mattd@pnet01.cts.com (Matt Day) (08/26/89)
It is hard to know when to upgrade nowadays...who knows when the 582 will come
out (sorry, 586) of course, right after you finally upgrade to the 486...
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INET: mattd@pnet01.cts.comsparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (09/06/89)
In article <271@crash.cts.com> mattd@pnet01.cts.com (Matt Day) writes: >It is hard to know when to upgrade nowadays...who knows when the 582 will come >out (sorry, 586) of course, right after you finally upgrade to the 486... > > Yea. But there is always something better/new/improved coming out. It's called progress. You can either be one of those who wants to be on the leading edge of technology and buys the latest and greatest models of whatever, or you can temper yourself and figure out a balance with semi-new tested models that perform the tasks you need to perform for a reasonable price (the magic of mass production = cost reduction). I prefer the later. When something like the 486 comes out it will be very expensive. And right about now 386's are getting pretty cheap. So the 386 is the way to go. When the 486's start mass production (everyone else has paid out of the nose to be the first one on the block to have one, this increases demand) and the cost comes down, then the 486 will be the way to go. This strategy works for TV's, CD Players, almost any techno gismo. It doesn't work however for Cars. Too bad. -- John Sparks | {rutgers|uunet}!ukma!corpane!sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps ||||||||||||||| sparks@corpane.UUCP | 502/968-5401 thru -5406 As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error.