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To: vinh pham who wrote (95)	2/28/1999 3:57:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Respond to of 467

Changing hard drives in a PC isn't complicated but it's a pain in the rear. Most "average" users I know won't bother doing it themselves; only users who need more performance. Regular PC's come with 4-6GB hard drives. I doubt most people fill those up during the lifetime of the PC. Just my WAG's.

To: vinh pham who wrote (95)	2/28/1999 6:38:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 467

Vinh, <<I wonder what percentage of drives are being bought for upgrades? Upgrades will happen no matter what the new computer sales are.>> Here is one argument reference the upgrade market: Message 8075547 And then a response to that post: Message 8079546 I guess we could all agree that I-net bandwidth availability is a key demand driver whether we are talking about PC built-ins or upgrades. A more interesting issue to me is the growth of non traditional (i.e. non PC) applications. Best, Stitch