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Promotions Galore (5/1/98)
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It's springtime here in the northern hemisphere, and we don't know about you, but spring always makes us want to spend money. We think it's because we've finally suppressed the horrors (and paid the bills) of the previous holiday buying carnage, and also because tax refunds put a little extra scratch in our pockets. So if you're anything like us, and you're looking at a fat refund check and considering converting it into a nice new G3 system, Apple's making the decision even easier for you. Now, in a new spring promotion, if you buy any Power Macintosh G3, you get your choice of either a 32 MB RAM boost or a copy of Connectix VirtualPC 2.0 for free.
Nice to have choices, isn't it? Given that VirtualPC costs about $150 and 32 MB of RAM is only maybe $80 or so, you should probably opt for VirtualPC if you have any need at all to run Windows software. Personally, we've got all the software we need on the Mac side, so we'd probably go for the extra RAM, but the VirtualPC offer could be a real boon for corporate buyers.
For those of you who are more interested in buying software than hardware, there's also a promotion whereby you can get $30 back if you buy Mac OS 8.1 and Microsoft Office 98 together. We at AtAT doubt that anyone who wasn't already going to buy both packages would be swayed by a measly $30 (especially given that the total cost would be over $500), but hey, an extra $30 is always nice. Go out and buy yourself a couple of Zip disks or something.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/1/98 episode: May 1, 1998: Only five days remain until the next big Apple event, and this affair should raise fewer wild expectations than that overblown November 10th ordeal. Meanwhile, most of the computer industry reveals the extent of Microsoft's monopoly by pleading to the Justice Department not to delay Windows 98, and spring brings promotions from down Cupertino way...
Other scenes from that episode: 664: Countdown: 5 Days (5/1/98) It's time for another big Apple announcement. According to Mac OS Rumors, Steve Jobs has invited the leaders of Mac user groups to attend a "milestone" meeting in Cupertino on this coming Wednesday, May 6th... 665: And The Beat Goes On (5/1/98) Twenty-six high-tech companies like Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, etc. are attempting to strong-arm the Justice Department into keeping their mitts off of Windows 98. The Washington Post has details. Now, faithful viewer Jeff Barbose has an interesting perspective on this letter: "Doesn't that really SERVE the government (state & DoJ) by stating flat-out that MS controls almost all of the industry?Ó...
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