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Powering Down... (9/27/97)
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The troubles continue for beleagured computer manufacturer Power Computing. (Thought we were going to say "Apple," didn'tcha?) The Austin American-Statesman has an interesting story about PCC selling off its 154 acres of Georgetown, TX land and closing its manufacturing plant. About 100 layoffs will accompany the plant's final shutdown, not counting temporary workers. Power's new PowerTrip notebook, its debut into the Wintel market, is being manufactured by a Taiwanese company called Twinhead, in a plant in Fremont, CA.

Meanwhile, the fire sale continues on Power's Mac clones. Several models (such as the PowerCenter 180 and 210) are sold out, and others are going fast. It stings to see siblings of our eight-month-old PowerTower Pro being sold with a 13% faster processor, six times the RAM, twice the CD-ROM speed, and twice the VRAM-- for $500 less than we paid. But them's the breaks.

Thanx to MacSurfer for pointing us to the story, and we are honored and indebted to them for including us in their list of Mac links.


 
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The above scene was taken from the 9/27/97 episode:

September 27, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 27: Merry Christmas After All (9/27/97)   As if in response to our wonderings yesterday, MacWeek tells us that the new Gossamer PowerMacs should be debuting in November just in time for the Christmas season, which has us jumping for joy at AtAT...

  • 29: "A MAC?! You're Crazy!" (9/27/97)   If you've ever gone to a large-chain computer store like Circuit City or CompUSA looking for a new Mac, you already know what Apple's just found out: the salespeople try their darnedest to steer you away from Macs and towards the Wintel offerings...

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