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Why, It's Mickey Mac (3/9/98)
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Nothing spices up a show like a healthy dose of surrealism, and the recent rumors of an Apple takeover threaten to make AtAT look like Twin Peaks-- that is, if the Log Lady had big round ears and a high-pitched giggle. Never mind the takeover rumors of years past-- Sun and IBM have nothing on the star of the current drama. Wouldja believe, Walt Disney? Echoing cryptic references made recently on Apple Recon, the San Jose Mercury News reports that Apple may be annexed by the Magic Kingdom.
Stranger yet? Apparently many Apple employees of past and present think the idea's not half bad. After all, one of Apple's big markets is education and, by extension, kids; Disney knows how to sell to that crowd. (Anything with Winnie-the-Pooh on it's fair game for our niece, for example.) Just think of the possibilities: How about a line of brightly-colored eMates, bearing the likenesses of Anastasia, Beauty and the Beast, or the Lion King? Kids would be picking them out like lunchboxes. At home, they could surf the net on their G3-powered Little Mermaid Macs, tapping away on their black-and-orange-striped Tigger ADB keyboards. And, of course, what DisneyMac would be complete without a Mickey Mouse? It boggles the mind. And don't forget the obvious Toy Story tie-ins, given Steve Jobs' dual responsibilities at Apple and Pixar. Wheee!
We'd like to see Disney buy out Apple for the sole reason that we think Artemis would look just spiffy with a pair of big, round, black ears sticking out of the top; then again, given its lumpy shape, perhaps a Hunchback tie-in would be more appropriate. In our next episode, tune in to hear how this Apple buyout is being orchestrated by none other than the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney himself!
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/9/98 episode: March 9, 1998: The buyout rumors get ever stranger, as the streets are abuzz with the possibility of Disney purchasing Apple. Meanwhile, Apple continues to push the eMate as a viable educational tool despite its new "orphan" status, and the long, hard search for a CEO may be taking its toll on the man on the hunt...
Other scenes from that episode: 520: Nerves of Steel (3/9/98) It takes a certain amount of nerve to court the education market with an entirely new computing device, part PDA and part laptop, quite unlike anything that has come before. However, that's nothing compared to the colossal amount of nerve required to keep pushing that weird and wonderful little slab (known to you and me as the eMate 300) after announcing that all further development of the device has been scrapped... 521: Doing the Impossible (3/9/98) Tia O'Brien over at Upside.com has an interesting article that focuses on the Apple CEO search from the perspective of the headhunter. John Thompson, the vice chairman of Heidrick & Struggles, is the man saddled with the unenviable task of trying to find a new CEO for Apple-- is the Herculean nature of his job taking its toll?...
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