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Technology Stocks : CRUS, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ted quinn who wrote (5365)	3/20/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: Calvin Scott	Respond to of 8193

Ted, it has been a while since we have hear from you. But in a nutshell, the only thing I can think of for requiring a 300+ machine would be for desktop publishing, cadd, etc. The average guy that doesn't really know, likes the idea, and buys the adds, that the faster the machine, the cooler the person if you know what I mean. I disagree with Syn regarding this being an avenue that enhances the value of peripheral suppliers. I am a believer of the sub zero market and believe that this is where the sales will come from. The problem with my CRUS stock and SIII stock is that, on the low end, everyone is a player. Calvin Scott

To: ted quinn who wrote (5365)	3/20/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: EepOpp	Respond to of 8193

>Re: tell me what I am missing out by not having a PII-300+ CPU? Ted, what about Windows '98? I don't know very much of it but will its release cause people to buy faster computers? I would assume (dangerous thing to do) that it would require more memory and processing speed. and maybe, start the next round of equipment and software upgrades. Will

To: ted quinn who wrote (5365)	3/21/1998
From: Robert Salasidis	Respond to of 8193

I will be upgrading to a 400 MHz chip some time after it is released (I currently have a non MMX P200 - I usually upgrade when a 2x faster chip becomes available at a reasonable cost - and hopefully the 400MHz P2 are prices reasonably). In my case uses will be for faster compiling, quicker scrolling , faster emulation (for a development package I use), better game play, USB to clean up the cables, and yes quicker browsing on the web. The last item is based on experience of downloading large web pages such as my_yahoo which has about 100 stock quotes, reading option tables etc. I agree that at the moment many users will suffice with a 200 Pentium, but as there are many things on the horizon that will force upgrades. Faster internet access (cable, ADSL), new games, Win98 (who knows what new features are added to slow down the system - multiple monitors sounds useful for development work), video to MPEG2 and back, DVD-VCRs, speech recognition.