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The Disney Connection (7/6/98)
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Ahhh, the Disney Connection. Rumors have been flying for months now about some kind of deal between Apple and Disney, but the nature of that alleged deal is anyone's guess. Most people agree that it's not a buyout, but beyond that things are pretty hazy. The most likely scenario that we've heard involves Disney putting iMacs in every guest room of its holiday resorts, giving its guests the ability to play some games, access email, and surf the net (with bookmarks conveniently set for the park's Online Information Kiosk, as well as the Disney Blast kids' entertainment site).
Seems plausible enough. And it's lent further credence by the fact that the formerly-Windows-only Disney Blast site just gained official Mac compatibility, according to faithful viewer Mike Dominy. Its posted requirements (PowerPC-only, 24 MB of built-in RAM) just seem to scream "iMac!" Is it just coincidence that Disney added Mac compatibility to its site just a couple of days before MacWorld Expo gets underway? The MacWorld Expo which includes a keynote to be delivered by Steve Jobs, via satellite from California? Hmmm...
We assume that, if this whole "iMac in every room" thing is true, Disney will be using some kind of content-filtering proxy server to ensure that net usage in its decidedly G-rated universe stays on the side of decency and light. After all, you wouldn't want some eight-year-old inadvertently surfing to www.bambi.com, would you?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 7/6/98 episode: July 6, 1998: So what, exactly, will take the place of Apple's 300 MHz Power Mac G3, which was quietly discontinued today? Meanwhile, the possibility of iMac clones is closer to the real truth than you might expect, and Disney gets its Blast site up to Mac speed just in time for the Expo...
Other scenes from that episode: 834: Waiting for Santa (7/6/98) All kinds of rumors have been flying recently about what kind of high(er)-end G3 systems Apple has up its sleeve, ready to unveil at this week's Expo. 333-400 MHz processors in existing Gossamer-based G3 systems?... 835: iPups Need Good Homes (7/6/98) Remember how Apple plans to ship some 600,000 iMacs by Christmas? That's got Don Crabb wondering just where all those funky blue gumdrops are going to come from. Sure, Apple's Laguna West facility is hiring extra staff and claims to be able to produce 400,000 by year's end, and the Cork and Singapore plants should be able to crank out the remaining 200,000 primarily for the overseas markets, but can they do it and still produce enough standard Power Macs too? That little puzzler reportedly has Apple re-evaluating its stance on Mac cloning...
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