As the Apple Turns: Scene 494: The Newton Thesaurus (2/28/98)

The Newton Thesaurus (2/28/98)

Even though we'd been hearing rumors of Newton's imminent demise for years (or possibly because we'd been hearing that for so long), when the official announcement came, it didn't quite seem real. We spent a little time last night trying to let the fact sink in, but we woke up this morning wondering if the whole thing was a dream. Luckily, we stumbled upon a method that helped us come to terms with the finality of Apple's decision to pull Newton's plug.

See, as it turns out, the journalists reporting Newton's end have come up with more synonyms for the word "ends" than a roomful of sports writers. Here's a sampling, all taken from MacSurfer's Headline News: kills (PC Week Online), eliminates (Boston Globe), scraps (CNNfn), discontinues (Apple), abandons (Bloomberg News), drops (TechInvestor), halts (Agence France-Presse), and dumps (Wired News).

After seeing all those ways of expressing the passing of Newton, even we have accepted the harsh reality that we'll never see a StrongARM-based Newton. (Of course, as faithful viewer Robert Pelletier points out, now that Intel has the rights to the StrongARM, Apple's situation with the Newton could be neatly summed up by the phrase "vulnerable position--" that fact alone may have contributed greatly to their decision.)

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The above scene was taken from the 2/28/98 episode:

February 28, 1998: In accordance with the buzz that's been circulating for several weeks, today Apple dropped prices on several machines in its stable, and introduced some new mustang servers. Meanwhile, back in the labs, mad geniuses prepare the next ultra-speedy high-end system to be unleashed later this year, and the news of Newton's death has been greatly over-reported...

Other scenes from that episode:

492: Never Doubt the Rumors (2/28/98) See? Rumors aren't always false. Despite continued statements of "no formal announcements at this time" over the last few days, Apple dropped several prices today and introduced new G3-based servers, just as several Mac news and rumors sites have been reporting for weeks...
493: Dark Horse Runs Fast (2/28/98) As for the future, Mac OS Rumors is talking about a new Apple system that addresses the six-slot void left gaping by the cancellation of PowerExpress, the ill-fated high-end system that Apple had been working on for years before scrapping it several weeks ago...

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