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A Case For Sherlock (11/28/99)
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Whither Mac OS 9? We may still be logy following our record-breaking consumption of pie last Thursday (apple, of course), but we always perk up a bit when unsubstantiated rumors come floating across the table. As with the best rumors, reports are flooding in from all sides and details are sketchy-- those of you who are old pros in the rumor game know that we've got the makings of a wildfire of whispers. Did you remember to gives thanks for the bottomless source of thrills and spills known as the Mac Rumor Mill?
This is what we're hearing: Apple may have issued a recall of all unsold copies of Mac OS 9. One camp holds that the alleged recall is due to the number of bugs crawling around in the OS. Another group says it's because of the lawsuit filed against Apple by Microware, makers of the other OS-9. Yet another source claims that Apple pulled all copies of Mac OS 9 from the shelves because a small number of CD-ROMs were infected with the "Dy-No-Miiite!" virus, which can cause any Mac to burst into flame if the disk is removed from its protective envelope and brought within ten feet of the CD-ROM drive-- but only if the Mac is running Internet Explorer. (Okay, okay, so no one's really claiming that. That's just our own little contribution to the rumor. Spread at will!)
For those of you party poopers who'd rather stick to the facts, well, there's no accounting for taste. MacInTouch has a "slew of conflicting reports" about the mysterious disappearing Mac OS 9, so maybe you can dig through there for the "real story." It appears that several CompUSA stores have zero copies of Apple's new operating system on the shelves, and at least some store representatives are claiming that Apple ordered them pulled due to the OS-9 mess. Far be it from us to take anything a CompUSA representative says as gospel, but the sheer volume of reports leads us to believe that something is up-- something sinister. (Oooooooooo.) On the other hand, could it be something as benign as CompUSA returning surplus copies of the operating system to Apple once Demo Days events ended? Naaahhhh...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/28/99 episode: November 28, 1999: Why has Mac OS 9 vanished from store shelves? Enquiring minds want to know. Meanwhile, Microsoft's up to its old tricks with a beta of Windows 2000 that "encourages" testers to upgrade, and Santa's not going to be happy with the cloners this year. Or the cloners of clones, for that matter...
Other scenes from that episode: 1937: One Way, Dead End (11/28/99) Let's see... We're three days into leftovers, the newspapers are thick with ads, and most stores have had Christmas displays up for about ten weeks now. There's no doubt about it: we're officially sailing the Holiday Seas... 1938: Yes, Clones of Clones (11/28/99) Santa's making his list and checking it twice, and if you were very good this year, you just might find an iMac under the tree. On the other hand, if you were somewhat "less than good," you might find the computer equivalent of a lump of coal, instead: an eOne...
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