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To: Robert Smith who wrote (17005)	8/20/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Mark Palmberg	Respond to of 213182

This news story presents a real catch22. Apple wants to make a machine that connects reliably and easily to the Internet, but how do you do that without creating some kind of pre-existing arrangement with a service provider like EarthLink and still enable people to use their own, existing ISP's? Of course these people who can't configure their Internet connections are the same ones who call tech support asking how to make text bold in a Word document. This kind of trouble is inevitable when you get Windows users (or people completely unfamiliar with computers or the Internet...same animal, really) switching to any new technology; as soon as something looks even slightly different than what they're used to they crash and burn. None of the more substantiated reports of iMac use I've seen so far have mentioned any trouble with the Internet connection. Sounds more like user error than hardware or software, to me. shrug Mark

To: Robert Smith who wrote (17005)	8/20/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: WebDrone	Respond to of 213182

ROFLAO! Bad News for Crappy non-V.90 ISPs! Your article says some ISPs still have not switched to V.90- too bad for those ISPs. It makes Earthlink look like the way to go. Why settle for bad service? I use a little LOCAL ISP, and they are fantastic. They support Flex (ick) and V.90. I hooked my Imac up in a minute, using the little set-up helper. (Support your local ISP! Go there, say hello. Look at all the cool gear, flashing lights, and stuff.) Does anyone know who is making the iMac modem? Just curious. Is it Zoom? WebDrone

To: Robert Smith who wrote (17005)	8/20/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Sbtorres	Respond to of 213182

Modem sensitive to phone signal strength. <<Turns out that the 56K modem included with the iMac is sensitive to the signal strength of your phone line, and the analog line we were using wasn't up to snuff, though it always worked just fine with other modems. It took a few calls to tech support (with solid help from a cheerful guy named Ed Hintz), but we switched to another office and got it up and running again. Residential lines shouldn't have trouble with the iMac's touchy internal modem, but those in multi-line environments may have problems. >> From the article at abcnews.com

To: Robert Smith who wrote (17005)	8/21/1998 10:44:00 AM
From: IanBruce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

I think Apple will go down tomorrow because of this. Maybe. But it could go up based on this. From: Reuters News Service: <http://www.techserver.com/newsroom/ntn/info/082098/info9_7148_noframes.html> ComputerWare, San Francisco Bay Area retailer with 10 stores, did exit surveys of 500 customers who purchased the iMac at its stores. The surveys showed that nearly 15% of the buyers of Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac were buying a computer for the first time. Perhaps more interestingly, 13% of the buyers were replacing a Windows-based personal computer. So fully 28% of retail iMac purchasers were not "the Mac Faithful", but rather people who did not own a Mac, or never owned a computer at all. According to News.com today: ...assuming this trend continues and the percentages hold up, iIf Apple sells 400,000 iMacs by the end of the year -- which is at the lower end of analyst estimates -- that would translate into about 50,000 units shipped to "converted" Windows users. If first-time buyers are included, that would jump to 120,000 users who have been won over to the Macintosh. The poll was conducted by Market Metrics, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based market research firm, specializing in retail and distribution sales tracking. Ian Bruce New York, NY "Resistance isn't futile?" -- Hugh of Borg