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Artemis: Not So Bad (3/4/98)
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Okay, we're not afraid to admit that we've been more than a little edgy about how ugly Apple's upcoming Powermac G3 Home (codename: Artemis) has been described. Under the hood, the $999 marvel packs a wallop for the price, but its case been through at least a couple of redesigns in its short history, due to overwhelmingly negative feedback from testers. And while we're worried for Apple's sake (because an ugly case could mean significantly fewer boxes sold), we also have a personal stake in this: we'd like to buy one ourselves to replace the LC 575 in the kitchen. And while our kitchen is hardly a candidate for a Better Homes and Gardens photo shoot (it's more likely to show up in Fangoria, actually), we'd still like to buy a computer that won't frighten the nieces and nephews when they come over to play.
The latest we'd heard wasn't so encouraging: Mac the Knife recently described Artemis as "a giant tooth perforated with quarter-inch holes." Not very awe-inspiring, we thought. But then today he posted a picture of the toothy case, and it's not nearly as bad as we'd feared. So it's a little molar-like. Big deal. It'll remind us to floss. In fact, we actually think it's kind of cute.
Then again, we thought the LC 575 was cute, too, and we appear to be solidly in the minority on that one. Go figure.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/4/98 episode: March 4, 1998: Angry Newton-folk plan to descend upon the Apple Store this Friday, brandishing torches and those rake-things from the old Frankenstein movies. (Yes, that's a reference inside a reference.) Meanwhile, Artemis undergoes extensive plastic surgery and emerges looking not quite as wretched as before-- and what a smile! And Apple continues to advertise other people's stuff for free...
Other scenes from that episode: 504: Bad Vibes from Newtsville (3/4/98) Well, we can't say we didn't expect it, but here comes the backlash. After all, when Apple cancelled all further Newton development last week, they effectively orphaned a slew of users and developers alike... 506: Going it Alone (3/4/98) There was an interesting (though unsurprising) tidbit posted by our buddies over at MacCentral today. Perhaps you've seen the "Think First" print ads that Apple's been publishing all over the place recently...
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