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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (26951)	1/6/1998 10:13:00 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim: ###OFF-TOPIC### <<<<Everyone knows that Ford is the best truck>>>> WHAT????WHAT???? What State do you live in , anyway??? A state of turmoil??? Didn't you see the Electric Horseman??? And how about those TV ads, taking a brand-new truck with $1000 worth of tires up a rock strewn mountain at 30 degree angles.??? 76 chev 350 v8 camper special 8200 gross (gggg) Have a good day, Jim, live long and prosper..... Buy Dell SES

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (26951)	1/6/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

JIm, you are comparing aplles to oranges. i don't have to rebute. mh, and jim will

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (26951)	1/6/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim - give it up. If the only way you know how to compare PC's is by processor speed then you are not prepared to invest, long or short in this industry. Your analogy proves that you buy cars based solely on the horsepower of the engine. You continually miss the fundamental point that PC's come in many different flavors configured for different tasks with different price points and feature sets. You don't know 1 single important technical differentiator about the Dell system you saw versus a typewriter. I've proven several times over the last week that Dell beats anyone in price for like configurations. Does the HP support Ultra DMA 33? Does it use a PIIX3 or PIIX6 southbridge or something else? does it support USB? how about 1394? is the video UMA, PCI capable or AGP, if AGP, will it support 2X mode? Or, are you getting integrated video? what refresh rates will it support, resolution, color depth, is video memory expandable? What chipset does it use? what is max ram expandability? How many dimm slots? 2, 3, 4? How many EIDE channels does it have? Is it SDRAM or EDO? If SDRAM, will it support 2-1-1-1 burst access? What size is L2 cache? is it 4 way set associative or direct mapped? does the HP have integrated ethernet? what sound chip does it use? how many wavetables does it support? how many watts is the power supply? how many expansion slots does it offer Does the CDROM support CLV or CAV or partial CLV? What size are the HD's? are the maxtor, quantum, seagate mode4 pio?? Does it come with speakers? are the $10 labtecs or $150 Altec ACS495's. If you don't think you need any of this stuff, get a load of Microsoft Entertainment PC98 spec. Today's sub-zeros won't be able to do anything fun within 12-18 months. The Dell systems have many if not most of the PC98 features built in guaranteeing a longer useful life. You get what you pay for. Do you want a toy to surf the net and send email or do you want a feature rich productivity PC98 multi-media capable machine? Who you gonna call? MEATHEAD

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (26951)	1/6/1998 4:06:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Here's an interesting blurb about PC98... The most stringent multimedia standards are reserved for Entertainment PC '98, a subset of the PC '98 specs for systems able to function as multimedia workstations. At press time, requirements for the Entertainment PC '98 designation include at least two USB connectors (one of which must be easily accessible; that is, not on the rear panel) and at least two 1394 connectors (one being easily accessible for connections to digital camcorders and the other for audio/video devices). The specs also require a television output connector (either NTSC or PAL), and the elimination of ISA expansion slots accessible by the user. The latter is intended to ensure a more stable configuration, lower support costs, and improved performance. An Entertainment PC '98 system will also have to include a DVD-ROM drive, a graphics adapter that supports AGP (or a software equivalent), an analog video-input, an NTSC or PAL analog TV tuner, support for digital television (DTV), and support for the Copy Scramble System (CSS) copy-protection scheme used on DVD movie discs. The audio system will have to offer hardware support for 3-D audio effects, independent sample rates for both input and output, music synthesis, and echo cancellation. Home PC users will appreciate the requirement that the audio system must exhibit no audible noise in its sleep state. Because FireWire has the bandwidth to handle positional 3-D audio in multiple channels, an Entertainment PC '98 could offer a superior audio experience for games and videos. Several additional technologies are recommended, though not required. These include a remote-control pointing device (using either infrared or radio technology), a digital video input that connects through a 1394 port, a high-bandwidth data-transfer hard-drive controller (the guidelines suggest an EIDE drive running off a 1394 bus), a 27-inch or larger SVGA monitor, and a digital broadcast-satellite subsystem in addition to the required analog TV tuner. The guidelines also recommend that all input devices--including keyboards, pointing devices, and game pads--be wireless. This stuff will be integrated in most entry level systems by christmas 1999. Like I said many times before, every PC on the planet will be replaced over and over until the pace of technological change slows... It's a healthy business to be in. MEATHEAD