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Admission to MacWorld this year was free -- if
you registered in advance. Advance registration
also saved you the hassle of standing in lines to
get a badge. But thousands of procrastinators
failed to register in advance, and the lines were
long. (Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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One of the more popular MacWorld exhibits was in
Apple's area. This section featured new colors of
iMacs, each equipped with iMovie and connected to a
bank of Canon ZR10 digital video cameras. (Photo by
Lawrence I. Charters)
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Thanks in large part to two chartered buses,
Washington Apple Pi members were all over MacWorld.
Here the Littles try to read their E-mail at the
EarthLink booth. (Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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Computer shows, for some reason, always seem to
include some form of transportation. A fairly
common gimmick is a semi-trailer or two packed with
things to sell, but this year's MacWorld also
featured drawings for cars, including this
Volkswagen bug at the Lexmark booth. (Photo by
Lawrence I. Charters)
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Sinbad, the stand-up comic and actor without a
last name, is also a big-time Macintosh fan. He
enthusiastically toured the booths, looking at the
latest goodies, and proved charmingly tolerant of
those who wanted to have their pictures taken with
him. By the end of the week, he was probably blind
from all the flashbulbs. (Photo by Lawrence I.
Charters)
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The event manager created these custom-designed
kiosks to hold the computers used for registration.
The computers -- multi-hued iMacs -- looked better
than the kiosks. (Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is huge;
no other word can describe it. But the light, airy
entrance hall and enthusiastic, eager Mac fanatics
made it seem friendly and inviting. Old-timers
groused that they preferred the less exotic exhibit
halls used during MacWorld Boston expos. (Photo by
Lawrence I. Charters)
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While there have been several public
demonstrations of Mac OS X, Apple was far more
aggressive in showing the forthcoming operating
system to the public at this year's MacWorld.
Presentations on Mac OS X were held several times a
day in Apple's booth, and all the demos were
packed. (Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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What kind of person goes to MacWorld? This
individual has a Palm V, complete with keyboard,
resting on his PowerBook G3. When told this looked
quite funny, he started to rationalize this setup,
but gave it up quickly and admitted he is an
"übergeek." (Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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Iomega was giving away highly-prized buttons
with clever (and snotty) sayings. The most prized
of all was the "I'm not Bill Gates" button, worn
here by a Microsoft staffer in Microsoft's booth.
(Photo by Lawrence I. Charters)
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One company that sells "older" Macs had a unique
exhibit: working computers were arranged as if they
were furniture, perhaps inspired by the Pi's
legendary Mac Bench series ("Introducing:
Washington Apple Pi Mac Bench," Washington Apple
Pi Journal, January/February 1998; "Washington
Apple Pi Mac Bench Pro: Wall of Macs,"
Washington Apple Pi Journal, January/February
1999). A seat, formed entirely of working compact
Macs (you can't see the screens in the photos, but
they are all operating), featured a footrest made
from a working Lisa computer. On the other side of
the booth, a two-seat love seat was made from still
more working compact Macs. Finally, a "fireplace"
featured one fire damaged Mac and a fireplace made
of compact Macs, with Mac LC "flagstones" forming a
mantle. A television set played a videotape of a
fireplace fire. (Photos by Lawrence I. Charters)
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