A couple of years ago, I was invited by the fruity company to attend one of the last Macworlds supported by the computer company in New York. That was also my last outing as a technology journalist even though I wasn't there on assignment.
The year they launched the first iBook.
After the keynote address, we were herded into a packed room with reporters from all over the tech world. I found myself a nice seat in front of a group of Japanese journalists. While most of us have upgraded to the PowerBook G3, the Japanese were still obsessed with the miniscule PowerBook 2400; almost all the Japanese journalists were using that little wonder.
We waited for a while before the whole group of management team from the company took the stage.
That was the second time I met him, the first was six months before where I visited Cupertino.
The journalists shot questions about the new machines and Steve was talking about the successful launch of the products.
That was when I raised my hand and asked: "Steve... what happened to Mac OS X Server? did it sell well?"
Bwahahaa... I was dead sure I was sucked into Steve's alternate reality force field for a while as I cannot remember his answer. or if he had given me an answer at all.
Anyway, I took pictures of the group on stage. On the Left, is Jonathan Ive, the Aston Martin guy who had a hand in most of the company's product designs.
I had a great time that year, in New York, and I wonder if Malaysia's Status of the Macintosh reporting has improved since the days when we were making headways in tech journalism.
It's a pity the local papers are more interested in AFP or other syndicated news sources nowadays.
September 22, 2005
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Jeremiah Foo! I remember you now! How u been mate?
Yeah, I am okay... Just decided to resurface.
You still in the Mac circle?
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