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To: WebDrone who wrote (25888)	8/11/1999 6:14:00 PM
From: Richard Habib	Respond to of 213187

Web, are you saying having peripheral choices is a bad thing now? Drivers? If a disk isn't included with the printer (plug in printer, insert disk, remove disk), Win 95/98 gives a dialogue box with about a billion printers, click the model done. (Although once in a while the generic driver for the company is better than the more specific driver for the model) Win 2000 is the previously designated NT 5.0. Won't be using that on your eOne. eOne has an ethernet card for simple upgrading to cable. ISP lock-in has been selling in other models - why not eOne. Even without that lock=in, it's still $400 cheaper. Can't keep you honest for more than a few more days. Taking off on my Harley (Apple profits) for 2 weeks in Canada. Nice move today. I'm depressed being out but gotta maintain that discipline with options. Rich

To: WebDrone who wrote (25888)	8/11/1999 6:28:00 PM
From: Scott Crumley	Respond to of 213187

Web and Louis, Louis: I like your quote. Web, I agree with your tact, but what troubles me is (at least here in California), most salesmen are pro-PC. I've witnessed people at CompUSA that came in asking for iMac, only to be met with salesmen trying to talk them over to PC. Same thing at Fry's and Sears. With something like this eOne, that strategy may work. I can hear 'em now. "It's just like the iMac, except it does more and it's $400 less." If the sales force out there was pro-Mac, we'd be set.....but it ain't. Regards, Scott

To: WebDrone who wrote (25888)	8/12/1999 1:33:00 AM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213187

Let's talk WORKSTATIONS- SGI is OUT. mercurycenter.com eClone or not to eClone- that's not the question. Whether to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous workstations with very big, very cool lcd screens- Nevermind. SGI is shutting down their NT workstation line- which was a real threat to Apple's publishing base. I mean, those SGI machines were pretty compelling, if you had to use NT because your boss said so. Now, maybe SGI is parring off junk, and getting ready to be sold. To apple? I don't think so- but nobody knows. I just guess Dell or something like that. Maybe even pixar. I'm blathering. I wonder what is up for Seybold? Jim, any thoughts on new processor being announced? Isn't it about that time? Web