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Timely Recognition (12/22/98)
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Yeah, okay, you're probably sick about hearing us talk about the iMac's success by now; after all, it's been the hot topic since they first leapt off the shelves in August. But we're not the only ones harping on Apple's blue-and-white home run; ever since the sales numbers came pouring in, stories about the iMac's consumer appeal started to eclipse the widespread media rants about how the lack of a built-in floppy drive was the kiss of death. And these days, people are looking at the bigger picture; take the runaway success of the iMac, sprinkle it on top of a newly-focused and profitable Apple run "temporarily" by Steve Jobs, garnish with a stock price over twice what it was a year ago, and voilà! It's the recipe for an increasing (and, we suspect, a grudging) media admission that Apple is back from the brink and increasingly kicking butt.
Case in point? Steve Jobs may not have been named Time's "Man of the Year" (yeah, okay, we'll admit that Starr and Clinton had a bigger impact around the water cooler, but Steve and the iMac are cuter than both of them by a long shot), but Time still acknowledged Apple's achievements in 1998. Apple's comeback is Time's number one tech story of the year. And while it would be remiss of them not to note that there's still lots of work to be done-- overcoming the disparity between the selections of Windows and Mac software, for instance-- it's nice to see a big, well-respected publication give some credit where credit is due.
That said, what'll it take for Steve Jobs to secure the Man of the Year slot for next year? If it involves any indiscretions in the Oval Office, our advice would be to forget about the whole thing...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/22/98 episode: December 22, 1998: So Steve Jobs isn't Time's Man of the Year, but Apple's comeback is Time's top tech story of 1998. Meanwhile, Bungie releases the Myth II demo just in time to annoy the living bejeezus out of us...
Other scenes from that episode: 1233: Sweet Mythtery of Life (12/22/98) Wouldn't you know it? We've been waiting for the Myth II demo to come out for months now, and when it finally does show up, it does us no good whatsoever. Myth II, is, of course, the sequel to Bungie's best-selling game Myth, in which the player controls armies of sword-swingin' berserkers, molotov-chuckin' dwarves, and various other rag-tag units in a clash with the evil minions of the Fallen Lords that invariably leads to severed limbs flying through the air, spattering blood all over the 3D terrain...
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