As the Apple Turns: Scene 368: Now THAT'S a Re-Org (1/17/98)

Now THAT'S a Re-Org (1/17/98)

Just for the sake of perspective, we thought we'd point you towards the Reuters article which details the recent woes of hard-disk-manufacturer Seagate. Seagate, as you may know, is the world's largest manufacturer of hard drives, and right now they're taking a serious beating due to a glut in the market.

Seagate's restructuring includes such drastic measures as the closing of plants and design centers, "consolidation" of domestic media operations, and a significant reduction in its sales and marketing efforts all over the globe. What's the bottom line? 10,000 jobs cut. Yeah, that's only a 10% reduction, but man that's a lotta jobs.

While we feel bad about the people who are losing their positions, the cause of Seagate's woes (tumbling disk prices) is, sadly, a benefit to computer users like you and us. Recently we've seen 6.4GB 7200 RPM hard drives going for under $400, which is obscenely low. First RAM prices dropped like a stone, and now storage prices seem to be doing the same; what's next? CPU's?

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The above scene was taken from the 1/17/98 episode:

January 17, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

366: Making Liars Of Us? (1/17/98) Wouldn't you know it? Not three hours after we tell you that Apple's not going to advertise during the Super Bowl, MacOS Rumors goes and mentions that a "reliable source" has informed them otherwise...
367: The Ides of March (1/17/98) The Personnel Shuffle is still the dance of the day at Apple, at least if Mac the Knife is correct. The circuitous implement warns that the entire Apple sales department may be shown the door within the next two months, at which point a mysterious third party will be brought in to take over...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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