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To: Alomex who wrote (15814)	7/20/1998 12:11:00 AM
From: soup	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

>I think many customers are going through the last round of updates before abandoning the platform.< Why would someone go out and buy a G3 Mac knowing they're going to purchase a Wintel machine 3 years later?

To: Alomex who wrote (15814)	7/20/1998 6:53:00 AM
From: Sam Scrutchins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

I think many customers are going through the last round of updates before abandoning the platform. Alomex, I have not owned a computer made by Apple since my Apple II+ well over a decade ago. Next month, I intend to purchase an iMac for my daughter going to college. My wife wanted one too, mainly because she has been hearing so much good stuff about the iMac from others not in the Apple camp right now (Like me, her work environment is Wintel). I will get her some sort of G3 desktop. Finally, I was patiently waiting for Copland then for Rhapsody so that I could set up virtual PC windows in my system for my Wintel programs and files. I've decided now that the computers are fast enough that emulation will meet my needs. So, I will be getting a G3/G4 also. I admit that I am Apple literate, Alomex. But does that really sound to you like a 'last gasp'. It is certainly not what I would term an 'update'. Good investing to you, Sam

To: Alomex who wrote (15814)	7/20/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: Robert Mayo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

"I think many customers are going through the last round of updates before abandoning the platform." Strange comment. Wrong too. Alomex, you've been one of the more literate bears around here, so I suppose you've got reasoning to back this up. FWIW, if that reasoning includes some notion that NT will be so compelling that it will close the OS performance gap and make the Mac OS mostly irrelevant, then I think you've been reading too much Redmond PR. Bob