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In article <3aajr9$5...@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
John Sabean <doc...@eng.umd.edu> wrote:

>True enough, but the difference was companies weren't requiring me to upgrade
>my computer every year.... My C64 and 1541 drive lasted me for about 6 - 7 ye
>You can't say that today. You buy a high end computer today, it will be bottom
>line in about 1 1/2 to 2 years and completely obsolete in about 3 to 4.

	Point taken.  My Commodore 64 and 1541 lasted me about that long too.
(grin)  However, the Commodore 64 platform lasted that long because there
aren't other manufacturers making Commodore 64-compatible machines like the
makers of DOS machines today.  Competition among DOS machine makers is what
drives the technology race at the insane pace we see today.  Everyone rushing
to be the first to get a 486 machine out on the market.  Then the race to
put out a DX2 machine.  Then the race to see who can put out the fastest and
meanest Pentium machine.  And of course all this goes on in competition with
PowerPC too.  That's why technology won't wait for anybody these days.

>Actually, I finally broke down and bought my own CD-ROM (I had been borrowing
>my roommates until now....). I must admit, I had the same fear, but from
>what I understand, CD-writable technology is going nowhere right now. The
>best they have is CDs where you have a limited number of writes allowed, and
>even those are ridiculously expensive right now. I wouldn't worry about
>CD-writables. 

	Yep...  I think the CD ROM market will stay the way it is right now
until someone develops a CD RAM system (re-writable CDs) that goes for a
reasonable price.

TRH Sends