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Apple Cancels Apple Expo 2001
Ziploc writes: "Apple today announced the cancellation of Apple Expo 2001, which was scheduled to take place at Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, from September 26th to 30th, 2001.
See the press release here."
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After all, they don't have many left as it is...
Strange, they are the only computercompany which didn't made a loss last quarter.
And the iBook and G4 ti is selling like crazy..
Typical anti Apple FUD as always.
Apple really needs to refocus and release tech. info on their older systems anyhow. I've been fighting for 2 years to get driver-level specs for a Powerbook 1400, and have yet to recieve anything but a runaround. MacOS X based on a BSD core is pretty cool, but Apple just like IBM-clones need a choice. BeOS comes close, but neither of these will run on my PB. I'd hate to think I'd wasted my money.
Like Compaq, Toshiba, Dell and some other company's.
I have a five year old Pentium 90 laptop with 8 mb and Windows XP won't install on it.
Yeesh, get a live.
The powerbook 1400 is almost 5 years old.
And it isn't a PCI machine.
Safety? What big name terrorist is going to hit a computer company convention? Sure they're pretty well known, but hardly a good target for destroying the Western world's economy or confidence. The number of attractive destruction targets that come ahead of Apple Expo number in the thousands. Why, even in Paris, I'd think there are more than a few famous landmarks that would be well publicized if they were to get destroyed. Apple Expo getting bombed would make front page news maybe, and only for one day.
If anything, we should be promoting these kind of event, not just to show that our lives continue on despite the terrorists attempts to change them, but also to help bolster the airline industry. If things don't pick up quickly, even with the gov't bailout, several of the majors may go down this year.
"No, no, no. Don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."