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To: John Chen who wrote (26419)	12/29/1997 12:29:00 PM
From: Meathead	Respond to of 176388

I'm referring to the base hardware cost... not TCO. TCO is the big sales push to get corporations to buy NC's. From a hardware standpoint, NC's lack a floppy and CDROM. That's why they cost almost as much as a full featured PC. The push is, no end-user accesable ports, or sealed PC. Users always add renegade software and muck up their machines causing costly downtime, tech support and reconfig hassles. NC does away with this.... however, you can do the same through software with a full function (floppy,CDROM) PC. Does'nt it make more sense to buy the full PC which offers the potential for both usage models? I think NC's will flop until or unless a significant price delta can be achieved between PC and NC.... maybe Internet appliances can fill this niche in the future. Something will eventually as there is a need, however, the exagertated claims of the powerful PC's demise are way premature. If anything, full featured PC utilizing older technology are falling to price points that are going to make specialized appliances like NC's a moot point. The most expensive item will be the monitor and no platform adresses that. MEATHEAD