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Going To The Movies (4/1/00)
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And the good news just keeps on coming: those of you with $4000 burning a hole in your pockets, clear off some space on that desk, because Apple's gargantuan Cinema Display is once again available for sale sans G4. You've seen this wonderful flat-panel work of art. You've drooled over its 22-inch diagonal flat-panel screen. Its elegant curves, tastefully executed in Graphite, Silver, and Ice, have haunted your dreams. And while it was formerly available only in a bundle with a high-end Power Mac G4, now it can be yours for the low, low price of four grand. C'mon, it's a bargain at twice the price. Buy two-- get one for the kids.
In fact, if you're expecting a really big tax refund, perhaps you should consider three. Or five. Or do what faithful viewer Stephen White did: throw 999 of them in your cart at the Apple Store. Reports he, "you can get 999 of 'em for $3,995,001. But don't cut that check just yet... first find out how to get your order for just $91,485.52 per month." C'mon, who can't afford that? That's only the cost of 9,150 pizzas a month. So just cut back on your food delivery a bit. Eat spaghetti more often. It's a small price to pay, and really, eating over nine thousand pizzas a month can't be good for you.
Now, before you go out and perpetrate a pyramid land scheme in order to scrape up the cash for a Cinema Display in every room, we should mention that the 22-inch beauty is an all-digital creative tool. It requires a special graphics interface to work-- meaning, basically, that you've got to have a Power Mac G4 to use one of these puppies. Other Macs need not apply. Still, they're gorgeous enough to function purely on an aesthetic level, and $3999 isn't all that high a price to pay for a piece of art. Put one in the den under the Picasso; it's just the counterpoint you were looking for.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/1/00 episode: April 1, 2000: Attention "Redmond Justice" fans: prepare for a verdict, as mediator Richard Posner declares the settlement talks dead and buried. Meanwhile, Apple Cinema Displays go back on sale at the Apple Store for just $3999 apiece, and a five-year-old's inherent wisdom gives us all hope for the future...
Other scenes from that episode: 2194: No Fruit For Posner (4/1/00) Who says nothing ever happens on the weekend? Fire up those VCRs, because it looks like "Redmond Justice" just got a whole lot more interesting-- and all we can say is, if this is an April Fool's joke, we're not laughing... 2196: Hope For America's Youth (4/1/00) What better way to spend a weekend than by enjoying an anecdote from America's heartland? Faithful viewer Barry Hamill, The Exiled King of the Cheeseheads, wrote in to keep us apprised of the latest adventures of Rose, the five-year-old Fabulous Babe mentioned throughout our recent special report on painting Macs...
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