Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:4386 comp.sys.intel:1515 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!sumax!polari!lsh From: lsh@polari.UUCP (Lee Hauser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die? Message-ID: <2842@polari.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 90 06:42:32 GMT References: <90335.202651F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944 Lines: 15 Sender:lsh@polari (Lee Hauser) The 8088 will die when you can get a 386-33 or similarly speeded 486 system for the price of an 8088 system. Technology tends to stick around as long as it is useful and usable (which is why there are still a load of Commodore 64s and 128s out there). Though I use a 386SX at work (and enjoy it), I've never owned a PC more powerful than a V-20 and never felt the need to do so. Spending $2000or more for a machine just to do word processing and telecom, with very minor spreadsheet and database thrown in, is a waste of my money. Not everyone's money, just mine. I appreciate having the choice of buying a lower-powered machine at a price that I can afford. I spent $699 on my Tandy 1100FD; it was all I had to spend! A $2000 machine might as well have been a $2,000,000 machine for me! -- ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= ------- ======= uw-beaver!sumax!polari!lsh -- lsh@polari Lee Hauser If I pay for access, I don't have to disclaim ANYTHING!