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To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (21236)	12/16/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Respond to of 213176

The Apple Investors group meeting at MacWorld Expo is scheduled to take place on Jan 5th (day of keynote) around lunch time. So far around 36 investors have expressed interest in attending. Those of you who which to attend should drop me a note at ericy@macevolution.com so I can keep you updated regarding time and location. Looking forward to seeing some of you out there. regards, Eric PS The PowerBook G3 266 14" I ordered just arrived. Sweet Mama!

To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (21236)	12/16/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

<OK. Point taken. But do you think average Joe who's buying the iMac, for example, or the Compaq Presario, gives a rat's ass about music editing software?> The point I was making is that all this is professional software, not consumer software. I agree that your average Joe surfer doesn't care about pro software, but it does have a bearing on what others purchase. The creative community has been Apples anchor for quite some time, will Apple eventually cut the chain? My friend is buying a Yosemite machine but I'm holding on for the Sawtooth machines because I really, REALLY NEED OpenGL. I may end up not buying a Sawtooth. I don't know how long I CAN hold out. Without OpenGL and with the poor support Macs have for Java I think that the Mac for professionals might just disappear, and I'm leery about putting more money out for a platform that is uncomfortable building professional machines. I'm happy they are selling zillions of consumer units but that's not what I need. I'd like to stay with Macs, really! If you could see the difference between how a QT movie runs on a 604/132 compared to a duel Pentium 300, well it is really obvious there. Even an old Mac does video better than a new Windows machine. However if you can't run OpenGL software, you can't create the movie. But realistically... we'll see I guess. If they do pull out of the professional market, it may hurt their consumer market. It's that confidence factor again. I think they aren't off the edge of the razor blade yet. Doren