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Idle Speculation Welcome (8/4/99)
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Just a quickie, here, to mention something potentially big looming on the Apple horizon. We've all finally seen the iBook, and Apple's working hard to get them out the door. Work on the next-generation iMac is apparently progressing nicely. The Power Mac G4, with its new Sawtooth motherboard, has been in the works for a while now, and we might see it by the end of this month, though availability will depend on when Motorola can supply the processors in volume. So there's a lot of neat stuff coming out in the near future, but what's in store further down the road?
We're just wondering, because we've been hearing rumors that no less a bigwig than Steve Jobs himself is hand-selecting people for a new, secret project. Reportedly no one but those in the group themselves know what this project is or what it entails-- and the blessed few admitted into the inner circle aren't talking. We haven't a clue what this project is, but the possibilities are wide open. If you've been entertaining fantasies about Apple getting into computing appliances, or a next-generation handheld computer, or a line of Apple-branded hard candies, or even an elite strike force of merciless hit men trained with the single goal in mind of whacking Michael Dell, well, here's a rumor upon which to hang your pet theory.
Whatever it is this secret group is working on, given that its development is just starting up, we mere mortals probably won't get to see it for at least a year. Just think! A full year of frenzied speculation with zero boundaries. Isn't daydreaming fun?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/4/99 episode: August 4, 1999: It may not be a free iMac, exactly, but a $718.20 iMac with a three-year no-interest payment plan is nothing to scoff at, either. Meanwhile, Mattel announces genderiffic Barbie and Hot Wheels computers that owe a slight nod to Apple's designers, and what's this secret project for which Steve Jobs is hand-picking tight-lipped confidantes?...
Other scenes from that episode: 1703: Cutting Those Strings (8/4/99) So everyone's still buzzing about this whole "free iMac" thing, which doesn't sound like all that bad of a deal: $718.20 for a new iMac plus three years or Internet service is pretty nifty. Of course, you also have to agree to accept a slew of advertising, which makes the deal a bit less sweet-- we're already exposed to more ads than we know what to do with... 1704: A REAL "Girly" Computer (8/4/99) Anyone who seriously thinks gender roles have been erased and kids are free to be anything they want doesn't spend much time in toy stores. Oh, sure, maybe things have improved a little, but the Barbie aisle is still a blinding wall of pink while the action figure aisle features a slew of pro wrestlers and comic book superheroes, heavily armed and ready to kick the Dread Butt of Evil...
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