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Signs Of Imminent Bookage (9/26/01)
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"Hey AtAT," you ask, "where the heck is that new PowerBook G4 you promised us at Seybold?" Whoa, calm down, Beavis. You may have missed it, but we told you last week that Apple wasn't going to have it ready in time. Rumors as to the nature of the delay are various and sundry, ranging from a desire to wait until slot-loading combo drives are abundantly available (the new PowerBook was originally going to be DVD-ROM or CD-RW only, we're told, which apparently didn't go over well with the buying public) to claims that Motorola's too slow when it comes to ponying up the processors. Personally, we don't consider any one of these rumors more trustworthy than the others-- but we do have a gut feeling that the whispers of a new PowerBook intro at a "press event" in mid-October are legit. Call it a hunch.
Not big on hunches? Well, here's a clue that something's probably going to surface pretty soon: faithful viewer JoEL notes that the Apple Store's "Special Deals" section is suddenly utterly devoid of any and all refurbs; visit the page and all you get is a picture of a PowerBook G4 and the message "Refurbished Apple Products are currently out of Stock. Please check back again soon." Now, we may be imagining things, here, but we could have sworn that there were plenty of refurb options available mere days ago. The last time this sort of thing happened was in late June, just a couple of weeks before the Macworld Expo-- which is when the new Power Macs made their debut. Make of that what you will.
Our carefully considered opinion is that Apple will indeed take the wraps off some new gear at a press event in the near future. In fact, not that we seriously think we'll get to see it anytime before our great-grandkids wheel us in to look at one, but heck, we haven't heard about it in a while, so... does anyone remember the LCD iMac? Nah, forget it-- we're just causing trouble. We're betting on the PowerBook-- though, of course, if Steve does want to toss a new iMac into the bargain, we promise we won't complain.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 9/26/01 episode: September 26, 2001: Apple postpones the QuickTime Live! conference until a "less stressful" date. Meanwhile, the delayed opening of the Germantown Apple retail store really is due to problems with the store's signs, and the Apple Store (online) is suddenly refurbless-- is this a harbinger of PowerBooks to come?...
Other scenes from that episode: 3323: Plus A Personal Masseuse (9/26/01) So Seybold just keeps on rolling along this week, but as far as Apple-related trade shows are concerned, it's one of the only ones to escape the effects of the recent terrorist attacks. Just over a week ago, Apple announced that, due to concerns for the safety of its staff and its customers, it was canceling the Apple Expo, which was slated to begin today in Paris... 3324: Yeah, Sign THIS, Buddy... (9/26/01) Speaking of postponements, trade shows aren't the only events getting pushed forward these days. As you all know, the Saddle Creek Apple store was originally slated to open its doors this coming Saturday in Germantown, Tennessee, no doubt accompanied by the standard hoopla of fanatical Mac users lining up three weeks before the opening and frightening passersby with a level of enthusiasm not commonly observed outside of top secret government mind control experiments...
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