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To: soup who wrote (23129)	2/12/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: Richard Habib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

Australia - Apple Storms Back Into Top Five RELATED SYMBOLS: (DELL)(AAPL)(HWP)(IBM) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1999 FEB 11 (Newsbytes) -- By Kate Castellari, Computer Daily News. Apple Computer [NASDAQ:AAPL] has made a comeback to the top-five PC vendors in Australia, according to Gartner Group's preliminary figures for 1998 PC sales. The one-time leader took fifth spot with 5.4 percent of the market, slightly behind direct seller Dell. Apple's comeback was mainly spurred by the runaway success of the iMac home computer, launched in September. Top dog in 1998 is the now merged Compaq/Digital with 13.7 percent of total sales. It was followed by IBM with 10 percent, Hewlett- Packard on 6.8, and Dell 5.9. Reported By Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com -0- (19990212/WIRES ASIA, PC/) (Public Company & Wall Street & Business & International & High Tech) A service of the Financial Data Cast Network (FDCN) and Window On WallStreet Inc.

To: soup who wrote (23129)	2/12/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: HerbVic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

"They stole my idea!" as Seinfelt's Kramer would say. "I thought of that!" iMac Lovers' Cyber Cafe Opens in Dallas theimac.com Now picture this success multiplied across the land. People in every city having a relaxing place to go on their break where they can use a friendly computer to surf the net with friends, check stock quotes, and feel hip all the while. My idea involved a little more. My cyber cafe has the computers linked by 10/100 Ethernet with some great network games for the customers to get their adrenaline going. Instead of stylish iMacs all over the place, I envisioned most of the computers as built into the tables, keyboard and all. "May I show you to your table?" "Yes. Please." "Will that be computing or non computing?" "Is there a two computer booth available? We want to play some games." The Mac OS and its built in 10/100 Ethernet is made to order for such an enterprise. The only drawback is that a restaurant makes money off of table turnover. If the computer usage is complimentary, it will be hard to get patrons to leave. I suppose that if the establishment were upscale enough, after an initial grand opening, a door charge could make up for the effect on turnover. However, that would cause patrons to want to stay longer to get their money's worth. Probably the best model would be to rent the computer booths by the hour and simply add the charge to the ticket at the end of the meal. The first hour to hour and a half could then be complimentary. We don't want to rush the eaters and make them uncomfortable with the level of hospitality. hoo roo, HerbVic