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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (30646)	8/9/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 132070

Hi Bipid Prasad, You are right about dentists and PCs. My dad is a dentist, I have been trying to get him to use a PC for years, but finally last year he got six PCs, networked, to use a new software package that is pitched directly to dentists. I think the software package set him back about $20k, not to mention the PCs. He is really gung-ho, he can call up charts from any chair or from the front desk, office manager desk or his private office desk. I am a lawyer, share office space with five other lawyers, I have been online for years, just a couple of months ago three of the other lawyers got on-line to use AOL and send faxes via internet. The secretaries are both online. One of the lawyers has a scanner so he doesn't have to retype documents. That's the reason I got Windows to begin with, years ago, it really never panned out yet, but I keep hoping that someday I can scan documents and then reuse them without extensive reformatting. The last holdout lawyer that I know finally got online last month. Now everyone I know has a computer and is online. Of course, they won't admit it but I think a lot of them use it to access porn, including some local judges, a little bird told me. As far as the PC market being glutted, I don't think so. Now that PCs are cheaper, and easier to use, more people are buying. My crystal ball is on the blink, but I believe that PCs will become as universal, and essential, as telephones and TVs. To give you an idea of how universal, and essential, that is, although I no longer do collections, I have friends who do. You can sort of tell that something is considered essential if a deadbeat doesn't hesitate to list it when he files a statement of monthly expenses in a bankruptcy petition. Cable TV is considered a necessary monthly expense, right up there with food, rent, electricity, telephone, etc. Deadbeats can't pay their credit card bills, but they can pay their cable bills. My perception is that personal computers are already on the list. For what it's worth. See you, CobaltBlue