Okay, we've gotten several reports from faithful viewers who, after yesterday's report that the Disney Blast site is now Mac-compatible, tried for themselves and failed miserably. We can only assume that when our source got in with no problems, Disney was testing the Mac-compatible version, but has since pulled it for more work. Sorry about that.

In fact, CNET reports that Disney now plans to have the Blast working on Macs by the end of this month; apparently, the announcement will come during this week's Expo, at which Disney will have their own booth. It sounds like whether or not the "iMac in every Disney resort room" rumor comes to fruition, Disney and Apple do have a partnership in the works, which CNET says "makes sense," since both companies are targeting the same general audience. Fair enough.

But just how far will this alleged partnership go? We at AtAT have no clue, but we expect to know after tomorrow's keynote-- we've received an anonymous tip that "Disney's Online president will be part of the keynote address." Oooh, top-secret-y! We dig all this intrigue... ;-)

We admit, we were among the rather large group of people who raised a surprised eyebrow at the modem listed in the initial posted specs for the iMac; who, after all, didn't wonder about the inclusion of a 33.6 Kbps modem in a computer designed primarily to give home users Internet access? Especially since the rest of the world is shipping systems with 56K modems... Never mind that many home users can't connect at higher than 33.6 due to phone line limitations-- the marketing problems could be a killer.

Luckily, after months of rumors back and forth, the issue has been resolved. First the phrase "33.6 Kbps modem" was replaced with the less-specific "internal modem" in the iMac's posted specs. Now, MacInTouch reports that the iMac has been added to the educational price lists, and the specs have been revised once again to state clearly that the modem will indeed be a 56K one. Case closed. (Probably.)

Now, if Apple could just announce a floppy drive option to silence the other big group of naysayers...

Finally, a quickie from faithful viewer Amy Schneider:

I went to Borders to buy some books. One of your AtAT viewers already pointed out the Windows98 blend coffee, which was bad enough, but behind the counter were stacks of CD's for sale entitled "Music to Install Windows98 by." I must admit, I am curious and may investigate further. I wonder how long it is. Does it have "soothing" music on it, to keep the poor slob who's trying to install Windows98 from going into a rage during which he destroys his PC and then runs out to buy a Mac? I have no idea what this thing is. I hope to God it's a joke. If it isn't, it's pretty disturbing.