As the Apple Turns: Scene 842: Back to Boston (7/9/98)

Back to Boston (7/9/98)

New York, New York: the town so nice they named it twice. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. So that's why, as we sit in this tiny NYC $169/night hotel room contemplating the injustice of being charged a dollar for toll-free 800 calls, your friendly AtAT staff is both puzzled and overjoyed to hear that, after only one year in the Big Apple, the summer MacWorld Expo is returning to Boston. At least, that's what MacWEEK is saying, though IDG Expo Management isn't telling why they want to head back to Beantown.

Strangely enough, the announcement of MacWorld's return comes only a day after the news that Seybold is also heading back from New York to Boston. Suddenly there's another show that AtAT might be able to attend. It's an embarrassment of riches, really. We haven't a clue as to why all these big high-tech shows are Boston-bound, given that city's lack of very-large convention halls and the ongoing traffic carnage caused by the Big Dig, which makes Death Race 2000 look like Driving Miss Daisy. But we are glad, glad, glad.

Now don't get us wrong-- we love New York. We're having a blast, here. But we miss the selfish joy of being able to go home at night and sort through Expo swag without paying eight bucks for a room service Coke. After all, there's no place like home.

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The above scene was taken from the 7/9/98 episode:

July 9, 1998: Two big Mac-type shows say buh-bye Big Apple, hullo Beantown. Meanwhile, Captain Steve in a weakened state relies on his entourage to smuggle him into the show, and rumors grow regarding Apple's high end line...

Other scenes from that episode:

843: "We Have a Pass" (7/9/98) Apparently, MacWorld Expo security staff are immune to the mind-bending effects of Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field®. Either that, or the results got somehow twisted out of Steve's favor. However you look at it, it's definitely pretty funny that the Grand Poobah of Apple reportedly couldn't get onto the show floor after delivering his keynote because he didn't have a conference badge...
844: High-End Rumors (7/9/98) Okay, if you're anything like us (and you probably are, since you tune in to AtAT) you're wondering just what the heck is up with Apple's plans for the high end of its Power Mac line. There's still nothing officially announced to replace the models that were quietly discontinued a few days ago, but a couple of the rumors sites have a little new info gleaned from various and sundry tawdry sources...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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