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Interpretive Dance (9/26/97)
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Get ready for some potential sparks to fly, because Webintosh is reporting that clonemaker POWERtools is ready to ship their new PPC 750-based X-Factor systems. (There's a POWERtools early press release here.)

"But AtAT," you ask, "I thought Apple announced it wouldn't certify any 750-based systems until the licensing issue was resolved?" Well, uh, yeah, they did. So did Apple certify these systems or not? According to POWERtools CEO Victor Wong, "[their] current Mac OS license does not prevent [them] from shipping these systems."

Way to dodge the question, Victor! He goes on to say that if POWERtools doesn't ship the X-Factor systems to fill the gap left by Apple's strained supply of 8600's and 9600's, then would-be customers would have no choice but to buy Wintel systems. So it's basically a humanitarian effort. Yup.

We can't wait to hear what Apple will have to say about this. You may recall that both Motorola and Power Computing expressed their intention to ship non-Apple-certified 750 machines, but neither actually went ahead and did it. In the meantime, rumors abound that Apple-branded 750-based Macs will be available within 90 days, just in time for Christmas (but not in time for the Christmas buying season). With luck, Apple can crank up the schedule a little and get some kick-ass PowerMacs out the door in time for Santa to load up his sleigh. And yes, Santa, the AtAT staff's been good this year. We'll take the 400MHz model.

 
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From the writer/creator of AtAT, a Pandemic Dad Joke taken WAYYYYYY too far

 

The above scene was taken from the 9/26/97 episode:

September 26, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 25: Shopping for a Star (9/26/97)   The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has narrowed its CEO search to four candidates, including guys from Sun and IBM. Do we sound underwhelmed? Sorry. It's just that we don't know who any of these guys are.ll

  • 26: TV Ads? Joy Story! (9/26/97)   While it's currently not in an obvious place on their web site, Apple has issued a press release confirming recent joyous rumors that they would be showing new TV commercials during this Sunday's broadcast of Disney's Toy Story on ABC...

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