Re: IBM Nixes Net PC
sufflib@tiac.net
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:48:12 -0400
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 15:48:12 -0400
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970910155158.007d8580@tiac.net>
From: sufflib@tiac.net
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re: IBM Nixes Net PC
At 01:54 PM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I'd say more than half of my calls these days involve PC-related support
>issues.
>Amy
Amy: You'd be smart to blame everything on the software (particularly the
operating system). Then say, "that'll be fixed with the next upgrade,
there's nothing ANYONE can do right now." Enjoy your free time.
Joe C.
>At 12:16 PM 9/10/97 -0400, sufflib@tiac.net wrote:
>>Rob, PC prices will be dropping so low that NET PCs will hold no
advantage.
>>
>>>From Information Week (Sept. 8, 1997, p. 15):
>>
>>"Analysts say a Windows NT-capable corporate PC sporting a 166-MHz--or
>>faster--Pentium with MMX graphics, 32 Mbytes of RAM, built in networking,
>>and 1 Gbyte or larger disk will sell for around $800 early next year or by
>>mid-year at the latest." (Note: $150 more for a monitor).
>>
>>Joe Cadieux
>>Suffield's Kent Memorial Library
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>>At 10:57 AM 9/10/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Jim, I'm actually a little surprised at IBM's response to this market. We
>>>have public access to the Internet at the Wallingford P.L. and several
>>>patrons have told me they have no need for a pc but would like to have
>>>Internet access at home. Many of these people are older and have stated
>>>that cost is a factor. A net pc would allow them to send e-mail, do
>>>genealogy searches and much more.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 08:23 PM 9/9/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>IBM NIXES NET PCs
>>>>Three months after demonstrating a prototype, IBM now says it won't pursue
>>>>the NetPC market after all. The NetPC is a stripped down version of a
>>>>desktop computer, priced at around $1,000 and based on Intel
microprocessors
>>>>and Microsoft operating software. "There was a herd mentality about
NetPCs
>>>>and now we see some of the breakup of the herd," says the president of a
>>>>Washington, D.C.-based computer consulting firm. IBM says its customers
>>>>have indicated they'd prefer to spend a little more money and get the
>>>>network and software management features found on full-fledged PCs. With
>>>>hardware prices continuing to fall, "nobody can give a compelling
reason why
>>>>a NetPC makes sense," says one PC vendor. (Wall Street Journal 8 Sep 97)
>>>>
>>>> -- from Edupage
>>>>
>>>>[Whew. That was close.]
>>>>
>>>>JMK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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