Alfredo writes with great glee in his fingers:

[snipping performed...]

>FedEx dropped a colorful and beautifully designed box today (yes, today,
>*TWO* full days before the iMac debuts at the stores).  Just for kicks, I
>asked my 12-year-old son to go for it (I had seen the "simplicity shootout"
>movie at Apple's web site and some of you -- who are connected to TV -- may
>have seen it in some ad or another).  My son was able to have the whole
>thing out of the box and connected to the Internet (via our Adager trunk
>line at home) in 6 minutes flat (granted... I had prepared the necessary IP
>addresses for our router, the IP address which I assigned to this machine,
>and so on, so he could just type these pieces of info into the iMac's
>Internet assistant).
>
>Bottom like:  The iMac kicks butt, just like MPE users do!

[snipping...]

Thats unfair using a 12 year old for a computer test :-)

A better test is to place the box on the desk of the accounting clerk/admin
assistant aged 55+ to see what the results are.

BTW - I think the iMac is the best companion for one of the new Bugs :-)
      Wonder if you can get a good color match...

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