[Leica] RE: OT: A little history

[Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)]

Don't get me onto that....... A 386 PC using contemporary Word makes a 
reasonable typewriter, why late versions of word processor software 
-needs- what would have been a supercomputer a few years ago to emulate 
a fancy typewriter is just a con to keep people upgrading IMO.
Anyway, since I don't do games and Photoshop is the only software I own 
which needs power there is so far no point in upgrading, as the upgrade 
isn't yet twice as fast in real world than my 3 or 4 year old machine.
Frank

On 26 Jan, 2005, at 23:11, Peter Dzwig wrote:

> I am always wrily amused when I am told that I am getting Office as a 
> bundle on a dual 64-bit machine running at 2.5 GHz. For a spreadsheet 
> and a WP package??