 Archive: October 1999- Opinion: Fujitsu's
iMac Clone, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10/30. Is the
Pliché just an iMac rip off, or is it something
different?
- Web: Week in
Review, Low End Mac, 10/30. Additional information,
updates on some of this week's Low End Mac articles.
- Opinion: More
on the high cost of being Canadian, Charles Moore,
Applelinks, 10/28. Brokerage fees on top of GST can make
buying from the States unexpectedly costly.
- News: Low
End Mac launches email list for Canadian Mac users,
Charles Moore, Applelinks, 10/29.
- News: Apple stock closes at all-time high,
10/29.
- Rumor: Apple
looking to take next step in retail, AppleInsider,
10/29. "...it finally appears as if Apple is taking the
next step towards implementing these retail
locations."
- Opinion: Apple
Store customer service: Grade C-, Steve Wood,
Busman's Holiday, 10/29. "All I really wanted to know was
the UPS tracking number for the errant shipment of my two
copies of OS 9."
- News: New
iMacs slowly tricking into Canada, ehMac, 10/29.
- Web: How
computers change the writing process for people with
learning disabilities, Richard Wanderman. "All of
these effects together; change in the input process,
change in the editing process, and change in the output
process make writing much more accessible to students and
adults with learning disabilities."
- Analysis: The
end of Moore's Law, Roy Brander, osOpinion.
Transistor density doubles every 18 months, but there is
a physical limitation engineers are rapidly
approaching.
- Opinion: Outlook
Express 5 or Green?, Charles Moore, Applelinks. Lots
of commentary on OE 5, plus a quick look at Green, a new
free Mac email client.
- Advice: Should
you upgrade to Mac OS 9?, Dave Hamilton, Mac
Observer, 10/28.
- Advice: How
to get your parents to buy you that new iMac, iTeen,
10/28.
- Advice: Mac
web servers: wherefore Mac OS 9?, Mac Central, 10/28.
OpenTransport 2.5 provides "improved performance and
stability."
- Opinion: New
iMacs cost less, work harder, Don Crabb, Chicago
Sun-Times, 10/28.
- Web: Outlook
Express 5 FAQ, Microsoft. If you're using or want to
use Microsoft's latest Mac email client, this is one of
many resources you'll want to visit.
- News: Jesse
gets an iMac!, ZDNet, 10/28. After complaining about
Windows instability, Apple shipped Jesse Berst an iMac DV
Special Edition. Hope he like it.
- News: OS 9
(in)security, Think Secret, 10/28. "Also note that by
starting up from a CD or other System Folder, anyone can
gain full access to your computer. Important files should
still be backed up routinely, and they should be
encrypted to keep anyone from opening them."
- Opinion: A/S/L
to death, Eric Barzeski, Mac Opinion, 10/28. "Chat,
in most forms, is bad. It's a waste of time, and it's bad
for a variety of reasons."
- Advice: Solving Font
Problems on OS 8.6, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 10/27. Between a new G4, Mac OS 8.6, Quark
XPress, and Type Reunion....
- Opinion: The New
AppleCare, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10/27. The new
AppleCare Protection Plan looks like a much better value
than the old one.
- Web: Interview
with Rodney O. Lain, MacDaily, 10/27. Rodney writes
Things Macintosh here
at Low End Mac, as well as columns for several other
sites.
- Review: iMac
DV SE, Accelerate Your Mac!, 10/27. "The phrase 'More
than the sum of its parts' comes to mind the more I use
the iMac DV SE."
- News: Fujitsu
thinks different, FMWorld [MOSR.net].
Pliché 243 resmbles the iMac, is about the same
size and weight as a Mac
Classic, and uses a 12.1" flat panel display like the
iBook.
- Advice: Mac
OS 9 install guide, MacTips. Step-by-step guide from
preparation through installation.
- News: Italian
law taxes AirPort, iBook2day, 10/27. "An Italian law
puts a tax on the use of each AirPort card and base
station, which totals to $600 a year for a network of 10
iBooks (or iMacs)."
- News: National
Geographic puts maps online, USA Today, 10/27
[MacSurfer].
If you loved 'em as a kid, you'll love 'em on
the internet.
- Opinion: Canucks
being ripped off by memory distributors, customs
brokers?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 10/27.
- Advice: Email
efficiency, part 4, Deb Shadovits, Mac Central,
10/27. The good, the bad, and the ugly of styled email.
Must reading for those who style their email.
- Opinion: The
Register and Apple's retail gambit, Think Secret,
10/27. Is Apple planning to open its own retail stores
and drop existing retailers? (Also see The
Apple Store.)
- Benchmark: Mac
OS 8.6 vs. 9.0, Mac Speed Zone. OS 8.6 seems to be a
bit faster.
- Advice: Using
Mac OS 9? Better keep virtual memory on, Mac OS
Planet. Enabling virtual memory drops system memory
requirements by about 13 MB!
- Opinion: The
bumpy road to DSL, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 10/27. DSL
will beat cable modems -- if the industry learns to stop
shooting itself in the foot.
- Advice: Getting an
old Mac running, Julie Fugett, Mac Daniel, 10/26. How
to inexpensively set up an older Mac for word processing
and internet use.
- Opinion: Apple's
next retail gambit, Tony Smith, MacWeek, 10/26.
"Apple is preparing to bring all its sales in-house
through its existing direct-sales operation, the online
Apple Store, as well as the establishment of its own
'High Street' chain of retail outlets...." (Also see
The Apple
Store.)
- News: Mactell's
FireWire line to be picked up, Mac Observer, 10/26.
New company rising from ashes of Mactell to handle
FirePower products.
- News: Schools,
teachers ill prepared to use computers effectively,
AP, 10/26 [MacSurfer].
"...the nation must focus on training teachers to do more
with them than surfing Web sites and sending email."
- Opinion: Much
ado about FireWire!, MacRocks.
- News: Wacom
Graphire tablet and cordless mouse [allUSB].
Only $89.99 from Outpost.com
 - Review: Macally iKey,
MacUSB, 10/25. Extended keyboard for iMac, other USB
Macs.
- Opinion: Lab
fun!, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 10/25.
Setting up a Mac lab isn't just a job, it's an
adventure.
- Opinion: Macs Work With
Me, Tom Gabriel, My First Mac, 10/25. After using
both Windows and Mac, this user finds the Mac works with
him, not against him.
- News: Mactell
closes its doors, PRNewswire, 10/25 [Macs
Only!]. Formet Mac cloner never recovered from
Apple's decision to end cloning.
- News: AirPort
gears up for liftoff, MacWeek, 10/25. AirPort cards
and base station finally shipping.
- Analysis: FileMaker
eyes bigger clients, spruced-up image, Jim Davis,
c|net, 10/25. "They have massive customer-relations
problems," is a bit of an understatement.
- OS: Mac OS
9 stole my notepad!, Power-Macintosh, 10/25. Note Pad
no longer in the Apple Menu.
- Review: Mac
OS 9 boosts Internet access, file sharing, security,
Infoworld, 10/25.
- Hands On: Mac
OS 9, Macs Only!, 10/23-25. Tested on 8 different
computers. Memory hungry, but very stable.
- Opinion: Macworld
doesn't get it either, John Farr, Applelinks, 10/25.
"...surely the revolutionary significance of wireless
networking is not lost on folks as astute as these, or is
it?"
- Opinion: Apple
direct-only? Not anytime soon, please, MacBC, 10/25.
"Whether you are a direct seller or not, what you need
most is to be visible."
- News: Defective
mouse can prevent booting on USB Macs, iMacInTouch,
10/25.
- Opinion: iMac
under siege: Here comes another PC clone, Mac Junkie,
10/25. "Fujitsu is releasing a PC system that looks
suspiciously like an iMac."
- Opinion: Apple's
driven me to write, Byte, 10/25. Reader feedback on
last week's "Apple's driven me to Wintel."
- Opinion: iBook's
biggest flaw, Mac Junkie, 10/25. Reader survey finds
13% find iBook perfect, but most want some
improvements.
- Hands on: Zip
250 USB drive, MacCentral, 10/25.
- News: Fujitsu
clones iMac -- Apple lawyers on alert, The Register,
10/25. "But it's not its spec. that draws attention --
rather it's its uncanny resemblance to a squashed
iMac."
- News: Lucent
WaveLAN Turbo provides 11 Mbps wireless networking.
Mac drivers due "at a later date."
- Benchmark: iMac
DV SE game performance, Acclerate Your Mac!, 10/22.
Best iMac ever, but gaming does call for a memory
upgrade.
- Web: 1984
online ezine gets a facelift [Mac
Observer].
- Gaming: Guide
to game emulators for the Mac, Inside Mac Games.
"What about Super Nintendo, Neo-Geo, Gameboy and even
Nintendo64? The good news is, in some shape in form, all
those systems and more can be emulated today on your
macintosh, and the software that does it is either
Shareware or completely free."
- Review: iMac
DV Special Edition, Macworld. "For a moderately
priced consumer model, the iMac DV Special Edition packs
a punch."
- News: First
full-sized flavored keyboards for iMac, Mac OS
Planet. Micro
Connectors makes keyboards in grape, strawberry,
lime, tangerine, and blueberry; looks like a perfect
match for Apple's extended layout.
- Web: MacBanners,
banner exchange for Mac-related sites.
- Opinion: Choosing
the right Mac email client, Charles Moore, MacSimple,
10/22.
- Analysis: AirPort
vs. AnyPoint for home networking, Think Secret,
10/22. Phoneline and slow speed or no wires and ethernet
speed -- any questions?
- Opinion: Dispatches
from the browser wars, Charles Moore, Applelinks,
10/22. Netscape, Internet Explorer, iCab.... Hands On:
The iBook, Dan Knight,
The iBook Page, 10/21. "The iBook was never intended to
be a business computer. Too bad, because it certainly has
the right features, if not the right colors."
- Opinion: The 1.7 GHz
G4, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 10/21. Apple
should market the G4 by "Pentium equivalent" MHz.
- Rumor: Apple moving toward
mostly direct-sales model?, MOSR, 10/21. I've
suspected this for some time -- Apple isn't leaving small
retailers enough margin to stay alive.
- News: No Wires Needed
first to market with 11 Mbps wireless, 10/21.
Includes PC Card, ISA card, and hub. AirPort is
apparently also ready to ship.
- Opinion: A
review of iBook reviews, Charles Moore, Mac Opinion,
10/21.
- Analysis: Portal
numbers flat -- where is everyone?, Jim Hu, c|net,
10/21. Probably on the Mac sites; Low End Mac traffic was
up 4.3% in Sept., and over 10% so far this month.
- Opinion: Mac
advocates and misplaced zeal, Rodney O. Lain, The
iMac, 10/21. "I used to do the same things you do: I used
to visit computer stores and defend the Mac. I would
literally sell computers to customers."
- Opinion: Goodbye,
MacTimes. You'll be missed, Steve Wood, Busman's
Holiday, 10/21. A former MacTimes writer looks back at a
glorious past.
- OS: Mac
OS 9 Special Report, MacNN. Ongoing report of OS 9
issues, including software incompatibilities.
- Opinion: Jesux:
Sanctified Linux?, Dan Knight, Mac Linux Links,
10/20. Jesux, a "Christian" version of Linux. Is it a
hoax? Is it legitimate?
- Opinion: Itanium
or Itanic?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10/20. The
strength of titanium or the fate of the Titanic?
- News: Short Takes,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 10/20. Topics
include USB CardBus adapters, PB 1400 upgrades, the iBook
battery cover, ZipIt, and more.
- Web: Mac
Mania reborn as MacinStart, MacinStart
- Review: Outlook
Express 5 for Macintosh, Lee Barnes, MacNerds. Could
be a worthy successor to Claris Emailer 2.
- Opinion: The
social cost of connectivity, Wired, 10/20. Does
"being connected" mean being disconnected from those
around us?
- News: MacFixIt
is tracking USB issues on iBook, new iMac.
- Analysis: USB
2.0, David K. Every, MacKiDo, 10/20. Can it compete
with FireWire?
- Review: Microsoft
Outlook Express 5, eTechNews, 10/19. "I was a
die-hard Claris Emailer user, but I migrated to Outlook
when Emailer really started to show its age."
- Opinion: Damned
if they don't, Sho, MOSR.net, 10/19. Apple needs
"Yellow Box" Windows compatibility in OS X.
- Review: VST
FireWire hard drive, O'Grady's PowerPage.
- Review: Mac
OS 9, Macworld UK. "I have not had OS 9 installed for
long, but it has reduced my number of crashes
noticeably."
- Web: MacTimes.com
up for sale, MacBC, 10/19.
- Web: Perpetual
bubble wrap [The
Daily]. Pop the virtual bubble wrap. Requires
Flash.
- Opinion: Top
10 things Mac users want from Apple, MacCentral,
10/19. List includes deep-sixing the cheap USB mouse and
keyboard.
- Advice: How
much Mac is enough?, Tim Hillman, MacCentral,
10/18.
- Connectivity: At
last, DSL gets real, ZDNet, 10/18. "Somewhere in the
spectrum of DSL choices is a cost-effective offer that
will work for you, whether you need to feed Net access to
a family, a small office, or a home office."
- Web: MacTimes
for sale, eBay, 10/18. It's a great domain name, but
probably not worth $100,000. On the other hand, if
someone does buy it, maybe those of us who used to
be part of MacTimes will finally see the money due
us.
- News: Congressional
spam bill due Tuesday, New York Times, 10/18. Opt-out
system will allow registrants to sue spammers at $500 per
message. (Also see our Spam
Filtering Guide.)
- News: FCC
to re-examine "modem tax," MSNBC. "The 'modem tax' is
now officially classified as an urban myth; however, the
idea is not completely dead inside the FCC; it's just on
long-term hold."
- Opinion: One
vote for the iMac, iMovie, and Mac OS 9, Marty
Cortinas, Byte, 10/18.
- Software: CPU
Charger, Orchard Software. Shareware version of CPU
Doubler.
- Opinion: WebStar
transforms Mac into a web server, Byte, 10/18. If
it's good enough for the U.S. Army....
- Opinion: SETI@home,
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10/19. "SETI@home is a
scientific experiment that harnesses the power of
hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in
the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence."
- Opinion: Setting Up a
6100, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 10/18. Was picking up
some Power Mac 6100s for $200 each really such a good
deal?
- Opinion: The
iMac brand, Heng-Cheong Leong, AppleSurf, 10/16.
"Should the iMac be both an Internet machine, and a home
entertainment machine? Is Apple stretching the iMac brand
too thin?"
- Opinion: The G4
Debacle, or Decelerate Your Mac, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 10/15. "I hope you were as shocked as I was at
Apple's arrogance on Wednesday."
- Opinion: Time Magazine
on Jobs and Apple, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 10/15. "...overall a fair and captivating
portrait of the man Mac-users tend to regard in complex
love-hate terms."
- Opinion: This
Week's "Non-Column," Steve Wood, View from the
Classroom, 10/15. Even when Steve claims he doesn't have
a column, he says it so well....
- News: Apple reverses
G4 cancelation policy, MacNN, 10/14. "Discounts will
reportedly apply to orders of 500 MHz Power Macs, which
will be shipped with 450 MHz processors instead."
- iBook: PowerBook,
iBook won't sleep with speakable items active, Apple
TIL.
- Web: Power Mac G4/350
(Yikes!), Power Mac
G4/400, 450 (Sawtooth) profiles updated, Low End Mac,
10/14
- News: Apple
Macs save Australian cops A$30 million a year,
Applelinks, 10/14.
- Analysis: USB
2.0 -- not all it's cracked up to be, Kevin
Ledgister, Mac Discussion, 10/14. USB involves certain
compromises FireWire has already overcome.
- Opinion: Stevie
in Vaporland, MacCPU, Bob Moriarty, 10/14. "Apple
took 86,000 orders for G4 machines they could not deliver
because they weren't scheduled to get the chips yet from
Motorola."
- Opinion: Apple
goes crazy, Sho, MOSR.net, 10/14. "What a brilliant,
creative and yet unpredictable and arrogant company Apple
is." Advice: Mac
Connectivity, Julie Fugett, Mac Daniel, 10/14. Advice
on configuring your Mac for internet access and choosing
a modem.
- Opinion: Simplicity Is
Key, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 10/14.
Extensions are an extremely hard concept for wa PC user
to grasp.
- Opinion:
Ten
6 Things I Hate About OS
9, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10/14. "Apple makes
insanely great computers running insanely great operating
systems. However, sometimes stepping forward also
involves a few steps back." - OS 9: Mac OS 9
Overview, Low End Mac, 10/13. Quick list of some
significant features.
- Opinion: A Mac Is
Like Prozac, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 10/13.
Is PC pundit Jesse Berst seriously considering a
Macintosh? What does it mean?
- My First Mac: From home
computers to a real computer, Bonaventura Di Bello,
10/13. A game programmer from the 8-bit era finds a new
niche with the Macintosh.
- News: Apple
announces G4 speed reduction, prices stay the same,
Mac Observer, 10/13. "This is an unbelievably bad move
for Apple...."
- News: Apple
touts $111 million profit, IBM G4 chips, MacWeek,
10/13. IBM to become second source for AltiVec G4s.
- Dark Side: Gateway's
all-in-one PC to echo iMac concept, c|net, 10/13.
$799 Astro to include 400 MHz Celeron, 15" screen, 64 MB
of memory, but Gateway.net not included.
- Advice: Email
efficiency, part 2, Deborah Shaodvitz, MacCentral,
10/13. Turning of Vcards in Netscape, using the subject
line, setting line length, and more. Opinion: iMacs
for All, Evan, Mac Happens, 10/12. The new iMac line
offers something for everyone.
- Review: Adesso
iMouse, MacUSB, 10/12. "The more conventional shape
is a welcome improvement for those who don't care for
Apple's round mouse."
- Connectivity: DSL:
One man's life in the fast lane, Gary Krakow, MSNBC.
"If you know what T-1 lines cost per month, or how ISDN
"per minute/per channel" charges add up, DSL starts to
look like a bargain (even in the Big Apple)."
- Opinion: Megahertz
does matter, Tony Smith, MacWeek, 10/12. "...PC
buyers do consider megahertz the chief yardstick by which
a computer's performance can be measured."
- Opinion: Wintel
drove me to Apple, Stephen Van Esch, osOpinion. "I
bought a Mac clone in September 1997 and haven't bought a
Wintel product since."
- Opinion: Apple's
driven me from Wintel, David Gratton.
- Y2K: Y2K
problem identifies new cars as "horseless carriages,"
Mercury Center, 10/12.
- News: FileMaker
Inc. responds, MacNN, 10/12. FileMaker Inc. argues
that FileMaker 4 was underpriced (street price about $180
before $50 rebate), so charging $1,000 for the same
capabilities somehow makes sense.
- OS 9: Technote 1176, Apple Computer. Changes and corrections in Mac
OS 9.
- Review: AsanteTalk
LocalTalk to Ethernet, Raves and Craves. Get
LocalTalk and ethernet working together.
-
- News: Open Link Policy
adopted by two dozen sites, Low End Mac, 10/12.
- OS 9: Mac OS 9
arrives!, Macs Only, 10/12. "Since I installed Mac OS
9 earlier today my Mac hasn't crashed once! This is a new
record for my Mac."
- OS 9: Troubleshooting
Mac OS 9, MacFixIt Special Report. Reported
incompatibilities and fixes.
- Opinion: Microsoft's annual report -- made on Macintosh, Salon, 10/12.
"The report seems to have been composed on a Macintosh
computer. (At least, there are references to an author's
G3 Mac and records indicating the file was created using
Word 98 for Macintosh.)"
- Opinion: The
limits of power, part 2, John Martellaro, Mac
Opinion, 10/12. "On the other hand, one could also argue
that to infringe on the freedom of the press, when the
likely damage was merely the inability of Apple Computer
to surprise and delight its customers, would be going
overboard in restraint of the press."
- Opinion: The
new iMac and Mac OS 9, Jeff Lewis, Mac Opinion,
10/12. "Is this the iMac I wanted? Well, not quite, but
it's a lot closer...."
- Advice: Answers
to your Visor questions, Tim Hillman, MacCentral,
10/12.
- Web: MOSR.net, parody
and critique of MOSR.
- First look: iMac
DVD SE, Accelerate Your Mac, 10/11. "What blew away
everyone was watching my first attempt with iMovie and my
firewire equipped Panasonic PV-DV910 camcorder. Perfect
plug-n-play video capture."
- OS 9: Review:
Mac OS 9, MacSoldiers, 10/11. "Obviously I haven't
had a whole lot of time to tinker around with the new
operating system, but I did get to play enough to notice
a few things."
- OS 9: Mac
OS 9 compatibility and the press, About.com,
10/11.
- Review: Kensington
Orbit USB trackball, Mac Observer, 10/11.
- Dark Side: Bug
finder exposes Microsoft again, Wired News, 10/11.
Bug lets others read files on your hard drive -- if
you're using Windows and Internet Explorer.
- Dark Side: D-Link
announces industry's first USB to 10/100 ethernet
adapter, USB Workshop, 10/11. The things PC users
have to go through to get "easy" networking!
- Dark Side: Researcher
predicts higher Microsoft prices, TechWeb, 10/11. "We
believe Microsoft will increasingly use changes to terms
and conditions related to use as a means of increasing
revenue."
- Y2K: New
iMac really an improvement, Mac OS ready for Y2K,
Star Tribune, 10/11. "Apple is a bit smug about the year
2000, for good reason. Even computers running the oldest
version of its operating system are Y2K-compliant."
- Web: MacSimple,
striving for jargon-free Mac information.
- Review: Microsoft
USB IntelliMouse Explorer, MacInTouch, 10/10. "The
two advantages of the IntelliMouse Explorer over a
regular 'rolling' mouse are that there are no moving
parts and no restrictions to the surface of a pad."
- Benchmarks: iMac
DV vs. other Macs, Bare Feats, 10/10. iMac DV acquits
itself very nicely. Review: AlphaSmart
2000, Low End Mac, 10/8. Portable Mac-compatible
writing machine.
- Opinion: Insanely
great, Michael Krantz, Time, 10/18 issue
[AppleSurf].
Interview with Steve Jobs.
- Analysis: Some
web sites find third-party links something to get hyper
about, Dan Gillmor, Mercury Center, 10/9. (Also see
Open Link Policy.)
- Analysis: iMac
G4 upgrade rumor debunked, MOSR.net, 10/7.
- Opinion: G4s
for consumers? Think different, Robert Morgan,
MacWeek, 10/8. "You see, a G4 iMac or iBook would be
classified as a "weapon," just like the G4 Power
Macs."
- News: Another
controversy to relieve tedium and ennui in the Mac
website world, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 10/8.
Opinion: Troubleshooting
101, Steve Wood, View from the Classroom, 10/7. "A
good utilities program can make you look like a real Mac
guru!"
- Opinion: Love at First
Sight, Willy Wang, My First Mac, 10/7. "I walked into
the classroom and saw the little pizza box shaped
computers sitting on the desk. Then when I turned it on,
heard the chime, and saw the little computer smiling at
me, that's when I knew that I was in love again."
- Opinion: Why
the sub-$600 iMac smells like bad cheese, Dave's
Webworld, 10/7. Faster internet connections are coming
soon -- don't lock in to 56k for the next three
years.
- iMac: iMac DV's VGA port "supports only the display
sizes that are available on the internal monitor."
Bummer.
- DVD: Star
Trek #3: The Man Trap, The Naked Time, Star
Trek #4: Charlie X, Balance of Terror, $11.99
prerelease price through 10/19/99, Amazon. Watch 'em on
the iMac DV or PowerBook G3/400.
- News: $20 Mac
OS 9 rebate, Apple Computer. Owners of Mac OS 8.5-8.6
may qualify for $20 rebate. Details on coupon in OS 9
box. ($89.95 from Outpost.com
 ) - OS: Mac
OS 9 visual tour, MacNN. "The overall interface of
Mac OS 9 remains virtually unchanged...." News: When
will new iMacs ship?, Ben Apple, Mac Junkie, 10/7.
Despite what Steve Jobs said, it doesn't look like
they'll be available this weekend.
- iMac: The
scoop on iMac memory upgrades, Insanely Great, 10/7.
"The new iMacs use standard PC-100 DIMMs...."
- Opinion: Game
developers weigh in on new iMacs, MacCentral, 10/7.
Except for the mouse, it's a winner.
- Software: MCadContour,
sophisticated mapping software covers Canada, U.S.
- Web: How
Mac are the Mac ISPs?, MacBC. Would you believe one
serves pages and email with Windows?
- News: Mac
OS 9 breaks 384 open file limit, Ask Al, 10/7.
- Opinion: Why
Jesse wants an iMac, Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 10/7. "I
still don't like Apple products very much. But
increasingly, I hate Windows even more."
- USB: Kensington
ships new USB VideoCams, AllUSB, 10/7. Prices start
at $50!
- New iMac Specs: Blueberry,
iMac DV, Special
Edition
- New iMacs Announced, Dan
Knight, The iMac Channel, 10/6. The pictures were real.
The features are great. And the prices are very
attractive.
- News: Mac
OS 9 shipping, Mac Observer, 10/6. "The Apple Store
has confirmed the fact that OS 9 is shipping...."
- Rumor: Is the new iMac
upgradable?, MOSR, 10/6. It's a definite maybe.
- News: Teachers
ban Microsoft software deal, Fairfax I.T., 10/6. "The
schools complained after finding they would have to pay
the fee annually, and for each PC they used, whether they
wanted the software or not."
- News: Motorola's
next G4 chip to join 700 club, c|net, 10/6. New
microarchitecture supports onboard L2 cache, more
instructions per cycle, and speeds beyond 700 MHz.
- Deal: Zip
100 USB, $54.99 at Sears stores [DealNews].
Offer could end any time.
- Opinion: Cheap,
cheaper, cheapest: iMac takes sub-$600 plunge, Ben
Apple, Mac Junkie, 10/6. "...you can get a shiny new
iMac, as seen on TV, with three years of internet access
all at the low low price of approximately $1,320."
- Web: Mac
FireWire List, learn more about FireWire.
- Advice: Email
efficiency, part 1, Deborah Shadovitz, MacCentral,
10/6.
- Opinion: Fan
Inside: Gauntlet thrown down to create convective-cooled
PCs, Rodney O. Lain, The iMac, 10/6. Is the lack of a
fan the new iMac's standout feature? Could be!
- Connectivity: Why
DSL will win the fast-access fight, Jesse Berst,
ZDNet, 10/6. In a word, competition.
- Opinion: Accession to
Mac OS 8.1, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 10/5.
"Working with the Macintosh has proven harder then I
thought it would be."
- Opinion: OS 8.6: Not All It's
Cracked Up To Be, Evan, Mac Happens, 10/5. "If it's
free, it probably is too good to be true."
- Rumor: New iMac
Revealed!, Dan Knight, iMac Channel, 10/5. All the
other sites have been hoaxed -- this is the real
thing!
- News: Apple
unveils new iMac computers, CBS MarketWatch, 10/5
[MacNN].
"...an overloaded Apple Web site kept journalists, Apple
shareholders and even internal Apple employees from
watching Jobs speak...."
- Opinion: Rumor
sites knocked down a few pegs, John Farr, Applelinks,
10/5. "Let's see now, which of all the many supposedly
sure revelations predicted by various Macintosh rumor
sites actually came to pass?"
- Opinion: iMac
2 released -- the "real" iMac, Mac Junkie, 10/5.
"Also of note is the instant start-up system."
- Web: High
School Alumni, a place to maybe find missing
classmates.
- News: Woo-hoo!
Now iMacs are awesome, Applelinks, 10/5.
- News: New
iMac released, Mac OS 9 announced, MacWeek, 10/5.
$999 iMac, $99 OS 9 due out Oct. 23.
- Opinion: The
limits of power, John Martellaro, Mac Opinion, 10/5.
"Increasingly, Apple is acting like Microsoft."
- Opinion: Thou
shalt not speak ill of Apple, Charles Moore,
Applelinks, 10/5. "The 11th Commandment of Mac Website
journalism might as well be 'Thou Shall Not Speal Ill Of
Apple....'"
- Opinion: Apple's
weird relations with media and customers, Mihael
Munger, Mac Observer, 10/5. "Why does Apple do this to
Web sites? They offer an awful lot of free publicity to
Apple and they do more and better advocacy than
anyone."
- Opinion: Apple
and the Mac Web, Low End Mac, 10/4. "First, let me
state that I take no issue with Apple's right to control
distribution of trade secrets and copyrighted
material."
- Opinion: Apple Is A
Company, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 10/4.
"Warm fuzzies aside, never ever forget that Apple is a
company -- first, foremost and always."
- News: Short Takes,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 10/4. External
CD-ROM for PowerBooks, PB 1400 upgrades, Rosie screen
font, more.
- Review: Adesso Nu-Form
USB keyboard, MacUSB, 10/4.
- Opinion: Letters
on Kihei Pics, Mac Musings, 10/4.
- Opinion: "Those"
photos: they're at it again, John Farr, Applelink,
10/4.
- News: TidBITS
publishes 500th issue, 10/4.
- Opinion: Kihei's
real story, MacWeek, 10/4. "Apple is entitled to
defend its intellectual property and trade secrets
vigorously. Nevertheless, we question the wisdom of
Apple's legal threats against small sites eager to post
the good news about the iMac...."
- Opinion: Rumors,
Apple, and leaks, David K. Every, MacKiDo, 10/4. "We
like hype. We need hype. Certainly a company needs hype.
Having highly accurate rumors kills hype."
- Opinion: Why
I think the "new iMac" pics are fakes, Amy Hoy, Daily
iMac, 10/4. "At first, I was made a believer, but when I
started to pick nits, I started to see the façade
of Photoshop fall away."
- Opinion: Apple:
Lately even their friends don't like them, Charles
Moore, Applelinks, 10/4. "I love the Mac, but I am
getting mightily annoyed with Apple...."
- Opinion: Pulling
the pics; Apple was in the right, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 10/4. "I agree completely with Apple's move to
ask, tell or even demand to webmasters that these pics be
removed."
- Opinion: Which
Apple "special event?," Steve Wood, Busman's Holiday,
10/4. "In a surprise move last week, Apple's legal
department apparently conducted a 'special event' of
their own."
- Opinion: Open
letter to the Mac online community about Kihei, Guy
Connors, osOpinion, 10/4. "Every rumor, true or untrue
hurts Apple. By full filling curiosity about new toys
being developed by Apple, the Mac community is hurting
Apple."
- Opinion: Sacred
clowns, Farr Side, Applelinks, 10/4. "And these days,
if anyone needs the intervention of irreverence, it has
to be Apple!"
- Rumor: New
Kihei iMac photos, AppleInsider, 10/4. Real or not,
these folks are waving a red flag in front of Apple.
- Advice: Yes,
you can typeset your email, WebDesign.
- Review: Microsoft
IntelliMouse Explorer, Insanely Great, 10/4.
- News: Apple
Lawyers threaten suit to 16 year old User Group
leader, Dave's Webworld, 10/2. "My ISP was notified
instead of me, and my ISP (as was their job, not their
fault at all), contacted their lawyer, to notify me of
the situation."
- Rumor: Expected
iMac II specs, MacOS Commerce, 10/2.
- Opinion: My
kid got married today, Steve Wood, Busman's Holiday,
10/2. "Scott and Michele were going to get an iMac as a
wedding present."
- News: iBooks
at Sears -- get 'em while you can, The iMac, 10/2.
But CompUSA and regular Apple dealers have not yet
received any.
- Opinion: The plot
thickens, Mac Addict, 10/1. "What could Steve have up
his stylish Gap sleeve? Could it be a little damage
control after the great ROM swindle? Perhaps a personal
apology to Dan Knight?"
- News: iBook now
available at Sears, Macs Only!, 10/2. Rumor:
More than Kihei, OS 9 on
Tuesday?, MOSR, 10/1.
- News: iBook
abundant at Sears, resellers not happy, MacProvider,
10/1.
- News: Webmaster
boycotts Mac coverage in protest of Kihei actions,
Mac Observer, 9/30.
- Opinion: Bad
decisions -- this time it's Apple Computer, MacBC,
10/1.
- Opinion: Macintosh
Web Media Alienated by a "Hostile Apple"?, Think
Secret, 10/1. "...I think that it's time that Apple
rethought how it should deal with the Mac websites."
- Rumor: Graphite
Kihei iMac to ship with "iMovie" software,
AppleInsider, 10/1. Includes anticipated specs for all
three models.
- iBook: First
impressions of a gamer, MacGamer's Ledge, 10/1. Great
screen, dispapointing graphics.
- Web: Team
Mac Observer still needs your help, Mac Observer. If
you have a fast Power Mac (the iMac qualifies), consider
sparing some CPU cycles to help find ET and boost Team
Mac Observer.
- News: Amid
rumor hoopla, Apple announces special event, Mac
Observer, 10/1. Apple may announce new iMac on Oct.
5.
- Rumor: Apple
to launch iMac II next week, The Register, 10/1.
- Rumor: Mac
OS 9.0 reaches Final Candidate 9, AppleInsider, 10/1.
"The release will 'officially' be unveiled during Apple's
Media Event to be held on October 5th...."
- Benchmark: How
fast is the iBook?, iBookPlanet, 10/1.
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