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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (62553)	8/16/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: Richard Habib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, what's a socket for a Zip drive? External Zips come in SCSI, parallel and now USB versions. A headset with a boom mike? As you noted, iMac has built in mike. Keep in mind this particular system is targeted at the relatively low end. Yes, it's true you can't do everything with it. Apple has simplified to 4 product categories, the iMac is the consumer system although that translates to low end consumer - the G3 systems are the higher end systems which have all the bells and whistles you would expect from a $2000 - $4000 system. By the way the Powerbook portables represent the notebook product while a "consumer portable" is set for launch in the Spring. No one really knows what this product is with speculation ranging from some sort of consumer electronic type DVD/computer to cheap portable PC to a Palm Pilot type entry. It's still completely under wraps. Lastly, there is speculation that Apple will incorporate iMac type industrial design features into high end models. Rich

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (62553)	8/16/1998 4:20:00 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jim, re: iMac I was in the new CompUSA in Sawgrass today. The store was jammed, but nobody looking at the iMac system. (Sound on the unit was just terrible!) One isle over was an IBM Aptiva with K6-300 and monitor for less money. They also had a number of Compaq and HP K6 machines. (I see the HP with K6-2/333 with 15" monitor is now on the shelves at around $1500). As for USB, I agree with the poster that said that's the future, but other than a cheap visioneer scanner, didn't see any USB peripherals in the store. I think the target market for iMac is newbee's, particularly for those wanting to get on the net. With Apple spending $100 Million on iMac advertising, I wonder how long it will take just to recoup the marketing costs? They claim they have orders for 150,000 machines, but my guess is this is mostly retailers/resellers. Can't count it as revenues till it sell's out of the channel!