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Two Faces of Newton (10/17/97)
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Whom to believe? We were ecstatic when we read Mac the Knife's description of the long-rumored upcoming Newton MessagePad 2100; after all, who wouldn't want a splefty little handheld outfitted with the new StrongARM 1100 chip running at 200MHz, and capable of driving a color LCD at 1024x1024? (Heck, that's higher resolution than any of the displays we use on our desktops and Powerbooks.)
Of course, the simple fact that a 1024x1024 display, even at 100dpi, would be over ten inches on a side should give us pause. Unless the MessagePad 2100 is a slate-type device (in which case it wouldn't be a "MessagePad"), we think the Knife and his sources may be smoking something "interesting." Add to this the fact that many Newton web sites in the past week had already posted the rumor that the MP2100 would sport an SA1100 chip--and then retracted it--and you have a singularly untenable piece of Knifespeak.
Meanwhile, MacConnection had posted a supposed description of the MP2100 on their catalog web site, though it's apparently since been removed at Apple's request. This description is the other side of the coin; the only difference in the listed specs between the 2100 and the currently-shipping 2000 is an additional 3MB of DRAM. And while that extra heap would be a godsend, it's not exactly innovation befitting the long-awaited 2100. In fact, rumors were flying a year ago that Apple had developed a 4MB 2000 and was planning to ship it. So is that all this is? If so, we're sadly disappointed.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/17/97 episode: October 17, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 93: Yale Schmale (10/17/97) The lovely and talented Donna Ladd, the freelance journalist who broke the news about Yale and the Intel Grant Scandal of 1997 (we think we'll call it YaleGate), wrote us to let us know that she has posted a long list of colleges and universities that have received money from said Intel grant... 94: MacInsider Rumors (10/17/97) Following MacInsider's recent abrupt and mysterious shutdown, Macintouch today posted that the plug got pulled shortly after Apple representatives visited the MacInsider offices. When coupled with Webintosh's suspicion that MacInsider was run by two ex-Apple employees who were laid off in last March's reorganization, we're starting to see some pretty serious clues as to who's behind the recent Ninja Attack Campaign that's shutting down Mac-centric web sites faster than you can say "The Mob Killed My Brother."...
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