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Nitro-Burning Funny Macs (8/12/98)
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As expected, Apple just released new "speed-bumped" Power Mac G3's, and several major resellers have updated their price lists and expect to have at least some inventory to sell by the end of the week. The announced configurations include systems using Motorola's new lower-power 300, 333, and 366 MHz G3 processors. MacCentral has more details, including configurations and prices.
Apparently, reports that Apple had dedicated 100% of its manufacturing resources to building iMacs weren't entirely accurate, though we certainly don't doubt that some individual plants are completely iMac shops right now. Luckily, Apple wasn't blind to the fact that its higher-end customers still count for something too, and the supply of existing Power Mac G3's had just about completely dried up. That explains the sudden appearance of these new Power Macs, announced with little fanfare so as not to detract from the iMac frenzy gripping the nation. If the supply of Power Macs hadn't run dry, odds are these new systems would have appeared at next month's Seybold instead, amid a significant amount of hoopla.
Not that we're complaining, of course; we consider it a wonderful thing that you can now buy a 300 MHz G3 desktop system with 64 MB of RAM, a 6 GB hard drive, a 24x CD-ROM, and an internal Zip drive all for under $1900. Those of you who need a pretty hefty system but are constrained by your purse strings, that might just be the system to pounce on.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/12/98 episode: August 12, 1998: Break out the x-ray specs and get ready to sweep the computer stores on Saturday, because the Golden Ticket promotion sounds like a go. Meanwhile, Apple quietly kicks a few speedy new Power Macs into the mix, and Microsoft fights hard to keep the deposition of its supreme leader out of the public eye...
Other scenes from that episode: 931: Golden Opportunity (8/12/98) Apparently the "Golden Ticket" iMac promotion is more than just a mere rumor. Several AtAT viewers wrote in to confirm that Steve Jobs' plan to put five personally-signed golden tickets into five random iMac boxes did in fact appear in Newsweek magazine, a few sources who claimed to have "inside information" about the idea vouched (however anonymously and shadily) for its veracity, and a CNET article has also appeared discussing the "high-profile marketing scheme."... 933: Sweeps Week in D.C. (8/12/98) My oh my, the "Redmond Justice" case is gearing up to be a real circus; if you thought things have been entertaining so far, you may be in for a real treat over the next month or so. On Tuesday, Judge Jackson ruled that the deposition of Bill Gates and other high-ranking Microsoft executives was to be open to the public, citing a provision of the Sherman Antitrust Act known as the Publicity in Taking Evidence Act...
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