"Mr. Jobs? We're Big Fans." (2/2/01)
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So you bought one of those spiffy new iMacs when they came out last summer, and up until now you've been really happy with its nearly-silent operation, thanks to its innovative convection-cooled fanless design. But just recently you were over at your Wintel-using friend's house, and after noticing that you could hear the drone of his computer's six fans even from his driveway while your car's engine was still running, you've decided that a whining, irritating hum from a cooling fan is integral to the modern computing experience. You tried putting an electric desk fan in your office to augment the iMac's anemic white noise output, but the beige appliance clashes with your system's stylish translucent color-- and besides, it's taking up valuable desk space. What to do?

It's minkaAire to the rescue! As faithful viewer Mike Daisey was kind enough to point out, minkaAire has a line of ceiling fans called the eMotion. These puppies stay up and out of your way, while representing the best in "form, function, and innovation" the fan world has to offer. With its "semi-transparent [perhaps Apple has trademarked the word "translucent"] colored housing and matching blade tip accents," the eMotion is the perfect way to add a little whirr to your iMac's soundscape. And best of all, by an utterly amazing coincidence, the eMotion is available in five familiar colors: Indigo, Ruby, Sage, Graphite, and Snow. So no matter which of Apple's current iMacs you own, you can get a ceiling fan to match.

That's great news for you iMac owners who want to add a little extra hum to your working environments: now you can enjoy the background noise of a "real" computer while simultaneously moving some air around the room, and it won't even disrupt your room's carefully-planned decor. But if you want one of these things, we'd recommend that you act fast; you never know whether Apple's lawyers might take offense at the (again, utterly coincidental) similarity of minkaAire's color choices and those of the iMac. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but that doesn't carry much weight down Cupertino way.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 2/2/01 episode:

February 2, 2001: Apple decides to cut beta testers a $30 break on the price of Mac OS X 1.0. Meanwhile, Apple's lawyers continue to hunt down misappropriation of the Aqua look and feel, even as minkaAire ships ceiling fans in Indigo, Ruby, Sage, Graphite, and Snow...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 2838: Paid For Services Rendered (2/2/01)   Remember how much fun we had, revelling in the sheer injustice of being charged $30 for the privilege of working as Apple's operating system guinea pigs? Yes, the Microsoftesque practice of charging for beta software had finally spread from Redmond to Cupertino last September with the release of the Mac OS X Public Beta, and we, for one, were thrilled to have something new to whine about...

  • 2839: Get Lickable, Get Sued (2/2/01)   Apple's lawyers are back on the prowl, and these days the targets are all things Aqua. Clearly (that's a joke, son) His Steveness is even more torqued up about Mac OS X's next-generation graphical user interface than he was about the iMac's distinctive look and feel, because the Aqua Police are suited up and busting heads...

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