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CRAZY About Low Prices! (8/19/99)
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Wanna buy an iMac for $599? You're probably saying to yourself, "That's a great deal on an original 233 MHz iMac!" But what if we told you your $599 would get you your choice of Lime or Tangerine? "You mean it's a discontinued/refurbished 266 MHz model? Even better!" But no, we're talking about a brand new, 333 MHz iMac for only $599. Sound too good to be true? Then how about blue and white Power Mac G3s for $999 to $1899, or a 17" Studio Display for $199? Or one of those sweet flat-panel Studio Displays for $599? Or the mammoth 21" Studio Display with built-in ColorSync for $699? Yeah, you're telling us we're crazy. But we're not the ones offering these incredible deals; Apple is.
That's right, it's Crazy Steve's Discount Outlet! All you need to take advantage of these insaaaane prices is to be showing off your wares at Seybold in a couple of weeks. Well, okay, that's a pretty big catch, but it's still fun to look at the prices on the order form PDF and drool. The other catch is that the program expires on Friday the 20th. As in, right now. So if you are a registered exhibitor at Seybold and you want some good stuff cheap, head over to MacWEEK for more info on this killer deal, or go straight to Apple's Developer Connection and get the info from the source.
Of course, the big question on everyone's mind is, why is Apple offering price cuts of up to fifty percent on low-margin equipment as well as on the more expensive stuff? Discounts of this magnitude are unprecedented, to the best of our knowledge. We've got two theories, ourselves. First, Apple understands how important it is to maintain maximum visibility at Seybold, given that conference's close ties with Apple's core market of graphic folks; selling lots of brightly-colored systems at a loss in return for having them shown at booths all over the show floor is a worthwhile advertising expense. But the other theory is more interesting: doesn't it seem like Apple's trying very hard to get rid of lots of this gear? Perhaps in preparation for newer stuff, like the "Kihei" iMac and the Power Mac G4? The flushing of stock is always a harbinger of new toys in the pipeline...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/19/99 episode: August 19, 1999: eMachines, welcome to the jungle; prepare to litigate! Meanwhile, Seybold exhibitors qualify for half-off pricing on iMacs and Power Mac G3s directly from Apple, sparking questions as to why the folks in Cupertino are dumping hardware in a frenzy, and IBM's recent unveiling of a CHRP-based free PowerPC motherboard design has lots of people wondering about the possible return of Mac cloning...
Other scenes from that episode: 1729: Automating Litigation (8/19/99) Lawsuits, lawsuits everywhere! Never let it be said that Apple doesn't know how to show a copycat a good time. First they filed suit against Future Power because their E-Power system looks like its designers cloned an iMac, replaced its guts with Wintel gunk, fed it lots of fattening foods, and then beat it with an Ugly Stick™... 1731: Most Peculiar, Momma (8/19/99) Strange days, indeed... We admit befuddlement as to just what's going on with the I and the M in the AIM PowerPC alliance. The Big M (Motorola, that is) just announced that it wants to buy out Metrowerks, the makers of CodeWarrior, the "integrated development environment of choice" for many a Mac programmer...
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