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To: Richard Habib who wrote (13796)	5/19/1998 2:28:00 AM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

Looking out over the 1999 horizon the Mac camp has the new Mot. chip, the new Mac OS. Wintel's camp has troubles with JD lawsuit and an inventory glut, which will drain cash and not go away until Merced jumpstarts the product cycle. Apple could make fast inroads into market share during the year. It would not surprise me in the least to see Apple's first quarter year 2000 to show a PC market share above 12% and growing. We shall see. HerbVic

To: Richard Habib who wrote (13796)	5/19/1998 3:32:00 AM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213177

Richard, Those $600 machines might be better for the Mac platform. You know the vendors will have such slim profit margins they'll shortcut everything, quality control, parts, testing, support. The nightmares that people have had with Wintel machines will get worse. They may face more class action lawsuits, which will exacerbate their profit problems. I don't know. Maybe Apple is wise to avoid the rock bottom market, and supply a semi-low cost machine that performs well. Similar to Toyota. Doren