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We'll Make More (9/8/98)
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Well, whaddaya know-- the iMac has been available for over three weeks, now, and it's still getting good press due to heavy sales. Just take a look at the San Francisco Chronicle, which reports that iMacs are still "flying off the shelves" of stores who are selling them. They even state that Apple's managed to avoid "the marathon product shortages that have dogged it for years." Which translates, roughly, as, "Apple's managed to avoid biting itself in the ass again." Kinda makes you feel good all over, doesn't it?
The article includes some more hints as to actual numbers. ComputerWare, a Mac-only chain who's been wonderfully vocal about how many iMacs they're selling, reveals that they managed to move 1200 iMacs by the end of August-- and an average of one every thirty seconds on the August 15th launch date. Things have settled into a fairly nice balance right now: there's lots of demand, so several resellers find themselves occasionally out of stock (which shows people that iMacs are popular), but Apple's been able to crank out enough of them so that customers needn't wait more than a couple of days on the outisde.
Of course, if strong sales are to continue, Apple had better start whaling on peripherals vendors with the Hurry Stick®. The lack of available USB peripherals can't be helping iMac sales at all, especially given how attached some people are to their precious floppy disks. Heck, we ourselves are waiting impatiently for the Imation SuperDisk drive. Listen... hear that? That repetitive and insistent tapping sound? That's our collective foot.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 9/8/98 episode: September 8, 1998: Most recently expected to debut in Mac OS 8.5, the Themes left over from Copland are once more waiting in the wings. Meanwhile, Bill Gates won't testify in the upcoming "Redmond Justice" trial-- though some guy from Boeing will, and the iMac still manages to grab good press and strong sales, but the continuing dearth of USB products might be a dark cloud on the horizon...
Other scenes from that episode: 996: Not What It Themes (9/8/98) Gather 'round, kiddies, and stretch your minds wa-a-a-ay back to the Dawn of Time. Back in those dark days, Apple's next-generation operating system strategy relied heavily on an OS called Copland, which was to be a stepping stone on the path to a fully modern Mac OS... 997: Wasted Potential (9/8/98) Tsk, tsk... it's becoming clearer and clearer that there is a widespread conspiracy afoot to turn the upcoming "Redmond Justice" season premiere into a non-event. The entertainment potential of the big courtroom showdown is absolutely huge, but it seems that someone is bent on preventing a media circus...
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