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Computer Hobbyist · 06-20-2001, 05:50 PM

I agree I have read and written all I care to about Microsoft.

I have reviewed this thread and discovered that most of us want fixes for nagging problems--we want heat reduced, sound made manageable, greater stability, fewer crashes, faster hard drives, easier and more powerful installs, better documentation, easier and more complete uninstalls. In a companion thread one of the readers wants upgradable video cards. (An interesting idea.)

Lets talk about the advance of the personal computer. Frankly, the 166 AMD with MMX sitting on my office desk connected to the web via DSL handles all of the office and web applications I use with ease.

I ask the following questions at a time when PC sales are tanking and PC prices are in free fall.

Are there compelling opportunities for near term technological advance? If so what are they? Are there compelling needs that aren't being met by current technology? What are we going to do with the ever more powerful beasts that seem to be coming on line with greater and greater frequency?

Maybe we should start a new thread?

06-20-2001, 05:50 PM	#24
Computer Hobbyist Member (11 bit) Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Blue Springs, MO Posts: 1,766	I agree I have read and written all I care to about Microsoft. I have reviewed this thread and discovered that most of us want fixes for nagging problems--we want heat reduced, sound made manageable, greater stability, fewer crashes, faster hard drives, easier and more powerful installs, better documentation, easier and more complete uninstalls. In a companion thread one of the readers wants upgradable video cards. (An interesting idea.) Lets talk about the advance of the personal computer. Frankly, the 166 AMD with MMX sitting on my office desk connected to the web via DSL handles all of the office and web applications I use with ease. I ask the following questions at a time when PC sales are tanking and PC prices are in free fall. Are there compelling opportunities for near term technological advance? If so what are they? Are there compelling needs that aren't being met by current technology? What are we going to do with the ever more powerful beasts that seem to be coming on line with greater and greater frequency? Maybe we should start a new thread? Last edited by Computer Hobbyist; 06-20-2001 at 05:55 PM.