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Kudos, Kudos Everywhere (11/17/00)
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And the awards keep rolling in! Nary a fortnight's passed since we proudly reported that the Power Mac G4 Cube had been honored with a Popular Mechanics Design & Engineering Award, and scarcely a week went by after that that we told you about the Cube's "Grand Award" in the Best of What's New race over at Popular Science. Well, prepare yourselves for a hat trick, because the Cube has gone and done it again: according to MacCentral, this time it's Home Office Computing magazine rushing to bestow honors upon Apple's teeny little supercomputer.
This time around, the Cube tops the list of "the 100 best home office products, services, and sites of 2000," which was revealed at an awards ceremony at Comdex. The Cube snagged the "Product of the Year" honor by virtue of its "value, performance, ease of use, innovation, and suitability for home offices." Huh. Personally, if those are the criteria, we're a little surprised that the Cube took top honors; it's been blasted for its lackluster price/performance rating, and frankly, while we'd love to live in a world where the average home office sported a Cube or two, we'd expect Home Office Computing to have selected something far beiger and with more of a Windowsy smell about it. It just goes to show that sometimes you find taste where you least expect it. Congrats to the Cube for winning the award, and congrats to the judging panel for knowing what's good.
Of course, realistically speaking, the Cube needs other award like it needs a cra-- uh, mold line in its case. Sure, awards are a wonderful way to show how much better the Cube is than its competition, but considering that the competition is beating the virtual pants off it at the cash register, what the Cube (and Apple) really needs is some sales. Here's hoping that the attention these awards may bring can translate into some better stats at the checkout line.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/17/00 episode: November 17, 2000: The secret's out; apparently Apple's first retail store will open in downtown Palo Alto. Meanwhile, rumors of a 600 MHz Power Mac G4 slated for a Macworld Expo introduction have been "confirmed," and the Cube racks up yet another award from yet another impressed periodical...
Other scenes from that episode: 2685: Put On Your Shoppin' Hat (11/17/00) Everyone knows that Steve likes his secrets. Every time he takes the wraps off of some new surprise during a keynote, you can just see that twinkle in his eye. He lives for that perfect instant when he can cast his gaze over a sea of awestruck, open-mouthed faces and know that he just blew the mind behind each and every one of them... 2686: Everything Lasts Forever (11/17/00) We at AtAT hereby propose that the Mac community retire the whole "glass half-empty"/"glass half-full" measure for whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist, at least for the next couple of months. Instead of that outdated and overused classification method, why don't we use a "faster G4s by Macworld Expo"/"we'll be at 500 MHz until we die" dichotomy instead?...
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