| Sumario: | The reduced buying power of most Asian currencies is the biggest argument against spending on a new computer at the present time. The last supplies of predevaluation computers are being sold, and the new batch, bought with devalued currencies, is significantly more expensive. Only Hong Kong still offers good bargains in technology, at least while its currency peg to the U.S. dollar holds. As well as taking note of currency fluctuations, buyers should consider what kind of processor chip they really need. Standard Intel Pentium 166 megahertz processor chips still cost $380 each, and the latest Pentium 2 chips cost three times that. Therefore most businesses still need concrete plans on how they will use the additional power before they buy it. Most users do not need the latest chips, and there are lower-priced alternatives to Intel processors, such as AMD's K6 chip.
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