APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun May 5 00:04:50 2002

> From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>

> With the pace at which obsolescence has been creeping up on
> everybody, I'd say upgradeability is of no consequence at all any more.

A lot of my customers can afford $100 for an upgrade or repair but can't
afford the $300 you quote below for a basic tower, so for them
upgradeability is relevant.

> Systems bought three years ago don't use the same drives

I haven't seen any real change in fdds or CD-ROM drive in the last three
years. Besides capacity, what's different about today's hard drives?

> NEW 1 GHz monitorless systems
> with 15 GB HDD's (WAY too small to be of interest to anyone nowadays) and
a
> DVD + FDD, a modest (64MB ??) of RAM, and the usual stuff including mouse
and
> keyboard, sporting a 4MB on-board video expandable to 16 MB, on-board
sound,
> and 4 USB ports along with a V.92 modem and all the other usual bells and
> whistles are advertised on the local late-night TV for under $300. At
prices
> like that one can't afford to upgrade. By the time the warranty runs
out,
> they'll be obsolete again.

Obsolete?

Glen
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Received on Sun May 05 2002 - 00:04:50 BST