4 May
2002
4 May
'02
5:04 p.m.
From: Richard Erlacher <edick(a)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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