The Low End Mac Link Archive, August 1999
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- News: Inside the
G4, MacWeek, 8/31.
- Gaming:
3dfx announces support for Apple's new Power Mac G4, Cnet,
8/31 [Accelerate Your
Mac]. Voodoo 4 anyone?
- Tech:
Overview of G4 (MPC7400) microprocessor, Motorola.
- News: Lavish
debut for Apple's G4, Wired, 8/31. First supercomputer on a
chip.
- News: Microsoft
took 10 hours to fix Hotmail breach, ZDNet, 8/31.
- News:
Apple unveils new computer to compete with Pentium III, SF
Gate, 8/31. Uh, the G3 already did that. The G4 blows Pentium into
the weeds.
- News: Seybold report,
Macs Only!, 8/31.
- News: Seybold report,
MacNN, 8/31.
- News:
Advance iBook orders top 140,000, PRNewswire, 8/31.
- News: Apple
introduces 22" Cinema Display, Insanely Great Mac, 8/31.
Largest LCD monitor ever has 1600x1204 pixels, $3,999 price
tag.
- Rumor: G4/450
and /500 may be Sawtooth, AppleInsider, 8/31. Delay in faster
units may allow Apple to complete new motherboard.
- News: Jobs heralds
Power Mac G4 line, MacWeek, 8/31.
- News: Newer
announces G4 upgrades, PowerBook Zone, 8/31. Upgrades available
in daughter card and ZIF configurations. Blue G3 with most recent
Apple ROM is incompatible.
- Opinion: Processor
wars, part 1, Philip Machanick, Mac Opinion, 8/31. Athlon about
the same level as G3 at same clock speed. (Of course, today we have
G4!)
- News:
Microsoft fixes major email security breach, Yahoo/Reuters,
8/31. Moving 50 million Hotmail accounts to Windows NT probably
wasn't a good idea.
- News: National Post reports PB
G3 outperforms Wintel rivals in almost every category, ehMac,
8/30. Also calls it "best designed."
- Review: ATI RAGE 128
vs. 3dfx Voodoo 3, Bare Feats, 8/30. Compares 2D and 3D
performance.
- News: Hotmail
hackers: "We did it," Wired, 8/30. "...we want to show the
world how bad the security on Microsoft really is...."
- News: Huge
Hotmail security flaw reported, ZDNet, 8/30. Probably the
biggest email security breach ever.
- News: CompUSA
slashes sales force in half, ZDNet, 8/30. (See also Is CompUSA going out
of business?, The iMac, 8/26.)
- News:
Hotmail cracked badly, Slashdot, 8/30. "Hotmail has been
cracked . . . there is a web page with a form that allows you to
login as anyone and read/write/delete their email."
- News: Internet
turns 30 on 9/2/99, MacCentral, 8/30.
- Emulation: Gambit, Palm
Gameboy emulator, under development [Slashdot].
- Opinion: Are
consumers idiots?, MacBC, 8/30. "Have 2 million people been
ripped off over the past year because they bought an iMac?"
- News: Brother HL-1270N,
$549 12 ppm ethernet laser printer. Also has Postscript Level 2
compatibility, 1200x600 dpi, and USB.
- Y2K: Is Apple
safe?, SCM Consultants.
- Opinion:
Ticketmaster: You'd better put down that web link or we'll sue,
Dylan Tweney, InfoWorld, 8/30. "If someone wants to link to your
Web site, do you have the right to try to stop him or her?" (see
also The Open Link
Policy.)
- OS:
FreeBSD, the other Linux, Boston Globe, 8/29.
- News: ATI offers
RAGE 128 fix for older Macs, clones, MacCentral, 8/29. Patch
corrects "hang during boot" problem.
- Opinion: Older
Macs: What are they good for?, About.com, 8/29.
- Opinion:
New lime iMac adds unique shade of meaning to father-son
bonding, Seattle Times, 8/29. Lime iMac replaces Mac Classic, bringing Dad online.
- Opinion: Mac OS 8.6 hides
much of its beauty, ZD Journals, 9/99. "Mac OS 8.6 is probably
the first release from Apple in quite a while that concentrates
solely on the performance of the operating system."
- Review:
PowerBook G3/333, PC World, 9/99. "All in all, with its lighter
weight, outstanding display, and long battery life, the new
PowerBook is a good read."
- Review:
Apple iMac, FamilyPC, 9/99. "The iMac lets you concentrate on
your work, not on how the computer works."
- Opinion:
One of the reasons the PC remains more popular than the Mac,
Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 8/27. "...most Mac users care more
about getting work (or play) done than they do about how their Mac
works."
- Web: PowerBook
500 Page
- News:
iBook tops ABC back to school list, ABC News, 8/27 [Apple's Orchard].
- Review: Quantum Atlas 10K
drive, Accelerate Your Mac!, 8/27. Faster, less expensive than
Seagate Cheetah.
- Opinion: It's
a Mac, Mac, Mad, Macworld, Kurt Hiner, Applelinks, 8/27. "...I
can honestly say that I haven't wanted an Apple product as badly as
the iBook since the eMate first appeared. But perhaps that's
because I don't obtain my sense of manhood from the computer I
use...."
- Opinion: Return
of Mac clones?, ZDNet, 8/27.
- News: Apple stock
nears $65, MacWeek.com, 8/27.
- Rumor:
Seybold predictions, Mac Observer, 8/27. Usually reliable
source promises G4, 22" "cinema" display, and more to be announced
at Seybold.
- USB: Mac OS USB
version history, Apple Computer [allUSB]. Version 1.3 is
currently prerelease.
- Opinion:
Women see piggery in magazine pundit's "girly" label for
laptop, SF Gate, 8/26. "That technological lifestyle, say experts,
has given rise to the softer, more colorful - even unisex - designs
like the iBook."
- MacInSchool: Equipment needed in McDill
Elementary, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Salem,
Massachusetts, and Madison Heights, Michigan,
8/27.
- Opinion: I was e-Oned
today!, All Macintosh, 8/27. "This was no iMac. This was a
street corner Rolex...."
- Preview: iBook,
Macworld.
- Opinion: iMac
2 & FireWire: Apple pyrotechnics guarantee it, Ben Apple,
Mac Junkie, 8/27.
- Opinion: Low-down on
the rip-off: Hands on the eOne, Eliot Hochberg, Mac Junkie,
8/27. "If they could be seen side-by-side, however, even the most
novice computer buyer would notice the difference in fit, finish,
and quality of plastics...."
- Opinion: Is CompUSA going out
of business?, The iMac, 8/26.
- Advice: Connecting DVD to your 20th
Anniversary Mac, MacProf.
- Opinion:
It was love at first byte, Bill Taylor, Toronto Star, 8/26.
"...call me a computer idiot for buying an iMac and you'll have a
fight on your hands. That's not just me you're slandering, it's my
baby."
- Opinion:
After the iMac, the revolution will be colorized, Cnet, 8/25.
"More than any other feature, the iMac's turquoise (and purple,
green, blue, orange, and red) translucent plastic steals the
spotlight."
- MacInSchool: Mac donations sought in St.
Helens, OR, Central Wisconsin, Stockton, CA, Prescott, AZ,
Hayward, CA, Halifax,
NS, Sanger High School, TX, Howard City, MI, Kaukauna Area
Schools, WI, New Orleans, LA, Antioch, CA, Stevens Point,
WI, and Dade County, FL.
- Dark Side: Microsoft
admits NT has serious security flaws, TechWeb, 8/26. "Microsoft
has acknowledged a serious security flaw in NT when used with
Service Pack 4 - probably the most commonly deployed version of its
operating system."
- Oops:
Microsoft bites it on 64-bit microprocessors, Slashdot, 8/26.
Seems Microsoft can't get Windows working on either the 64-bit
Alpha or Intel's forthcoming 64-bit Merced CPU.
- Opinion: Miscellaneous
Ramblings #27, Charles Moore, MacOpinion, 8/26. "The question
occurs as to whether today's G3 PowerBooks and iMacs will be as
usable when they're 10-12 years old as the ancient compact Macs
are."
- Rumor: Power
Mac G4, Yikes!, Sawtooth updates, AppleInsider, 8/26. Apple to
release G4 on modified G3 board until Sawtooth ready.
- News:
New PCI specifications coming soon, CMPnet, 8/25. Includes low
profile cards, double-speed bus, more.
- News: AOL ups
the instant messenger ante, MacMania, 8/25. I'm using it and
find it very stable, unlike some earlier versions. dk
- Consumer:
How to buy Photoshop 5.5 for under $200, dealmac, 8/25.
- Opinion: Why
every kid needs a Mac, Grayson Steinberg, Arizona Central.
"Unlike Windows, the Mac OS was designed so an average person would
never have to run into the core of the operating system."
- Tech/Gaming: The
16-bit vs. 32-bit video debate, Monkfish, FullOn3D [Mac3dfx] Excellent discussion of 16-
vs. 24-bit (a.k.a. 32-bit) video. Most images are in PNG format,
though, so Mac visitors can't see them. :-(
- Virus: Melissa
virus suspect admits he did it, Asbury Park Press, 8/25
[Slashdot]
- News: You have
fast access in your home right now, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 8/25.
Well, not quite yet, but your power lines could double as high
speed data lines.
- Analysis: G4-based
Sawtooth? Not 'til 2000, John Deke, Mac Junkie, 8/25. Timing is
everything.
- Opinion: Newer is not
always better, David Lairson, Macville, 8/25. "I still use
system 7.5.5 and I can't say I have had any problems with it
yet."
- Rumor: Sawtooth G4
features, Mac OS Rumors, 8/24.
- Connectivity: Wireless Ethernet Compatibility
Alliance. Group dedicated to IEEE 802.11 interoperability -
that includes AirPort.
- News:
Flash hits 83% market penetration, Mac Observer, 8/24.
Remarkably high penetration for a brower plug-in is partially due
to inclusion with QuickTimes 4.
- Opinion: FireWire coming
to consumer Macs?, MacWeek, 8/24. Next iMac may include
FireWire, DVD.
- Opinion: The
ugliest USB hub in the world, MacCPU. No Bondi blue and ice,
just a functional, space efficient design.
- Opinion:
What's the next big thing after IP?, Bob Metcalfe, Infoworld.
The inventor of ethernet muses about future networking
developments.
- Opinion: Send in the
lawyers, MacWeek, 8/24. "[eMachines] has been feeding stores
stocking the eOne with a list of 10 points why customers should
choose one of the machines instead of an iMac."
- Media:
Card adapting Ender screenplay for Lloyd, Sci Fi Wire [Slashdot]. With Jake Lloyd (Anakin
Skywalker) interested in playing Ender, Orson Scott Card is
adapting his screenplay of Ender's Game. (It's not Mac news, but it
is one of my all time favorite books.)
- Rumor:
Yikes! Sawtooth delayed, but G4 debut near, AppleInsider, 8/24.
First generation Power Mac G4 will use revised G3 motherboard,
case.
- Opinion: iBook:
I want one!, Sean Terrill, Mac Junkie, 8/24. Me, too, Sean. Me,
too.
- News: 56k PCI
modem, Excite/Business Wire, 8/23. Not a Winmodem, this may be
the first full-fledged modem on a PCI card. (Alas, no Mac
support.)
- News: First fruits
of IBM PPC spec, MacWeek, 8/23. Prophet Systems to build
CHRP/PPC-based computers.
- Opinion: iMac
2: A better iMac, Mac Junkie, 8/23. Speculation on the next
iMac.
- Web: iBook
HQ
- News: AirPort on
course for iBook, MacWeek, 8/23.
- Review: What's 3x
faster than Zip and holds 3x more than a CD?, Bare Feats. Rob
Art Morgan gets his hands on a Castlewood ORB drive. (External SCSI
version $197.95 shipped at Outpost.com)
- Field report: Canon MultiPASS 635,
iMacInTouch, 8/23. CompUSA employee explains steps to get first Mac
multifunction peripheral working under Mac OS 8.6. (Note: I've
ordered a MultiPASS C635 for use at home. Expect a review a few
days after I receive it, a XLR8 DualPort USB, and Mac OS 8.6.
dk)
- Opinion: Now you are
an enemy of the state, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 8/23. "...the U.S.
Department of Justice wants the right to break into your home and
(without your knowledge) disable the security precautions on your
computer. Then it can track and trace everything you do."
- Review: Que! USB
CD-R/W drive, Macs Only!, 8/23
- Opinion: Back to
cool, Wired, 8/23. "The iBook may prove to be an even bigger
hit for Apple than the iMac."
- Opinion: OmniPage,
Fred, and..., Steve Wood, Busman's Holiday, 8/23. "While still
early in the school year, the results from having kids use
Text-to-Speech to read the stories to them seems to be
helpful."
- Rumors: Forward this article
and get $1000, iTeen Online, 8/22. "Ever wondered if those
chain letters you get every day are real?"
- Analysis: Apple's next
big thing, MacBC. Survey shows Mac users want multiple
processor computers.
- Poll: Should/will
there be Mac Clone makers for Mac OS X, MacBC
- Opinion:
Save the Palm Pilot, Silicon Valley, 8/21. "Over the past few
months, Microsoft has made a series of moves to position Windows CE
as the winner of the next operating system war."
- Opinion:
The eOne: At less than a grand, love is grand indeed, Chicago
Tribune, 8/20. "The case is sealed and, thus, there is no
expansion...."
- News: First
person convicted of U.S. internet piracy, ABC News, 8/20.
Illegally posting music, movies, and software means up to three
years in prison, $250,000 fine.
- Opinion:
IBM PowerPC motherboards: Apple's biggest opportunity yet,
Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 8/20. "...it will offer some great
exposure for the PowerPC processor to lots of places that would
probably not even consider running a Mac or MacOS X Server. That
exposure will help Apple eat away at the Wintel hegemony...."
- Review: 56k
USB modems, MacNN Review, 8/20. "...56K USB modems simply do
not perform as well as they should."
- Opinion: The
iMac difference, ZDNet, 8/20. "...the iMac's primary charms lie
in its ability to lead the long-awaited expansion of the PC from a
technology tool for hardware tinkerers to an Internet-driven home
appliance."
- News: CompUSA source
reports Sept. 24 iBook debut, iBook-User, 8/20.
- News: Furor
rising over PC wiretap plan, ZDNet, 8/20. "The plan is 'an
unprecedented attempt by the Clinton administration to impose "big
brother" monitoring powers over American citizens.'"
- News: DOJ
wants to bug PCs, ZDNet, 8/20. "Under the proposed 'Cyberspace Electronic Security
Act,' investigators armed with a sealed warrant could comb
computers for passwords and install devices that override
encryption programs...."
- Analysis: PC laptops cheaper
than iBook?, The iMac, 8/20. Seemingly lower Wintel prices
based on $400 ISP rebate.
- Consumer: PowerLogix G3/233 for
7300, 7500, etc., $189.95, limited supply, Bottom Line
Distribution. Thanks to Accelerate Your Mac! for pointing
this one out. This card works in many Power Macs, as well as
several Power Computing and Umax SuperMac clones. A recent review on Low End Mac showed how
a 250 MHz G3 could improve performance over an older, slower 604
processor.
- Opinion:
Pseudo Clones, osOpinion. A way Apple could reintroduce clones
without damaging sales.
- News: New
computer aimed at Amiga users may attract Apple lawsuit, Mac
Observer, 8/20. It looks sorta like the
Blue G3 and uses a 68060, 604, or G3 processor.
- Opinion: Will
used PowerBook prices drop when iBook ships, Charles Moore,
MacOpinion, 8/20.
- Web: Mac
Junkie back Open Link Policy, Mac Junkie, 8/20.
- Opinion: Happiness
is a big monitor, Macville, 8/20. Amen! See my Living Large for more on the issue.
- Dark Side: Intel
to boost Celeron in Y2K, ZDnet, 8/20. Will move "economy" CPU
to Pentium III core, copper technology, integrate L2 cache.
- Analysis: A
PC in every pot, Salon, 8/19. Cheap and free PCs open market to
non-Windows operating systems. (Win98 costs manufacturers about $85
per machine.)
- Opinion: Nothing
wrong with free, Mac@Ya, 8/19. "Should IBM's free design catch
on, demand for the PowerPC processor should go up, triggering more
manufacturing and eventually dropping prices"
- Opinion: The Yugo of
computers, The iMac, 8/19. "Is E-machines the Yugo of
computing?"
- News: Apple
sues eMachines for iMac look-alike, Cnet, 8/19. "A major issue
in both cases is the concept of 'trade dress,' that is, the
distinctive style or look of a product."
- News: Apple
sues eMachines for illegally copying iMac design, Apple
Computer, 8/19. "There is an unlimited number of original designs
that eMachines could have created for their computers, but instead
they chose to copy Apple's designs."
- Opinion: Strange days
for AIM, MacWeek, 8/19. "...a combination of third-party
PowerPC boxes and Apple's open-source Darwin OS is just a short
step away from running Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware."
- Review: Imation 2x SuperDisk
drive, Dana Baggett, Macs Only!, 8/19. Faster, quieter than old
drive.
- Rumor:
Sneak peek at iBook "Kritter" cams, AppleInsider, 8/19. They
almost look alien....
- Opinion: Why
tangerine for iBook?, Mac Soldiers, 8/19.
- Review: Farallon
SkyLine wireless networking, O'Grady's PowerPage, 8/19.
- Opinion: What's
wrong with beige?, Mac Soldiers, 8/19. How about Macs for those
who don't want fruity flavors?
- Virus: Christmas
virus can destroy PCs, ZDNet, 8/19. This Dec. 25 Windows virus
can erase files and wipe out a PC's flash BIOS. (Windows users have
all the fun.)
- Opinion:
Two mac success stories, My First Mac Was a Typewriter, 8/18.
"She was amazed at what she could do and how user friendly the Mac
turned out to be."
- Opinion: Farewell to
the desktop?, Jason D. O'Grady, MacWeek, 8/18. "Many people I
talk to are at the point where they will probably never buy a
desktop computer again."
- Backward migration:
How the PC dragon destroyed my magic Mac kingdom, My First Mac
Was a Typewriter, 1/6/99. What really happens when a Mac agency
goes Wintel.
- Opinion: Linking Rights,
Brad Templeton.
- MP3: Free
MP3 playing with Digital Thought's GrayAMP, Mac Junkie,
8/18.
- Opinion: iMac with Voodoo
3?, The iMac, 8/17. "...we hope that Apple will take advantage
of the industry leading Voodoo3 in the next revision of the
iMac."
- News: BBEDit Lite 4.6
now available, Bare Bones Software. Powerful freeware text and
HTML editor updated.
- Analysis: Changes at
Newer Tech measure 9.9 on Richter Scale, MacCPU, 8/17.
- Consumer: Disney to
release animation on DVD, DVD Resource Page, 8/17. Includes
Mulan, Pinocchio, Little Mermaid, and more.
- News: Battery
breakthrough: The 15-hour notebook, CNN, 8/17 [PowerBook Zone]. $500
external 2.2 lb. (1 kb) battery due for PowerBooks in October.
- Rumor: iBook, next
iMac to ship with "Borg" OS, AppleInsider, 8/17. Includes
support for new hardware.
- Rumor: OS X for Intel alive,
if not well, Mac OS Rumors, 8/16.
- News: SiRF
to unveil more accurate GPS chip, ZDNet, 8/16. New GPS chip can
fit inside cell phones, small computers.
- Opinion: iBook takes
off with AirPort networking, Byte, 8/16.
- Opinion: iBooks and
one-touch buttons, MacWeek, 8/16. "iBook-mania has overrun
Japan!"
- News:
iMac celebrates 1st birthday, Mac Observer, 8/16.
- Web: Dale
Sorensen's Mac DSL Page.
- Review: Star Trek
DVDs, DVD Resource Page. Two disks, two episodes from the
original series on each. (You can order Star
Trek #1 and Star
Trek #2 from Amazon.)
- Analysis: Why kill
products?, MacKiDo, 8/16. Why Newton died and Apple II wan't
"forever."
- Opinion: Big
monitor for iMac, Magazine Street [Macs Only!]. Jim Stone makes the
case for an iMac with a vertical 17" monitor.
- Review: iPresenter,
iMac external video adapter, Macs Only!, 8/16. "Give me an
iMac, hook up my 21" monitor, and that's all the computing
equipment that I need!"
- Genealogy: Nets best
place to trace your roots, ZDNet, 8/16.
- Rumor: Universal
motherboard architecture, Think Secret, 8/16. "By the end of
this fiscal quarter, with an October launch at the latest, Apple
will launch all products with 2x AGP, at 133Mhz, and Ultra ATA
66...."
- Analysis: iMac's
first year, ZDNet, 8/15. "So far, about 2 million iMacs have
been sold."
- Advice: Intro
to iMac networking, MacCentral, 8/15.
- Huh? Kodak
iCameras? Five fruity (and familiar) flavors.
- Rumor: Should the
U.S. government tax email?, Slashdot, 8/15.
- Opinion: State of the
Newton, Macville, 8/15. "I am here to tell you today that the
Newton is still alive and well."
- Connectivity: New flavor
of DSL brings faster, cheaper net access, CNN, 8/13. G.Lite
will reach 1.5 Mbps downstream and 384 kbps upstream - over 25x
faster downloads and 11x faster uploads than 56k modems!
- Opinion: More
punch in Apple portables, Business Week. "With the debut of the
iBook, the first portable designed from the ground up as a consumer
product, Apple is making a bid to reclaim technological and design
leadership."
- Opinion: Apple
failing to exploit Y2K advantage?, MacSoldiers, 8/13. "There is
also an advantage to targeting an advertising campaign to computer
owners whose computers have actually stopped working."
- Opinion: FreeMac.com's
forbidden fruit, Robert Morgan, MacWeek, 8/13. "The more I hear
about them, the less I like any of the free-PC offers and business
models."
- Opinion:
Why iMac knockoffs are good for Apple, Bryan Chaffin, Mac
Observer, 8/13. "...being copied like this puts Apple back into the
unquestionable role of market leader and innovator."
- News: 20th
Anniversary Mac rip-off hitting stores this week, Mac Observer,
8/13. Packard Bell NEC "claims that the design, which closely
resembles the 4 year old 20th Anniversary
Macintosh, is innovative and sets a new standard."
- News: Athlon
systems available from US$800, Mac Mayhem, 8/13. More a threat
to Intel than to Apple.
- News: University of Toledo (OH)
waging platform war, UT Art Dept.
- Dark Side: Microsoft:
Resistance is futile, Cnet. They've destroyed DR-DOS, Borland,
Lotus 1-2-3, Word Perfect, and have almost finished off Netscape.
Is AOL next?
- Review: SimCity
3000, Mac Junkie, 8/13. Hardware intensive sequel to SC2K a
winner.
- History: The old Mac
Portable, Old Mac Cotton, Mac Review Zone. (More on the
luggable at Low End Mac.)
- Consumer: Boycott Who
Framed Roger Rabbit, DVD Resource Page, 8/13. "I want to
send a message to Disney that the alteration of Who Framed Roger
Rabbit is unacceptable, and that we will not purchase or rent
this altered DVD."
- Review: SurfDoubler
Plus, Applelinks. Share an internet connection among two
computers.
- Opinion: Demise of
the Macintosh web, Warp Core, 8/13. "The Macintosh websites
that are run by a few individuals will be the first to go."
- Opinion: Your
wireless world - and when we'll (finally) get there, Jesse
Berst, ZDNet, 8/13. "Imagine surfing the Web from anywhere you
wanted - no fuss, no wires and no waiting."
- Tech: AMD K7:
Athlon, MacKiDo, 8/13. Monster 22 million transistor CPU may
give Pentium III a run for the money - but it's still an x86
design.
- Tech: Athlon is
king, for now, ZDNet, 8/13. 650 MHz CPU bests Intel's best (see
benchmarks).
- Opinion: Fight first,
sue later, Mac@Ya, TechWeb, 8/12. "While the iMac looks clean
and futuristic, the eOne looks cheap and slapped together."
- Web:
Don't link or I'll sue!, Salon, 8/12. "Links are the Web's
essence and its genius. Every public Web page's URL, its address,
is available to all; we can point any Web page to any other."
- Rumor: Next iMac may include
AirPort antenna, Mac OS Rumors, 8/12.
- iMac: iMac CD Update 2.0, Apple Computer, 8/12. Updates
firmware on iMac CD-ROM to reduce vibration, improve reads.
- iMac: Apple's
38-pound gorilla, Forbes, 8/12 [Macs Only!]. "Within a month of its
release, Apple's slice of consumer computer purchases tripled to
7%...."
- Review: Unscientific look at
Newer Tech 466 MHz G3 card, Upgrade Stuff. Would you believe a
MacBench 5 score of 1531 for an upgraded PowerCenter 180?
- Opinion: iBook
cool, but Apple still needs a slim notebook, Applelinks.
"...the iBook's virtues notwithstanding, Apple needs an entry in
the thin subnotebook market...."
- Poll: What should
Apple's next big thing be?, MacBC
- Web: FAST Search from
All the Web lives up to it's name.
- News: Sony
developing plastic hard drive disks, Yahoo News/Reuters, 8/12.
New platter technology could reduce hard drive prices.
- Rumor: New
iMacs not due till mid-fall, AppleInsider, 8/12.
- Opinion: Pimping for
the profit, Mac Opinion, 8/12. "Like a supermarket tabloid,
John Dvorak knows darn well that controversy sells."
- Rumor:
Microware to sue Apple over OS-9 trademark, AppleInsider,
8/12.
- Opinion: iBook
revisited, Mac Opinion, 8/11. "Apple has managed to produce a
flawed design once again, but as with the iMac, I predict that the
flaws will not matter too much."
- Opinion: Apple
proves sex sells, ZDNet, 8/11. "Sexy products sell."
- News: Weird Al
mocks Pentium, Bill Gates in new QuickTime music video, Mac OS
Planet.
- Opinion: New iBook
triggers computer lust, The Sentinel. "The main reason they
want one is the true revolutionary aspect of the iBook:
AirPort."
- News: Eclipse: Apple PR
stunt shocks world!, The Register, 8/11. Apple's most audacious
promotional campaign yet.
- OS: Installing
OS X on unsupported hardware, Xappeal
- News: HP
releases full line of colored PCs, Mac OS Planet, 8/11.
- Tech: Analog vs.
digital, MacKiDo, 8/11. By going digital we've increased speed,
decreased heat and power consumption, simplified the design, and
increased reliability.
- OS: Throw away
Windows? When (and whether) to switch to Linux, Jesse Berst,
ZDNet, 8/11. "Why am I finally endorsing Linux as a business
solution?"
- Web: Mac Driver
Museum, drivers for old Macs and accessories.
- Web: Explorer surges past
Netscape 03.1, StatMarket, 8/11. Even Mac users are making the
switch - 34% of lowendmac.net visitors use Internet Explorer.
- Opinion: Random
acts of Macness, MacSoldiers, 8/11. "...the Macintosh has
provided me with the flexibility to take control of my life.
- News: Color
by committee, Christian Science Monitor, 8/11. "The iMac is the
prime example of color and design meeting in one product...."
- Virus:
Melissa variant pokes fun at Bill Gates, Infoworld, 8/10.
Windows-only virus says Gates guilty of monopoly.
- Opinion: Trademark
confusion, macRelations 2000. "Its really the same argument
Apple is using against the makers of iMac rip offs; that these
companies are using a trademark of [Apple's] in order to subvert
customers into buying their machines...."
- Rumor: OS X
user-friendliness, Mac OS Rumors, 8/10. "OS X Consumer will
never, ever require the user to use a command line for any
reason."
- Opinion:
Mac's stylish image polishes Apple sales, Seattle Times, 8/10.
"In a sector obsessed with high power and low cost, Apple has
provided something else altogether: style."
- News:
Newer Tech lowers prices, Mac Observer, 8/10.
- News: iBook has "hidden"
FireWire support, Macs Only!, 8/10. FireWire support in OS and
chips, but no FireWire ports - yet.
- News: AirPort
waiting on FCC approval, iBook Zone, 8/10. "...it seems
everything will be ready to go when iBook ships in September."
- Opinion: iMac
copycats? Don't worry too much, MacBC, 8/10. "It is only
fitting that the first "copy" is coming out around the same
(rumored) time as the new iMac. Apple is staying one step
ahead...."
- Opinion: Meet PowerBook X,
Terra, Mac Junkie, 8/10. Not real AppleDesigns, but possible
future PowerBooks.
- Opinion: FireWire
rekindles on Windows PCs, PC World, 8/9. "I think we'll see it
pretty much in all PCs within the next five years."
- News: A nearly 100% Mac college, Mac OS Commerce, 8/9.
- Opinion: Tokyo time: The
subnotebook appeal, MacWeek, 8/9. "So what's the reason for the
PowerBook 2400c's enduring success here?" (PB 2400c profile)
- Advocacy: Subversive
tactics: How to drive PC managers nuts, John Martellaro,
MacOpinion, 8/9.
- Opinion: iMac
2: Will it be what we want?, Mac Junkie, 8/9. "...iMac is about
to undergo a change of aesthetics."
- News: FireWire set
to explode on Windows PCs, MacTrack, 8/9. Eight million
FireWire-equipped PCs this year! (Lets hope it's on the next iMac,
too.)
- Award
: The 'Book Page named
Macwelt Top Site of the
Month.
- Web:
Is linking always legal? Experts aren't sure, New York Times,
8/6. "Especially controversial is the use of so-called "deep"
links, which point directly to Web pages or other content within
another site...."
- Web: USB Guide,
Daily Mac.
- Rumor: Potential iBook ship
date discovered, iBook Zone, 8/9. MacWarehouse expects units on
September 1.
- Opinion
: Impressions of the eOne, Macs Only!,
8/9. "The impression when walking up to the eOne is that it is an
iMac."
- Rumor: More
iBook pre-order stats, AppleInsider, 8/9. "To date, Blueberry
iBook presales are outnumbering Tangerine at a ratio of about 3 to
2."
- Review: DiskWarrior,
MacCentral, 8/9. "Putting all technospeak aside, DiskWarrior plain
and simply improves the performance of your Mac." ($64.95 from
Outpost.com)
- Rumor: Apple
seeds Mac OS 9.0 beta 5, AppleInsider, 8/9. "According to
sources, beta 5 will be the last of two releases before the system
officially hits the Final Candidate stage."
- Opinion: Why USB is
a failure, MacCPU. "But when you tried to actually buy a [USB]
floppy drive or hard drive or CD burner, they all seemed to be on
perpetual backorder."
- Preview:
Internet Explorer 5 for Mac, AppleInsider, 8/9. Faster, full
HTML 4 support, and an auction manager.
- OS: Apple
upgrades Mac version of Java, Mac Junkie, 8/7.
- Advice:
All about iMac troubleshooting, MacLand, 8/7.
- Opinion: There
goes Apple - let's follow them!, Mac Junkie, 8/7. "Wintel
notebooks have always been cheaper than PowerBooks, and that hasn't
changed with iBook."
- Software: vMac - run Mac Plus
software on newer Macs.
- Dark Side: Microsoft
flexes marketing muscle on Y2K, TechWeb, 8/6. The company that
created the Y2K problem is pushing upgrades.
- Rumor: New
iMac in September?, ZDNet, 8/6. "...two Mac retailers say they
expect to start selling a new, upgraded version of the iMac
sometime next month."
- Rumor: Huge
iBook preorderd rumored, Applelinks, 8/6.
- OS: Emulate Intel
x86 processor on LinuxPPC, MacTRACK, 8/6. It's like Virtual PC
for Linux.
- Review: Sonnet G3/300
for "non-upgradable" Macs, MacOS Planet.
- Rumor: New iMac in
September, MacWeek, 8/6. "By last month's Macworld Expo, Apple
said, more than 1.9 million iMacs had been sold, making it the
best-selling computer in Apple's history."
- Opinion: Apple's
dumb move, Don Crabb, ZDNet, 8/6. "When it comes to
shortsighted product design decisions, of course, Apple has too
many to count in a single column." (see Road Apples for more)
- Opinion: Would
"real men" carry an iBook?, MacCentral, 8/6.
- News: Apple may
sue eMachines,
MacCentral, 8/6. The eOne (right) is a less
blatant rip-off of the iMac design than the Future Computing
E-Power (left), but the look is definitely iMac inspired.
- Web: Mac web
servers: the search is on, MacCentral, 8/6. Site-based search
tools for Mac-based web site.
- Opinion: Apple takes
the internet plunge, TechWeb, 8/5. "The company is showing
signs that it is ready to tackle the internet."
- Review:
Add USB to older (PCI) Macs with ease, Mac Observer. "In a
climate where USB devices are being released almost daily, it's
well worth the $50 to have it available on an 'older' Mac." ($47.95
from Outpost.com)
- Review: Railroad
Tycoon II: crack addictive - to some, Mac Gamez, 8/4. A classic
simulation game, and a worthy successor to the original. ($49.95
from Outpost.com)
- Opinion: iBook
reality check, iBook2Day, 8/6. "Apple has no reason to change
the feature set of the iBook before its launch."
- Opinion: More on
the "feminine friendly" iBook, Charles Moore, MacOpinion, 8/6.
"...only one-tenth of computer purchases are currently made by
women...."
- Opinion: PowerBook
X, Mac Junkie, 8/6. Ben Apple speculates on what Apple's
thing-and-light PowerBook may be.
- Special Report: Early Mac software,
MacInTouch. Some older applications now available for free on the
web.
- News: Classic
software reborn on the web, TechWeb, 8/4.
- Link of the day: Win
NT / Macs im Jahre 2000, MacNews.de. "Einen interessanten
Artikel über die Verwendung älterer Macs als Ersatz
für die mehrfache Anzahl von Windows NT-Rechnern hat das
amerikanische Online-Magazin "Low End Mac" veröffentlicht. Der
in englisch verfaßte Artikel findet sich unter <Macs vs. Y2K>."
- Web: Mac3dfx.com, the
source for Mac 3dfx news, reviews, tips, and tricks.
- News: IBM to unveil
Power4 processor, EE Times, 8/4 [Slashdot]. Forthcoming 1000 MHz
dual-processor chip, a cousin to the Mac's PowerPC, includes a
built-in L2 cache. Similar designs are anticipated for some
versions of the G4.
- Dark Side: What's
up with Win98 Second Edition?, Fred Langa, Windows Magazine
[Slashdot]. Langa lists seven
variations (and they're not all the same): OEM, full retail
version, upgrade from 3.1 or95, upgrade from Win98....
- News: iBook
retail pre-orders to exceed iMac numbers, AppleInsider, 8/5.
"...the most successful product launch in the history of the
company."
- News:
Microsoft's Win2K "crack this!" challenge stopped when server
crashes, Mac Observer, 8/5. "...the attempt has clearly not
shored up Microsoft's web server reliability image."
- News: eMachines
eOne: A very familiar looking all-in-one PC, Retail Week.
"eMachines might have wanted to get its eOne out before the product
got stuck in the quagmire of a lawsuit."
- Opinion:
Macintosh computers, the great equalizer, Mac Observer, 8/4.
"The Mac became a tool that supported my needs and goals rather
than requiring me to conform to its limited parameters."
- News: Mac OS 9 on track
for October, MacWeek, 8/4.
- Dark Side/Humor: Microsoft
to hackers: Crack this!, ZDNet, 8/4. More ironic than Bill
Gates' blue screen of death demo, the Win2K server crashed before
hackers could even attempt to crack it.
- Dark Side: Intel
delays release of mobile Pentium III, ZDNet, 8/4. Unlike the G3
used in Macs, portable Wintel machines need a special version of
the Pentium III.
- News: AirPort on hold pending FCC approval, PowerBook Source,
8/4. "FCC regulations dictate that unapproved items may not be put
into production...."
- Analysis: AirPort,
MacKiDo, 8/4. Speed, cost, speed, range, speed, ease of use, and
speed make AirPort a winner.
- Opinion: Clunk you: big isn't
always bad, MacNerds, 8/4. Calling the iBook a clunker
presupposes smaller is always better.
- Huh?: Now that's a "girly"
computer! (much different than the BarbiBook)
- Huh?, Will a
Barbie computer make math easy?, Salon, 8/4. Mattel really is
releasing a Barbie computer, but it's no BarbiBook (in fact, it's Wintel).
- OS: Linux
on a Mac, iTeen Online, 8/3. Unix, Linux, BSD, and OS X.
- Opinion: Apple's product
triangle?, Jason O'Grady, MacWeek, 8/3. "When the PowerBook 100 was introduced in October 1991 it
was little more than a high-priced novelty item; today's PowerBook G3s are rip-snortin' tools of
the pros...."
- Advice: Cheap Macs: how do you get them?, Mac Junkie, 8/3. "At
one point or another, you realize that your current Mac is, well,
not current."
- Rumor: New iMac to debut
on August 15?, No Beige, 8/3.
- News:
Startup offers free iMacs for only $718.20, New York Times,
8/3. Subscribers must qualify for First USA Visa, agree to three
years of $19.95 internet service via EarthLink.
- Opinion:
The danger behind the Apple Store, Mac Observer, 8/3. "Apple
steals sales from its authorized dealers."
- Opinion: Is Apple abandoning legacy Mac users?, Charles Moore,
MacTimes, 8/3.
- Rumor: iBook
to ship in 60 days with OS 9?, iBook Online, 8/2. Putting final
touches on new OS could be reason for iBook's September
release.
- Review: SuperDisk 2x
drive, Macville, 8/3. Is it really twice as fast?
- Opinion: Why the iBook?,
MacKiDo, 8/2. "It has simple styling and will be exactly what it is
sold as - the iMac of PowerBooks."
- OS: Mac OS 9.0 best special
report, Mac OS Rumors, 8/2. "OS 9's performance appears to be
significantly improved since 8.6...."
- Opinion:
Where is myapple.com?, Mac Observer, 8/2. "Apple needs to
develop a serious Internet strategy!"
- Opinion: The
truth about Dvorak and the iBook, Don Crabb, ZDNet, 8/2. "If
he's right, he claims place of primacy as the first serious
naysayer. If he's wrong, no one will remember."
- Opinion: iBook
will popularize wireless networking, PC Week, 8/2 [Macs Only!]. "Apple has proved time
and again that despite what the market-share numbers report, the
company has an undeniable influence on the design and function of
PCs."
- Hardware: G3/400 matches
PIII/500, Linux benchmarks. Performance of 400 MHz G3 almost
indistinguishable from 500 MHz Pentium III under Linux.
- Opinion: Brash Jobs has
Apple doing well, but on scaled-back playing field, Washington
Post, 8/2. "Despite the company's recent success, Apple under Jobs
is a place of reduced ambitions."
- Analysis: The "girly" iBook controversy continues, Charles
Moore, MacTimes, 8/2.
- Opinion: Apple's
iBook not good enough, Macattack, 8/2. "...while I believe that
the iBook is the best low-cost portable I have heard of yet, I also
believe that it is not sufficiently better than its competitors to
enable it to prosper in a Wintel-dominated world."
- Web: iBookPlanet,
from the MacOS Planet people.
- Opinion: iBook
likely to be a "babe magnet," MacSoldiers, 8/2.
- News: California ISP
sues spammer, wins, Slashdot, 8/2. "... Los Gatos Small Claims
Court awarded Kepnet $600 compensation plus court costs for damages
caused by a spammer's unauthorized use of its network."
- News: MacWarehouse Mac unit sales up 77% over last year,
MacTimes, 8/2. Remember, last year the iMac hadn't yet been
released.
- OS: Mac OS X Server
support, Xappeal, 8/2. "I think the knowledge and easy, free
available support gives Linux an advantage."
- News: The future is
now for new high-tech school, Orange County Register, 8/1.
- News: Toshiba
combines DVD-ROM, CD-RW in one drive, Cnet, 8/1. Watch movies,
burn CDs on one drive. Due in September at about $400.
- Hardware: USB tape backup for
iMac, Blue G3, Aiwa. 4-8 GB per tape, 29 MB/sec. backup speed,
includes Retrospect.
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