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Reruns Worth Watching (5/16/99)
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Speaking of QuickTime 4 (isn't it amazing how all this stuff just flows together so effortlessly? Gosh, we're professional), we must admit we were a little bummed that we didn't have a chance to catch Steve Jobs' keynote address last week via the glory of real-time live streaming video-- we had other commitments to fulfill. And we're not just disappointed because it's always a kick to watch Steve entertain a crowd; we were also very interested to see how well QuickTime Streaming could handle the load of what was arguably its first big real-world test. Thousands of interested Mac fans probably tuned in to hear the good word first-hand.
If you missed it too, there isn't a whole lot you can do about seeing how the webcast held up under actual live battle conditions, but thanks to Apple, you can watch the whole keynote now via QuickTime 4 Streaming video-on-demand. Even though you've already heard and digested all the news by now, you still might find watching the keynote itself to be a solid entertainment value. We only had time to catch the first twenty minutes so far, but between HAL 9000 kicking off the proceedings by announcing that the Redmond engineers who cobbled together his OS were shutting him down because of his interest in the Mac OS, the plush red dragon handed to Jobs by the CEO of Dragon Systems, and Steve holding a drawing and giving away the first of fifty (one every hour!) top-of-the-line "101" PowerBook G3s, we've got to give it a thumbs up.
Actually, now that we think about it, probably the best bit we've yet seen is where Jobs starts touting the new PowerBooks' extended battery life by saying that, for the first time, you can watch all of Austin Powers on DVD using a single battery charge. Even better, with the five hours of juice in a single charged battery ("your mileage may vary"), you can actually watch it twice. Now there's a sales pitch that should be all over the airwaves.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/16/99 episode: May 16, 1999: If you want to know the real reason Apple's so keen on ditching the floppy drive, look no further than The Simpsons' season finale. Meanwhile, QuickTime 4 makes an unexpected cameo on the small screen, and if you missed the WWDC keynote last week, it's now available via Apple's cool new streaming technology...
Other scenes from that episode: 1535: "...They're On TV!" (5/16/99) You know, the AtAT staff has logged a lot of hours living in this crazy world, and between us, we'd have to have been pretty darned unobservant if we hadn't picked up some serious life lessons along the way... 1536: Mighty Quick Work (5/16/99) Speaking of Apple sightings on TV, there's another one we should mention, because it's both timely and slightly unusual. Most sightings involve an actual Mac or Apple display being used by the characters on some show; Apple-branded equipment has done guest stints on a whole slew of shows ranging from Felicity to The X-Files to Home Improvement to The Drew Carey Show to.....
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