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Technology Stocks : FSII - The Worst is Over? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kent Sarikaya who wrote (2115)	7/22/1998 4:31:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2754

<All of the upgraders, me included have maxed out our motherboards.> I think its safe to say that 90% of current Pc users (non-business) have enough power (memory) to last them the next 2-4 years. Yes, there a few out there like yourself that might be using it as an Atom cruncher.

To: Kent Sarikaya who wrote (2115)	7/22/1998 2:40:00 PM
From: PaperChase	Respond to of 2754

Kent. I think the trends in CONSUMER PC's will follow that of the color TV set. Prices will plummet to the price of a TV set ($400) for a basic PC. Most common business and home applications do not require anything faster than a 233Mhz. This is why the market is considered saturated at the moment, there are no new power applications driving the need to upgrade. HOWEVER, if we are talking PC games then it is a different story. It is also a different story for the power users in corporations. But the bottom line is that PCs are a maturing commodity market. And the components that go in them are a maturing commodity market as well. Instead of getting 2 16MB memory modules for free after rebate then perhaps they will pay me to buy them.<G>