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To: BelowTheCrowd who wrote (54397)	4/25/1998 1:10:00 AM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Much of the addition in processing power since the 386 days has gone to ever more complex operating systems and graphical interfaces. Moving to voice and even more graphics will continue this trend. No doubt whatsoever. At the moment though, it's not here, so people just aren't thinking about preparing for it when they buy their machines. It's almost here. This is the calm before the storm. Voice activated computing will be the killer app that gets the computer into the absolutly-have-to-have-that-now-mind-set. The new 450Mz and up chips and speedier internal busses ought to provide the hardware and the coming upgrades of currently available algorithms combined with software that puts it all together as an operating system ought to light a firecracker under most of the population. Don't you think this is what Microsoft might have in mind for it's as yet unreleased voice recognition technology? I do. If not them, then someone else but I don't think they'll let this one go by - do you? As a result, for many people it's fine to buy the old processor. Sure they do, but when they soon start to envy those using that new voice activated technology, what do you think will happen to the old technology? Barry