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PowerBook Raider (10/29/98)
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Of course, just because Homer Simpson has signed with Intel doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of other recognizable animated entities available to endorse Apple products. We at AtAT are thinking that Apple should look beyond the television sphere and go for a slight variation on that demographic. And there's a great opportunity we'd hate to see them let slip by: O'Grady's PowerPage has photographic evidence that shows Lara Croft (the nimble star of the enormously popularTomb Raider series of video games) using a PowerBook.
So if she's a Mac fan, why not sign Lara Croft to push PowerBooks? She'd be a great spokesperson-- she's smart, strong, independent (well, except for that little issue about how she does everything that adolescent boys tell her to do), and the epitome of the "Road Warrior" computer user. Heck, if a PowerBook's good enough for Lara as she backflips her lithesome way across three continents, or whatever, it should definitely be good enough for your average suited business traveler-- who may not have to take on Bengal tigers and giant spiders, but who has to contend with such perils as the Dreaded Canceled Flight and the Missing Car Rental Reservation. When you're armed with a PowerBook, nothing can stop you, right?
Then again, given Apple's amazing knack to get its products showcased in just about every summer blockbuster movie ever to come out of Hollywood in the last few years, the odds are pretty good that the live-action Lara (rumored to be played by Elizabeth Hurley of "Austin Powers" fame) will be fully Mac-equipped when the movie hits theaters next summer. At least, let's hope so.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/29/98 episode: October 29, 1998: Homer Simpson signs up for an Intel-sponsored brain transplant, but perhaps Apple can persuade virtual celeb Lara Croft to push PowerBooks. Meanwhile, Microsoft's paranoia grows, as they claim that AOL was conspiring with Netscape to shut the software company down...
Other scenes from that episode: 1114: Butterfinger? Pentium! (10/29/98) D'oh!! Apple may have snapped up Jeff Goldblum to push the iMac, but Intel has signed an arguably more recognizable star to shill for its Pentium II processors. According to an Intel press release, on November 8th the world will see Homer Simpson receive a brain transplant of sorts; his infamously-subpar cerebrum will be surgically replaced with a Pentium II, transforming him from a loveable dimbulb into a brainiac college professor... 1116: All Out To Get Us (10/29/98) Hooray, the conspiracy theories continue! Just a few days ago in "Redmond Justice," it became clear that Microsoft was developing a penchant for paranoia and unlikely plots against their success. At that time, Microsoft's lawyer John Warden claimed that the Justice Department had been deliberately suppressing evidence in an attempt to bring down the software company...
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