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To: MeDroogies who wrote (24137)	4/19/1999 11:11:00 AM
From: soup	Respond to of 213177

Colored Boxes Explained. >Some are kernels, some are emulation, and some are APIs. We'll try and go through each so you have a better understanding.< xappeal.org

To: MeDroogies who wrote (24137)	4/19/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Respond to of 213177

Feel free not to believe me, but look into it. Dell doesn't pay for the parts until they have sold the machine. The suppliers float the inventory in boxcars and trucks on dells premisis. This is fine for the suppliers because they know they are gonna sell the product... and its easy for them to sell the product elsewhere if dell changes configurations. But this way dell doesn't end up with inventory that they can't easily get rid of (its much easier for the supplier). Apple does NEED to go to this model. Apple is competing with Dell. Apple is having to struggle with relevancy (still) and the future growth for Apple is pushing the penetration of the PC into the home and the net into the home. This means, LOTS of iMacs and consumer portables. Dell is competing in this space as well. Dells superior manufacturing arrangements give it a cost/price advantage over Apple. Apple needs to use the Dell model so that it can compete on level ground. In fact, as that article pointed out, if Apple does this it can get even more price advantageous since they don't have to pay a Microsoft or Intel royalty with each box.