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To: WebDrone who wrote (25171)	6/17/1999 2:51:00 PM
From: Richard Habib	Read Replies (1) of 213181

These flat screen all in ones like the new Z1 really are not derived from iMac CRT design. The all in one flat screen has a separate linage that predates iMac. They have been in Japan for a while. Don't know if you saw the segment with Moss on CNBC. The Z1 looks like a pretty innovative deal. The one downside to all in one designs is the lack of upgradability for the monitor. Despite some of the gearheads comments here and elsewhere, upgradability for any component other than the monitor is not an issue, especially in the consumer market. Upgradability is a hold over from the PC hobby days and is indulged in by such a small segment of the consumer market as to be irrelevent. But upgrading monitors is a different story. The ability to open a latch and slide the screen of the Z1 out and replace it with a larger screen is quite attractive. The ability to then place the removed screen into a separate frame and use it in another computer is very innovative. The qualtiy of the screen is supposed to be excellent but we will have to see some reviews. Likewise PB has such a poor rep in the U.S. now, we'll have to wait and see if there are problems. Don't think this has all that much to do with the Mac market although as a PC user that was going to switch, a design like this does make me hesitate. By the way Web, Windows 2000 is the renamed NT 5.0. It's not being marketed to consumers. It's an enterprise system that would be pretty difficult for a consumer. The old plan of wrapping the NT and consumer windows together is no longer the plan so Win 98 will continue as a consumer OS with it's own upgrade cycle. You indicated some confusion regarding Win 2000. Rich

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