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Gaming and Multi-media are driving the PC
market. Without that, the only thing left is
business apps and web browsing, and no
amount of that is going to sustain an industry
that has already been outsourced, and over
sold to the point that companies are sticking
with cheap upgrades and W2K. They are
not willing to pay and pay and pay for no
further advantage. To them, the only good
PC starts at less than $400, and lasts 5
years. XP is the last time they will spend
1 cent for anything more, and that is already
bought.
But, the average office worker would like
a system that is entertaining without being
distracting ... music ... cable news ...
dvd-training movies ... cableTV ...  and that
should be easily upgradable to home-office
systems that are fully entertaining ... cableTV
instead of Adelphia ... movies ... and games
that are really good.
If the PC industry undermines any of that, they
are just screwing themselves. For every $$ that
Microsoft makes on a console game, they
lose that money in retail PC sales plus a
whole lot more. One console game translates
into 20 cheap Office PCs that will stick with
older OSes and apps. And that can only get
worse over the years. I see Proof of that every
day. The Feds are using crap desktops, and
W2K is the OS of choice ... for years now.
And they have reduced their on-site force
to nothing.
So, add to that trend, the Console companies
undermining the Home PC market, and you
have an industry in trouble. Worse, you have
an industry that is going to lose its reputation
with young kids who will grow up on hand
-helds and dinky web toys ... that will become
the web browsers, and emailers of choice ..
and even the game consoles for those cheap
stupid games that have always been out there.

I predict that this silly nonsense will continue
until there is a total collapse of the industy,
and all social and commercial support will
disappear.  High level PC gaming is the only
way Vista will be accepted and gain foothold
in schools, industry, and government. It has
to support the kids who will grow up on it,
and take it to work in the future.

johns