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To: Alomex who wrote (31816)	1/15/2002 7:18:34 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

>>You cannot buy a computer from any vendor that matches the new high-end iMac's specs. Just the page alone that you listed has five computers that match the iMac<< Alomex - I agree that that site tends to skew things Mac-ward (although they do recognize that the AMD XP chips are superior), but none of those systems includes an LCD flat-panel monitor. - Allen

To: Alomex who wrote (31816)	1/15/2002 9:01:40 PM
From: spitsong	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Alomex: Your reply missed two crucial points Allen caught the first one, that the page I linked compared an LCD iMac with CRT PCs and still matched them on balance for the rest of its features. The second is these statements: Apple thought they were going to sell a ton of expensive cubes because they were "oh-so-cool". They didn't. IMHO there is only about 300K hardcore ditto heads who will buy an expensive iMac. That's right, Apple did think this. Not as many as they expect to sell of these new iMacs, but certainly quite a few more than they actually sold. I believe you are correct in characterizing the appeal of the Cube as largely aesthetic. And as consumer spending crashed, it was exactly the wrong time to introduce a model with that profile. The new SuperDrive iMac is, however, a bargain at the price. You simply cannot buy a computer with the same feature set at the same price from any other manufacturer. It's appeal is not only aesthetic, but also economic. While I liked the Cube, I never seriously thought about buying one. I will buy a SuperDrive iMac within the month, however. And I seriously doubt that I will be alone in doing so. Remember the first iMac DV SE? It was introduced in the fourth calendar quarter of 1999, with a 400 MHz G3, a 13 GB HD, 128 MB RAM, a 13.8" viewable CRT, and it cost $1499. It was Apple's best-selling computer for several quarters. I bought one of those, too (and it still works great). But for me the next step is to burn all the iMovies I made with it onto DVD. And there is no computer on the planet that can do so more economically than the new SuperDrive iMac. And many other Mac users will feel similarly. And if they don't need it, they can still buy a $799 CRT iMac, or any one of three models in between. To a lot of people, their decision whether or not to buy one of these babies can be all about price/performance, features, and software, and not just about aesthetics at all, even though this is also a very attractive computer to a lot of the same people who felt the same way about the original iMac. By the way, this new iMac takes up considerably less space than just a 17" CRT monitor. And of course it takes up no space at all under the desk. So that footprint issue continues to be valid whether you believe so or not.