 Archive: April 2000- 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...."
- SETIonMac:
SETI@home weekly update, 4/28. The latest report on
the Top 20 SETI@home club teams -- and those who hope to
reach the Top 20.
- 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.
- 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 9: The Complete Reference, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 4/28. "Gene Steinberg's 'Mac OS 9: The
Complete Reference' is a tome in the tradition of those
great Mac books...."
- SETIonMac: Mac
Observers gaining on gnomes, Dan Knight, 4/27. We've
already chipped 2,250 units off their lead.
- View From the
Classroom: Improving the user experience?, Steve
Wood, 4/26. Having problems getting QuickTime 4.1.2 or
Mac OS 9.0.4? Read this!
- 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."
- Improving the
user experience?, Steve Wood, View From the
Classroom, 4/26. Apple claims automatic updates (when
they work) somehow improve the user experience. Yeah,
right.
- The iMac and
hot-swappable expansion bay modules, Stephen Van
Esch, Mac Scope, 4/26. Why Apple should adapt this
PowerBook technology to the iMac.
- Is the Mac a gaming
machine?, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 4/26.
Brian provides a very thoughtful answer to this
question.
- Gnomes shoot past
Mac Observers, SETIonMac, 4/26. In an unexpected
development, Team Lockergnome gained over 10,000 units on
Monday to zoom past Team Mac Observer.
- 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.
- 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.
- iMac: MacNN/iMac2day
forum tracking problem with Revision A iMac and OS
9.0.4.
- Opinion: Computing
with Bifocals: Mouse tips, iMac updates, and a great
typing program, Nancy Gravley, Mac Observer,
4/26.
- Opinion: Apple
6th in U.S. sales, light years ahead in stock growth,
Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 4/26.
- Netscape 6 and other betas,
Evan, Mac Happens, 4/25. "It's always good to have the
latest released version of programs. What's even better
is getting the latest prerelease version of
programs."
- A look at SETI
Checker, SETIonMac, 4/25. This freeware program lets
you follow your favorite SETI@home teams.
- News: AOL
instant messaging rivals file complaint with FCC,
c|net, 4/25. The LEM spin: Sounds like sour grapes.
- Opinion: What
a turn of events for Apple!, Michael 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...."
- The tech support
dance, David Schultz, Virtuality, 4/24. "A tech
support call is actually an intricate dance of
conflicting interests and viewpoints."
- Old Mac, new Mac,
Kel Taylor, Mac to the Future, 4/24. A new computer is no
reason to retire your old one.
- From Road Apples to
Golden Apples, Mark Looper, My First Mac, 4/24. "...I
realized that I had always had a soft spot in my heart
(or maybe in my head!) for the old all-in-one compact
Macs."
- 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."
- Team Mac Observer
passes Team Lockergnome, SETIonMac, 4/22. Team Mac
Observer has moved to #18 in club standings.
- Weekly update, top
20 teams, SETIonMac, 4/21. Whose in first, whose
climbing, whose falling behind. Team Mac Observer is now
#19.
- Apple's second
quarter, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/21. The game's
far from over, but the first two quarters have been
fantastic.
- 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.
- Opinion: Ten
reasons Macs outshine PCs, Bob LeVitus, Houston
Chronicle, 4/15.
- 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."
- Deal: Stuart
Little on DVD, as low as $9.95 shipped, Mobshop.
- Now that's
different!, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/20. A new
one-pound portable PC; how can Apple respond?
- 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.
- Team Mac Observer
Passes Team BeOS, 4/19. Thanks to an infusion of work
units on Tuesday, Team Mac Observer reaches #19 in club
standings.
- The Mac Library, Evan, Mac
Happens, 4/19. Evan shares the books he finds invaluable
when working with Macs.
- The AppleSeed Project:
"Clustered" Power Macs outperform Cray Y-MP
Supercomputer, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 4/19.
- Connectivity: Why
DSL will win the broadband-access battle,
ZDNet/Yahoo, 4/19. Dedicated bandwidth will propel DSL
past cable.
- 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."
- 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."
- 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.
- AAPL: Apple
beats Wall Street estimates again, Gene Steinberg,
Arizona Central, 4/19. "True to form, Apple beat the
market estimates...."
- 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.
- Review: Don't
throw away your old serial peripherals!, Mac
Observer, 4/19. Keyspan USB adapter lets you use old
peripherals on USB Macs.
- Spam: States
outlaw spam, Salon, 4/19. "If laws could stop spam,
we'd probably get a lot less e-mail."
- Eccentrica
Gallumbits gone, Team Mac Observer returns to #20,
4/18. Cheating team disqualified from SETI@home, moving
almost everyone up one spot in team rankings.
- Rodney "Outs" Outlook
for the Mac (not Outlook Express), Rodney O. Lain,
Things Macintosh, 4/18. "I scoff the veracity of his
claims, but he swears that there is a Mac version of the
Outlook client."
- Going Wintel for
a month: conclusion, Steve Wood, View From the
Classroom, 4/18. "In short, I'm obliged to do most of my
computing one month a year using Windows compatible
machines."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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"
- Eccentrica
Gallumbits blows past Team Mac Observer, Team BeOS,
Mac Musings, 4/17. Upstart team zooms into Top 20 during
first week.
- 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...."
- 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.
 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.
- 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....
- SETI@home Weekly
Update, Mac Musings, 4/14. A look at the Top 20
teams, and those who would join them.
- Surfing
large, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/14. Internet
Explorer 5, big screen fonts, and another reason Macs are
better.
- Mac games in
development, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 4/14.
A look at eight games currently being developed for the
Mac.
- 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.
- Dutchmen sneak past
Team Mac Observer, Mac Musings, 4/12. They came out
of nowhere, pushing Team Mac Observer to 20th place.
- 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.
- A road not taken (by
Apple), Scott Atkinson, Mac Musings, 4/11. "Unlike
Macs, there's nothing here to make you stop and admire
the craftsmanship."
- Macs get the job
done, Todd H. Cheong, My First Mac, 4/11. "My first
Mac was an SE. It had 1 MB of memory, no hard drive, and
no printer."
- AOL@school, Evan, iMac
Musings, 4/11. "AOL will be soon releasing a new version
of their software specifically for schools...."
- Team Mac Observer
dealt major setback, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/10.
Defection costs team several thousand work units, drops
back to #19.
- Low End Mac at
three, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/10. A look back at
Low End Mac's first three years.
- Opinion: The
desks of a lifetime?, Robert Leone, osOpinion.
Provocative article on computer furniture.
- Web: Geeks
gods & goddesses, Pioneer Planet, 4/10. Meet
Rodney O. Lain, Phil Pearson, and other web staples.
- Connectivity: AirPort
base station antennas, MacInTouch Reader Report. How
to extend the reach of AirPort with antennas -- possibly
to 10 miles!
- 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."
- TV: Star
Trek: Voyager end in sight, StarTrek.com. Series
finale scheduled for May 2001.
- Contest: PC
Weenies caption contest to commemorate 150th PC
Weenies cartoon.
- 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."
- Apple Tech
Support or pop psychology?, David Schultz,
Virtuality, 4/7.
- 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.
- Advice: The
ultimate Mac gaming machine, The Mac Mind. Except for
a few specific details, pretty good general advice.
- 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.
- 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.
- Team Mac Observer
expands, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/6. No sign of ET
yet, but new members have closed the gap between Team Mac
Observer and Team Lockergnome.
- Picking an older
Power Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Mac Daniel, 4/6. First
generation Power Macs can be quite a value.
- 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.
- Bulldozing for a faster
drive, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion, 4/5. It
takes some time, but here's on inexpensive way to speed
up your old hard drive.
- Web design, part 4: Site
graphics, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 4/5.
Choosing the right image format and file size.
- 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: 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."
- 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.
- SETI@home: Team Mac
Observer reaches #18, Low End Mac, 4/4. We need your
help to catch Team Lockergnome and reach #17.
- How can I burn a
CD?, Chris Lawson, Mac Daniel, 4/4. Explanation of
CD, CD-R, CD-RW, plus advice on choosing a drive.
- Burning CDs on a
Mac, Scott Barber, Online Tech Journal. Setting up a
CD burning system.
- Daylight saving
time?, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 4/4. We save energy and
increase our evening hours, but at what cost?
- Michigan time:
Why Michigan should be in the Central Time Zone, Dan
Knight's Soapbox, 4/4.
- Opinion: Yes,
Rumor sites hurt us, Michael 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...."
- Amazing IE 5.0, Evan, iMac
Channel, 4/3. "My faith in Microsoft has been
restored."
- Going Wintel,
Week 2, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 4/3. "It
only helps a little that the computers I'm using are
Macintoshes with OrangeMicro PC cards in them."
- 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.
- News: Netscape
WebMail customers frustrated by name game, c|net,
4/3. "Almost half a million Netscape WebMail customers
are being forced to change their email
usernames...."
- 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."
- 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...."
- Web: Microsoft
parody cartoon you have to see, Mac Observer, 4/3.
Very impressive Flash animation. Worth a visit!
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