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To: Mo Chips who wrote (48685)	2/25/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Khris Vogel	Respond to of 186894

But this is not something that a laptop user is probably going to be doing. A mobile user is going to be using their laptop for email, document writing, and the occasional powerpoint presentation. They need power, but I think current systems are getting pretty close to supplying enough. In saying the above, I think you are ignoring the fact that software is getting more and more hungry for resources. Is Microsoft Office 97 as easy to run on a 486/33 as was products based on Windows 3.1? This is a trend that is continuing very quickly. The software designers don't care what 95% of the PC-users currently own - they are going to write as if we all had Pentium 400's and a 12 gig harddrive. Nor do others such as content providers on the 'net. They are going to design their sites as if we all had the latest and greatest of everything. And now, we're only a few steps away from things like widespread internet-based video telephony becoming a reality. These aps are going to demand as much as PC's are able to provide. For this guy from Dataquest or wherever to say that everybody has as much computing power currently as they will need in, say 2 -4 years, is so far off the mark it's not even funny.