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Letters
Boy, did Lou Grinzo hit the nail on the head about the bottom line on Network Computers (Dialog Box, February). As the technology support coordinator in a large school district that is pumping $2 million to $3 million into PCs that will be junk in three years, I think it's ridiculous. I still don't see where one or two computers in a classroom will make a bit of difference if the kids still can't read or write. Don't get me wrong: Technology and electronics are in my blood. But I don't think the taxpayers are going to keep footing the bill unless they see some direct results. Rob Carges via the Internet Lou Grinzo hails the Network Computer (NC) as the next revolution in business computers. But Mr. Grinzo fails to address the fact that NCs don't have a hard drive, and thus they can't swap to disk. If the computer can't swap to disk, then there is no virtual memory. And if there's no virtual memory, the size of your applications is limited, as is the number of apps you can run simultaneously. The trade-off in performance makes NCs even less attractive. Jeff Breitner via the Internet
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