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Waiting For iMac (6/27/98)
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It seems like the whole Mac-using world is holding its breath awaiting the arrival of the iMac. We at AtAT are so used to hearing release dates of "ninety days" that we often forget that time marches forward; the iMac isn't due in ninety days anymore-- it's due in forty-four! That's right, Steve Jobs stunned us all by unveiling his translucent little retro-Mac waaaay back on May 6th-- seven and a half weeks ago. So the world only has, at most, another seven or eight weeks to wait before the World's Cutest Desktop Computer becomes commercially available.
And when we say "the world," we mean the world; apparently the iMac won't be one of those Macs that Apple waits six months before releasing overseas. Apple intends the iMac to take the whole world by storm. In fact, according to Mac the Knife, the first production run is ramping up in Apple's Singapore plant, and Apple Singapore is lobbying for the right to unveil the shipping iMac at MacWorld Singapore on July 21st. Somehow we doubt that such a thing will come to pass, though, and while the iMac will probably be launched here in the U.S. sometime in early- to mid-August, we fully expect that they'll be available to Mac-lovers (new and old) world-wide.
So when friends of ours ask for a recommendation on what Mac to buy to replace their aging LC II, the answer's a lot easier if they can wait another forty-four days or so before purchasing...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 6/27/98 episode: June 27, 1998: Canadian Mac buyers haven't had the "benefit" of ubiquitous CompUSA's and the Apple salon stores within, but the Computer City buyout may change all that in time. Meanwhile, the ongoing drama of Apple's slot-deficient computers may be reaching a satisfying end, and there's less time to wait for an iMac than you might think...
Other scenes from that episode: 810: Great White North (6/27/98) Apple's slow climb back into the consumer market should accelerate quickly once the cute and lumpy iMac makes its debut on store shelves this August. Unfortunately, since Apple pulled out of a significant portion of the retail space a few months ago when it yanked Macs out of all national retail chains except for CompUSA, there are fewer shelves on which to display the iMac when it's ready to sell... 811: Slots For Everybody (6/27/98) It would appear that Don Crabb has finally received the last word (for now, at least) on Apple's plans for the number of PCI slots to include in its upcoming high-end G3 Power Macs. In short, don't hold your breath waiting for a six-slot box...
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