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Long Road of Progress (12/8/97)
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Well, AtAT staff finally took a trip down to the friendly neighborhood CompUSA to see the completed Apple salon store there. And while it marked a definite change from the old days, we saw quite a bit of room for improvement.

Yes, it was a kick to see Mac stuff there at all, including our first glimpse of the Powermac G3 up close and personal, but there were blemishes. For instance, that selfsame Powermac G3 with the speedy PPC 750 processor was labeled as a 603e-based machine. We couldn't locate a copy of Myth, or an ATI XClaim VR video card. We wandered around for a while looking helpless, but no store personnel ever approached us. And one of the most disturbing sights was a full rack of Powerbooks of all types (including the drool-worthy Powerbook G3), each missing its battery (presumably to prevent theft) and turned off. Wintel laptops throughout the store were powered on and purring away happily.

Hopefully, Apple's keeping an eye on the progress of these highly-touted salon stores. But even if they aren't, the Macs Only CompUSA Watch is.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/8/97 episode:

December 8, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 250: The Macs Are Out There (12/8/97)   Trust No One-- but your PowerBook. That's right; after years of watching Her Blessedness soil her dainty fingers on random Wintel dross, we were thrilled to see that in last night's episode of The X-Files, Saint Scully the Enigmatic finally used a Powerbook-- a machine worthy of her status...

  • 252: End of the World (12/8/97)   Prepare for armageddon, because dogs and cats are living together... PC Week is reporting that the Mac version of Microsoft's Office 98 may ship before the Windows version ever sees the light of day. Finished spraying your coffee all over your screen?...

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