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In article <1992Nov9.200839.27999@exu.ericsson.se> exuhag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
>Derek Schott writes:
>>
>>After watching the market trend, I have the funniest feeling that
>>everything has about hit rock bottom. A lot of people keep saying 
>>that the introduction of the i586 is going to severely cut the
>>prices of both the 386 and 486 machines. Although it might drop
>>the prices at first, I don't see why it is going to cut them so
>>much.
>
>Not to mention that very few people actually need a 586 (aka Pentium).
>How many people--excepting ray-tracing fanatics and people who do
>serious number crunching--have had any speed problems with a 33 MHz
>486?  For the mass-market, the Pentium is a solution waiting for
>
>a problem (like CD-I).  I can't see people scrambling to buy them,
>unless they are one of the rising number of buzzword addicts.
>

I think you are correct that the Pentium is a solution waiting for a problem
that few people have yet.  So was the 486, though.  I heard many people
argue that nobody would buy 486s, because "386s are powerful enough", before
they were released.  If Intel prices Pentiums low enough and there is a    
powerful, back-compatible operating system (NT most likely), the 486 will be  
dying in a couple of years.

John Regehr
jregehr@matt.ksu.ksu.edu
Kansas State University
 
 
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>James Hague   
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