-> CA> I suspect that sales of new PC computers is 'slipping' and that
-> CA> Intel and Microsoft will erect a 'wall' of technology that will
-> CA> leave those who refuse to buy new in the past. There will be no way
-> CA> to remain compatible with newer hardware and software for legacy
-> CA> users. 

-> Or they'll _try_ to,  at any rate.  I think that the days of big corporations
-> being able to shove consumers around like that are numbered.  It may be a
-> pretty high number,  since those folks have the game rigged in their favor, 
-> but there will be ways around that,  just as there are alternative choices for
-> operating systems...

 Taht is the way I look at it. There is enough of a Base of Users that
are addicted to upgrading that it will never fly. 
YES the mindless masses that are attracted to the Mac's will snap them
up but that large base of "Hackers"(in the real meaning, NOT
the perverted modern usage of that word) will pass. Corporate Heads and
their Bean counters will pay attention.                         
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