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

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (47848)	2/18/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: Eggolas Moria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

<<. So why should everyone run out and replace their old boxes a year or eighteen months before they have to? Better to wait and get'em cheaper.>> Some recent surveys have uncovered precisely this problem to the upgrade issue. Upgrading is driven by software bloat/new features. However, if one does not upgrade software or purchase the latest polygon-glutted games, then the machines are serviceable for some time (especially if they were purchased with Internet access in mind). Two years ago, a reasonable system was a P166 with a 56k modem, 2gb HD and 32MB RAM. That is still a decent machine and will continue to run Quicken, IE4.0, SimCity 2000, and even office 95 (or works 4.0). I wonder about the masses in this matter. Their frame of reference is a TV purchase and one keeps a TV until the tube doesn't work or some improvement proves to be highly attractive for the price. Will they upgrade like audiophiles or like TV owners?