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To: Mark Palmberg who wrote (23262)	3/1/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: JH	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

<No, shame on you for buying it without realizing what you were buying. Your lack of research into your purchase is not Apple's fault. Your complaint is tantamount to bitching about the handling of your new Ferrari because you didn't order the performance wheels> Hi Mark: Huh? "Shame on you"? Please don't shoot the messenger - and I think you've totally misinterpreted my posting, because: 1) I didn't buy the new G3 yet - I was only doing my due diligence 2) Lack of research was not the problem - on the contrary, my research enabled me to discover the G3's numerous flaws 3) What Ferrari? The steering column is on the wrong side, and it doesn't come with wheels or tires, and the wheels and tires are not available for purchase yet! I still think that AAPL's deviation from "plug-and-play", and the utter lack of compatible peripheral devices makes the machine a complete dud. Would you yourself buy the above-mentioned Ferrari? If you think I'm being sarcastic, please put yourself in my shoes... even AAPL's official dealers in Hong Kong were shrugging their shoulders and scratching their heads over AAPL's uncharacteristic departure from user-friendliness, which are definitely keeping faithful AAPL customers like me away in droves. It hurts the dealers, who can't sell any new G3s. This is NOT a good omen for the short-term prospects of AAPL in their international markets, where the proliferation of USB peripheral devices is slower than in the USA. I still believe the stock should be sold on rallies. There will be plenty of buying opportunities in the future when AAPL really gets their act together. What I fear most is that Wall Street is OVERESTIMATING the fortunes of AAPL, based on the short-term success of the iMAC. I won't want to own the stock when the big investors start getting a whiff of the problems consumers like myself have been experiencing. In fact, when the sell-off occurs (based on these short-term teething problems), THAT is the time to buy. Perhaps the stock will be retest support at $31 (or even $25) again. No matter how you look at it, the idiosycrasies of the new G3 will surely hurt AAPL's short-term performance. I very much wanted to give the new G3s the benefit of the doubt, but sorry, AAPL fans, it's still an utterly useless piece of junk to me. G3-compatible peripheral device makers - where are you guys?