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Pinch Us, We're Dreaming (3/3/98)
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But for positive rumors about Apple's prospects, look no further than the ever-awesome Mac OS Rumors. One of their sources at Apple reports that he's actually seen the upcoming Artemis all-in-one Mac, unfortunately dubbed the "Power Macintosh G3 Home," and its features are nothing to sneeze at. For those of you who are all-too-familiar with Apple's previous strategies when it came to home machines (build a box with an underpowered processor, a really slow bus, one or two RAM expansion slots, maybe an expansion card slot if they're feeling generous, then sell the whole thing for way too much money), you will be as happy as we are to see Apple's forthcoming attempt, expected to ship sometime in the next couple of months.
First of all, the chip in this thing is a G3, not yet another 603e. That's a good start right there. Granted, it "only" runs at a "measly" 200 MHz, so it won't touch today's Powermac G3's when it comes to performance, but we imagine it'll blow the current crop of 6500's out of the water. Especially since that 200 MHz G3 will include a backside cache, probably 512 KB running at 100 MHz. The system bus zips along at a respectable 66 MHz. The included 32 MB of RAM and 2MB of video SGRAM is decent for most home users. The ubiquitous 24x CD-ROM drive makes its regular appearance. And the system comes with three PCI slots and a 15" monitor that maxes out at 1024x768. Yowza!
Okay, the 2GB IDE hard drive is pathetically small by today's standards, but considering that the whole kit 'n' kaboodle is rumored to go for just $999, we think we can let that slide. If this system truly comes to pass, we're hard-pressed to think of ways that Apple might not sell a ton of them. Heck, we'll buy one to replace our backup machine. Where do we sign up?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/3/98 episode: March 3, 1998: After a brief hiatus, Apple Recon is back and spreading their own inimitable brand of fear and loathing. Meanwhile, more details of Apple's upcoming sub-$1K machine become available, and Microsoft inspires 27 states to support the DoJ's lawsuit...
Other scenes from that episode: 501: Like a Country Song (3/3/98) Brace yourself, 'cause everyone's favorite ultra-depressing doom-and-gloomer is back in action. After a week and a half of no posted updates (during which time they continued to show the now-infamous "Apple is Jonestown after all" letter), Apple Recon has finally completed their problematic move to bigger digs... 503: Majority Rule (3/3/98) Now that we've roller-coastered through today's dizzying highs and terrifying lows of Apple Computer, let's take a quicky peek at a completely different plot thread-- namely, Microsoft's ongoing anti-trust shenanigans...
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