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To: J R KARY who wrote (6700)	12/9/1997 10:16:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

>And now that IBM/LOTUS have followed AAPL's lead away from COMDEX they should exhibit their PowerPC's at MacWorld :< You know, I hate to sound like a heretic but there is a lot of excellent fit between IBM and Apple. IBM has always wanted to have a highly respected, well-tested, OS that scales from the smallest desktop to the largest mainframe and has a audience all along the way. This can only be UNIX. Apple is the only business in existence that fills that need and they fit it perfectly. One of IBM's biggest problems has always been that their products are viewed as the Solomon Grundy of the computer industry (born on Monday, married on Wednesday and dead on Friday). What is the IBM OS? AIX? - No, AIX is dead. OS2? - No, OS2 died on Friday. NT? - Not theirs. Another positive is that in box making Apple has made nice boxes for PPC but none for the Intel side where IBM has a lot worked out. Bottom line: IBM is better at box making and has a fat bank account. Apple is better at OS development. I wish a hostile takeover would occur. Would the fans revolt? I doubt it. Most of the volume of Apple fans are professional graphic arts workers and they want to know their investment is in a business that will be around tomorrow.

To: J R KARY who wrote (6700)	12/9/1997 2:11:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

I checked out two CompUSA stores over the weekend. One was in Culver City and the other was in Claremont. Both of these California stores just had the store within store added. At Culver City, a couple had just bought a 6500, 15"AV and an Apple printer and was trying to fit the three large boxed into their car. The traffic at the Apple section was pretty good. Both stores had the basic line in display: eMate, G3 desktops/mini-tower, G3 Powerbooks (the fastest laptop on earth), 6500 and 8600s. Both stores had a rep in the Apple section they were wearing the CompUSA shirt but with an Apple logo on their sleeve. Apple seems to be keeping these stores well stocked. I saw many G3 boxes and at the Claremont store and there were 7 8600/300s. Now the good news.. I've orderd a QuickTake 200 from Apple's 1-800-795-1000 number for $249. Dirt cheap. With $5 overnight shipping I'll get it tomorrow. The experience was so pleasant that I decided to buy a G3/266 MT to replace my 7600. I called again to place an order but they told me that the 266 MT won't be in stock until Fri. I'm still debating whether to go with the 8600/300 instead so I guess this will give me some time to decide. I know the new machine will also come with a free QT200 so I'll probably give it to my girlfriend. Eric