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To: Don Green who wrote (32901)	3/27/2002 12:10:13 PM
From: Dave Budde	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Re: "I also doubt many PC users would switch to a MAC... " Read the reviews at Amazon. 40% of these are Wintel switchers. This agrees with Apple's numbers. amazon.com

To: Don Green who wrote (32901)	3/27/2002 12:55:08 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

I also doubt many PC users would switch to a MAC unless they were a novice at best with little time or monetary investment in their present system. Corporate users is the area Apple needs to penetrate and other than Graphic Design or A/V markets I see no area where they can grow. These conditions depend on many factors: 1) Application use, if the Wintel user just uses Word and AOL then it's no big deal to switch. 2) If the user is exposed to the Mac OS they might have enough familiarity to be predisposed. 3) If the user has disposable cash and likes to tinker. 4) If the user is Windows and UNIX literate A) Many corporations already use Macs in the graphics depts or physics depts etc. Admins may find OSX actually easier to admin in a mixed OS environment. B) Smaller corporations may settle on OSX because of the UNIX underneath. C) Unix/Linux businesses may go straight for it. There are lots of factors here. Apple really has to fix a few things in OSX fist though. 1) interface 2) speed 3) networkability

To: Don Green who wrote (32901)	3/27/2002 1:05:44 PM
From: jonkai	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

from Don: I also doubt many PC users would switch to a MAC unless they were a novice at best with little time or monetary investment in their present system. actually one of my friends that is buying is a high paid programmer, and he's buying because he saw the power of Unix on my system..... he couldn't believe what you could do now on a Mac..... that is why he is buying... jon