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Only Skin Deep? Yeah, Right (8/9/01)
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We've witnessed some pretty horrible things done to Macs over the years-- the iMac shot up by a pistol-packin' oaf for an Epinions commercial springs immediately to mind-- but even that senseless act of Mac abuse pales in comparison to the latest atrocity to catch our attention. At least an iMac that's been pumped full of lead has been put out of its misery. In contrast, faithful viewer Kurt Gharbi has alerted us to a Power Mac G4 that is suffering a fate far worse than the grave: behold, if your stomach can handle the sight, the G4 PC.
And you thought just running VirtualPC was enough of a degradation for your Mac. Think again. Yes, some poor, misguided soul out there actually ripped the guts out of a Power Mac G4 and replaced them with Intel-type components, including a (shudder) floppy drive. For a while we tried to see the bright side of this terrifying experiment, like perhaps if you have to use a Wintel, at least it this way it can have a little outward style. No go; just seeing those beige panels poking through the Graphite is enough to make any Mac fan cry. Somebody, please make the hurting stop...
It's worth noting that the gentleman who undertook this Frankensteinesque operation did so because he evidently really likes the Power Mac's enclosure, but not the Mac itself; in other words, to him, the Mac's beauty stops at the outer layer of translucent polycarbonate, which is a darn shame. Still, if he already likes the Mac's outsides, maybe someday he'll come to appreciate the insides of the system as well. At that point he'll recognize the error of his ways, give that poor, mutilated Power Mac a decent burial, and buy an unmolested Mac that's beautiful to the core.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/9/01 episode: August 9, 2001: Yesterday we mentioned that Intel might have to start countering the Megahertz Myth; today it looks like AMD might be joining the fight, too. Meanwhile, SiliconValley.com has lined up one ugly mob to discuss "the future of Apple Computer," and a Wintel user with at least a slight appreciation for style does something unspeakable to a Power Mac G4...
Other scenes from that episode: 3230: Megahertz Envy Is So '90s (8/9/01) You all know the drill by now: Apple innovates, the rest of the industry scoffs, time passes, and the rest of the industry plays follow-the-leader while counting on the public to have forgotten who came up with the innovation in the first place... 3231: Ready For The Bash-A-Thon (8/9/01) Oh, now this sounds like a hoot and a half... Faithful viewer Nina Tovish pointed out an interesting announcement in today's San Jose Mercury News: apparently, SiliconValley.com (the paper's "online partner") is planning to host a little virtual get-together next week-- an "online round table discussion," as they call it...
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