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To: accountclosed who wrote (122)	11/11/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1989

Roq, Dell catalogue aside I still believe that more storage, (and I am not particularly choosy about which platform it is connected to) is inevitable. Yep...agreed that there are short term jerks and starts. But it is an inevitable nontheless. On another note I find this a bit interesting: <<Moreover, contrary to popular opinion, there is good growth in higher-end PCs that have faster chips, more memory, and better performance. "Demand for PCs above the $1,000 level is pretty strong," Slinn said. "Customers aren't just buying the cheapest of the cheap." techweb.com Best, Stitch

To: accountclosed who wrote (122)	11/12/1998 3:44:00 AM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1989

Re: "CPU Hungry" That's a VERY interesting observation. And I agree with your analysis of the data. I offer the following two-factor theory to explain the observation: 1. Scaling up the CPU results in a perceived immediate benefit. Scaling up the HDD beyond a certain point results in no immediate benefit. The empirically determined point here would seem to be ~12 gigs. 2. HDD space can be incrementally increased. Not so the CPU. Have to throw out the old CPU to move up to a better one, resulting in lost investment.