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To: Sea Otter who wrote (1199)	3/5/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: Richard Jurek	Respond to of 1648

FYI. From macnn.com It sounds very good indeed.... R/ >Global Village Modems In PowerBooks? 02/23 > >A few days ago we received a couple of e-mails pertaining to a >rumor of Global Village modems being placed inside the Wallstreet >line of PowerBooks. Apparently, the rumor originated when a few >AOL beta testers, currently testing AOL 4.0, noticed a few new >modem files in the latest build (beta 38). One of these new modem >files is labeled 'PowerBook/GV Internal 56k', with 'GV' standing for >Global Village. (an image of this can be seen here) > >Up until now, Apple has always bundled their own brand of modems >inside their family PowerMac/Performa and PowerBook lines. This >could not prove to be substantially profitable in any way to Apple. A >deal with Global Village, which allows Apple to buy modem cards in >bulk and ship them inside the new G3 line of PowerBooks, would >prove to be not only better for Apple but more appealing to the >customer in terms of quality. We found these rumors both a possibility and interesting, so contacted a few people in hopes of coming to a conclusion. Once source, close to the AOL 4.0 client development, hinted to us that our assumption that the file was included for the future support of the Wallstreet/Mainstreet line was right on target. This same source also informed us that Apple has planned to include 56k Global Village modems inside future versions of the 1400 and 3400 line of PowerBooks. Though this may seem odd that Apple will continue to make updates to the 3400 when the PowerBook G3 is as dominate as it is, the 1400 still has its place. This information may also be several months old with the plans of including Global Village modems in the 3400 moving directly to the PowerBook G3 line. When contacting sources at Global Village, one source tells us that he remembers hearing talks on the subject of Apple OEMing modems from them for use in future versions of their PowerBook, and very possibly low-end desktop models. A second source declined to comment on the subject replying partly, 'Global Village has made no public announcement on this subject'. Doing away with the development and production of hardware components such as this is one of Steve Jobs major goals while at Apple. In fact, if he had things his way, Apple would be a Software/NC development corporation. In some cases relying on a third party for hardware components can work out for the better, and this seems to be the case as far as we are concerned when it comes to this situation.