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To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (178)	3/27/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: appro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

irthrifty, Does this count in the low end? I saw an ad in the Sunday paper stuffers for a "computer-like" device selling for $19.95. It was a clamshell toy with what appeared to be an LCD screen and membrane keyboard for playing simple games based on the old DOS text characters and moving cursor. My question is rhetorical.

To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (178)	3/27/1998 2:55:00 PM
From: LK2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

irthrifty, unfortunately I can no longer afford a subscription to the WSJ because of my investment track record. However, I do remember that when hand-held calculators came out in the late 1960's or early 1970's, they soon replaced the slide rule. The first hand-held calculators were very expensive at the time, possibly around $100 for what a $5 calculator will do today. Of course, that's ancient history. But why should a consumer or a business spend more than $500 to $1000 on a PC, when the extra money beyond $1000 will only buy a minimal increase in productivity? There's always going to be a segment that wants the 'best', and fastest, machine available, and is willing to pay a premium. But that segment doesn't represent the majority of the current/future buying population. Regards, Larry PS: Now that I think about it, it seems there's been only minimal advances in the hand-held calculator. Why can't they put out a hand-held calculator that will do everything my P133 will do, and sell it for $100? I'd also like it to be solar-powered, because I don't like to change the batteries.

To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (178)	4/1/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 2025

Re: IDC prognostications IDC is like the Madame-Gonzola-Get-Your-Palm-Read-and-Know-The-Future for the starched-shirt crowd. I learned a long time ago that the average Knight of the PC Sector Round Table <g> is much sharper than those folks. If you want a good giggle read their reports. I mean, come on. "a new breed of low-end appliances will go from 4% to 42% of the market" Anybody with a good statistical head will immediately realize that the confidence intervals on this kind of projection are so wide the numbers are meaningless. That they even publish this kind of crap is statistical blasphemy. <continued apoplectic mouth foaming> God bless, PX