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To: Eric Yang who wrote (10943)	4/7/1998 2:13:00 PM
From: Phillip C. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Dropped a couple friends off at LAX today and decided to check out the CompUSA in Culver City which was on the way. People have been reporting that non G3 inventory is pretty low...I wanted to know if things are any different in the reseller channel. What is the conclusion after your observation in person? Do you believe G3/non-G3 products inventory were as low as you expected? Phil

To: Eric Yang who wrote (10943)	4/7/1998 3:31:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Is this Wall Street? Headline: Apple To Market Notebook Computer Designed For Japan ====================================================================== TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Apple Computer Japan Inc. will begin shipping later this week lightweight notebook computers designed specifically for the Japanese market, according to Wednesday morning's edition of Japanese Business Daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The PowerBook 2400c/240 is a newer version of the PowerBook 2400c/180 line, which was introduced in the U.S., Japan and other markets last May. It weighs about two kilograms and comes loaded with the Mac OS 8.1 operating system. While the company (AAPL) isn't setting a list price for retailers, it expects the models to sell for 250,000 yen (US$1,855) to 300,000 yen. Apple hopes to sell 15,000 units in the April-June period. Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: Eric Yang who wrote (10943)	4/10/1998 11:06:00 PM
From: BillHoo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213177

<< decided to check out the CompUSA in Culver City>> CompUSA in Manhattan is setup pretty well. However, I am constantly disappointed by CompUSA in Edison. Everytime I go there, they have surplus or broken Wintel hardware jamming the Apple Store aisles. I also watched a woman purchase about $800 worth of software and peripherals, but she had to wait 15 minutes to get help from a salesperson who did not appear knowledgable enough to answer her questions. Many of the Mac and laptops were non-functional (A gripe I used to give about the way Wintel hardware displays used to be handled.) There was also a powerbook that looked like someone put their fist in it (disgruntled Wintel consumer I suppose?) The good news is that I saw many buyer out there. Virtual PC seems to be selling well. It was out of stock. Insignia's RealPC was languishing on the shelves, partly due I suspect to the horrible package design. You don't even know what the product is about, and the graphic scares you away. CompUSA's radio spots are on the money!! I heard one last night. Smother's-brothers/Laugh-In-style banter about "getting one of those super-fast Macintosh G-3s" and "How many Mac user are there?..Millions..I hope they don't come to the store all at once!" However, they will not offend their Wintel vendors with comments about speed vs. Pentium II. -Bill_H