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No Need to Upgrade that PC?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the say-it-ain't-so dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post (free reg.) has an interesting article about a developing trend in the computer retail business: People aren't buying new PCs. Why? Well, no suprise to those who read this, but grandma and Joe Sixpack don't need a screaming new P4 to surf the net and write letters. Are they just figuring this out?"

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  1. You know what that means... by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    ... it's time to put Longhorn on the fast track to release. Nothing stimulates the hardware industry like a new, even more piggish release of Windows with plenty of "new features to make Windows even easier to use"!

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  2. Re:Naughty Taco by jacquesm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    someone has *waaay* too much time on their hands...

    you also missed a career or two, maybe you should apply with one of those phone sex thingies ? that would save *all* of us a lot of trouble.

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