Re: FLASH: RE: Macs and market share Question

[Frederico]

On 7/12/1999 6:49 AM,

Lyquidartaol [dot] com

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Lyquidartaol [dot] com

, said:


>..I presume you are asking, "If they have money, why the iMac?", yes? Well, 

>..the answer is simple. Ease of use. Ten minutes, out of the box and on the  

>Web. 

>THAT IS THE SICKEST THING IVE EVER HEARD OF,, 


May I be the first to say, "huh?" How and why is that sick? Inquiring 

English speakers want to know.


>10 minutes huh??? is that 

>including the time to create an account or create a dun profile?  uh ,, 

>think  not,, 


<offtopic>

Think again, young one. Average time out of the box and setup is under 7 

minutes, if you already have a net account, entering the needed 

information in the Internet Assistant that launches automatically on 

first boot is a matter of just a few seconds more. Even without an 

existing account, hooking up with the included Earthlink or AOL demos is 

only a couple minutes worth, making the ten minutes still pretty close to 

literal. I've installed several, and I'm not joking in the least.


Actual video of a child not much younder then you (seven) accomplishing 

just this is available on request. [good-natured ribbing, video is real]

</offtopic>


As for buidling your own, I agree, great value (not necessarily better) 

can be had by selecting exactly what you want and  configuring it 

yourself. However, anyone interested in the iMac is generally interested 

in it for the very reason they don't have to do anything but enjoy it.


<ontopic>

Which leads us back to the original topic, is it worth designing for 

Macs, iMacs or otherwise, and again I say politely and respectfully  

'yes'. These folks want easy access to the Web for shopping and 

entertainment, and there are more than enough of them to make it 

worthwhile already, without considering the upcoming P1 (personal 

portable), and the C2 (revised iMac or iMacPro), and the increased number 

of Palm for MacOS users, a key reason why Apple stock went from the low 

forties to the mid fifties last week, Wallstreet recognizing the 

resurgance of the Mac consumer market, ergo the Mac-user Web presence 

will increase accordingly.

</ontopic>



Frederico


      ~La Fortuna aiuta gli Audaci!~



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