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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (58380)	6/20/1998 5:46:00 PM
From: Francis Chow	Respond to of 186894

Intel and Intergraph trial date - Feb 14, 2000 techserver.com Win 98 PC sales begin, next - Win 2000: 207.240.177.145 Nec to unveil full-featured $1000 notebook: infoworld.com Dell looks at corporate data center market: infoworld.com

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (58380)	6/20/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, RE: Cable Modems A long time ago, we exchanged notes about the relative benefits of cable modems and other high speed internet access options. At the time, I said cable modems (Roadrunner through Time Warner) was available in my area, and eventually I would upgrade. Someone (maybe you) asked that I give my opinion when/if I upgraded, and I promised that I would. Today I managed to find the time to get a new PC, and Roadrunner (cable internet) installed, and it does give you a different perspective on how the PC and the internet may evolve. Two things are significant on a functional basis: 1. The "always on" benefit relieves the feeling that you are tying up a phone line, it makes you feel that your PC is more like a TV, ready and waiting, not something you deal with in a limited time period. I can stay connected for the next 365 days with no effect to my cost, the same as most internet services but somehow a different feeling. 2. The speed that you can access web sites is really a surprise. With most popular sites I have visited so far, you can't say "one one-thousand" before it is on your screen. Bottom line, this is MUCH MORE consumer friendly. The implications of increased bandwidth have been discussed on this thread many times. My initial "feeling" is that I may have bought into this technology too soon, that this is a transition period, that the internet will deliver superior content, and PC's (TV's?) and the internet will evolve together to a medium that we can't envision now, much as we couldn't envision the current internet 10 years ago. Intel's role in this, I'll leave that for much smarter people to debate. But I'll bet 10 to 1 that the evolution of the "PC" and the "internet" is much closer to the start than it is to the end. John PS Again, many months ago, you suggested that you still needed a phone line with a cable modem, not true.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (58380)	6/20/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 186894

JM, If you have SCSI, I have seen 23G drives advertised! How nice for a RAID system! Regards, Ken

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (58380)	6/21/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, When DVD becomes a standard for multi-media content, you will see a reason for the new big drives. The other thing you have to remember is that the increase in size is basically free from the improving technology in the sector, and thus cost per MB is dropping. There is a reason when you can't buy 1 gig drives anymore. A single side of single platter now holds around 2 Gigs.. that's 1 head and 1/2 a platter. As I say, with DVD coming, vendors will be quite happy to ship 3 gigs of clip art or fonts or something stupid. I remember saying the same things when the 540's seemed to be everywhere... but then CDs became very popular and sure enough the 540s were tiny drives all of a sudden. These things just switch around. For a while demand for hard-drive space outstrips the availability, then the drives catch up and people say "why do I need something that big" and along comes some new distribution media which fills those once huge harddrives. The content always cathes up to the available space. Encyclopedias on DVD will be great.. they can include full motion clips of some great moments in history, which can conveniently be installed to your harddrive so you don't have to keep the disc in the drive. Remember DVD holds 4.7gigs+. Bottom line: Don't get caught in a "Bill Gates" situation (i.e. 640K ought to be enough for anyone). Steve