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Waiting for Wall Street (3/18/98)
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Where, oh where are those new Powerbooks? Following Apple's discontinuing of their whole Powerbook line last weekend (with the exception of the 1400/166), we felt certain that the Wall Street, Main Street, and Mighty Cat models would debut this week. However, they failed to materialize on Monday, as we'd so optimistically hoped, and then still remained stubbornly unannounced following yesterday's Seybold keynote. And since then, reports have been flooding into the AtAT studio about the availability of these new portables; the problem is, all of this mail falls into one of two distinct categories.
The first faction claims that the new Powerbooks will not be available until May, for various reasons. Since Apple has this new policy of not announcing new products until they are able to ship them (Apple Studio Display notwithstanding), that means we may not hear anything from Apple on these systems for another six to eight weeks, which is a heck of a long time to spend with only a single low-end laptop on the price list.
The second faction maintains that the new Powerbooks will be announced by the end of next week at the absolute latest. We'd much rather believe that scenario, but we're starting to think that the announcement was supposed to have been made at Seybold, but some unforeseen delay in production (critical bug found at the last minute, perhaps?) threw a wrench into the works. Still, we'll keep our fingers crossed for an announcement next week. Not that we'd personally have much to gain from it-- we won't be able to justify replacing our trusty Duo 280c for quite a while yet. We just want to see this new Powerbook that's rumored to beat the new 300 MHz G3 in raw performance.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/18/98 episode: March 18, 1998: According to a reliable fourth-party unnamed source, the rumors of Columbus being an elaborate hoax are completely false. Meanwhile, mobile Macophiles continue to sweat out the wait for Apple's speedy new Powerbooks, and some slightly disturbing rumors about Quicktime licensing refuse to die...
Other scenes from that episode: 546: It's Really Real, Really (3/18/98) Apple Recon is trying to put a stop to the "Columbus is a hoax" rumors once and for all. While they have so far refused to release their voluminous "evidence" that the AMP is very real, they do point to today's "Heard on the Street" column in the Wall Street Journal, which mentions both Apple's recent stock rally and the potential significance of the Columbus project... 548: Movie Prices Going Up? (3/18/98) Just a quick bit about the rumored Quicktime licensing brouhaha that's coming to a head in Cupertino. In case you haven't heard, multiple sources (including Apple Recon and MacInTouch) have been talking about this for a while now; if the rumors are true, it seems that Apple is trying to change their licensing agreements in some way that would affect everybody who wants to ship a product with even a single Quicktime movie on it. MacInTouch today included a note from a reader who states that his company has a couple of projects that are done and ready to deliver, but are being held up due to the way that all Quicktime licensing is currently "on hold."...
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