On 4/14/10, at 9:01 AM, zapcat zapcat at speakeasy.net said: >well to be fair, Apple hasn't always successfully predicted the >demand for their products. I don't recall specifics, but they have >under-produced runaway successes, and over produced flops. I think >the Cube and 20th C Mac are 2 examples of over-produced flops. >(Despite the fact that they were good, if overpriced, computers). > >with the return of Jobs they've gotten better...I don't recall a new >product of theirs which has flopped.. The Cube belonged to Jobs. It ain't easy guessing how many of a new product to make. Tom Miller .................................................. "The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side." R.O.Clark ...................................................