The Small Computer System Interface (SCSI, pronounced scuzzy) that every Mac from the Mac Plus on has supported (except for the iMac and the Blue & White Power Mac G3) is a mixed blessing. SCSI is a parallel interface, meaning that bits of data travel alongside each other rather than in tandem like they do […]
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July 1999: One of the baneful things about computers is that they depreciate on a curve whose trajectory resembles that of a falling rock – even worse than cars. I hate depreciation. That’s the reason I have never bought a new car and never will. Unfortunately, while a 10-year-old automobile can still be excellent, no-compromise […]
Standing as it does, not only head and shoulders, but knees and ankles above its competitors in terms of name recognition, Adobe Photoshop is in danger of becoming a generic term for image editing software. An overwhelming majority of graphics professionals use it, and a great many amateurs as well, despite the fact that it […]
1998: On August 15, Apple Computer will launch a revolutionary new personal computer – the iMac. “It looks like it came from another planet – a good planet, one with great industrial designers!” quips Steven Jobs, Apple’s interim CEO.
