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To: Paul Engel who wrote (57338)	6/5/1998 4:24:00 PM
From: Mo Chips	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<<Because it will be worth NOTHING in a year.>> Why will it be worth nothing in a year? I used a 486 at home up until 6 months ago when I bought a PII machine. The 486 was slow, but it worked. I think that Jim's point is that the 'premium' you pay for the upper end of perfomance often isn't justified by the better performance. If that $2000 machine will only cost $1000 6 months from now, and you must have a machine today, for the average user, it might be worth spending the $500 today, wait 6 months then buy the better system. You spend less overall and you are only 6 months to a year behind the leading edge of the technology. Not that big of a deal. The premium for the high end (IMO) is not worth it for the household market. Mo

To: Paul Engel who wrote (57338)	6/5/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, Let's say I'm a working mom, divorced with 2 kids. My Kids need a computer to keep up. I wasn't given a bunch of Intel stock for free. I can afford $500....where as I can't afford $2000. Maybe I can get each kid a computer. OK...it's not the fastest computer...but at least my kids will have one. Jim