October 1999: Amaz!ng Features

Welcome back to Memory Protection! This month we get a little goofy for the spooky season. Apple is firing on all cylinders in October 1999 as Steve introduces the iMac/DV/SE, the exceptional iMovie Introduction, Phil's pacificst run of Quake 3. Matt discovers that his recycling bin is haunted & Josh spins a cautionary tale of motion sickness while playing Star Wars Episode I: Racer (...with his mom).

Listen:

Follow-Up:

• Altivec, what even is it?

Hot Cocoa:

• Oni website launched
  • Oni was the last bungie game on Mac (Wikipedia Link)
• New utility checks for apps with Y2k Problems
  • Go64
• Apple Announces Speed Reductions In G4 Lines, Prices Stay The Same
• Has Apple Shifted From The High End To A Low End Focus?
• Apple alienating pros is not a new feature. (Google Search)
• Pixar’s doing well

Topics:

• iMac DV Intro Keynote Video
• iMac Ram Door
• iSub
• iMac Comparison: the Original & the DV
• countchocula.fun
• iMovie Introduction
• Jeff Goldblum's 3 new iMac Commercials

Recommendations:

• Josh:
  • Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
  • Pokémon Yellow
• Matt:
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Rayman 2: The Great Escape