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USB News

• Review: CardBus to USB adapter, The Review, 1/14. Finally, a USB solution for PowerBooks with CardBus support.
• Opinion: Plea for a better USB keyboard, Amy Hoy, Daily iMac, 1/12. "Apple, please, listen to us...."
• News: Microconnect ships USB keyboard in six colors, AllUSB. $50 keyboard matches iMac colors, Apple extended layout.
• Consumer: Cash discounting, PowerBook Central, 1/12. If you pay with a credit card, it may cost more than you thought through some dealers.
• Top Pick: VST USB/FireWire Hard Drives. With no new Apple hardware, the smartest introduction of the show may be the 6-25 GB hard drives from VST that support both USB and FireWire.
• Review: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer, AppleSurf. The Microsoft product Mac users are taking to in droves.
• Update: Review of Aspire USB keyboard, MacUSB, 12/28. Thanks to a little ResEdit work, it is possible to remap certain keys and live with a Windows keyboard.
• USB: Using a Windows USB keyboard on a Mac, ResExcellence, 12/27 [No Beige]. Swaps Opt and Windows keys for Cmd and Opt. Warning: this involves manually modifying your System file.
• Opinion: DVD-RAM Gets Affordable, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/30. Is it the right backup or archiving solution?
• Review: MoniSwitchUSB, USB Workshop. "...one should be pleased to see a KVM switch that finally works between Mac and PC."
• 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."
• Analysis: Apple's 1999 Results, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/23. Final results for fiscal 1999 are in -- and very impressive.
• Review: Wacom Graphire tablet & mouse, Mac Observer, 12/22. "...an excellent value."
• 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."
• Consumer: Guide to USB Hard Drives, MacUSB, 12/22. Listing of all known USB hard drives.
• Opinion: Apple's USB Mouse Is Not an Ergonomic Dud, Paulo Rodrigues, iMac Musings, 12/21.
• Humor: iPhone includes video, The Rumor Mill, 12/21.
• Opinion: Bye-bye mouseball, hello IntelliEye, ZDNet, 12/20. "Hats off to Microsoft for killing the mouse ball and probably even the mouse pad."
• Review: Graphire graphics tablet, MacNow. "At $100, the price is right...." (Only $89.99 from Outpost.com)
• Opinion: The world's worst keyboard, ZDNet, 12/17. No, it's not Apple's; it's Microsoft's line of "natural" keyboards.
• Review: Pertec USB Hub Master, MacUSB, 12/15.
• Review: IntelliMouse Explorer, MacAddict. "...a needlessly complex but otherwise terrific product."
• Review: Aspire USB Keyboard, MacUSB, 12/14. Great price, but some problems for the Mac user.
• USB: Logitech USB Wheel Mouse announced.
• 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 preparing to release new input devices?, MOSR, 12/10. Are the long-aniticipated extended keyboard and contentionally shaped mouse just around the corner?
• 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."
• Review: Kensington Mouse-in-a-Box USB/PS2, MacUSB, 12/10. A scrolling mouse for the Macintosh.
• Review: Contour UniRiser, iMac Channel, 12/10. An iMac stand with style, the UniRiser raises the computer about 3-1/2" above the desktop.
• More links at Mac News Today and in the archives: 11/99, 10/99 9/99 8/99

Reference Articles

• USB: Okay for the Low End, Online Tech Journal. Comparing USB to SCSI shows some limitations, but declares it adequate for most applications.
• Why USB Is a Good Thing, the iMac channel, 10/6/98. A look at the emerging USB market two months after the iMac's release.
• Where No Mac Has Gone Before, the iMac channel, 8/3/98. An early look at Apple's decision to force the USB issue.

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