As the Apple Turns: Scene 961: Still Cranking 'Em Out (8/23/98)

Still Cranking 'Em Out (8/23/98)

Speaking of availability problems, apparently Apple's doing a good job of cranking out enough iMacs to meet demand. According to an article in MacWEEK, retailers claim they're getting plenty of iMacs to push out the door. Every single retailer that MacWEEK contacted claimed they had iMacs in stock and ready to sell-- and furthermore, they claim to be "well-supplied" with other Mac models.

Of course, we've got to wonder about the accuracy of the whole article, since it also reports that availability of the PowerBook G3's is "even better than the iMac," according to one retailer. Now, considering that several people have been waiting for their PowerBooks since last May, we have a hard time reconciling that statement. Granted, there was that little qualifier that "only the 250 and 292 haven't been available" (er, that's two-thirds of the line, there) but something still seems a little fishy about the whole deal.

But if we can trust the article's facts, there's some additional good news in there. J&R Computer World in New York claims to be seeing an "abnormal amount of first-time computer buyers" visiting their stores, and MacCenter of Fort Lauderdale, Florida says that their store traffic has increased 50 to 60 percent. Even if the iMac doesn't add a ton of profit to Apple's end-of-quarter results, it sure has increased mind share and interest in Apple's products. And that can't be a bad thing.

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The above scene was taken from the 8/23/98 episode:

August 23, 1998: Evil geniuses in concrete bunkers far beneath Cupertino are busy grafting new capabilities onto existing PowerBooks. Meanwhile, Apple's busy little manufacturing plants just keep cranking out those cute blue iMacs, and a viewer has a theory about just what's holding up the release of Windows NT 5.0...

Other scenes from that episode:

960: Pumped-Up PowerBooks (8/23/98) Personally, we at AtAT are still reeling from the sheer coolness factor of the current PowerBook G3 Series, but apparently Apple is still preparing to provide "speed-bumped" models as early as a week from now...
962: Whither Copland? (8/23/98) Finally, tonight we leave you with some thoughts from faithful viewer David Puett: I have been coding all day (and browsing) and it finally hit me. A huge conspiracy that only AtAT could bring to the people...

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