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To: Leroyt who wrote (67276)	10/23/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: NITT	Respond to of 186894

"But the real pressure for increased speed these days is on the INTERNET." Exactly the reason more performance is needed or, at least could be utilized. If you have a fast enough processor you can do some real interesting stuff in the area of compression. The faster the processor, the more you can compress and decompress. The more you compress and decompress, the faster things appear to be happening. Give me enough performance and I can send broadcast quality video over a standard modem (yes I agree that this is not really practical, but I'm trying to make a point). In addition, there are technologies like MS's "Chrome" that will enable the creation rich 3D content on you desktop by just sending a small number of 3D instructions across the bandwidth limited Internet. An don't worry, even if the pipes get fatter, performance will still matter.

To: Leroyt who wrote (67276)	10/23/1998 6:05:00 PM
From: kash johal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

The big driver for next generation PC's late next year will be HDTV. With the advent of reasonably priced 21"-25" monitors hooked up to a fast PC you will see convergence between PC's, Internet and TV. Few folks are going to buy a $7-10000 large screen HDTV set. Intel has licensed technology (from Hitachi I think) for HDTV software decoding. For under $3-4K you will have a reasonable machine, DVD, faster Internet access (cable/ADSL), DVD and playback of HDTV by end of next year. I agree that for business apps in regular offices you don't need all the power. The real drivers will be servers and home markets IMHO. Kash