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To: BillHoo who wrote (11058)	4/11/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan	Respond to of 213177

In regard to the speed, CompUSA and the Apple ads are right. The 3400/240 was the fastest computer (of any kind) when I bought it last April.I don't even have the additional RAM installed in this Ge/300 yet, and I'm amazed at the vast difference in the online speed. I know some thought when I raised the issue a while ago that the processor speed won't matter on line. Not so! Everything is significantly faster -- faster than I can keep up with. All my reflexes need to be re-trained. All programs even the slowest, like AOL, launch in the blink of an eye, loading new pages on line, going to Next message on SI -- the 3400 is left in the dust. Apple can take as long as it likes to repair the 3400 this time. It won't be my regular Mac any more when it gets back home to me on Monday. I was wrong to think it would pay in speed to wait for the 375mHz G3's. I'm satisfied with this speed! I think getting quotes and placing online stock orders will be faster than a speeding bullet. One thing Wayne said today is that rather than buy a PC Board, if Virtual PC isn't fast enough, it'd be better to buy a PC, use a switcher on one of my monitors. He thought that would be faster and cheaper said you can put together a PC for less money than the DOS boards. Anyway, no one seems to carry the DOS boards any more. Orange Micro might be the only company still making them, but where they sell them, is a mystery till I ask them. None of the mail order houses seem to have them in stock any more. Linda

To: BillHoo who wrote (11058)	4/11/1998 1:02:00 AM
From: Michael D. Muzzie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Bill_H, I had a similarly poor experience at the Edison, NJ, CompUSA. I made a pilgrimage up there for the Grand Opening last month. Definitely the last time I shop at that one! There were a large number of people when I went, but a cart full of Wintel software blocked one of the aisles. Also one of the infamous ladders blocked access to the Mac software wall. Navigating the small space was not easy. I wanted to purchase an AppleVision 750, which was marked at $595. I waited 40 minutes while the Apple-shirted saleswoman desperately tried to get someone from the rest of the store to come and help her get one of the boxes off of a stack on a high platform near the ceiling. When I was finally allowed the "priviledge" of making my purchase, they informed me that the price was $795. I apologized to the nice woman in the Apple polo shirt, and left sans monitor. I definitely got the impression that their SWAS was like a disfigured bastard child that they keep hidden away in the back corner of the store. They may be forced to have the SWAS and keep it alive by throwing it a few table scraps every so often; however, they are not too anxious yet too trumpet its existence and actively support it. Hopefully much of this will change after a strong showing this quarter. Michael

To: BillHoo who wrote (11058)	4/11/1998 2:49:00 AM
From: IanBruce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

CompUSA in Manhattan is setup pretty well. However, I am constantly disappointed by CompUSA in Edison. Thanks for bringing that up. I'm a full-time art director for a design group here in New York, and have a prototype eyeglass HMD being built by United Technologies -- but on weekends I'm now your happy black-polo-shirted Macintosh Specialist at the 5th Avenue CompUSA. I'm now one of three Mac people in the SWIAS on weekends, and even though last weekend was my first weekend, I still managed to sell two G3 full systems, one 6500/275, and a G3 PowerBook. Fortunately, my fellow team member's sales performance was considerably better than mine. Feel free to drop by or post your suggestions. Ian Bruce New York, NY