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To: Alomex who wrote (22774)	1/24/1999 7:50:00 PM
From: Kurt Starnes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

" In the past I mentioned that at some point some of those attitudes from yore that placed this company in a bind were due to resurface...." Apple is moving to industry standards, along with PCs. That seems to have been Steve's plan. This is unlike the Apple of yore. The Mac's backward compatibility is legendary. High end 400Mhz boxes have SCSI drives, and SCSI adapters are $50! Maybe it is cheaper to just put the G3 on a network with the peripherals? Sounds like a bunch of 'floppy flippy' all over again. GO AAPL! Kurt

To: Alomex who wrote (22774)	1/24/1999 11:32:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

Thanks for the info on Canadian marketshare. "I don't like the blue starfish G3s." Oh no, Alomex doesn't like the blue G3s! What are we to do? "The iMacs look cute, the G3s are too bulky." Yes, I have heard that space is a precious commodity at the center of the universe. "Was the original bondi blue copyrighted" Not sure how things work at the center of the universe, but around here colors can't be copyrighted. "There is nothing wrong with Apple pioneering technologies such as firewire. There is plenty wrong when that is done at the cost of backward compatibility." SCSI-2 cards are available for $50 and takes a minute to install. Other than having to wait for USB modems to hit the retail market, I don't think backward compatibility is much of a problem with the new G3s. But then again I'm not at the center of the universe so what do I know? "It is but one example of "screw our loyal users" attitude from Apple" Is that what people do at the center of the universe?....complain about things they have no intention of purchasing in the first place?I'm a loyal Mac user and I don't feel like I've been screwed by Apple. I know you don't fall into the "loyal user" category Alomex but thanks for watching our back. "Ditto for high prices" Uhn... what high prices? For the capability that the new Pro line offers (kick ass ATI Rage 128 with 16MB VRAM, onboard dual port Firewire, dual port USB, 100MHz bus, up to 1 MB of L2 cache, optional DVD, ZIP, up to 400MHz PowerPC 750, easy access enclosure, 3 device bays...) I thought the pricing is very competitive. Of course I didn't account for the currency exchange rate between earth and "center of the universe". Now seriously... Spent a few hours volunteering at CompUSA today. Tons of traffic and people interested in the new G3 and iMacs. The new G3s are in stock but unfortunately they didn't have Rev B or new Rev C 266MHz iMacs in stock. Only 5 demo machines. The store manager said that they'll try to get some in ASAP. Not sure what the deal is. Most VARS and catalog resellers have the new colored iMacs for about 2 weeks now. Availability outside of these super stores seems to be good and I haven't heard of any production problems from manufacturing. Something to look into though. Perhaps Apple is trying please the VARs by giving them a head start. Eric