The 950 was heavily publicized prior to its release (and by prior I mean on the order of a year or so, with the reservation list opening almost four months before the first batch shipped), so by the time it started shipping it had already been the source of much discussion. That was not necessarily a good thing, as many people had a lot of time to begin hoping for features and performance far beyond what could reasonably be packed into $900 at the time, leading to some people who really were down on the 950. The 990 was announced on April 1, and the first 990's started reaching consumers less than six weeks later. It seems to have been a great success for the Outlaws.