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Rent-A-Cop Heaven (12/29/98)
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There doesn't seem to be a whole lot going on in the Mac world these days, in this quiet period at the end of the year. There's little doubt, though, that we're in the proverbial calm before the storm; Apple's pretty much shut down as they revamp their ordering system, everyone's slowed things down for the holidays, and Macworld Expo's just around the corner. That makes this the perfect time for everyone to speculate wildly about what Uncle Steve's got up his sleeve for next week's big keynote address. Seems like everyone and his grandmother's got an idea about potential surprises that Apple might be planning to spring on all of us. After all, what's an Expo without at least one big shocker?
Of course, the uncontested champions of off-the-wall Expo predictions would have to be the kind gents over at Mac OS Rumors. The interesting thing right now, though, is that they aren't so much predicting what will happen, but rather that something will happen. They recently posted a report of almost ridiculously stringent security measures being set up at the print shop where Apple was having their Expo materials made. If these reports are true, Apple actually hired armed guards to stand watch over the shop while the materials were being printed. These guards were hired to keep everyone out of the shop-- including the store's employees-- so as to prevent any possibility of a leak about what was in those mysterious "Expo materials." Intriguing.
So what's the big surprise? Could it be anything as mundane as the new Yosemite Macs? Not that those machines are mundane, but it's no secret that Apple is doing everything it can to ensure that when they are finally unveiled to the public next week, the funky blue design is a surprise to all. Would they go so far as to hire armed guards to protect that secret? Personally, we've got to think that there's something else brewing that's calculated to knock our socks off, but we're at a loss as to just what that could be. There's less than a week to wait before finding out, though...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/29/98 episode: December 29, 1998: There's nothing wrong with Myth II for the Mac-- but a Windows-related problem has prompted a recall for everybody. Meanwhile, reports of excessive security surrounding Apple's Expo preparations has everyone guessing, and ZDNet seems to think that the consumer portable will make its debut during the keynote...
Other scenes from that episode: 1237: Screwed By Association (12/29/98) So we were poking around in a local Best Buy and surveying the post-holiday consumer carnage, when we decided to take a peek and see if Myth II had made it onto the shelves yet. Myth II, of course, is the hugely-anticipated and long-awaited sequel to last year's smash hit Myth-- in our opinion, the best real-time tactical combat game available, if for no reason other than the fact that blood-trailing severed heads, limbs, and torsos go flying through the air in decidedly poetic trajectories... 1239: True Lies (12/29/98) While Mac OS Rumors is publishing tantalizing Expo-related tidbits from their unnamed and mysterious sources, we know that some of the more cautious among you would rather base your Expo predictions on information from more "official" sites...
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