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Losing Proposition (11/23/97)
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And while we're talking about rampant speculation, let's spend a moment on the Apple Recon article which discusses the possibility of a Mac port of Windows 98. Yes, they warn again and again that it's just an unconfirmed rumor, but it's an interesting idea. According to their source, Microsoft plans on "releasing a BETA in one to two years."

So let's see... if the beta's in one or two years, then the release won't be for, say, two or three (especially given Microsoft's constant release data slippage on OS releases). So that means that, come the millennium, we Mac users will have the option of running what is essentially Windows 95 with Internet Explorer tacked on as a file browser, which will run whatever software the PC developers actually deigned to recompile for the relatively tiny Mac market. Or we could run Rhapsody, which, by that time, should be extremely robust and will run scads of native applications, as well as virtually all Mac OS software, plus almost every x86-native Windows application at reasonable speeds via emulation packages like VirtualPC. Hmmm, tough choice.

We really don't think this rumor's got a lot of truth in it. Microsoft is not stupid; they rarely spend time and money on projects that won't pay off. We're hard-pressed to think of any way a late port of Windows 98 would be successful on the Mac hardware platform.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 11/23/97 episode:

November 23, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 205: YA-Conspiracy (11/23/97)   ZDNet's getting in on the conspiracy/speculation game. Mark L. Van Name and Bill Catchings opine that an Apple/Oracle merger (now heavily denied by both companies) would make a lot of sense in the grand scheme of things...

  • 207: Santa Fragged a Fiend (11/23/97)   Hey, there are only thirty more shopping days before Christmas, but there's no need to panic: the Macintosh Entertainment Software Alliance (MESA) has teamed up with Apple to make it a little easier to decide what to get for the Mac-enabled folks on your list...

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