Archive: December 1999

• 1999: Year in Review, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/31. The good, the bad, and the downright brilliant.
• 1999 Low End Mac Awards, Dan Knight, 12/31.
• Opinion: What will, and won't, be announced at Macworld, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 12/31. Pismo, yes. 17" iMac, no. More.
• Opinion: Last Busman's Holiday for 1999, Steve Wood, 12/31.
• OS: New home version of Yellow Dog Linux coming, Mac Observer, 12/31.
• "The Mac Is a Toy," Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 12/30. "Frustrating with silly games, I get back to work. Games are kids, anyway."
• DVD-RAM Gets Affordable, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/30. Is it the right backup or archiving solution?
• Advice: Want American Express Blue? Better get a PC, Mac Observer, 12/30. "...the representative told us that it is not compatible with the Mac OS."
• Advice: Email attachments, Deb Shadovitz, MacCentral, 12/30. "Each computer platform has a different file format, and that's where complications set in."
• Advice: Maximizing time with a Mac, Jordan Streiff, Mac Observer, 12/30. "So while you love your Mac, if it takes up time instead of giving time back, then what good has it done you?"
• Analysis: Y2K is here, but new millenium isn't, Charles Moore, 12/30. Only one year until the new millenium begins.
• News: Greenwich could mark web time, BBC, 12/30. Move afoot to establish GMT as standard internet time -- especially for legal, ecommerce issues.
• Opinion: Get Macs out of Futureshop, Stephen Van Esch, osOpinion. "Ever had a salesman laugh in your face?"
• Flame Bait: Four who shouldn't matter in the next decade, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 12/30. Steve Jobs. "Will they ever be more than a fringe player? No."
• Update: Review of Aspire USB keyboard, MacUSB, 12/29. Thanks to a little ResEdit work, it is possible to remap certain keys and live with a Windows keyboard.
• New Years Rant, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 12/29. "My relationship with Windows had to end sometime, and . . . I couldn't have picked a better time to bow out."
• Owning a digicam: A look at the costs, Dan Knight, DigiGraphica, 12/29.
• News: Bug fix draws complaints, MacWeek, 12/29. "...users who have applied the new OT Tuner 1.0 patch are reporting loss of all network connectivity or crashes during startup."
• News: Team Mac Observer #19 on SETI@home, Mac Observer, 12/29. Won't you join us?
• Review: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer, AppleSurf. The Microsoft product Mac users are taking to in droves.
• News: OpenTransport Tuner, Apple Computer, 12/28. Fixes problem with OS 8.6 on G4, iBook, new iMacs and OS 9 on all Macs that can cause denial of service attacks. This may cause problems with regular dial-up connections.
• Advice: Tuning your browser, MacInTouch Reader Report. Tips seem to improve performance on my setup.
• Review: MoniSwitchUSB, USB Workshop. "...one should be pleased to see a KVM switch that finally works between Mac and PC."
• Analysis: Benchmarks revisited, David K. Every, MacWeek, 12/28. "Benchmarks aren't really addressing the issues people should care about."
• Coming: Epson Stylus Photo 870 [Macs Only!]. USB, edge-to-edge photo printing, intelligent ink monitoring, but not yet available in the States.
• Review: Two USB flash memory readers, The Review, 12/28. "Transfer rates live up to their impressive reported speeds of 500-800 KB/sec."
• Web: Macs Only! is five years old today, 12/28. Congratulations!
• News: Apple #4 in retail sales for November, Insanely Great, 12/28. Nice to see Apple in the U.S. Top Five again with 9.8% of the retail market.
• Tech: xDSL Q&A, Vicomsoft. Various forms of DSL will compete head-to-head with cable modems in many markets.
• Opinion: Using a Mac? You don't know what you're missing!, Mac Observer, 12/28. The blue screen of death, Y2K issues, Intel's latest chip problems....
• Review: Galaxy Quest, CmdrTaco, Slashdot, 12/28. Recommended for science fiction fans with a sense of humor -- definitely on my "must see" list.
• The required New Year's column: Avoiding complacency, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 12/28. A Mac lover looks back at 1999 -- and all is not rosy.
• Short Takes, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 12/28. Dangers of ESD, dead and sleeping LCD pixels, and more on backup.
• SCSI or IDE hard drive?, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel, 12/28. Which is the better upgrade option?
• G-List, the new Low End Mac email list for Power Mac G3 and G4 users.
• Mac OS Linux, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 12/28. "Apple will be reabsorbing Linux/PPC and using it as the core of the new OS...."
• USB: Using a Windows USB keyboard on a Mac, ResExcellence, 12/27 [No Beige]. Swaps Alt and Windows keys for Cmd and Opt. Warning: this involves manually modifying your System file.
• Review: iMac 350, Daily iMac, 12/27. Hands on user report by Amy Hoy.
• The $600 iMac, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 12/24. "I honestly think that the true iMac is yet in the future."
• Why Macs Don't Look Generic, Paulo Rodrigues, iMac Musings, 12/24. "Apple . . . insists on making the entire computer look good."
• Analysis: Highlights of Apple's annual report, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/24. Unit sales up 25%, but net sales only up 3% due to lower cost units.
• Apple's 1999 Results, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/23. Final results for fiscal 1999 are in -- and very impressive.
• Analysis: Apple unit shipments expected to top one million, AAPL Investors, 12/23. Last quarter with this many unit sales was four years ago -- and Apple lost $69 million.
• Opinion: The Apple of my eye, Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, 12/23. "Computer video editing isn't new, but the iMac DV with iMovie sets a new standard...."
• ViaVoice for Macintosh, Evan, Mac Happens, 12/22. Finally, good dictation software for the Macintosh.
• Predictions for Macworld Expo, Dan Knight, 12/22. How might Apple revise their product line at Macworld Expo?
• Pismo & Thin PowerBooks, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 12/22. Pismo speculation, and another voice in favor of a still thinner PowerBook.
• Guide to USB Hard Drives, MacUSB, 12/22. Listing of all known USB hard drives.
• News: iMac DVD-ROM Update 1.0, Apple Computer, 12/22. Improves ability to load certain CD-ROM discs.
• Review: Wacom Graphire tablet & mouse, Mac Observer, 12/22. "...an excellent value."
• News: Internet Explorer 4.51, Outlook Express 5.01 released, Microsoft. Updater fixes problem with certificates expiring 12/31/99.
• News: Michigan, North Carolina want sales tax for 1999 online purchases, Yahoo/ZDNet, 12/22. This despite federal government moratorium on Internet taxes.
• Apple's USB Mouse Is Not an Ergonomic Dud, Paulo Rodrigues, iMac Musings, 12/21.
• A Mini-Tour of My Mac, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 12/21.
• News: MacWarehouse bought out by group led by Apple board member, Mac Observer, 12/21.
• Analysis: Apple's safety valve, Robert Morgan, MacWeek, 12/21. Why the iMac 333 at Sam's Club and Costco is a good thing.
• USB: allUSB Cable Guide, allUSB. Different types, sources for USB cables.
• Opinion: Of mice and keyboards, Marvin Smith, MacMilitia, 12/21. "...sometimes they forget the basic need of the user: usability."
• News: German Win2K bug: Scientology, Wired, 12/21. "For years, German officials . . . have pursued what they see as consitutional threats posed by the Church of Scientology." (More on Scientology)
• Dark Side: Memory makers salivate over Win2000, The Register. Microsoft recommending 128 MB minimum for bloated OS.
• Web: Macinstein banner exchange, new exchange with 3:2 ratio.
• Opinion: The problems with being a Mac user in Canada, Oliver Dueck, Mac Observer, 12/21. "Apparently, Apple places a very high value on its cozy relationship with Mac Warehouse and will stop at nothing to protect it."
• Opinion: Apple makes wireless networking great, ZDNet, 12/21.
• Low End: Using a Mac for home automation, Jag's House. Even a Mac Plus can run an X-10 setup.
• Opinion: Dumb ideas of Internet taxation, MacBC, 12/21. North Carolina's proposal is silly, among other things.
• News: Riven ships on DVD, MacGameNews, 12/21. As far as we know, this is the first software shipping on DVD.
• News: Apple sales in Japan, YTD, iMac NewsPage, 12/20. Nine of top ten desktops, three of top ten notebooks made by Apple.
• Web: MacDaily + MacAddict = MacAddict.com, 12/20. MacDaily to be merged into MacAddict site.
• Deal: Mac OS 8.1 on CD, US$15, Small Dog Electronics.
• Opinion: With 1999, Apple's no longer beleaguered, Martin Cortinas, Byte, 12/20. "By any standard you care to use, Apple has had a year of unprecedented success in 1999."
• News: Computer sales in Japan, 11/99, iMac NewsPage, 12/20. Nine of top ten models by Apple, with 23% total market share.
• Advice: Connecting to the Internet made easy, MacInstruct, 12/20.
• Opinion: Bye-bye mouseball, hello IntelliEye, ZDNet, 12/20. "Hats off to Microsoft for killing the mouse ball and probably even the mouse pad."
• Analysis: Mac OS and Year 2000 revisited, About.com, 12/20.
• Opinion: Taxes may be hazardous to your internet, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 12/20.
• Opinion: The fork in the road ahead, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 12/19. "...Apple is now calling the shots and making other companies look very bad as they try to lamely follow Apple's lead."
• Advice: Rebuilding the desktop, Bob LeVitus, MacCentral, 12/18. Latest word on rebuilding the desktop file.
• The Next PowerBooks, Dan Knight, iBook/PowerBook Page, 12/17. "For the record, I don't think Apple is going to introduce a new PowerBook at Macworld Expo -- I expect to see three new portable Macs."
• Apple to Embrace Ecommerce, The Rumor Mill, 12/17. New keyboard only part of the picture.
• News: iSub to surface next month, MacWeek, 12/17. "We will show the iSub at Macworld Expo and will start shipping it in mid-January."
• Review: Apple's iMovie software, MacWeek, 12/17. "This entry-level video editing application is almost childishly simple and makes movie-making something that even Prince Edward could do."
• Sales Tax on the Web, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/16. "...the idea of a tax-free internet is holding its own, but I don't believe it will last."
• Advice: Networking a Mac Plus to an iMac, Jag's House. Key component is a SCSI-ethernet adapter.
• News: Simplified online tax system spawns complex debate, Yahoo/Reuters, 12/16. "...this has created an uneven system where consumers have the choice to buy offline and pay a tax or buy online and avoid it."
• Opinion: Dysfunctional Windows family exposed, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 12/16. "The Microsoft Windows family is as dysfunctional as they come."
• The Next iBook, Dan Knight, iBook Page, 12/15.
• Review: Pertec USB Hub Master, MacUSB, 12/15.
• Web: The Rumors Page, Low End Mac, 12/15. Rather than mix rumors with real news, we're moving them to a separate page. (We'll make an exception for our homemade tall tales.)
• Advice: Email: Say it with feeling, Dev Shadovitz, Mac Central, 12/15. This week covers abbreviations, emoticons, and emphasis.
• News: E-riots threaten eToys.com, Wired, 12/15 [Slashdot]. "The domain name battle between toy giant eToys.com and the Swiss art site formerly known as etoy.com continues to escalate."
• Web: Protest group out to 'destroy' eToys, ZDNet, 12/15. "...the campaign is intended to protest a trademark infringement suit eToys is waging against a European conceptual artist group called 'etoy.'"
• Macs and Y2K, Evan, iMac Musings, 12/14. Advice for all Mac users, especially those with System 7.5.3 and earlier.
• Apple to reintroduce Power Mac G3, The Rumor Mill, 12/14. Unwilling to abandon export-restricted markets, Apple will bring back the G3 -- with a twist.
• Review: Aspire USB Keyboard, MacUSB, 12/14. Great price, but some problems for the Mac user.
• News: Good-bye, Charlie Brown. Charles Schults retiring, Comics.com, 12/14. Thank you for 50 years of Peanuts!
• News: Apple going direct in Canadian education market, MacNN, 12/14.
• News: Three of top 20 SETI teams Mac-based, Mac Observer, 12/14. Low End Mac proudly supports Team Mac Observer.
• Web: We love our new policy, Applelinks, 12/14. "We're not fooling around with silly pre-Macworld Expo rumors any more."
• Advice: Leaving WebTV, a guide for moving from WebTV to computer internet access.
• Review: IntelliMouse Explorer, MacAddict. "...a needlessly complex but otherwise terrific product."
• Advice: Hard drive installation guide, slot-loading iMac, iMac2Day.
• Review: Sony DSC-F505, Imaging Resource, 12/14. Sony electronics coupled with a Carl Zeiss lens.
• Opinion: Apple's top five achievments of 1999, Mac Observer, 12/14.
• Opinion: Rumors, damn rumors and Apple, Loose Cannons, Applelinks, 12/14. Those who post rumors have egg on their face.
• Advice: Digital camera buying guide, part 2, TitBITS, 12/13. I want a PowerShot A50 for Christmas.
• Opinion: Steve Jobs: Exec of the year, ZDNet, 12/13. "...Jobs' biggest achievement was the return of excitement and luster to a tired brand."
• Holidays: Mac cookie recipe, Nancy Gravley, Mac Observer, 12/13. Cookies that feature the Apple and Macintosh logos!
• News: Quebec language police crack down on English-only games, websites, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/13. "...Canada's federal government says Ms. Beaudoin's Office de la Langue Française has no jurisdiction over the Internet."
• Opinion: Do you customise your Mac?, 1984 Online. Sure you do. You're a Mac user.
• OS: What is Linux?, MacInstruct, 12/13.
• Review: AirPort in a wired/wireless network, Macs Only!, 12/13. It took minutes (not hours) to add AirPort to an existing network.
• Opinion: Top ten hacks of all time, Slashdot, 12/13. Who better to call them than the uber-nerds of Slashdot? Includes the Apple II.
• USB: Logitech USB Wheel Mouse announced.
• Opinion: Two of my favorite things, Rob Stevenson, MacSimple, 12/13. "...my two main tools are inexpensive and readily available over the net."
• A Roll-Your-Own spelling program, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 12/13.
• Universal internet access, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/13. "I've been taken to task from several fronts for my article 'Internet-Poor With You Always.'"
• Why System 6 for Mac IIs?, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel, 12/13. If they can use System 7, why use System 6?
• Opinion: On selling solutions, not computers, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 12/12. "...Apple is selling solutions through effective marketing while the PC camp is still selling hardware."
• DVD and the Mac: Feedback, Mac Musings, 12/11. "Yes, there really are good reasons for watching DVD on your Mac."
• Web: Some timely guidelines for web design, Dan Gillmor, Mercury News, 12/11. Good advice on site design -- I think Low End Mac meets all but one of his suggestions.
• Opinion: It's (not) the megahertz, stupid, Rodney O. Lain, MacSimple, 12/11. How Apple could communicate the message in an ad.
• New PowerBook in January, The Rumor Mill, 12/10. "Okay, everyone expects it, but Apple's going to do something so radical it will make the iMac look beige."
• Cat-lovers, Dog-lovers, and Computer Platforms, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 12/10. Cat people, dog people, Mac people, and PC people.
• Where Are the Rumor Sites?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/10. One is missing in action, another hasn't been updated for over a week.
• Review: Contour UniRiser, iMac Channel, 12/10. An iMac stand with style, the UniRiser raises the computer about 3-1/2" above the desktop.
• Review: Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box USB/PS2, MacUSB, 12/10. A scrolling mouse for the Macintosh.
• Review: Contour UniRiser, The Review, 12/10.
• Low End: MacAquarium. Do it yourself or ready to go. (Also see our Macquarium page.)
• MacInSchool: Elon College, Whittier Elementary, Yucaipa Christian School, MacCentral, 12/10. Yucaipa replacing Apple II lab with iMacs!
• Opinion: SETI@home best viewed with Homewine.com, Mac Observer, 12/10. New addition to Team Mac Observer moves it to 21st place overall (up from 22, and nearing 20). Low End Mac supports Team Mac Observer.
• USB: Logitech announces QuickCam Web, updates QuickCam Pro, USB Workshop, 12/10.
• Rumor: Mac OS 9.0.1 turns beta, AppleInsider, 12/10. Minor update to enter Golden Master Candidate stage mid-month.
• Rumor: Apple to surprise Macworld crowd with 17" iMac, AppleInsider, 12/10. We'll see -- this has been rumored for about a year now.
• Rumor: Apple preparing to release new input devices?, MOSR, 12/10. Are the long-aniticipated extended keyboard and contentionally shaped mouse just around the corner?
• Opinion: Macs rule; PCs drool!, ZDNet, 12/10. "...as a journalist, I try to limit my unquestioning loyalty to my wife, my kids, and my mom; as far as I can tell, Apple Computer does not fall into any of those categories."
• Analysis: Free software puts squeeze on Mac email, Macworld. "...some e-mail developers will find that they can't compete with free products."
• USB: MS Natural Driver, Khalid Shakir. Remaps Alt/Option and Command keys to regular Mac locations on MS Natural Keyboard.
• Review: Kodak DC215, Digital Camera Resource Page, 12/10. "...a good choice for an entry level [digital] camera."
• Decisions, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 12/9. Eric tries to choose the best used Mac for today -- and OS X in the future.
• DVD and the Mac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/9. "What is the attraction of running DVDs on the Mac?"
• Review: Aspire USB Mouse, MacUSB, 12/9
• News: Internet Explorer 4.5 not only browser with year-end certificate glitch, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/9. Problem is with certificates set to expire 12/31/99, not with the browsers.
• Opinion: Mac community: community, continuum, or cult?, Rodney O. Lain, MacSimple, 12/9. "We are a movement, as I've elaborated on other occasions. We are a zeitgeist. We are a worldview."
• News: Qualcomm makes Eudora free, MacCentral, 12/9. Free, but with a catch.
• Opinion: Mac clone controversy revisited, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/9. "Between 1995 and 1997, Apple's own Macintosh system sales dropped from about 4.5 million units to 1.8 million units...."
• Opinion: Speaking of rumor sites, where are they?, John Farr, Applelinks, 12/9.
• Opinion: One month to Expo: Let the silly rumors begin, John Farr, Applelinks, 12/9. G4s and PowerBooks at JC Penney and Sears?
• Megahertz really does matter (outside the Mac community), Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 12/8.
• Review: MoniSwitchUSB, MacUSB, 12/8. Share a mouse, keyboard, and screen with two or more Macs.
• News: Mac uprising in Taiwan, MacWeek, 12/8. Even made-in-Taiwan Apple product more costly than in Hong Kong or Singapore.
• Review: Turning point for digital cameras, Mac Observer, 12/8. A look at the Olympus Camedia C-2000, C-2020.
• Tech: The dirty stinkin' truth about "shared video memory," MacMilitia. Apple abandoned it years ago, but now PC makers have discovered how to save money and cripple performance.
• Advice: Preventing spam, Deborah Shadovitz, MacCentral, 12/8.
• Y2K: Year end bugs discovered in Internet Explorer 4.5, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/8. No, it's not the dreaded Y2K bug, but some certificates will retires 12/31/99.
• Wireless mouse & keyboard input, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 12/7.
• Holiday decorations, Evan, The iMac Channel, 12/7. "You decorate your home for the holidays, so why not decorate your Mac, too?"
• News: Intel shipping Itanium developer systems, Yahoo/Reuters, 12/7. Intel shipping systems with prototype 64-bit Itanium (formerly Merced) CPU.
• Analysis: Cloning the iMac, Tom Egan, Channel 4000, 12/7. After looking at clones, "If you're looking for a new computer that's easy to use, go for the iMac. It takes more memory and has more options for expansion."
• News: Newest iMac clone, MacWin. "...a machine that reminds the average computer user of an iMac, but . . . vague enough not to get sued."
• Benchmarks: Fastest 20 GB Ultra-ATA/66 drive under $200, Bare Feats, 12/6.
• Future Computing E-Power page hacked [iMac2Day], 12/6. It's evidently the work of a Macintosh fan unimpressed by the iMac look-alike.
• Monday Blues, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 12/6. One computer refusing to start can ruin your whole week.
• Designing a computer room, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 12/6. Factors to consider in creating your personal workspace.
• Opinion: Mac clone kill-off worst business move ever claims book, The Register, 12/6. "And what was the best management decision ever? Why, Bill Gates' move to license MS-DOS to IBM, of course."
• News: Apple Computer raided by Japan fair trade authorities, Canoe, 12/6. "Officials searched the Japanese unit of Apple Computer on Tuesday for evidence the company broke Japan's antimonopoly law by allegedly fixing prices...."
• Web: Pair Networks moved today, and about two dozen Mac sites were down for much of the day. Although it's been a nuisance, it says a lot about industry respect for Pair Networks. Here's the play-by-play.
• Low End: SE fever: the lure and reward of vintage computing, Steve Wood, MacTimes
• Review: XZR8 IceView 4-Port USB Hub, The Review, 12/6. "...XLR8's exclusive USB Loadmeter is what really sets the hub apart from all others."
• Opinion: Tomatoes galore!, MacBC, 12/6. Congratulations and rotten tomatoes for some of last weeks news stories.
• Web: MacNurd.com
• Analysis: CompUSA is killing itself off -- on purpose, Fortune. CompUSA, under a deathwatch, has launched Cozone.com.
• Updated: Best Buys in Used Macs, Low End Mac, 12/5.
• Connectivity: AT&T to open door to net rivals, Washington Post, 12/5 [Slashdot]. AT&T working with MindSpring to give cable modem customers an ISP alternative.
• Web: Week in Review, Low End Mac, 12/4. A look back at some of this week's new site content.
• Consumer: Guide to USB Keyboards, MacUSB. Most comprehensive listing of USB keyboards on the web.
• News: Internet provider no liable for defamation, NYLJ, 12/3 [Slashdot]. "...the Court of Appeals on Thursday held that an Internet Service Provider is merely a conduit for information, as opposed to a publisher, and consequently is no more responsible than a telephone company for defamatory materials transmitted over its lines."
• Review: A look at HTML optimizers, W³Nation. Programs reduce size of HTML files, but are they safe?
• Consumer: Digital projection and Toy Story 2, DVD Resource Page, 12/3. "Plain and simple, digital projection is the future of movie theater projection systems."
• News: Phase 5 begins shipping 7400 G4 upgrades [Macs Only!]. Daughter cards, ZIF upgrades, and more.
• News: Mega-rally continues, Apple stock climbs to new high, Mac Observer, 12/3.
• Opinion: The Tech Commandments, Julie Fugett, Hissyfit. How techs should work with customers.
• Deal: Garage sale at Small Dog Electronics this weekend.
• USB: FastLane USB MIDI interface. Finally, a MIDI solution for those with newer Macs!
• MacInSchool: Champlain College, Blacksburg High, MacCentral, 12/3.
• Opinion: Hot Wheels, Barbie make poor PCs, Jim Louderback, ZDNet, 12/3. "I recently tested to new computers from Mattel. They look great, but perform like dogs."
• Analysis: No etoy for Christmas, Slashdot, 12/3. "It's absurd to think that one website can shut down another for having a similar domain name -- when the second site is not a domain poacher and has been operating two years longer than the first."
• News: Apple revs G4/350, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/2. Apple quietly replaced the old G4/350 with a Sawtooth based one. As low at $1,499 (with no modem).
• Salvaged Compact Macs, "Adam Ant," My First Mac, 12/2. Macs saved from the dumpster used for writing, games, more.
• Consumer: It's clear that DVDs are here to stay, USA Today, 12/2. (To learn more about DVD, visit The DVD Page.)
• Low End: The Mac 512 User Group
• OS: Mac OS X: The NeXT generation, Bill von Hagen, Adobe Magazine. "The core component of Mac OS X is the Mach kernel, initially developed at Carnegie-Mellon University in the 1980s and enhanced and fine-tuned ever since."
• Advice: How to use a desktop Mac with AirPort, MacBC, 12/2. Yes, you can use a PCI Mac (or clone) with AirPort!
• Opinion: A columnist's manifesto, Rodney O. Lain, MacSimple, 12/2. "I thought it would be nice to pause and explain why I write the way I write."
• Opinion: Adventures in buying, Mac Zeeder, MacOpinion, 12/2. Caveat emptor -- be an informed consumer.
• News: Support for OpenGL slipping, MacWeek, 12/1. Microsoft, among first to embrace OpenGL, now pulling support for cross-platform standard.
• News: Cable charges stirr up Big Pond users, Fairfax IT, 12/1. Australia's only provider of cable internet service wants to charge users by the megabyte.
• Opinion: MOSR.net bashes Microsoft plan to drop OpenGL, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 12/1. Move targets Linux, Mac OS.
• Advice: Preventing spam, Deborah Shadovitz, MacCentral, 12/1. Also see Spam Filtering Guide, our hints on creating your own spam filter.
• First Look: Five 2-megapixel digital cameras, PC Magazine, 11/29. Latest offerings from Canon, Epson, Kodak, Olympus, and Ricoh.
• more in the November archive

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