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chrishaw@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Geoffrey Gass) wrote:

>In article <4ree8j$q1u@thymaster.interaccess.com>,
>Brian Peterson <bdp@interaccess.com> wrote:
>>but would you buy a brand new 1996 Corvette and only run it 20 MPH on
>>side streets?

>To extend your metaphor, remember that the side street is getting 
>demolished pretty soon and being replaced by a freeway.

To extend the analogy further, remember that the price of corvettes will
fall by 20% every three months,  so you could buy the Honda for now, and
then get a Corvette next year for less money than buying a Corvette this
year....


>If you're buying now, why would you not go for the PPro.  It will remain 
>top of the line for a least a few more months (until a PPro >200 is 
>released), and as more and more apps are rewritten in 32-bit code, this 
>machine will gain utility as opposed to the Pentium which will remain the 
>same.

>Geoff Gass
>glg@nwu.edu