From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> > If you want heavy graphics/Gaming/ "the PC experience"
you might pull up
a
> > chair in front of the PC but other than that...what's always in your
> pocket
> > & thus available?
>
> I understand the mobile side growth, but I don't see a drop in PC use. In
> fact as the PC takes on more audio/video functionality (like my home
server)
> I find it's not powerful enough, doesn't have enough disk space, the 11mb
> wireless network is too slow, etc.
>

Yup but (a) how many are replacements not new buys? & (b) the nice
thing wrt to a std PC bought now (e.g. a 2ghz cpu + 256-1024 mb RAM + 80+
gb of hdd space) is that it can be used for multiple tasks so one can do
all that.

I think digital film will boost hdd sales but once most people have 512+ mb
of RAm that will do em for quite some time (as will a 2Ghz+ CPU).

> IOW, I'm motivated to upgrade to something more powerful not less.
>

Upgrade -yes buy new? E.g. what is the cost of a Mobo + chip + fitting?

Adam

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