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From: richh@pnet02.cts.com (Rich Herzog)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mulsisync monitors and VGA boards -- buy now or wait...
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Date: 19 Feb 88 15:00:43 GMT
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Michael Volow, M.D. of Durham, NC writes :

>wait until the next generation ... they can only get less expensive
>and less buggy.

Yes, and by which time technological progress will have dangled yet
another carrot, which will be "a little" more resolution, "A little"
more colors and "a little" more money !

I held off on color AT ALL until a project required it.  I bought a
used CGA set, and use it maybe 5% of the time.  I didn't even
bother with EGA.  16 colors is not enough.  I haven't the slots or
$$$ for PGA.  

I too am waiting for the Paradise Pro.  256 colors is enough, 350 x 640
is enough resolution, and $600 list is not too much.  (Nobody pays
list in Southern California...)

Next year's <fill in blank> will be nicer, faster, only a little more
expensive.  Or this year's hot stuff will be cheaper next year.  But
if you get it when you want it, you'll have had the use for a year.
If you save $300 by waiting a year, your enjoyment of this year's
gizmo will have cost you $1/day.

This is not meant as a flame -- but I have seen people new to computers
and consumer electronics wait forever, because prices seem to fall only
when the next generation of parts is out. (The cynic would say announced...)

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