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To: Paul Engel who wrote (63106)	8/22/1998 10:40:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 186894

Paul, The iMac has not settled yet. Not all buyers act optimally, some are fools for marketing. If Apple markets well they will make some gains. They will stay a niche as they lack capital to make a huge plunge bet in case it races out of the stores and in that case will be scarce, turning away buyers. But better than the sea of unsold stuff when they made their bir errors in the past. I remember tractor trailers of scrap Apple parts being sold to Space Age, Frys, ACP and others. So they are being cautious. I think the right assessment is in between, not as bad as you say Paul, but less good than the high priests of The Church of Apple say. Bill

To: Paul Engel who wrote (63106)	8/23/1998 9:16:00 AM
From: IanBruce	Respond to of 186894

All the iMAC reviews don't agree - you only supplied two. I supplied one that didn't agree. I was correct. Correct about what? A convenient interpretation of the semantics? Oh, please... Gene Parrott said: "I think iMac could impact the segment-0 market. Cheap, easy to use by the PC illiterates, and tailored to the net. Will the WinTel faction need to react?" The article you quoted in response said in part: I can't see the iMac doing much of anything to woo users away from Wintel boxes. and, It's too bad, but I have to stick by my initial assessment: I don't think the iMac will make much of a difference in the long run. My response was that real polls conducted by Market Metrics showed that nearly 13% of the buyers were replacing a Windows-based personal computer. Gene was correct. The surveys further demonstrated that 15% of the buyers of Apple Computer Inc.'s iMac were first time computer buyers. Gee, Gene was correct again. Me? I'm just the messenger. You were just wrong. Ian Bruce New York, NY