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To: charger who wrote (3414)	6/10/1998 5:24:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Respond to of 4903

>>The user simply presses a button on the keyboard and is linked to the net with no ISP hassles... That's what they all say. I think all that button will do is take the place of double clicking on an icon.... and you've still got to go through an ISP, unless you spend thousands a a month for a direct on-ramp to the Info Highway. I don't mean to dampen the enthusiasm; Compaq focusing on ease of application rather than just hardware is a good sign. I don't think processor speed will move big volumes of computers at premium prices any more, as most current applications operate splendidly with a "mere" 166MHz Pentium. The hook has to be ease of use until a new processor intensive killer ap is popularized. imho, Frank