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Hot Deals on Friday? (11/26/97)
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Apple Recon's at it again, with an update on their previous juicy story about some upcoming great Mac deals about to enter the channel. The latest skinny is that the rumor is now official, given Apple's less-than-pleased response to Recon's first report. Whoops, guess it was supposed to be a surprise...
According to Recon, these "hot boxes" may hit the newly-christened CompUSA Apple Salon Stores and Apple's online Apple Store as early as this Friday, in time for the annual U.S. traditional Christmas buying frenzy that commences on the day after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, there's more than a little friction being generated among the Apple resellers who are wondering what these low-cast Macs are, and more importantly, why they didn't get any of them. It could, after all, really bite into their holiday sales if only Apple and CompUSA have these great deals available.
If these deals really surface on Friday, we at AtAT have to think that Apple stands a great chance to move a lot of merchandise this Christmas. These alleged sub-$1000 Macs should move easily into the home and consumer market, while the new Powermac G3's are an excellent deal for folks who want or need a little more power. And if Santa loads up his sleigh with Macs of all shapes and sizes, Apple's likely to be heading back into the black soon.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/26/97 episode: November 26, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 215: Korean Mac NC's for All (11/26/97) And while Recon thinks those discount Macs streaming in from south of the border are related somehow to a missing announcement at the November 10th shindig, that obfuscating implement Mac the Knife has his own dirt to dish about the decidedly ho-hum event and its missing 90 minutes of dazzle. The Knife's first revelation isn't very surprising to faithful AtAT viewers; yes, indeed, Steve Jobs had expected to reveal a major Apple/Oracle deal in addition to the Apple Store, G3 systems, and build-to-order boxes... 216: Bully Bride of Buster (11/26/97) Meanwhile, it's time to start getting jazzed about Mac OS 8.1, the system software update expected to ship in early January, according to InfoWorld Electric. While it's not as significant an upgrade as Mac OS 8 (hence the decimalized increment), it includes at least one very nice feature that we, at least, are eagerly awaiting...
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