<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>well, I wonder if the explanation for that is less a "shift" of emphasis more to a recognition that a Dual-core, dual-processor G5 with oodles of firepower is never going to become a consumer lust object, whereas an iPod is.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>it might be that the pro gear is already known the the pros who buy it.I mean, really..does a day go by for anyone on this list where somebody misses the latest increment in G5 hardware?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 24, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Gill Sans; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Actually great point. I mean, the last commercial I remember seeing was the G5 commercial where the guy gets blown through the wall or something. That was a looong time ago. I didn't even realize that there weren't any more computer ads going on.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Michael</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 23, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; color: rgb(84, 0, 0); "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: rgb(84, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; ">Apple has already thrown its greatest weight behind the iPod. How many</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; color: rgb(84, 0, 0); "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: rgb(84, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; ">Macintosh television commercials did you see in 2005?</SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(84, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; "> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>