The Low End Mac Link Archive, April 2000
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- Interview: Mitnick reacts
to speaking ban, Cnet, 4/29. Probation officer tells convicted
hacker Kevin Mitnick that he can't speak or write about computer
security.
- Opinion:
Two monopolies for the price of one, Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet,
4/29. "Why I really think breaking up Microsoft is a boneheaded
idea - at least if it is done the way the DOJ and states are
allegedly suggesting - is it won't change the competitive landscape
one iota. In fact, I'd argue, it will likely kill off the few
remaining rivals Microsoft has...."
- Advice: How
to change your default email client, About.com. I love the
ability to user Emailer with Internet Explorer. Mix and match your
favorite combination.
- News: iMovie available
for free download, Apple, 4/28. Also available on CD for
$20.
- Opinion: Sydow's Mind of Macness: Apple made me quit my job,
Don Parks Sydow, MacOS Daily, 4/28. No, it was Windows that
made him quit his job.
- Opinion: iThought:
Armchair surfing, John Norton, MacMilitia, 4/28. AirPort
liberates the iBook from wires.
- USB: Dr. Bott
LLC distributing USB keyboard in all six iMac colors. Keyboard
has standard Macintosh extended layout - we're hoping to get one
for review.
- Review: Mac OS 09.
The Complete Reference, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/28.
"Gene Steinberg's 'Mac OS 09. The Complete Reference' is a tome in
the tradition of those great Mac books...."
- OS: More
on Mac emulators for the PC, MacCentral, 4/28. Information on
SoftMac, Gemulator, and Basilisk.
- Opinion: A bold
prediction: Apple will build an x86 PC, Jim White, osOpinion.
I'll believe it when Steve Jobs announces it.
- Opinion: One
year later, where are the Easy PCs?, John H. Farr, Applelinks,
4/27.
- Opinion:
An icky GUI metaphor, Patrick Gallot, osOpinion. A desktop is
not the best metaphor for your onscreen workspace. LEM spin: Break
the paradigm. Stop thinking of Aqua as a desktop. It's a different
kind of workspace.
- Analysis: RFI Report:
Analyzing Apple's earnings, Robert Morgan, MacWeek, 4/26. Very
detailed evaluation of Apple's current position.
- Preview: Office 2001 for
Macintosh, MacNN, 4/27. Already dominant in word processing,
browser, email client, and spreadsheet on the Mac, Microsoft hopes
to leverage that into other areas. LEM spin: Office 2001 sounds
very ambitious, although I still love my Claris Emailer and
ClarisWorks (still happy with v.4).
- Opinion: Microsoft's PIM
makes it easy for the disorganized, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night
Owl, 4/17. PIM integrated with email client in Office 2001.
- Opinion: An Apple Society: Confessions of a former, former Mac
user, Thomas Wetzel, MacOS Daily, 4/27. "As it was in 1984, so
again that day: I had missed the hype, and that little bondi blue
was my first encounter with the new Apple."
- SETI@home: Team
Mac Observer gains back ground on Team Lockergnome in SETI
competition, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/26.
- Technology: NoBeige:
ThumbDrive ships, Go2Mac.com, 4/26. About the size of a pack of
Wrigley's, the ThumbDrive plugs right into a USB port (not yet Mac
compatible).
- Advice: GUI
Junkie: The icons, they are a-changin', ATPM. Step-by-step
instructions for changing icons.
- Opinion: Computing
with Bifocals: Mouse tips, iMac updates, and a great typing
program, Nancy Gravley, Mac Observer, 4/26.
- Health:
Smelling good but feeling bad, E Magazine. "Fragrances are . .
. easily inhaled by others, and this can create a health problem
akin to second-hand cigarette smoke."
- Opinion: Apple
6th in U.S. sales, light years ahead in stock growth, Charles
W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/26.
- Opinion: Road Warrior: Will Pismo be the best selling PowerBook
yet?, Charles W. Moore, MacOS Daily, 4/26. "It isn't that the
Lombard 333 was a bad deal, but the Pismo 400 for the same money is
a great one."
- News: Sonnet G3/333 upgrade for PowerBook 1400 shipping,
PowerBook Source, 4/26. US$400-500 upgrade brings 117-166 MHz
laptops into the 21st century with Lombard performance.
- iMac: MacNN/iMac2day
forum tracking problem with Revision A iMac and OS 9.0.4.
- OS: BeOS and
Mac OS 9 don't get along, MacCentral, 4/26. However, new BeOS 5
will run under Mac OS 8.6.
- OS: "Virtual
Mac" for the PC, MacCentral, 4/26. Yes, you can run the Mac OS
on a Windows or Linux box with any of three different Mac
emulators.
- Dark Side:
Window Manager: Readers send in best tips...., Brian
Livingston, Infoworld, 4/21. Win2K doesn't support USB in Safe
Mode. This can be a real problem for "legacy-free" computers! LEM
spin: The Wintel folk can't get their own technology right. Good
thing Macs don't work that way.
- AAPL:
Apple Stock Watch: Rally alert! AAPL poised for break out, Wes
George, Mac Observer, 4/25.
- News: AOL
instant messaging rivals file complaint with FCC, Cnet, 4/25.
The LEM spin: Sounds like sour grapes.
- News: The
latest GIF tiff, The Standard, 4/25 [TechNN]. AccuWeather.com switching
from GIF to PNG to avoid license fees.
- Opinion: What
a turn of events for Apple!, Michel Munger, Mac Observer, 4/25.
1997 to 2000, how things have changed.
- Opinion: Rebel with a Mac
(attitude), Rodney O. Lain, Applelinks, 4/25. "You know that it
isn't just our affinity to the Macintosh that joins us together.
It's a refusal to accept 'good enough,' a refusal to be like the
rest...."
- Analysis: Dual
platform issues: Total cost of ownership, MacCentral, 4/24. In
one school district, Wintel TOC is $254 per computer per year, vs.
$53 for each Mac.
- Opinion: iTools and iCards and the new look Apple site, Tim
Hillman, MacOS Daily, 4/23. "Apple has undergone a remarkable
change in the focus of its work. They have done more than establish
an internet presence."
- Web: The 6400
Zone, covers the Performa 6400 and Power Mac 6500.
- SETI@home:
Team Mac Observer welcomes new members, Mac Observer, 4/21.
Welcome to The Atomic Woman and Planet 10 Enterprises, new company
members.
- Analysis: Avoiding the
standardization blues, John C. Welch, MacWeek, 4/21. "Forcing
users to switch platforms is expensive, not just for the initial
hardware and software purchases, but also for servers, network
equipment, new training and support."
- Deal: Mac OS 8.5, $29, see
DealMac, 4/21. With free update from Apple's site, this let's you
get to OS 8.6 inexpensively.
- Connectivity: AOL
Instant Messenger 4.0 available
- Huh?
AOL blocking Pac Bell email In effort to thwart spammers, SF
Gate, 4/21. "...the glitch could further anger Pac Bell customers.
The company's email system has been plagued by glitches in recent
months."
- Advocacy: Operation:
Haverchuck attempts to find a new network home critically
acclaimed "Freaks and Geeks," recently canceled by NBC. More in
Salon.
- Opinion: The
bittersweet end of the Macintosh utopia, Michael LaMorte,
Macville, 4/21. "And in the process, I notice that there's
Microsoft software on the machine... lots of it."
- Opinion: Good
Friday, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/21. "Today is Good
Friday - the day on which Christians commemorate the Crucifixion of
Jesus Christ...."
- Opinion: Why
no women on Apple's board, John Farr, Applelinks, 4/20.
- Humor? Perfumed
PowerBook, O'Grady's PowerPage, 4/20. There's nothing funny
about a cat "marking" a PowerBook - unless it's not yours.
- Hands on: New PocketPC
devices, Larry Garfield, 4/20 [Slashdot]. Palm user finds Windows CE
3.0 an improvement, but still not competition for the Palm OS.
- OS: Linux and the
PowerPC, Slashdot, 4/20.
- AAPL:
Detailed analysis of Apple's 2nd quarter earnings, Wes George,
Mac Observer, 4/20.
- Advice: Here's
what to do with obsolete Macs, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks,
4/20. Donate them to a needy school, organization, or child.
- Connectivity:
Why DSL will win the broadband-access battle, ZDNet/Yahoo,
4/19. Dedicated bandwidth will propel DSL past cable.
- AAPL: Apple beats Wall Street estimates again, Gene Steinberg,
Arizona Central, 4/19. "True to form, Apple beat the market
estimates...."
- Opinion: What
a minute, we like GIFs!, John Farr, Applelinks,
4/19.
- Opinion: Yet
more about lefties, and a web site for new users, Nancy
Gravley, Mac Observer, 4/19.
- Opinion: Kill your Microsoft products?, Stauffer & Hillman,
MacOS Daily, 4/19. The pros and cons of Microsoftware on your Mac.
A thoughtful, enjoyable read.
- Opinion:
Apple's secret strategy: Destroy Windows, Stephen Van Esch,
osOpinion, 4/19. The new thinking: Aqua is designed to hook Wintel
folk on OS X.
- Opinion: What
to do with all those obsolete computers?, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 4/19. You could recycle to avoid the landfill, but Low
End Mac prefers keeping old Macs in use somewhere.
- Review:
Don't throw away your old serial peripherals!, Mac Observer,
4/19. Keyspan USB adapter lets you use old peripherals on USB
Macs.
- Opinion: Time
to dump the GIF, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/19. I would,
but then a lot of low-end Mac users couldn't access Low End Mac
properly. :-(
- Deal: PowerForce G3/350 daughter
card, $188, see DealMac, 4/19.
- Spam:
States outlaw spam, Salon, 4/19. "If laws could stop spam, we'd
probably get a lot less e-mail."
- Virus:
Viruses on Macs are rare, but can wreak havoc for computers,
Union Tribune, 4/18. "...right now, there are only about 40
Mac-specific viruses and related threats, while more than 20,000
viruses have been written for the Windows PCs."
- Opinion: Macs are
a myth, Michael Dinsmore, 4/18. "...they would no more consider
purchasing a Mac than they would consider an Edsel a reasonable
automobile purchase."
- Opinion: Does the iBook SE make sense?, Charles W. Moore, 4/18.
"...on the basis of value and performance [not color], is there a
case to be made for the iBook SE?"
- News: Mysterious
"Area 51" photos prompt Web meltdown, Yahoo/Reuters, 4/18.
Whether "the truth is out" there remains to be seen, but
inquisitive Web surfers are out there in great number.
- SETI@home: Benchmark page
shows PIII/750 barely beats G4/500, Team Lamb Chop.
- Hands On: iCab
Preview 2.0 browser released, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks,
4/18. "...not only the best iCab ever, but also the slickest,
fastest, most stable and polished browser available for the Mac -
period."
- Deal: 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16 MB
Card, $69.95, DealMac, 4/18. Too bad this isn't the PCI
version, but a great deal for G4 (Sawtooth) owners looking for
better 3D gaming.
- Opinion: Yes,
we do and should criticize Apple, Michael Munger, Mac Observer,
4/18. "I will praise them when I feel that they deserve it, and I
will express my disagreement with their moves when I think I should
do it."
- Advice: New life
for second, third generation Power Macs, Graphic Power, 4/18.
Processor upgrades and USB/FireWire cards extend their life.
- Opinion: Mac
website network reflects strength of Mac markets, Mac Observer,
4/18
- Spam:
Spam virgin, Lydia Lee, Salon, 4/18. Posting a new email
address on a web page can result in spam within days.
- Opinion: Why are computers
still hard to use?, Rodney O. Lain, Pioneer Planet, 4/17. "But,
alas and alack, the iMac, too, is still a hard-to-use
computer...."
- Opinion: Aqua not meant for
you and me (it's for the PC user), Roger Born, My Mac. "Neither
Aqua nor OS X was intended for all us seasoned Mac users at all! We
are not the target buyers"
- News: With MicroAge
bankruptcy, Mac dealers switch alliances, MacNN, 4/17. Dealers
switching from Pinacor (owned by MicroAge) to other
distributors.
- News: Apple dropping
K-12 sales agent program, MacNN, 4/17. Instead, Apple will send
its own employees into the field.
- News:
Truth is out there - on the Web - about secret Air Force test
site, Nando Media, 4/17. Popularly known as "Area 51," the
Groom Dry Lake Air Force Base now proved to exist via satellite
photos.
- Deal: Sonnet Crescendo G3/300
daughter card, $191, DealMac, 4/17.
- News: Sun
Catcher solar charging system supports PowerBooks, Charles W.
Moore, Applelinks, 4/17.
- Analysis:
Power Mac bests gigahertz PCs, Henry Norr, SF Gate, 4/17. "[In
testing with Photoshop] the 450 MHz Power Mac blew both gigahertz
PCs out of the water...."
Connectivity:
Cable company launches broadband Internet service - with no Mac
support, MacUser (UK), 4/17. "'Apple Macintosh computers are
not suitable for this service at the moment." Huh?
- News: MacOS Daily acquires Apple Wizards, MacOS Daily,
4/17.
- Warning to
iBook owners: Watch out for your speakers, Mac OS Planet, 4/17.
"[A user] had blown out his iBook speaker system while playing an
action game on his iBook."
- Web: Digital Camera
Resource Page has a fresh new look, 4/17.
- Opinion: iCab 2.0,
the alternative web browser, John Norton, Mac Militia, 4/17.
Letest preview version ready for download,
Javascript support still incomplete.
- Opinion: AOL
Instant Messenger vs. ICQ, Graham Wells, Holy Mac!, 4/17. And
the winner is....
- Opinion: Reengineering
our communications, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 4/17. Phone
service, internet access, and Apple computer.
- web: Campaign
Against Censorship of the Internet in Britain, now hosted on a
U.S. server because British ISPs live in fear of lawsuits [Slashdot].
- Opinion: Ten reasons
Macs outshine PCs, Bob LeVitus, Houston Chronicle, 4/15.
- WebLaw:
Web links can be considered illegal, Osaka court says,
AsiaBizTech, 4/7 [Slashdot].
"...if somebody creates a Web page that includes a link to another
page, and if that other page is in violation of the law, then the
person who creates the link can be charged with aiding and abetting
the crime."
- Health: When
the world makes you sick, 4/3. "Environmental illness
encompasses everything from sensitivity to perfume to sicknesses
caused by industrial byproducts to "sick-building" syndrome."
- SETI@home:
Calling all Macs! Mac SETI@home team takes hit in rankings, Mac
Observer, 4/14. "...Team Mac Observer has fallen from 18th to 20th
place in the Top 100 Club Teams rankings."
- Opinion: Cosmonomic
Philosophy (with special relevance to Information Technology),
Andrew Basden. "...the primary property of all we experience is
Meaning, not Existence."
- Opinion: Windows convert
amazed at Mac's ease of setup, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl,
4/14. "...the client was happily working on a complex document . .
. all the while amazed at the wasted hours she'd once spent on her
home PC making it half as productive."
- Opinion: Tech support
defense, Macinstein, 4/14. A look inside the world of tech
support.
- Advice: Quest for a free Mac software application suite,
Charles W. Moore, MacOS Daily, 4/14. No suite yet, but there are
lots of good freeware Mac productivity programs.
- Connectivity: AIM
4.0 preview (3.5.966) available, AOL, 4/13. Version supports
68K machines as well as Power Macs.
- Analysis: Gagging
the net in 3 easy steps, BBC News, 4/13. "...under current UK
legislation, ISPs become responsible for the content of sites they
host once they receive complaints about it."
- OS: Think
difficult: Extending Mac OS X, MacWeek, 4/13. "Apple's
forthcoming Mac OS X may change the way Mac users interact with
their favorite computer, but it will have an even bigger impact on
the companies that develop Mac OS utilities."
- Opinion: Scented
email next?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/13. As one
suffering from chemical sensitivities (mostly scents), I hope this
never comes to pass.
- Opinion: More
discussion about left-handed computer users, Nancy Gravley, Mac
Observer, 4/12. "I use a lefty mouse because I am right-handed, and
use my right-hand to jot notes...."
- Opinion: The
shunning of the geek, Marko Cunningham, Holy Mac!, 4/12. "For
the geeks, the Internet was a habitat, the only social environment
on the planet where intellect was the only factor in interpersonal
relations...."
- Hardware: Voodoo4,
Voodoo5 specs, Mac3dfx.com, 4/12. Only the Mac versions will
include DVI output for Apple's flat panel displays.
- Opinion: Liberty,
fraternity, equality, David Schultz, Applelust, 4/12. Thought
provoking piece, although I had problems viewing it in IE 5.
- News: AOL IM 4.0 not quite
here yet, MacBC, 4/12. Despite announcements earlier this week,
Mac v4.0 isn't quite ready yet.
- Hardware: 3dfx
unveils first Mac products, MacCentral, 4/12. "The introduction
of the Voodoo4 4500 PCI and Voodoo5 5500 PCI cards marks the first
time that 3dfx has offered a Mac product."
- Opinion: The
desks of a lifetime?, Robert Leone, osOpinion. Provocative
article on computer furniture.
- OS: Windows
ME features Mac OS X should have, Mac Junkie, 4/11.
- Web: Geeks gods &
godesses, Pioneer Planet, 4/10. Meet Rodney O. Lain, Phil
Pearson, and other web staples.
- Contest: PC Weenies caption
contest to commemorate 150th PC Weenies cartoon.
- Connectivity: AirPort base station
antennas, MacInTouch Reader Report. How to extend the reach of
AirPort with antennas - possibly to 10 miles!
- Connectivity: The SDSL Homebrew Home
Page, how to "roll your own" SDSL service using "alarm circuit"
wiring [Slashdot].
- Opinion: Mac Cards, jCards, and warning signs, Tim Hillman,
MacOS Daily, 4/10. Dead heads, Apple computer, and the little
guy.
- Opinion: Breaking the
mold, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 4/10. "...Macintoshes are
products built with the same mentality as every other computer on
the planet."
- Advice: A beginner's
guide to Voodoo3, Michael Eilers, Inside Mac Games.
- Review: QPS FireWire
CD-R, Western Digital FireWire hard drive, Mac Junkie,
4/7.
- TV: Star
Trek: Birth of the Federation to become fifth Star Trek series,
Space.com, 4/5.
- TV: Star Trek:
Voyager end in sight, StarTrek.com. Series finale scheduled for
May 2001.
- Advice: The ultimate Mac
gaming machine, The Mac Mind. Except for a few specific
details, pretty good general advice.
- Opinion: Netscape
6 is my "browser of choice" (not!), Justin Hilliard, Holy Mac!,
4/8. "Slow, ugly, and bloated. Those three words sum up Netscape 6
pretty well."
- Opinion:
There is nothing new under the sun, David Schultz, Applelust.
Meta-thoughts on the meta-Mac-web - sure to get the neurons
firing.
- Opinion: The Mac rumor
sites controversy revisited, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks.
- Opinion: Gatekeepers,
David Schultz, Applelust. "They distill and distribute what we
really need to know (we are told), on any given day."
- Opinion: Is the Internet's "Wild West" era drawing to a close?,
Charles W. Moore, MacOS Daily, 4/7.
- Computer-as-furniture: 6100 coffee
table, Go2Mac, 4/6. I've written Jon Schalliol for more
information on his collection. I'm thinking a SETI@home array....
- Web: Mac
Junkie calling for user photos for new jCards, Mac Junkie, 4/6.
No surprise here - Mac Junkie got busted for using Apple's
"available to the media" photographs.
- Connectivity: Apple
AirPort base station can be upgraded to 128-bit RC4 [MacSurfer]. Lots of other good info
- AirPort base has Lucent WaveLAN card inside.
- Connectivity: Earthlink
confirms extra charge for shared access, Mac Night Owl. $1 per
hour surcharge applies to multiple simultaneous users on one
account or connection.
- Opinion: Trademarks,
manipulation, and a question of taste, John H. Farr,
Applelinks, 4/5. "...we fail to see any crisis, fiasco, or reason
to blubber over the squashing of the MacCards Web site that
occurred recently."
- Opinion: In
the wake of the Mac Cards fiasco, Mac Junkie launches jCards,
Charles W. Moore, 4/5. "I can only speculate that The MacJunkie
must have consulted with their lawyers and decided that they were
on decently solid legal ground in launching jCards."
- Opinion: The soul of the Mac, David Schultz, MacOS Daily, 4/5.
"What Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak accomplished is nothing short of
amazing to me."
- News: Sonnet ships
Presto Plus for LC series Macs, 4/5.
- First Look: Netscape
6 Preview, Ben Apple, Mac Junkie, 4/5. First impressions are
not good.
- Opinion: The shrinking hardware upgrade interval dilemma,
Charles W. Moore, MacOS Daily, 4/5.
- Opinion:
AIM's roadmap to disaster: Ranting on the G4, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 4/5. "If Apple wants improved multimedia, what they ought
to do is work on clock speed...."
- Opinion:
Yes, Rumor sites hurt us, Michel Munger, Mac Observer, 4/4.
"Just because there is a market for a type of information does not
mean that we have the right to publish it."
- OS: Apple
releases Mac OS 9.0.4 Update, Apple, 4/4. It's a whopping 12.5
MB download!
- USB: USB Adapter
Card Support 1.4.1 released, Apple, 4/4. Requires OS 8.6 or
later, part of OS 9.0.4 software update (above). Accelerate Your Mac! notes it
should use less CPU cycles than previous versions.
- Analysis: The Faster
fiasco, Mac Night Owl, 4/4. "Someone once said that if
something seems to be good to be true, it's not true."
- Web: Mac Write launches,
your guide to editorial content on the Mac web.
- Opinion: Confessions of
ex-Mac-cult member, Rodney O. Lain, Applelinks, 4/4. "There are
several ways to look at the Mac-community-as-cult theory...."
- Privacy:
Toting a laptop to work may foil prying eyes, Union Tribune,
4/4 [TechNN]. It's a way to
avoid using company hardware, email for personal matters.
- News:
Netscape WebMail customers frustrated by name game, Cnet, 4/3.
"Almost half a million Netscape WebMail customers are being forced
to change their email usernames...."
- Benchmark: Which
is faster, a 2 Gig Jaz drive or an Orb drive?, Bare Feats,
4/4.
- Software: TechTool 1.2.1
released, Micromat. Freeware utility, updated for OS 9.0.4,
zaps PRAM, rebuilds desktop. Servers have been very busy.
- Opinion: The case
for Mac loyalty, Marko Cunningham, Holy Mac!, 4/4. "Macs, on
the other hand, just kind of chug along without a lot of
trouble."
- Opinion: Bring back
the Duo!, Eliot Hockberg, Mac Junkie, 4/4. "...one of the
greatest ideas Apple ever had was the PowerBook Duo."
- Opinion: OS X: A
major salvo against Windows or just a backfire?, George Graves,
Holy Mac!, 4/4. "Most Mac users would be very happy if this new OS
looked and felt like OS 9 yet had all of the buzzword technologies
working seamlessly and invisibly underneath. Unfortunately, OS X is
not that operating system...."
- Opinion: Random introspection of an Internet start-up CEO,
Matthew M. Linton, MacOS Daily, 4/4. "Last month I took leave of
college to found an Internet company...."
- Web: MacSurfer
launches TechNN for technology news links, Mac Observer,
4/3.
- Opinion: Microsoft
ruling: Guilty, guilty, guilty!, John H. Farr, Applelinks,
4/3.
- April Foolery: Working with MacBC and Mac Junkie, we concocted
the story of Apple legal shutting down a lot of Mac sites, which
then chose to go Windows. Low End Win
has moved to a less prominent spot on our site, but if you missed
the foolishness over the weekend, just follow that link.
- DST: Saving time, saving
energy. Bob Aldrich, California Energy Commission [DVD Resource Page]. A history of
that great disruptor of sleep patterns, Daylight Saving Time.
- Opinion: AAPL
is a growth stock wearing a value PE, Wes George, Mac Observer,
4/3. "Apple is that rare breed of technology growth stock with
serious value...."
- Opinion: Apple and
the G4 chip shortfall, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl. "I
mention it just to show how wild speculation can be when the
imagination is allowed to rule over good sense."
- Web:
Microsoft parody cartoon you have to see, Mac Observer, 4/3.
Very impressive Flash animation. Worth a visit!
- News:
Jobs introduces 17" iMac Pro, Macwelt. Specs include 24 GB hard
drive, 3dfx video, and 128 MB for US$1,399. An April Fools hoax?
(Can't load page in IE 5; works in iCab.)
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