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Korean Mac NC's for All (11/26/97)
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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. The nature of that deal is still the subject of rampant speculation... it may have been a merger, or something less earth-shattering like a Microsoft-deal-type investment. But whatever it was, it failed to happen in time for Steve's show.

The second revelation, however, would have made us gasp with surprise, if we knew at all what to make of it. Reportedly, Steve also expected to announce that the majority of Apple's manufacturing would be outsourced to an unnamed Korean company. That just makes us go, "Huh?" It's a little similar to the rumors we've heard about Umax taking over making Apple's low-end Mac line (MacOS Rumors is now declaring that scenario very unlikely, though the Knife claims that Umax may still make Apple's upcoming NC's), but who is this mysterious Korean company? Will we see it emerge from the shadows?

 
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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:

  • 214: Hot Deals on Friday? (11/26/97)   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...

  • 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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