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Filling The Calendar (8/10/99)
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Speaking of the new iMac premiering soon, we've got more rumors to toss on the "when will it ship?" pile. Let's recap what was already in the stack, shall we? Some people are whispering that the next-generation iMac will debut on the iMac's first birthday-- as in August 15th, just a few days from now. Others are saying that it'll take the stage during Steve Jobs' keynote at Seybold at the end of this month. Still others report that there will be no new iMac announced this quarter at all, due in part to Apple's decision not to ship it until it can include Mac OS 9, making October a likely timeframe. It's enough to make one's head spin, especially given how many of these conflicting rumors are coming from "trusted Apple sources." You just gotta love that disinformation, right?
The current rumors encompass mid-August, late August, and all of October. So where's September? Stay tuned, buddy, because here's the latest: a MacWEEK article quotes representatives from several retail chains, including J&R Electronics and Sears, who claim that new iMacs will be arriving in-- yeah, you guessed it-- September. They claim that current iMacs are marked as "discontinued" at both stores-- a fact supported by data over at NoBeige. And now Mac OS Rumors is also reporting a "mid-September introduction" for the new iMac.
So there you have it: you can expect iMacs from anytime between about four days from now until Halloween. Is that specific enough for you? Given the latest information, we have to admit that a Seybold introduction seems more likely now, with product reaching stores within the few weeks following. Sure, Seybold's a professional event and the iMac is a consumer product, but if the new model really includes FireWire as rumored, than an iMac introduction could mesh quite well into a spiel about FireWire's impending ubiquity. Whatever. Here's hoping for sooner rather than later.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/10/99 episode: August 10, 1999: The eOne is here, and it's reportedly about as good as a Wintel consumer machine can get; does Apple have a plan? Meanwhile, theories continue to fly about the introduction of the next-generation iMac, and if you haven't seen the iBook commercials Apple's got waiting in the wings, it's time to start downloading...
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