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We Like Shiny Objects (4/13/98)
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Just a quick note on the eagerly-awaited Wall Street Powerbooks, as mentioned in Mac the Knife's latest missive from L.A. County Jail. The Knife's jailhouse compadres confirm the dates that AtAT received from various unsavory sources, by claiming the release date for these sleek new laptops is May 6th. (Actually, the Knife was talking about Main Street, but they're all just "Powerbook G3's" as far as Apple's concerned-- all the cases and motherboards are the same, but the chip and screen are configurable.)
So we still have a solid three weeks to wait for the new portables to swoop in and take the world by storm. No matter; in the meantime, the images posted over at MacNN Reality will have to suffice. But there's one more incredibly cool thing listed in the Knife's report; apparently the big white Apple logo on Wall Street's case (as seen in this Reality photo) actually lights up when the machine is on. How freakin' cool is that?!
See, that's the Apple we're afraid of losing-- the one that isn't afraid to irritate the suits by draining battery power for a frivolous little gimmick like a light-up logo. Usefulness be damned-- this feature is cool. And we at AtAT are glad to see that Apple still has room for coolness. By the way, for those of you who were just itching to shell out $1999 for the lowest-end Main Street, you may be pleased to hear that, according to the Knife, you can shave another $200 off that price if you're doing time in an educational institution. 'Nuff said.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/13/98 episode: April 13, 1998: The Dalai Lama doesn't make the cut of "easily recognizable" personalities for Apple's Asian "Think Different" campaign. Meanwhile, Microsoft finds yet another way to use Windows to flood the market with Internet Explorer (and drive up the price of snack foods at the same time), and the new Wall Street Powerbooks have more in common with flying saucers than we previously believed...
Other scenes from that episode: 623: No Hello Dalai (4/13/98) Ah, geez, so much for thinking different... Not long after hearing that Apple had snagged the Dalai Lama's image for use in its semi-controversial ad campaign, we're now being told that the spiritual leader of Tibet is being dropped from the campaign in China... 624: Bill: Buy My Ruffles? (4/13/98) We have to admit, as time goes on, we're less and less outraged by Microsoft's monopolistic moves and more and more entertained by them. Perhaps it's because they've seen just how little the government is doing to stop them; for whatever reason, though, their recent moves and statements have been so brash and shameless, they're really quite amusing...
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