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To: soup who wrote (22191)	1/11/1999 6:17:00 PM
From: Andrew Danielson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213173

Aha! Tangerine revisited. (and an iMac retail BLS) macweek.zdnet.com In an article from Macweek, MacMall states the sales results from the first two days of the technicolor iMacs: --- MacMall, a national catalog and online retailer, has the new iMacs in stock, and a spokesman said they are selling well. "In the first two days after the new models were announced on Jan. 5 we sold 23 Blueberry, 14 Grape, 11 Lime, four Strawberry and two Tangerine iMacs. . ." --- Macintouch noted a couple days ago that retailers will be required to order these iMacs in sets of five--one of each color. Soup, or others, can you confirm this? If this is true, then how will retailers deal with this? It takes the inventory monkey off Apple's back, but is it at the detriment of the retailers? Another note about MacMall sales: I tracked the inventory numbers on all the individual Yosemite models, and over the past 2 days, they've sold: 40 G3 300's 24 G3 350's 13 G3 400's You can compare these numbers to the sell-through rates of the new iMacs to get a proper comparison. 77 Yosemites, 54 iMacs. Interesting. Andrew

To: soup who wrote (22191)	1/11/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 213173

No floppy and a silly mouse on the G3 too. yes I've tried using the mouse on an Imac. Too small for my hands. David

To: soup who wrote (22191)	1/11/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: Jonathan Bird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

<<By giving 12 year-old SCSI the heave-ho, they stimulate the creation of new devices by creating demand.>> That's my point soup. Apple doesn't make money from stimulating demand for other peoples products. By including SCSI and serial they could stimulate demand for Apple products, namely computers for professionals. More demand for Apple products means more people willing to make peripherals for them. Hey! A virtuous cycle! <<AAPL can then point to all the nifty new FireWire/USB toys as evidence of the Mac platform's growing acceptance. Virtuous cycle.>> If the new mac was compatible with legacy hardware then they would not have to point to products in the future that will work, they could point to products that work NOW. Which is more valuable? They could have both. They worst thing about having SCSI as an add on is that it consumes one of the slots that are already in short supply for the very people who need SCSI and slots the most. <<They also protect the price of their older inventory for those who demand legacy ports.>> Interesting strategy. Create a new product that is less desirable then your old product so that you can be sure there is a demand for the product you aren't making anymore and are basically all sold out of. Hmmmm... Great news for the used hardware market! Jon Bird

To: soup who wrote (22191)	1/11/1999 10:38:00 PM
From: nommedeguerre	Respond to of 213173

soup, >>By giving 12 year-old SCSI the heave-ho, USB and Firewire are the Future; SCSI, serial, parallel are the Past and should not be offered as standard equipment on any base model Professional computer. People who buy "Professional" computer models can afford $50 add-on cards to protect older investments in dated peripherals if they need to do so. The whole purpose of upgrading any computer is to make the user hopefully more productive and increase their income. If purchasing $1500+ worth of new computer doesn't bring in at least an extra $50 then there was never a need to upgrade in the first place. It is time to move forward and at least Apple has the balls to do so in their next-generation designs. If people want built-in obsolescence they should give Dell a call. Cheers, Norm