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Variety Is The Spice Of Life (8/15/01)
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Are you bored with crafting elaborate theories regarding a secret version of Mac OS X being prepped by Apple for standard Intel x86 hardware? Has repeatedly signing the "OS X on Intel" petition lost its appeal in recent weeks? Have you gotten tired of the sheer technical plausibility of the whole concept, given Mac OS X's NeXT roots, and NeXT's Intel heritage? Well, then, it sounds like you're burned out, and you need something even wackier to break out of your rut. Don't worry, we've got just the thing for you: Windows XP for the Macintosh!
No, we're not talking about Windows XP in VirtualPC on a Mac, which is utterly dull in its absolute certainty; we're talking about a boxed copy of Windows XP, complete with a thin layer of Microsoft's slime still clinging to the shrinkwrap, which is compiled and ready to run natively on Mac hardware. Okay, so it's not completely impossible, since Microsoft had been working on a PowerPC version of Windows NT back in the PREP/CHRP days, but you have to admit, it's far enough out there on the "Ain't Gonna Happen" limb that it makes for a nice break from the slightly-less-absurd "OS X on Intel" theory.
Faithful viewer Jonathan Patt was thoughtful enough to point out two threads-- one in the MacNN forums and one in the OrangeInsider message boards-- in which certain individuals claim to have "friends" who have gotten/are getting prerelease copies of Windows XP for the Macintosh. No, there's no actual evidence, nor is anyone swearing up and down that it's actually happening. It's all speculation of the "well, my friend claims that..." and "this couldn't be true... could it?" type. In other words, there's just enough substance there on which to hang a nice little side-conspiracy-- you can always get back to predicting the Intel version of Mac OS X tomorrow, right? Enjoy!
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/15/01 episode: August 15, 2001: "Happy Birthday Dear iMac, Happy Birthday To You!" Meanwhile, at least some analysts figure that Apple's stock is a good risk, even in this lackluster economy, and a couple of forum postings are all you need to start your very own "Windows XP for Macintosh" conspiracy theory...
Other scenes from that episode: 3242: "...And One To Grow On!" (8/15/01) May all your days be Bondi and all your steps be numbered two or fewer! Yes, that's right, kids-- our use of the traditional International iMac Day greeting means that it's that time of year again. As all attentive Apple-watchers are keenly aware, and as Apple's Hot News page unnecessarily reminds us, it's the iMac's third birthday: the first models hit store shelves exactly three years ago today... 3243: Analysts: Invest Different (8/15/01) For better or for worse, it looks like the heyday of online stock trading has been over for quite some time. Whereas recklessly e-trading with money from the kids' college fund was once a bigger fad than the hula hoop ever was, evidently consumer America's love affair with the stock market evaporated as soon as everyone made the startling discovery that stock prices can actually go down, too...
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