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Lady In Danger (12/21/99)
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All is not well in MacWarehouse-ville... Looks like its parent company, Micro Warehouse Inc., has just sold out to an investor group for $725 million. Worrisome fact #1: that investor group is being led by a "former IBM executive." Worrisome fact #2: "In recent years, [Micro Warehouse] has struggled with... falling sales for its core Apple Computer Inc. product lines." Is this the end of MacWarehouse? Thanks to faithful viewer Adam J. Bezark for pointing out the Reuters story and giving us something new to worry about.
But wait! That's not just any ex-IBM exec-- that's Jerry York! Jerry, as you may or may not know, is a member of Apple's Board of Directors. So perhaps the future of MacWarehouse is safe after all, as surmised by the Mac Observer. On the other hand, don't get too comfortable about MacWarehouse's continued existence; after all, remember when Intuit canned Quicken for the Mac? Guess who else was on Apple's Board? Uh-huh, Intuit CEO Bill Campbell. So anything's possible. (Then again, after the Quicken debacle, Steve Jobs managed to get a reversal-- maybe he can lean on York, too.)
Now, to be honest, we haven't bought anything from MacWarehouse in years. You really have to wonder how MacWarehouse gets away with charging twice as much for RAM as everyone else on the planet. We also find it annoying that we get a new frickin' catalog in the mail every three hours-- even Victoria's Secret isn't that prolific. But here's what we'd miss if MacWarehouse ever did go away: that same lady on the cover. We swear, we found an old Mac magazine from 1985 and the same picture was in the MacWarehouse ad! She never ages. She is the one constant in the Mac world, and as such, must be preserved at all costs. Don't let us down, Jerry...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/21/99 episode: December 21, 1999: AirPort starts reeling in some more charitable reviews-- from the Wintel camp. Meanwhile, astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery find that even in a vacuum, Windows still sucks, and MacWarehouse may be in jeopardy following a buyout by an investor group led by ex-IBM exec Jerry York...
Other scenes from that episode: 1987: It's Payback Time! (12/21/99) Looks like the spirit of the season is making its mark on AirPort reviews. Just a couple of days ago we awarded AirPort the coveted "Most Maligned Apple Product of 1999" award, based on product reviews likening the Base Station setup process to trying to pry out one's own larynx with a shrimp fork... 1988: Cosmic Suckiness (12/21/99) Houston, we have a problem. Let's say you're an astronaut risking your life in outer space. You're brave enough to trust that your craft won't burst into flames and that your ground control crew can get you through any potential tight squeezes...
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