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Leon's Getting LARGER (10/15/98)
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Hey look, a press release by Macworld indicates that their magazine is the "best read" computer publication around. They beat out 33 other computer magazines (not just Mac magazines, mind you) in this year's Computer Industry Media Study. We're not exactly sure what determines the "best read" publication, but in any case, kudos to Macworld for a job well done.
We mention this press release not because we're huge fans of Macworld; sure, we subscribe, and we do find the magazine informative and entertaining. But we still have severe doubts that Macworld "accidentally" or "unknowingly" posted the Tomb Raider II demo to their web site several days before they were allowed to; their competitor MacAddict had the exclusive right to distribute the demo the first weekend that is was available. While we haven't heard any public statements about the incident from either side, unnamed MacAddict sources characterize Macworld's brazen move as "an act of war" by a well-respected publication who abandoned professionalism and broke its agreement in order to generate some web traffic. Whatever. Being members of the MacAddict Network, we're not exactly impartial here, so we should probably just leave it at that. (Good thing this isn't actually a news show, right?) We'll end this digression by saying that we like both magazines, and if Macworld did something naughty, we hope they'll think twice about doing something like that again.
Er, what were we talking about?... Oh yeah, Macworld's press release. Yeah, the cool thing about the press release is that Intelliquest found that the Mac business market grew by 6% over last year-- faster than the overall growth of the computer business market, which was 2%. In addition, the Mac home market grew by 12%, just about even with the overall growth of the home computer market-- and the iMac ought to pump that number up. If those figures can be believed, then it's yet more evidence that interest in and use of the Macintosh platform is growing again, both at home and in the office. And that's always welcome news.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/15/98 episode: October 15, 1998: Sure, the iMac's a hit in the states, but did you know that it's hugely popular in Japan, too? Especially with women? Meanwhile, a new study shows that the Mac market continues to grow, and Microsoft and the Justice Department dig in their heels for a showdown on Monday...
Other scenes from that episode: 1079: Cute Enough for a Man... (10/15/98) Hot on the heels of Steve Jobs' big Wednesday event comes some very interesting news from Japan. Steve, you may recall, revealed to us all that iMacs are still selling like gangbusters, and the data about who's buying them is very interesting indeed... 1081: Set Those VCR's (10/15/98) The judge said no more delays, and evidently he meant it. Prepare yourselves for the season premiere of "Redmond Justice," because the trial starts on the 19th, whether Microsoft is ready or not. Drama and tension have been running high in the off-season, as Microsoft complained about a last-minute widening of the antitrust case's scope when the Justice Department added witnesses from Sun and Apple...
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