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1 posted on 10/11/2002 12:49:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 10/11/2002 12:50:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Today's consumers spurn even the fastest PCs with microprocessors surpassing 2.4 gigahertz -- four times the top speed three years ago.

Well, when it comes bundled with an operating system that slows it down to half of the speed of the 1999 machine, why would anyone want it?

3 posted on 10/11/2002 1:07:55 PM PDT by balrog666
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Why drop a thousand bucks for a faster computer?"

My thoughts exactly.

5 posted on 10/11/2002 1:50:36 PM PDT by blam
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