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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (9765)	3/19/1998 9:35:00 PM
From: gmccon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

>> That is what the common man sees. Apple $2499 and Wun Hung Low's corner shops at $1249.00 for a similar system. << I'm going to take issue with your sentiment here, Bill. I believe people are quickly sickening of "similar" to Apple. We run 3 WinTels in our house. Talk about the same old sauce... We are starved for a computer that responds like an appliance. This business of downloading and installing drivers, modifying the config.sys, etc., rebooting after a crash, yada-yada. It never ends. Pretty soon we're gonna have a system that, if it crashes, it's broken. Take it in and get your money back. What's up with this rebooting business? Hope you got Norton, etc. Upgrade your outdated Norton backup, etc. This is silly. Mankind has the technology to invent a computer, why can't he invent one that works? Hello? And so, many of us are looking for the cure. You tell me. Do you work on a Mac? The guy down on the corner with the $1,249.00 WinTels is selling science projects. How quaint. I want a gosh darn plug-n-play-n-work computer. Underline work. I already have a bunch of subs that don't- not without rebooting several times a day, etc. If I gotta pay $2,495.00 for a real one, let's go. So I'm betting there's a niche for Mac. I believe WinTel has created a void that they can't fill. A 400Mhz WinTel is still a science project that needs to be surrounded by a computer and expensive third party software just to keep it working. When was the last time you rebooted your refrigerator or your toaster? Wintel's the disease... Regards, Greg

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (9765)	3/20/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Bill, >>That is what the common man sees. Apple $2499 and Wun Hung Low's corner shops at $1249.00 for a similar system.<< Well, not exactly the same system, thessasource.com:80/editorials/nt_editorial.html but maybe that's what the common man sees. And it'll run a spread sheet and send eMail and Word 5.1. Not sure you even need the hassel of a computer for just this stuff. But is this really the future of computing? Maybe. Sometimes people get worked up too far about the future of computing. Few predictions of the future come to pass. Most of the Mac nuts I know think this way: In 20 years I'll have the same ability on my computer that Jimi Hendrix had on the guitar. Instantaneous creation of artistic product. Amazing communication abilities. No need for distribution companies like Warner Bros. or CBS. Personally I can't see it NOT happening. And it means not only a profound lifestyle change, but huge economic changes and cultural changes. I fully intend to be doing business world wide with my creations. Even if I capture only .000005% of the world market think how much money that is. Its power to the artist instead of the... people who run Hollywood now. Content will reign in this business. Frank Zappa is an example. Didn't sell well at first but his stuff continued to sell until this day. In every retail business there is an early time with mom and pop corner stores but eventually there comes whats known as the 'shakeout'. Look at video rental stores, has it happened yet? Probably right now it's starting. Volume and real business accounting practices will shake out most but not all the mom and pop stores. Think this will happen with Wintel machines. Razor thin profits. As for the Mac? More Fords and Chevy's sell than Lexus or BMWs but they are still around. Doren