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To: Dayuhan who wrote (43895)	1/19/1999 8:49:00 AM
From: Earlie	Respond to of 132070

Steven: Oops. Didn't see this until after I commented. You said it better than I could. In the current market mania, the determination with which the herd refuses to pick up on the simple truths is just astounding. My dog can see that the PC/semi sector is going to be roasted this year, but the "E-traders" don't care what companies do anyway, so long as they can find momentum. They're going to get momentum alright, but of a type that they are not used to. I've never seen such a dichotomy between reality and PEs, and it's at its worst in the tech sector. Best, Earlie

To: Dayuhan who wrote (43895)	1/19/1999 11:06:00 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 132070

>The point is that the hardware has outrun the applications, and until they come up with some things we need to do that need more and more speed and capacity, a lot fewer people are going to see a need to upgrade their units. Which is not so great for PC and chip makers. I think you're right, despite Microsoft's determined effort to waste cycles on yet more features (Betcha need a PIII 400 to run Office 2000!) Basically, the current hardware is bottlenecked by the size of the data pipe (the connection to the Internet). As soon as most people have a fat pipe (e.g. a cable connection), more internet sites will include streaming video, and THEN clock speed will matter, very much.