Re: First Impressions of "iMAC"

[av368@lafn.org (James Poore)]

In a previous article, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) says:

>Dan (Dan@home.com) wrote:
>
>: The bottom line is, only people who already own Macs buy Macs.  I'd
>: certainly never buy one, and no one I know would buy a Mac.  The point
>: I was trying to make is that once they saturate their small market,
>: that's pretty much it.  They need to grow their market, and I don't
>: see the iMac doing it.  
>
>Reuters has an article on CNN saying that surveys show 15% of iMac buyers
>are first time computer buyers. And the ads etc. are only getting out since
>the box was introduced last Saturday. BTW Apple's stock is at 43 points too.

I would believe that!  The one thing that the iMac has going for it, is 
that it is not an intimidating machine and it is a plug in and use machine.

The bad thing is, as of yesterday, the only availiable options were Epson 
printers (2 models) and a combo floppy disk that does 1.44meg and 120 meg 
disks.  To me, thats a severe limiting factor.

My dad <also a GS user> likes the iMac for its ease of OS <as opposed to 
Win98> and thinks for him wouldm be an easier learning curve <I agree> 
but dislikes the options area for it.  He wants something easy to use <it 
is>, small footprint <it does>, and wants an HP Office Jet to keep it all 
small <it doesnt have an USB option yet> which leaves the iMac in a 
precariously vulnerable position.

Now the only other question is whether the iMac is friendly with cable 
modems that use an ethernet hookup and nobody has been able to answer 
that question yet.

>: As always, I'd rather be a small fish in an ocean than a whale in a
>: shrinking pond.

I wouldn't exactly call the iMac a whale, more like a minnow :)

>I prefer to use what I like to use and say to hell with what everyone
>else does.

I couldn't agree with you more!

Jim