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To: soup who wrote (23124)	2/11/1999 11:50:00 PM
From: soup	Respond to of 213173

Mix 'n' Match PowerBook? via Wired.com by James Glave >Apple Computer received a patent Wednesday for a system that would give end users the ability to detach, switch, and customize the case of their laptop computer. The patent -- Reconfigurable enclosure panel for a mobile computer -- describes a system in which a laptop's housing could be coupled and decoupled, pointing to a day when consumers will be able to match their laptops with their outfits. Perhaps Apple is taking its fashion cues from Swatches and cell phones. "The enclosure panel can have cosmetic or functional attributes, or both," reads the abstract. "To achieve cosmetic individuality, the enclosure panel housing is made of a durable substance like transparent or colorful plastic or stainless steel, or is covered by a textile, vinyl, leather, or elastomeric material. "Functional attributes include enclosure panels with pouches for storage, additional electronic component configurability, a solar power source, or a transporting means." "The enclosure panel housing is interchangeable with other enclosure panel housings, providing the user with reconfigurability of a mobile computer design."< wired.com

To: soup who wrote (23124)	2/12/1999 1:14:00 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Soup, I don't own a portable. But of all the tiny baby computers I've seen the e-Mate was the one I thought I'd like to own. No handwriting recognition hassles. A keyboard for short note writing. Fast, basic, durable and small. You say you sold them out quickly. Why do you suppose Apple discontinued them? doren

To: soup who wrote (23124)	2/12/1999 7:07:00 AM
From: Jonathan Bird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

If my experience talking to hundreds of customers about what they need/want/will pay for give me any insight, then yes, the consumer portables will outsell the iMac, and not by a little bit. Hence my "bold" statement. Even bolder still! Here you are setting up a test that could invalidate your own experience! I will set this thread aside and refer to it in the summer-fall time frame when the numbers are in. That gives you some time to think up an explanation as to what went wrong.<g> Jon Bird