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To: Mr. Aloha who wrote (44240)	5/21/1998 11:34:00 PM
From: Naggrachi	Respond to of 176387

Pardon my ignorance regarding option, but, can someone explain the significance of this and it's impact on the short/long term basis: biz.yahoo.com Thanks in advance Zead

To: Mr. Aloha who wrote (44240)	5/22/1998 12:11:00 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Aloha: <<<<Businesses aren't going to buy the very latest computer, they are going to buy something in the 266Mhz range and save a bundle. The 400Mhz is a freak machine for those individuals or high-tech firms willing to throw money away for bragging rights or the latest toy.>>> Federal. state, and local governments have always managed to find money for freak machines like F-117's, B2's, and radar speed guns. <<< The company is the No. 2 computer systems manufacturer in the U.S., where it is a leading supplier of PCs to corporate customers, government agencies and educational institutions. >>>> Sig

To: Mr. Aloha who wrote (44240)	5/22/1998 11:33:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

A, Of course you are correct about the NEED for the 400Mhz units! Who needs them anyway! Just a waste of money. I guess that DELL will be to only company producing them then, right? I mean CPQ, HWP and IBM wouldn't be THAT STUPID to produce a machine that nobody needed, would they? Just a waste of resources, and for sure, with the results that these companies have been showing, they don't have any extra money to THROW AWAY! I'll tell you for sure that I'm not gonna' buy a 400Mhz computer - EVER! I kinda' have my heart set on a 1Ghz model! Yeah, that's the ticket! Something that I can really do 'real time video', 'speech recognition' and 'high speed communications' all at the same time! Yes-sir-re, bob-a-rino! I can see it now, DELL of course, since they will be the only company DUMB enough to MAKE the 'commodity, box'. Let's see now - (dreaming) 1 Ghz processor - natch! 200Mhz - motherboard - Of course! 1 G - RDRAM - 800Mhz, or maybe 2 G - maybe more! SCSI3 (Fast and Wide) - that ought to get the 'throughput' up there! USB - that'll increase that 'serial' buss. Let's see about storage, ah, at 20Meg a minute of compressed video, I have 14 VHS tapes that I shot on those Alaska trips, and need to compress that to 1 tape, so I will need to 'store' 15 tapes. So, let's see, that's 15 tapes times 2 hours (each) = 30 hours, or 1,800 minutes. At 20 Meg per minute, let's see, that's 36,000 Meg! By golly, that seems to be about 36G of disk space just for the Video. Another 10 G or so for other programs, and that's 48 G. I'm using Maxtor 8.4 G drives now, and 6 time 8.4 gives ~50 G. I'll keep this 'ole 'beater' 21" monitor 1600x1200, and the Altec Sound system. I hope that I will be able to use my 1.5G SyQuest removable disk drive for backups. Have to wait and see! Of course, by the time I go to purchase the system, I will think of a couple of other items I need. (Maybe a little 'more speed or memory'. I have been told that you NEVER have enough 'memory', 'speed', 'disk storage' or 'money in the bank'!) Regards, Ken