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To: Harald Beck who wrote (1547)12/16/1997 10:45:00 AM
From: Tom Kearney  Respond to of 11051
 
>> For business software a 80586 is good enough <<

I'm running a pentium w/32 M of Ram. If I open an Oracle process, run Netscape, and leave Microsoft Exchange logged in, I start to grind to a halt. I could easily use a system 5 times more powerful. And Oracle 8, and Windows 98 are probably going to require even more. Most businesses I have worked at replace their PCs every two or three years.

Good luck to you, but in my experience the human imagination grows much faster than Moore's law.



To: Harald Beck who wrote (1547)12/16/1997 2:40:00 PM
From: Jurgen Trautmann  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 11051
 
Harald, you wanna know where you can jump from a bridge - here we go:

You can get option-chains f.e. at "www.tradepbs.com".
Take the link "fast quote", enter "INTC" and put the "options"-field.
If you have a standard-586 without ISDN, you should be patient at this moment.
You will find Jan99 and Jan00 - puts for several strikes - you are free to choose your individual way to burn your money.

Have much fun!

PS: IMO Intel will have 98 the BY FAR most successful year in his long history of very good years.



To: Harald Beck who wrote (1547)12/16/1997 10:15:00 PM
From: Lee Solomon  Respond to of 11051
 
Harald wrote:
"In my opinion INTEL will get in serious trouble, because their high end processors are not really needed any longer. For business software a 80586 is good enough and for games I personnally prefer a Sony Playstation."

Please, give me a break, and 640 K is all the RAM a PC user will every need. There are many many many arguments you can make for/against Intel but there WILL NEVER BE A PROCESSOR THAT IS FAST ENOUGH.