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The Clicker: The conversation that never officially took place
Every week Stephen Speicher contributes The Clicker, an opinion column on entertainment and technology:You could all but see the gears turning in his head as he pondered the statement. "Clearly," he thought to himself, "I've misheard. He can't seriously be saying what I think he's saying." "Excuse me?" Bill replied assuming that he would hear something different the second time around. "That's right. Apple wants to build a Media Center PC." There was a brief pause as Bill closely inspected his colleague. Blue Jeans, check... turtleneck, check... half-soothing / half-arrogant smile, check... This was the real deal; this was Steve Jobs. "Let me get this straight…" Gates, now a little bit confused, continued, "You want to build a Windows Media Center Edition PC?" "That's right." "Apple?" "Yes. Apple!" "Let me come at this from a slightly different angle. You're telling me that Apple wants to ship a Media Center PC?" "That's what I'm telling you." "You do understand that Media Center is part of the OS?" "Yes, I understand."
