To: Carl Wysocki who wrote (8053 ) 3/6/1998 2:52:00 AM From: uu Read Replies (3) | Respond to
A very interesting article: forbes.com thin computing/server centric model is finally growing like no one had imagined before, and cheap machines (if not neccessarily thin ) are the vehicles via which Sun's server centric model is taking off!But now the Internet is the killer application and low-end computers can handle web browsing and E-mail just fine. The average consumer no longer has the need to upgrade to the steroid-enhanced, premium-priced microprocessors that Intel keeps churning out. Instead, savvy computer consumers are hunting for good value--demanding a machine that has decent multimedia functions; the capability to surf the Internet, do one's taxes and play a few videogames. A job done aptly by a new breed of sub-$1000 computers. Sales of sub-$1,000 PCs are exploding. According to Computer idiotic sell off starts to take off!! I am afraid, though, this time the big guys may for once be smart enough and not to throw out their high tech shares as much as they had done in the past! I pray they are as dumb as they have always been when it comes to high techs, and I hope just one more time at least they continue to be that way!
