182)	11/30/1997 1:51:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 186894

I would venture to say that applications which provide functionality on demand over the network and which can be centrally administered and maintained will be far cheaper to operate than today's business appliance. Supporting more bloated applications is not a justification for higher speed components and architectures, but supporting the distributed computing model provides all of the justification you need. It's called, saving money. Moreover, the typical NC, call it a PC if you like, will have voice, video and Real Virtuality capabilities or nobody will buy them. Once you are used to talking to somebody live you will be more likely to pick up the phone than to head down to the telgraph office or jump on your horse and ride to the post office. Now, you will start to see this network application model on December 1st as Java applications start to appear with the depth and breadth necessary to drive the NC forward. For it's part, Intel will be the number one NC engine of choice, bar none. The reasons are cost, availability and capability. We are not talking about some stripped down PC, we are talking about a faster more powerful system with full video, audio and 3D capability. developer.intel.com developer.intel.com developer.intel.com

To: Ali Chen who wrote (41182)	11/30/1997 10:30:00 AM
From: robert w fain	Respond to of 186894

I agree with most of your points in some way but consider the automobile and the TV. Who concieved of airconditioning,abs brakes,fuel injection and GPS maps in 1929 long after the car became a common item.Not to mention collision avoidance and programed trips with no driver . Who even thought about remote control,cable,picture in a picture and built in vcrs in 1952---not to mention HDTV and sattelite reception. Any item that can change productivity and everyday life as much as a car and a PC will always be the focus of improvement.IMHO