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Go Wall Street Go! (8/2/98)
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Speaking of Apple product spec leaks, the desktop line isn't the only subject of recent speculation. Ever since Motorola announced its new G3's, which run faster than the current set but draw even less power, folks have been pondering just when these speedy-'n'-cool new chips are going to show up in the PowerBook line. It's not even a question of "if," since the lower power requirements of the new processors translate directly into lower heat output and longer battery life. Apple would be nuts not to switch to the new chips as soon as possible, which is probably determined more by availability than anything else.
O'Grady's PowerPage, that wellspring of all PowerBook knowledge, recently reported a clue as to Apple's laptop plans. Apparently multiple sources are reporting to them that the nigh-unobtainable 292 MHz / 14.1" configuration is being discontinued. What kind of configuration will take its place is anybody's guess, but it's pretty darn likely that it'll include a low-power G3 running at least at 333 MHz, and with the power savings on the new chip, perhaps Apple would build in an even bigger screen. Whatever it turns out to be, we hope that the new configuration will prove easier to build and deliver than the 292/14, which has been sighted less often since introduction than the actual UFO's upon whose technology it is based. (Whoops, we may have said a little too much there...)
So if the 292/14 is really being discontinued, what will become of the 7000 or so backorders for that configuration that still haunt Apple's books? Will Apple "do the right thing" and ship 333/15's to customers instead? And will even such a gesture be able to placate people who have been waiting for three or four months for their computer? (Insert rampant guesswork here.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/2/98 episode: August 2, 1998: Amid firings a-plenty, news about Apple's "Yosemite" pro workstations continues to leak out of Apple and directly onto the 'net. Meanwhile, it seems that the high end of the PowerBook line is about ready for a technology refresh, and baseball stories trigger fond memories of the Mac's precursor...
Other scenes from that episode: 901: Mum's the Word (8/2/98) There's no question that Steve Jobs has done a lot since taking the helm at Apple a year ago, and one of those accomplishments was to plug the leaks that made our favorite computer company look more like a sieve than an actual business... 903: ...Of the Way We Were (8/2/98) A humorous item in PC Magazine about an obsolete Apple //c computer being used as home plate at a Little League baseball diamond has sparked a wave of nostalgia, so bear with us. Waaaay back at the Dawn of Time (which archaeologists refer to by its technical name-- the "Mid-Eighties"), yours truly hoarded the spoils of various odd jobs and the contents of many a birthday card with only one goal in sight: the purchase of a home computer...
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