This is from 1988, where the incredible upgrade cycle was about to start. Standards for consumer HW went in 4-6 years from 8086s to 486s, from Hercules/CGA to S

This is from 1988, where the incredible upgrade cycle was about to start. Standards for consumer HW went in 4-6 years from 8086s to 486s, from Hercules/CGA to SVGA, from 5 1/4" 360 kb floppies to 400mb harddisks. I think the comment just about predates this incredible upgrade cycle. I mean, that comment predates the "Andy & Bill law" [1]: what Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away. There was no need to upgrade stuff back then. In that context, not a very weird comment - especially for someone whose job it is to sell these machines. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_Bill%27s_law