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Requiem for Six Slots (7/19/98)
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Sigh... the last holdout among the rumormongers who claimed that Apple was quietly working on six-slot G3 models has recanted. Mac the Knife, who continued to whisper about six-slot Macs as late as Friday, now reports that those rumors are incorrect and jumps on the "four slots, one very fast" bandwagon. Which means that it's incredibly unlikely that Apple's going to pull a six-slot machine out of its sleeve anytime soon.
Speculation varies wildly on the nature of the "high-speed" fourth slot, with most people claiming that it's simply a 64-bit PCI slot that will have sufficient speed and bandwidth to allow the connection of a PCI expansion chassis, for those pros who need more slots (and have the bank balances and desk space to accommodate such a beast). However, Mac OS Rumors has recently posed the intriguing possibility that the fourth slot is actually AGP, Intel's Advanced Graphics Port system that's all the rage on the Wintel side of the fence. And the Knife maintains that the fourth slot is actually meant to hold Apple's own personality cards, which add various and sundry capabilities not found soldered to the motherboard. Regardless, four slots ain't six (at least, not without embarking on a drinking binge of epic proportions or overinhaling fumes from common household cleansers).
Then again, Apple revealed the iMac back in May without so much as a blip on the radar screen. (You could almost hear the collective question on May 6th, as Apple-watchers the world over all simultaneously exclaimed, "What the hell is that?!") Is there still a chance, however small, that Apple will surprise us all again by whipping out a sparkling six-slot pro model with nary a warning? Those of you who believe in fairy-tale endings can keep the dream alive...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 7/19/98 episode: July 19, 1998: It's all about good press-- so when will Apple get a new set of adjectives appointed? Meanwhile, rumors of upcoming six-slot Macs have all but died and gone to Hearsay Heaven, and yes, Virginia, the iMac really is faster then a Power Mac G3 266, or so it would seem...
Other scenes from that episode: 865: Pressed for Success (7/19/98) Let's all face facts-- Apple's story is one of the most incredible series of blunders and bad decisions in business history. Until Steve Jobs retook the helm and started making some tough choices, the ship looked very likely to sink, which is why for a good solid two years or more, to the press there was no "Apple."... 867: Look Ma, No ROMs (7/19/98) A bunch of you were wondering just what the heck we were talking about when we recently referred to the iMac as being faster than a Power Macintosh G3 266. Most just assumed we'd made a mistake, but we can assure you, it wasn't an error...
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