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To: Zeeko who wrote (105616)	2/27/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Zeeko, the real questions are: 1. How many computers does the world need? 2. When are developers going to write applications that justify buying a new computer? I have bought five computers in the past seven years. I now own a P-II, 233MHz computer which I plan to keep until I install applications that I think are running too slow. So far that hasn't happened. When I stop in at CompUSA and play around with the 400MHz floor samples I don't detect any difference in speed for the applications that I use. Four years ago I was the only one in my family who owned a computer. Today, my daughter, grandson, son, granddaughter, and second son all own a computer. Eighteen guys work for me. Four years ago none of them owned a computer. Today seventeen of them own computers. Windows 95 made 486 computers obsolete. You had to buy a Pentium computer or risk growing old waiting for a program to load. For the average user (unless he's a gamer) a Pentium 133 will run most programs very well. So the question is, when will the "gotta have" program that will make my present computer obsolete come out? When it does I'll be first in line to buy a new Dell 500MHz P-III. Jim