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In Lieu Of An iPresident (8/14/00)
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Well, until Steve Jobs announces his last-minute candidacy for the U.S. Presidency, we suppose we should be shopping around for a back-up candidate to support in the extremely unlikely event that Steve decides not to run. Like any respectable Mac freaks who also just happen to harbor an ingrained aversion to all forms of political television programming (we figure it's because those impeachment hearings kept interrupting our Saturday morning cartoons), if denied the opportunity to vote for Steve, the AtAT staff is strongly considering voting for whichever party uses the most Macs. Hey, what better way to pick the country's leader? Issues, shmissues-- we want to see translucent plastic, and we want it now.
So far, the Democrats seem squarely in the lead, here. Faithful viewer Tony wrote in to note that during the Democratic National Convention, the Staples Center in L.A. was rife with Macs. Each state had a computer kiosk conspicuously boasting a Graphite iMac DV Special Edition, and apparently there were even a couple of Apple Cinema Displays visible in the TV coverage of the event. And a report over at Go2Mac adds that the press room was stuffed full of Ruby and Indigo iMac DVs, as well as Power Mac G4s. Photos of all this Mactivity are available via a Go2Mac reader's iTools HomePage.
In contrast, while reporters used plenty of Mac equipment to cover the event (Apple's got a nice little fluff piece about AirPort's contribution to the media coverage), the Republican National Convention was notably Mac-free. Things get a little complicated, though, when you consider that while Gore ditched his Macs for PCs back in 1997, Bush reportedly totes a PowerBook for personal use. (What would Mike Dell say?!) First one to slap a Cube on his desk gets our vote!
Note: AtAT does not actually advocate the choosing of a President by the number of Macs his or her party uses. To do such a thing would be frivolous and irresponsible. In this country, with our strong two-party democratic tradition encouraging broad diversity in the available candidates, and with a write-in vote being worth only slightly less than the paper on which it's written, there's only one proven way to pick an effective leader: heads or tails? Call it in the air... (If it lands on its edge, vote third-party.)
Oh yeah, don't forget: Nader went after Microsoft. But why are we even mentioning all this? Steve will run. He will. It's just a matter of time...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/14/00 episode: August 14, 2000: In an uncharacteristic moment of sloppiness, Steve lets word get out that he has been trying to suppress the publication of his new unauthorized biography. Meanwhile, until Steve throws his hat in the ring, we look at which political party uses more Macs, and Microsoft ditches its 90-day free support structure-- will Apple follow suit?...
Other scenes from that episode: 2479: Steve Makes Some Calls (8/14/00) Just what you needed on a Monday: further proof that you can never be too rich or too paranoid. Originally we thought author Alan Deutschman was just freely expressing his endearing delusions of persecution and/or trying to drum up some free press when he publicly claimed that his upcoming biography, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, was the target of an elaborate and sinister dirty-tricks campaign by the iCEO himself... 2481: S.O.S. (Save Our Support) (8/14/00) Houston, we have a problem: the quality and availability of technical support continues to dwindle in the world of high-tech, while its cost to end-users keeps going up. Apple customers in particular have felt the pinch in recent years, as the company moved from "unlimited lifetime toll-free support" to a more "Microsoft-like" (Apple's words, not ours) pay-per-incident plan after the first ninety days of ownership...
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