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To: rhet0ric who wrote (13321)	5/10/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: Richard Habib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Agree that the iMac is aimed at 1st time PC buyers. I was reacting to posts on this thread that proposed adding features to the iMac. If the iMac is allowed to have SCSI interface cards, faster processors, increased Ram, etc. you end up with a very stylish G3 and that will screw up the product lines that are presently reasonably well defined. As an aside, the AIO seems to be kind of an odd man out product. Very similar to the iMac. Additionally, the iMac will appeal to students, obviously, witness this thread. I wonder if the AIO was a product in the pipeline Jobs couldn't stop? As regards USB my point is that there will be a much richer USB peripherals environment if Win98 launches than if it doesn't. This richer environment will make the iMac all that more attractive to it's target market. Rich

To: rhet0ric who wrote (13321)	5/11/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213182

And don't forget building pipe pressure for the product in advance of its ship date to insure good numbers to report at roll out. HerbVic ________ So pre-announcing, it is hoped, will have a damaging effect on an already over-stuffed PC pipeline, and regain Mac market share.

To: rhet0ric who wrote (13321)	5/11/1998 4:11:00 AM
From: Jonathan Bird	Respond to of 213182

The iMac seems to be aimed at the non-Mac crowd I agree. I can't imagine your average previous mac owner buying this machine. It's basically incompatible with everything they own. They need a new printer, trackball, scanner, zip, 56K modem, external HD. When they get the thing home they cant even move their files over to the new machine unless they want to eMail themselves, or buy a zip or ethernet adapter for the OLD computer. Can you imagine how long it would take to eMail your life off your old machine to an iMac? All freaking day at least! Probably a few days! What they are trying to do is prevent the the already converted faithful from buying up this inexpensive powerhouse because they need them to buy the expensive stuff. It's the problem facing all the box makers right now. It is a pure and simple product targeting strategy and its pretty clever really. All of the criticisms of the iMac are sound and have merit. All the apple boosters on this board who think Apple is just being visionary either have their heads in the clouds, completely misunderstand the installed consumer market, or think the year is 2005 and we have T1 access in every room in the house. The iMac should stand for incompatibleMac. But it's got a hidden agenda. And it might just work. Jon Bird