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The Award Goes To... (10/8/98)
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If you put any stock in what CNET has to say, you may be pleasantly surprised by their "Class of '98 Awards," whose results have just been released. Or maybe you won't be surprised, since what product could beat out the iMac in the "Most Innovative Product" category? That's right, Apple's beloved blue and white gumdrop has walked away with the prize.
CNET describes the iMac as being "truly genre-defining." We'll know they're right when the iMac knockoffs start hitting the shelves. But there's little argument that "the iMac's form is almost a complete departure from computers of old." When you dig deeper than the futuristic look, you find all the other chances Apple took; no floppy drive, USB-only expansion, a thrillingly fast 233 MHz G3 at the core of a $1299 consumer computer. Congratulations to Apple and the iMac. You couldn't rouse more innovation if you summoned the ghost of Thomas Alva Edison and beat him about his ectoplasmic head and shoulders for a better idea.
But if you ask us, the real win for Apple is in the "Cutest Couple" category, for which the winning pair is... Steve Jobs and the iMac. Because hey, the iMac is cute, and Jobs often looks like a cuddly teddy bear, but we're still amazed at the apparent range and power of Jobs' Reality Distortion Field®. After all, this is Mercurial Dude, the man characterized in dozens of accounts as a nightmare boss from hell, prone to dizzying mood swings and erratic behavior. We never thought we'd see him anywhere near a "cute" award. Must be the iMac bringing up the average Cute Quotient.
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Other scenes from that episode: 1064: Beat Them Analysts (10/8/98) It's that time again-- time to guess Apple's end-of-quarter financial results in AtAT's "Beat the Analysts" contest! Most of you know the drill by now... According to MacWEEK, Steve Jobs will announce Apple's results on Wednesday, October 14th. If you register the closest guess to Apple's actual reported results, you could win fabulous prizes and fame beyond your wildest hopes and dreams. You could win those things, but in all likelihood, you'll actually just win some goofy nominal prize from our Baffling Vault of Antiquity®... 1065: Jumping the Gun (10/8/98) Hmmm, something seems amiss in the Mac magazine world. One of the most highly-anticipated entertainment events in the Mac world this year was the appearance of celebrity Lara Croft, star of the hit Tomb Raider series of games for the PC...
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