The Low End Mac Link Archive, September 1999
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- News:
Webmaster boycotts Mac coverage in protest of Kihei actions,
Mac Observer, 9/30.
- Rumor: Yikes to be phased out
in December, MOSR, 9/30. Apple expected to discontinue G4/400
once Sawtooth motherboard, faster G4 available in quantity.
- Rumor: Kihei iMacs
reach launch pad, MacWeek, 9/30.
- Rumor: The skinny on
Kihei, No Beige, 9/30. Reports U.S. prices of $949, $1,099, and
$1,499 for new iMacs.
- News: FileMaker
releases four new products, but legacy Macs excluded,
Applelinks, 9/30. "Unfortunately the new version of FileMaker
requires a Power Mac with Mac OS 7.6 or later." (see also No FileMaker 5.0 Here)
- Spam: New weapons
for the fight against spam, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 9/30.
- Opinion: Will
iBook's value soften used PowerBook prices?, Charles Moore, Mac
Opinion, 9/30.
- News: Apple fixes Lombard DVD-ROM problem, MacCentral, 9/30.
- News: Dr. Bott
announces MoniSwitch USB, 9/29. The original supported ADB and
Mac monitors; the new one is for USB and VGA monitors (see our
review of the
original).
- Analysis: Do photos portray
new iMac?, MacWeek, 9/29. "Apple's threat of legal action over
publication of the photographs seem to suggest that they are indeed
genuine images...."
- News: Drive recall
touches Power Mac G4, MacWeek, 9/29. "...Western Digital Corp.
announced this week that it is recalling about 400,000 of its WD
Caviar hard drives - some of which shipped as original equipment in
Apple's new Power Mac G4 systems.
- News: Apple's USB 1.2
drivers don't support Sleep, MacInTouch, 9/29. Version 1.3 will
restore this functionality (which we discovered this morning on a
Lombard PowerBook).
- News: Apple demands web
sites kill iMac II pics, The Register, 9/29 [MacSurfer]. If you thought maybe
they were doctored photos, I guess this confirms they are (or were)
accurate.
- News: The eOne
is back, MacCentral, 9/29. New silver version replaces
too-close-to-iMac blue and white design. Color looks like a match
for silver on the Power Mac G4.
- News: ATM
incompatible with OS 9, fix coming weeks after OS 9 release,
Mac Observer, 9/29. Any existing version of ATM will crash OS 9,
but Adobe is working on a fix.
- News: Netscape
4.7 now available, 9/29 [Macs Only!]. PowerPC only, 13-15 MB
download depending on version.
- Opinion: FileMaker Pro 5
reader reports, MacInTouch. "What this absurd policy of
crippling FMPro will do in my case is cause me not to upgrade at
all."
- Rumor: Apple to ship dual,
quad G4s in 2000, MOSR, 9/28.
- Opinion:
Apple's iMac triangle, Mac Gaming Beat, 9/28. "So is Apple
shooting themselves in the foot by launching 3 separate iMac
models?'
- AAPL: Apple
falls on expected sales loss from quake, Yahoo/Reuters, 9/28
[Macs Only!]. Taiwan quake
disrupts iBook, PowerBook production, creates "slight
shortfall."
- News: ROM block
broken, Bare Feats, 9/28. PowerLogix utility does allow use of
G4 upgrade in Blue G3!
- Opinion: G4, the ultimate
game machine, Inside Mac Games.
- Web: The iMac
NewsPage relocates, 9/28. Last active site leaves MacTimes
Network.
- iBook: I got mine!, Macs
Only!, 9/28. Several iBook List members who ordered through the
Apple Store received iBooks on Monday.
- iBook: First impressions,
MacInTouch, 9/28. Feedback from iBook owners.
- iBook: Readers give
first impressions, iBook Zone, 9/28.
- iMac: iMac 2
unveiled - impressive speed, style, sound, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 9/28.
- Opinion: FileMaker
5 Product Announcement, A FileMaker Affliction, 9/27. "...only
time will tell if FileMaker 5 is a dessert topping, a floor wax or
both."
- iMac: Photos of
the new iMac?, The Kihei Site [Macs Only!]. Photos reproduced from
MacNews.de show new iMac look.
- Review: SimCity
3000, MacGamer.com. Power hungry sequel to a personanl
favorite.
- Benchmark: Is a
7200 rpm drive faster than a 5400?, Bare Feats, 9/27.
- Analysis: iBook
Defects, MacProvider, 9/27. Some iBooks have keyboard problems,
random cursor placement.
- News:
Kihei iMac design revealed (images), AppleInsider, 9/27.
Changes include short-neck monitor, slot loading CD/DVD drive, 100
MHz system bus. (Images pulled at request of Apple legal.)
- News: Windows on an iMac
without software, Dr. Bott. Eric Prentice told me he'd done it
- here's the picture to prove it.
- News: IBM
planning faster, lower-cost G3s, MacCentral, 9/27. IBM hopes to
reach 800 MHz before ending G3 development.
- News:
Kodak DC240 now comes with different colors, USB Workshop,
9/27. Blueberry, grape, strawberry, tangerine, and lime - even has
iMac-friendly USB.
- Overview: Mac
emulators for PCs, Jay's Mac Page.
- Review: Newer Tech G3/466
daughter card, Accelerate Your Mac!
- Opinion: NSI's domain name
monopoly needs fixin', Jerry Pournelle, Byte.com, 9/27.
Amen!
- News:
French army gives iBook users static, Nando, 9/25. "There
should be no problem unless you are in a room next door to a
military headquarters."
- Benchmarks: G4/450 AGP
performance, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/25.
- Review:
Norton Utilities 5.0, The Review, 9/24.
- Advice: Usings a Logitech USB
WheelMouse with OS 8.1, MacInTouch, 9/24.
- Review:
Visor Deluxe, Cnet. Palm OS device has 8 MB RAM.
- Review: Sonnet
Crescendo G3/500 daughter card, The Review, 9/22.
- Review: Visor
Deluxe, VisorCentral, 9/22.
- News: Outpost.com,
on-line retailer, reports strong growth, MacCentral, 9/25.
Outpost is known for a strong affiliate program.
- Advice: Ask Dr.
Mac #28, MacCentral, 9/25. Adding USB to a PCI Mac, digital
video, more.
- News: No
AirPort for France, Liberation, 9/24 (French). According to
Slashdot, the 2.4 GHz frequency
is reserved by the French military, so IEEE 802.11 devised may be
completely illegal in France.
- AAPL: When
the market doesn't work quite right, John Deke, Mac Junkie,
9/24. "So why the big price drop? Well, in the face of bad news
there's a tendency for some people to panic and sell...."
- Opinion: How
the Mac changed the world, Del Miller, 9/24. "From the rainbow
logo, to the cheerful optimism that a computer could change the
world, everything about Apple said that there was room to make
things better."
- Opinion: The
Mac is a business machine, Deborah Shadovitz, Puget Sound
Computer User, 9/99 [Mac
Observer]. "Truth is, everything you need to run a small
business or home office efficiently is available for the Mac."
- News: Life imitates
art for Apple, Jim Davis, Cnet,
9/24 [MacSurfer]. "Despite the lifting of
the restrictions, Apple said other red tape still limits its
ability to export the G4 to numerous countries."
- News: FileMaker Pro
turns 5.0, MacWeek, 9/24.
- Rumor:
Specs for new iMac, Mac Observer, 9/24. Three iMacs: 350
MHz economy iMac, 400 MHz DVD edition, and premium version.
- Opinion:
Apple missing out on a powerful weapon, Bryan Chaffin, Mac
Observer, 9/24. "...Apple should Think Different and pursue a
policy of engagement with the online Mac community."
- Web:
Team Mac Observer needs your help, Mac Observer. Join the Mac
Observer SETI@home team to look for extraterrestrial life and
promote the number crunching abilities of the Macintosh.
- Education: School
library overflows with iMacs, MacCentral, 9/24. Norris School
District has colorful iMac lab with all five flavors.
- Opinion: The case for multiple iMac models, The iMac,
9/24.
- AAPL: Apple
stock tumbles nearly 10%, MacCentral, 9/24. Stock closed
Thursday at 63 5/16, down 21% from high of 80 1/8 on Monday,
9/20.
- Rumor: Kihei
iMac industrial design details, AppleInsider, 9/24. "The most
recent word on the street is that Kihei has officially been
finalized, both internally and externally, with production
beginning in limited quantities as of this past Wednesday."
- Rumor: Apple
seeds OS 9 final candidate 4, AppleInsider, 9/24. "...it
appears that Final Candidate 5 will be the most likely candidate to
be selected as Golden Master."
- Rumor: C2 "Kihei" iMacs due
shortly, MOSR, 9/23. "...dealers are being told . . . to clear
out their existing 333MHz iMac inventories and prepare to place
orders for new models in 2-3 weeks."
- Consumer: How to avoid a $400 "free" ISP phone bill,
Cnet, 9/23. Free internet access may be via costly "local toll"
phone number.
- Web: AuctionMac
switches to flat-rate selling rates.
- Opinion: Which
PowerBook makes the ideal desktop replacement?, Charles Moore,
Mac Opinion, 9/23. "... I find that most people who get their hands
on a PowerBook for a few days would just as soon never go back to
their desktop machines."
- Connectivity:
Cable modems or DSL: which is better?, Simson Garfinkel, Salon,
9/23 [Slashdot]. "...both
technologies have merits and should be able to stand on their
own."
- Connectivity:
Earthlink, MindSpring to merge, Yeahoo/Reuters, 9/23 [Slashdot]. "The combined company would
form the second largest Internet service provider in the U.S. with
more than three million members...."
- Review: Power Mac
G4/400, Macworld, 12/99 issue. "Something old, something new,
something borrowed, but no longer blue."
- Opinion: PC
Makers - who's hot, who's not, ZDNet, 9/22. Apple ranks just
behind #1 Dell in IDC analysis.
- Hands on: More
Intellimouse Explorer feedback, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/22. MS
beta driver problems overcome using shareware USB Overdrive v1.2.
- Analysis: The
G4 processor: under the hood, Thresh's FiringSquad, 9/22
[MacSurfer]. "If properly
utilized, AltiVec can quadruple the speed of certain
applications."
- News: Microsoft optical
USB mouse, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/22. Read this - you'll want
one!
- Opinion:
There's no worm in this Apple, Slate, 9/21. "The obvious point
here is that if you're going to have a problem, it's better to have
one that's the result of too much demand rather than too
little."
- OS: Mac
OS X Server, sent by Dagwood?, Todd Stauffer, MacCentral, 9/21.
"Mac OS X Server is the coolest, most svelte, most interesting
installation of Un*x I've ever seen."
- News: Macheadlines Lite now
free, Trexar. Mac headlines on your screen.
- News: You can help
support TidBITS, TidBITS. Contribution program allows users to
support TidBITS.
- News: iBooks
reach dealers, Apple Store shipping for Thursday delivery,
iBookPlanet, 9/21.
- News: Powerlogix
G4 with 2 MB cache, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/21. "Bus speeds can
be switched on the fly with the system on, so no need for a
restart."
- News: USB Overdrive
v1.2. Driver for all USB mice, trackballs, etc. updated with
100% PowerPC code.
- Analysis: What
is the G4's biggest flaw?, Ben Apple, Mac Junkie, 9/21.
- Analysis: G4
vs. Athlon, Philip Machanick, Mac Opinion, 9/21.
- News: Taiwan
earthquake and Apple portable production, PowerBook Zone, 9/21.
Quanta, builder of the PowerBook G3, and AlphaTop, manufacturer of
the iBook, are located in Taiwan. Both expect production to resume
shortly.
- Analysis: Behind Apple's
projections, Robert Morgan, MacWeek, 9/20. "Anderson stated
that Apple expected flat to lower sequential earnings growth in 4Q
but also asserted that the company expected year-over-year growth
for the quarter and the year."
- Rumor: Apple to
offer Carbon libraries for pre-OS 9 systems, AppleInsider,
9/20. "...once applications have been updated to the new Carbon API
set, they will not run on the current Mac OS 8.x architecture
without the help of a custom set of Carbon Libraries."
- News: Apple
warns of Q4 shortfall, ZDNet, 9/20. Motorola can't make G4 CPUs
fast enough to meet the market's demand for Apple's new
powerhouse.
- News: Macs in
peril in Gettysburgh High, Mac Mania. "The technical drawing
teacher wants to eliminate Macs in the graphic arts area because,
'The graphic arts industry simply doesn't use macs.'"
- Web: PALMAC, site for
those using Macs and Palms.
- News: Japan
court grants preliminary injunction against Sotec for copying
iMac, Apple, 9/20. "The preliminary injunction forbids Sotec
from manufacturing, selling, displaying, exporting, or importing
its eOne product."
- News: Apple revokes MUG
right to distribute OS updates, Macs Only!, 9/20. "As of
October 10th, 1999, you are no longer authorized to distribute
MacOS Software Updates."
- Review, LaCie
USB hard drive, About.com, 9/20 [Macs Only!]. "USB's limited
bandwidth makes USB hard drives an unwise choice for daily
use."
- Tech: When
do we need 64-bit processors?, David K. Every, MacKiDo, 9/20.
"There are three ways to measure procesor size...."
- Benchmark: How
much does AltiVec speed up Photoshop?, Bare Feats, 9/19.
- Opinion: Glory
days of Apple portables, Don Crabb, ZDNet, 9/17. "...for the
first times since the mid-1990s, Apple once again makes the best
notebook computers you can buy."
- Opinion: Did Apple
sabotage your G3?, Loose Cannons, Applelinks. "...there is code
in that particular ROM Update that says, in effect, 'If G4 card
found, don't boot.'"
- Opinion: The G4 stinks,
and so does my PowerBook, Charles Moore, Applelinks. Moore
means it literally - the scent of new computers can be
troublesome.
- Web: iMac
Channel reaches #2 among Top 25 iMac Sites, 9/18.
- News: PowerLogix G4s will
run on Blue G3s, Macs Only!, 9/18.
- Tech: G5
to take on Merced, MacWeek, 9/17.
- News: Mac OS
9 compatible with clones, Mac OS Planet. Mostly positive
results with late betas on Starmax, Power Computing systems.
- Education: Backward
migration at Auburn University, MacCentral, 9/17. IT drops
support for 900 Macs on campus.
- USB:
Addonics releases USB CD-RW for iMac, Mac Observer, 9/17.
- Opinion:
Setting world on FireWire, Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, 9/16.
"...Apple's decision to put FireWire on its G3s, and eventually on
all its machines, is my pick for Apple's smartest move yet."
- Opinion: How
tough are PowerBooks?, Charles Moore, Mac Opinion, 9/16.
- News: Handspring's new Visor
sports USB port for connectivity, allUSB, 9/16. Visor is the
new Palm OS handheld.
- Analysis: Multiprocessor
Macs? It's possible, MacWeek.com, 9/16.
- News: MyTV
brings USB television, video capture to iMac, G3, G4, Mac
Junkie, 9/15.
- Rumor: PowerBook G4 to be
next Apple revolution, MOSR, 9/15. Possible 15.3" 1280 x 1024
display.
- News: World's
largest USB hard drive, Mac OS Planet, 9/15. Fantom Drives
introduces 25 GB drive.
- iBook: iBook
Talk List, The Macintosh Guy. The iBook is finally shipping,
but this email list is ten months old. Join in to discuss the
iBook.
- News: Jobs says iBook shipping today, The iMac, 9/15.
"Preorders have reached 160,000 units!"
- Hands On: iBook in-depth, part 5, The iMac, 9/15. "...it is the
little touches that really make this an elegant design."
- News: Apple
changed Yikes! plans, AppleInsider, 9/15. Current G4 insert in
Newsweek shows G4/450 based on Yikes! motherboard.
- USB: Kensington USB MouseWorks
mouse and TurboBall trackball announced, allUSB, 9/15. No
information on Kensington site yet. TurboMouse lovers will rejoice
at $60 TurboBall with scroll wheel.
- USB: Graphite G4
UniMouse, Contour Design. First mouse to match the G4. Read our
review.
- Opinion: The
slow lingering death of standards, Robert Leone,
osOpinion.
- OS: LinuxPPC & Mac OS X,
macos-x.com, 9/15. Even-handed analysis of OS 10 vs. LinuxPPC.
- Analysis: Vicom Internet
Gateway vs. IPNetRouter, brindley.net. Two popular programs for
sharing internet access among networked Macs.
- Opinion: Fall of the
sub-$500 PC, Think Secret, 9/15. Will Sega Dreamcast kill of
the sub-$500 PC?
- Review: Formac
Proformance III with 3D glasses, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/14.
Optional 3D glasses provide a true 3D look, not just 3D flattened
onto a 2D screen.
- News: Motorola's PowerPC
road map, MacNN, 9/14. How about a 2 GHz G5?
- Y2K: 01/01/00,
Macworld, 10/99. "...even the oldest Macs can deal with dates from
January 1, 1904, through February 6, 2040, so there's no
fundamental year-2000 disaster lurking inside your Macintosh."
- Y2K: Proceed
with caution, Macworld, 10/99. Some Mac software not Y2K
compliant - check this list.
- News: Dell chasing
Apple's wireless plans, Cnet, 9/14. $400 PC Card offers same
speed as iBook's $99 AirPort module.
- Review: Meet the
iBook, David Pogue, Macworld, 10/99. "Apple's iBook is much
more than just a portable iMac; it's a long list of surprising
delights."
- Rumor: Power
Mac G4 report updated, MacFixIt. Apple may fix G4 block with OS
9, G4 may be faster than even Apple believes, and Newer Tech says
there is no power supply problem with an upgraded Blue G3.
- Analysis: Is
G4 as promised?, Philip Machanick, Mac Opinion, 9/14. "For the
Mac, AltiVec will speed some applications enormously; I will be
surprised though if all applications will see a significant
speedup."
- News: Son
of Palm: cheaper, faster, expandable, CNN, 9/14. Handspring
introduces Palm OS line of handhelds. (See also Palm Infocenter, Visor specs)
- News: IBM plans 700 MHz
G3 "this year," MacWeek.com, 9/13. Despite the G4, the G3 is
far from dead.
- Opinion: Cheap
PCs come under fire, Tom Spring, PC World, 9/13 [Macs Only!]. "I guess my mom was
right, you get what you pay for."
- Analysis: Why
geek geniuses lack social graces, Norman Doidge, National Post.
"Ten years ago, Dr. David Forrest . . . turned his research
attention to those who are designated 'nerds,' 'geeks,' and
'space-cadets.'"
- Rumor:
Next generation iMacs to pack luxuries, AppleInsider, 9/13.
Another site agrees that too many iMacs spoil the market (see
Gilding the iMac lily for my
take).
- Review: Power Mac G4/400,
Ric Ford, MacInTouch. "Jumping in now with the G4/400 is reasonable
if you have no window to wait and you need its extra performance
immediately."
- News: PowerLogix announces
G3/500 upgrade, PowerLogix. First Mac upgrade to reach 500 MHz
mark without overclocking.
- News: Unnamed iMac-like
clone sports LCD, No Beige, 9/13. Expect most desktop computers
to look a bit like this within a year or two.
- Rumor: Mac OS
9 reaches final candidate, AppleInsider, 9/13.
- Web: Mac OS X.com, new
Mac OS X site.
- Tech: G4's
(7400) with AltiVec arrives, David K. Every, MacKiDo, 9/13.
Good explanation of Maxbus, AltiVec.
- Advocacy:
Macintosh mistruths, Chris Davies, MacNerds, 9/13. "When Macs
are compared to PCs often I notice the same old lies and mistruths
and myths bandied about...."
- Advice: Ten
ways to keep your Mac happy, Michael Greifenkamp, MacNerds,
9/13. "...ten great ways to keep your Macintosh happy and running
smoothly."
- News: 3Com
spinning off Palm division, 3Com, 3/13 [Slashdot].
- Gaming: PlayStation
2 unveiled, Gaming Age, 9/13 [Slashdot]. 128-bit Emotion Engine CPU
runs at 295 MHz, includes 4x DVD-ROM drive, due for sale in Japan
on March 4, 2000 - and it runs all current PlayStation games.
- Review: SimCity
3000, Micah Siegal, MacNerds, 9/13.
- Rumor: Apple source
speaks on G4 ROM block, Think Secret, 9/13. Says power supply
problems behind Apple's decision to block G4 use.
- Rumor: OS X Client $99?
G4/400 cut by year's end?, MOSR, 9/10. Apple aiming for $99
price and January delivery of OS X Client. "Yikes" G4 may be
discontinued shortly after Sawtooth ships.
- News:
Pixela announces USB DVD-RAM drive, USB Workshop, 9/8 [Daily iMac]. Will
support Macs, but can USB move data fast enough for watching
movies?
- News: PowerLogix
bundles LinuxPPC with G3, G4 upgrades, Insanely Great Mac,
9/10.
- Benchmark: Is the
G4/400 faster than the G3/400?, Bare Feats, 9/10.
- Opinion: Upgrades and
Macs, David K. Every, MacKiDo, 9/10. "They say they didn't
promise that G3's were upgradable - but they didn't say they were
going to be intentionally crippled either."
- Hands On: iBook in-depth part 4, The iMac, 9/10. "To upgrade
the iBook, you simply pull two latches at the top of the iBook's
keyboard...."
- Opinion: iMac
2 rants and raves, Ben Apple, Mac Junkie, 9/10.
- News: FireWire's
popularity continues to grow, MacCentral, 9/10. Faster 800 Mbps
version due in 2000.
- News: Zap!
and your PC's dead, Yahoo/ZDNet, 9/10. HERF stops computers
dead in their tracks.
- Opinion: The
power of AirPort, About.com, 9/9.
- News: G4 Macs start
arriving, MacWeek, 9/9. But I haven't got mine yet....
- News: Army
web site more secure, ArmyLINK News, 9/9 [MacFixIt]. U.S. Army switches from
Windows NT to Mac OS web server.
- News:
iBook has no backup battery, Apple TIL, 9/9 [MacFixIt]. Small capacitor maintains
PRAM contents for only 20 seconds with battery disconnected.
- Opinion: An
open-and-shut case, Don Crabb, Chicago Sun-Times, 9/9. "The
iBook is the first really innovative notebook computer to hit the
lower price points in years."
- Opinion: Quality,
Quantity, Benchmarks, and Reality, Jeff Lewis, Mac Opinion,
9/9. Long column with some excellent comparison of G3/G4 to other
processors.
- Opinion: Apple's
new iBook offers much, WallStreet Journal, 9/9. "On the three
qualities crucial to every laptop - the keyboard, the screen and
the battery - the iBook acquits itself very well."
- News: Students
bask in the laptop of luxury, Roanoke Times,9/9. Henry County
schools working toward goal of a PowerBook for every student.
- Gaming: SimCity 3000 Mac
has unique features, Apple. Third generation game even lets you
install Apple campus!
- Analysis:
Windows 2000 adoption to cost a pretty penny, Infoworld, 9/9.
"According to the Gartner Group's numbers, it will cost between
$1,250 and $2,050 per desktop to migrate from Windows NT
Workstation 4.0 to Windows 2000 Professional. The cost of moving
from Windows 9x to Windows 2000 will be even higher, according to
the report - between $2,015 and $3,100 per PC."
- Consumer: Panasonic
announces SuperDisk digital camera, Insanely Great Mac, 9/9.
"In high resolution, (1280 x 960 pixels), this disk will hold
approximately 450 Super Fine images."
- News: Visor: A
faster, cheaper Palm?, MSNBC, 9/8. Visor starts at $149 and
includes Mac software.
- News: Move over Palm,
Visor coming, MacWeek, 9/8. New Palm OS machines cheaper,
faster, more expandable than Palm offerings.
- Web: iMac
Channel now #3 on Top 25 iMac Sites
- Opinion: Ruminations
on computer aesthetics, Charles Moore, Road Warrior, 9/9. "It
will remain to be seen how the iBook's color and styling wears
aesthetically."
- Consumer:
Warning: Higher RAM prices dead ahead, Mac Observer, 9/8.
"According to experts in the memory market, the rise in RAM pricing
is not over."
- Opinion:
Writing a review 101, Thomas Kephart, osOpinion. "iMac improves
upon eOne design."
- News: Delays in G4
production may delay new Macs, MacUser, 9/8. "Slower than
anticipated production" for 450 and 500 MHz CPUs.
- News: Update on b&w
ROM G4 CPU check, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/8. "...there were
reports of improved PCI performance and compatibility with the ROM
update."
- Rumor: Apple planning
multiple iMac models?, Mac OS Rumors, 9/8. "There are rumored
to be as many as five or as little as two versions...."
- Analysis: Of
iMacs and eOnes, David K. Every, MacKiDo. "They might as well
market it as 'like the iMac, only not as easy or elegant.'"
- Tech: How the G4
differs from the G3, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/8.
- News: Lucent's
high-speed Stinger, Wired News, 9/7. Stinger handles voice and
high speed data connections over standard phone lines.
- Analysis: G4 trashed by mainstream media, The iMac, 9/7.
Tidbit: four 400 MHz Intel CPUs = 1 GFLOPS, but one G4/500 can
reach 4 GFLOPS.
- Rumor: Apple to fix G4 ROM
block, Mac OS Rumors, 9/7. "...the company is planning to
include fix for the G4 upgrade block installed with the latest Blue
G3 Firmware."
- Opinion: Is
the time right for an Apple gaming machine?, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 9/7. "A price tag of $250 or less would fall within the
boundaries of a reasonable holiday gift."
- Analysis: PC or Mac?
Both give great service, Roanoke Times. "We also find that
Macintosh computers last longer and retain their value
longer."
- Opinion: Look, Ma, no wires!, Ceolaf, PowerBook Source.
"Wireless Ethernet used to be expensive. And slow."
- Opinion: The G4 and
Apple's second coming, Jon Katz, Slashdot. "If there's an
ideology at the heart of computing, it's to be forever on the
lookout for the coolest, fastest, most powerful thing. The G4
clearly, is it."
- News:
Computer labs out of order, classes stopped, Metropolitan State
College of Denver [MacCentral]. Switching PCs to
Windows NT shut down 12 computer labs, leaving Macs the only
working computers.
- Web: iMac
Channel #4 on Top 25 iMac Sites
- Opinion: Intel
straddling FireWire fence, Tony Smith, MacWeek, 9/7. Intel
undecided between FireWire, USB 2.0.
- Analysis: G4
vs. PIII, Athlon, Architosh, 9/7. "Compared to rival Wintel
processors by Intel and AMD, the G4 smokes them all (even at much
lower clock speeds), except for the new AMD Athlon chip."
- Opinion: Is
G4/400 a good value?, Charles Moore, Applelinks. "...the
Mac/Wintel 'which is faster' debate should be effectively silenced
for the foreseeable future."
- Rumor: iMac II
to sport LCD, DVD, FireWire, AirPort, more, Japan Apple Watch,
9/7 [Slashdot]. Site says
several configurations will be available.
- Analysis: Dawn of desktop
supercomputers, Byte. "The Velocity Engine is at the very
beginning of its evolution cycle."
- Rumor: Shark
Power Macs to deter processor upgrades, AppleInsider, 9/7.
Shark is the generation after Sawtooth.
- Opinion: OS X: The
last step to world domination, Paul Yap, osOpinion. "If MacOS X
Client delivers on its' promises, then the G4 will have an OS
worthy of it."
- Tech: Processor
wars, part 02. Vector processing, Philip Machanick, Mac
Opinion, 9/7. A vector computer performs the same function on large
quantities of data.
- Low End: G3 upgrades for
compact Macs, IIcx, Quadra 630, more, Nextro [Accelerate Your Mac!]. Japan. It
can be done - but it's cheaper to buy a new G4/400.
- Software: iCab
preview 1.7 available [Macs
Only!]. Alternative to Netscape, IE. Download still under 1 MB.
German, English, and Japanese versions available. Now supports some
Microsoft and Netscape tags not part of HTML 4.0. Can bookmark
frames. Still no Javascript, CSS. Lots more.
- Hardware: InterCoolers available
outside Japan, Macs Only!, 9/7. Cools your PowerBook.
- Review: G3
ZIF, XLR8 Carrier tested, Macs Only!, 9/7.
- Web: 50
greatest comic books, Mitchell Brown. Excellent fan site with
good ranking of most significant titles.
- Hands On: iBook in-depth part 3, The iMac, 9/6. "...the
battery's life is probably less than the theoretical limit;
specifically 4 to 5 hours depending upon how you are using the
iBook."
- Hands On: iBook in-depth part 2, The iMac, 9/6. "...the 3D
graphics produced by the Rage Mobility is pretty awesome for a
little consumer based notebook computer, which means that it's a
wonderful option for gamers."
- News: Brett Harris files
complaint with FTC over G4 ROM block, Accelerate Your Mac!,
9/6. (See Why the G4 uproar?
for more on this issue.)
- Survey: Apple
surveying Power Mac G3 users. Your chance to let Apple know
what you love and dislike about the Power Mac G3 you use.
- Opinion:
eOne takes on iMac - and wins, Bill Machrone, PC Magazine, 9/3.
"...in many ways, the eOne improves on the iMac design, offering a
floppy disk drive, a CD-ROM drive with external controls,
video-input hardware, and a home network adapter."
- News: XLR8
announces immediate availability of G4 upgrades, MacCentral,
9/4.
- Opinion:
Apple's G4 ROM block will only lose customers, Bryan Chaffin,
Mac Observer, 9/3. "These are customers who are not going to buy a
new Mac anyway!"
- Opinion: Think
different about upgrading, Wired, 9/3. "Apple's recent line of
Power Mac G3s can't be upgraded to Motorola's new G4 chip, and
according to hardware manufacturers, the engineering was
intentional."
- News: G4 upgrade road
block, MacWeek, 9/3.
- Analysis: On the G4 and
Altivec: Promises of gold, Mac OS Rumors, 9/3. "...the G4's
vector engine can accelerate almost any large calculation, not just
multimedia."
- News:
Scientist finds "back door" in Windows, CBS MarketWatch, 9/3.
Two "signing keys" in Microsoft allow full access to supposedly
secure machines.
- Analysis:
Apple Expo France: A boon for Apple, Mac Observer, 9/3. "France
is the #2 market for the Macintosh."
- News: Microsoft
says security speculation "inaccurate and unfounded,"
PRNewswire, 9/3. Microsoft admits presence of key, denies sharing
it with NSA.
- AAPL: Apple stock at all-time high of 73.25, Apple Investors,
9/3.
- First Look: XLR8's G4 400 MHz ZIF
upgrade, Accelerate Your Mac! Beta drivers show improved
floating point performance and better memory bandwidth.
- Consumer: G4 ROM block on Blue
G3, MacInTouch. ROM version 1.1 prevents G4 upgrade. Earlier
ROM versions are G4 compatible.
- News:
Detailed comparison of Power Mac G4 motherboards, AppleInsider,
9/3.
- News: E-Machines:
"We would be harmed by Apple's suit," MacCentral, 9/3. Isn't
that the point?
- Opinion:
Apple's new TV campaign targets Intel, CNBC, 9/2. "...few PC
buyers are likely to be swayed by the tough new Power Mac G4 TV
ads, which ridicule Intel's Pentium III chip."
- Analysis: G4 rules
SPECint at 450 MHz, SPECfp at all speeds, Mac Evolution, 9/2.
550 MHz Pentium III beats G4/450 on SPECint.
- Rumor: OS 9, QuickTime 4.1 to
include Velocity support, Mac OS Rumors, 9/2. Also, PowerBook
G4 under development for early 2000 release.
- News: Apple
stock soars past 70, Mac Junkie, 9/2.
- News:
Hot Apple + cold PCs = Apple topping 70, Mac Observer, 9/2.
Apple at highest level since April 12, 1991.
- News: Microsoft will
host Office over the net, TechWeb, 9/2. Microsoft pushing
software for rent model.
- News:
Experts question Apple, SF Gate, 9/2. Government may classify
G4 as a supercomputer, but real supercomputers are in the
terraflops range!
- Opinion: One
supercomputer coming to an Apple dealer near you, Gene
Steinberg, Arizona Central, 9/2. "So the speed gap didn't widen a
lot, except for PowerBooks, where Apple's laptop is the
overwhelming winner against Intel's best efforts."
- Virus: Experts
assess risks surrounding "Thursday" virus, ZDNet, 9/2. "It must
be Thursday. I never did get the hang of Thursdays." High risk for
Word 97 users. (Yup, Windows only.)
- Review:
$50 Logitech USB QuickCam Express, ZDNet. Too bad there's no
Mac support, but QuickCam VC supports USB equipped Macs. (QuickCam
VC, $69.95 shipped from Outpost.com)
- Internet@30: Internet
just leaving its stone age, Yahoo/Reuters. "...the Internet is
about 20 percent invented, and we have about 80 percent to
go."
- Back by popular demand: EvangeList
- Consumer: Prince of
Egypt DVD review, DVD Resource Page. Not Mac related, but an
incredible movie experience. $20.99 from Amazon.com
through Sept. 14.
- News:
Bootable USB on Power Mac G4, Apple TIL 58430. Also, G4/450 and
G4/500 have two separate USB controllers.
- Rumor: New iMac debut at
Apple Expo 99 in Paris?, Think Secret, 9/2.
- Web: Tanks
ad available on Apple site.
- Performance: G4 upgrade tested
in B&W G3, Accelerate Your Mac!, 9/2. Author discovers
updated ROM prevents startup.
- Consumer: Nintendo
announces GameBoy 2, Nintendojo, 9/1. Uses 32-bit ARM CPU
(remember Newton?), 16-bit 240x160 display. Due August 2000.
- Opinion: Look, Ma, no
wires!, Jason O'Grady, MacWeek, 9/1. "The inclusion of the
AirPort technology in the G4s is nothing short of mastery by
Apple...."
- Hands On: iBook in-depth, The iMac, 9/1. "...it is every bit as
cool as it first appeared at MacWorld Expo 3 weeks ago."
- News: The Macintosh Guy
launches Power Mac G4 list.
- News: USB 2.0 to
be faster than expected, allUSB, 9/1. "The speed target for USB
2.0 was raised . . . to 360-480 Mbps."
- Internet@30: Pioneers
recall internet's first steps, Yahoo/ZDNet, 9/1. "Thirty years
ago, it seemed like a pretty crazy idea: a worldwide network of
computers that would let people swap information at lightning
speed."
- Analysis: Apple
intros the "Silver Supercomputer," Eliot Hochberg, Mac Junkie,
9/1.
- Opinion: G4:
The amazing gaming machine - and supercomputer, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 9/1. "What do you get when you add up a 128-bit graphics
card, a 2x AGP slot, a graphics-enhancing Velocity Engine and a
128-bit 500 MHz G4 processor?"
- Opinion: Apple turns
on the juice with introduction of G4, LA Times, 9/1. Includes a
comment from Intel: "We think Intel processors deliver the best
performance for a wide variety of users." Duh!
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