Tim Mityok, president of Public Access Software, has sent us a gem. The Computers & Electronics magazine dedicated its March 1984 cover, along with two articles for 7 pages of content, to the first born of the platform that you happily use today. The writer in question, Vanessa Schnatmeier, did a good job at describing…
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Ready Or Not, The Titanium PowerBook G4 Ships! (With Pics)
During yesterdayis Financial Analyst meeting, it was clear that Steve Jobs, Fred Anderson, and Phil Schiller were quite proud of having gotten these machines out the door on time. Apple will be archiving the meeting until February 28th. For those who can not get a stream, we provided live coverage of the four hour event…
Interested In Making Mac Games? Here's An Interview You Should Read
Our friends at iDevGames.com have posted an interview that will be of interest to Mac gamers, especially people interested in making Mac games. The site has interviewed Mark Adams, the now-legendary cofounder of Westlake Interactive. Westlake Interactive has been the porting house behind most (but not all) of the top Mac games you have played…
Connectix Allows Mac's and PC's To Live In Harmony
Connectix Corporation, makers of the best-selling and award-winning Virtual PC? family of products, today announced Connectix DoubleTalk, a software application for the Macintosh that allows users to access Windows networks from their Mac. This new product is designed for the Mac user who has little or no Windows knowledge, but needs to share resources, such…
A PowerBook G4? Be Still, My Wallet...
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iDVD: Create DVDs with Your Mac, Play Them On Your TV
Todayis keynote brought a number of multimedia surprises. One of the more welcome surprises helps answer the question that many current owners of DVD-RAM drives have, namely, “but can I record DVD movies with it?”. Unfortunately, the answer for DVD-RAM owners was no. But with the introduction of the new iDVD and DVD Studio Pro…
Fuzzy Logic - The Importance Of The Mac: What's In A Pretty Face?
The Importance Of The Mac: What’s In A Pretty Face? December 27th, 2000 Since the beginning, Apple Computer has been accused of making toys. The Apple II in the late seventies was one of the first personal computers, a concept that in itself was ridiculous to many (why on Earth would a private individual want…
iBrotha - Mac Daddy Psychoanalyzes George Clinton, Apple Spiffs & other Cupertino Flaws
Mac Daddy Psychoanalyzes George Clinton, Apple Spiffs & other Cupertino Flaws December 19th, 2000 The company says they’re revolutionaries J. Michael Straczynski, Rising Stars [Editor’s note: He’s back! This week, Rodney (re)introduces us to "Mac Daddy," an imaginary friend and fellow Mac user who is always quick to set forth his culturally-biased opinion on…
Blizzard Entertainment Does More For Mac Gaming Than Apple
Thatis a stinging title, I know, but itis true. Blizzard Entertainment is doing more for Mac gaming than Apple, and I think that is sad. What is Blizzard doing, you may ask? They mention the word Macintosh in a TV ad about a computer game. That, my friends, is more than Apple seems to be…
3dfx To Cease Making Their Own Cards, Voodoo (For Mac) Line Continues
When 3dfx announced the Voodoo3, shortly after their acquisition of board manufacturer STB, the company also announced that they would begin to make their own cards instead of licensing the technology to others. This is when the company also began to support the Mac for the first time with an extended series of beta drivers…
Mac Architecture Site On The Move
Architosh, the only site examing architecture and CAD from a Macintosh perspective, is on the move. After having problems with their prior hosting company, Los Angeles’ Reprahduce.com, the site is currently negotiating to switch providers in hope of continuing to serve the Mac community. According to Architosh: BritasMedia, the publisher of the Architosh.com Web site…
But I Digress... - The Mac Is The Smartest OS? Not For Everyone
The Mac Is The Smartest OS? Not For Everyone November 10th, 2000 Two weeks ago, we looked together at the Mac OS and briefly, the theories of Howard Gardner, Professor of Education at Harvard University. Today, I am going to flesh out those original thoughts, and present you with an entirely different way of looking…
Why Are Apple's Laptops A Year Behind Dell's?
"What? Pitiful? XGA resolution of 1024×768? Are you crazy?" Yes, thatis just what I mean. In case you havenit noticed, Dell and IBM have had laptops with much higher screen resolution for a couple of years. 1280×1024. 1400×1100. And finally, this fall, one of the mythic milestones was passed. Dell introduced a laptop whose 15-inch…
iBrotha - Wanna appreciate your Mac? Try using a PC
Wanna appreciate your Mac? Try using a PC November 6th, 2000 If you want to know what water is, don’t ask a fish. Chinese proverb For the last few months, I’ve been settling into a new job. Also, for the last two months, I’ve been playing with OS X Public Beta. There’s a…
Fuzzy Logic - The Usefulness Of Net Speed & How To Get It For The Mac
The Usefulness Of Net Speed & How To Get It For The Mac November 1st, 2000 "Broadband" Internet is slowly spreading over the world, taking root in the urban areas first. Actually Steve Jobs expresses the opinion that it makes more sense to just call it "fast Internet," since to most folks "broadband" makes as…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - Group Thinking & The Macintosh Explained
Group Thinking & The Macintosh Explained October 31st, 2000 To be a Mac user, you have to think differently. We have to go past the usual "I stick with what I know" barrier and adventure into the unknown. No matter what we say about Mac users, we all know one thing: we like something other…
[Review] Dual Processor Power Mac G4: The Multiprocessing G4 Reviewed
Introduction The unit came with two 450 MHz PowerPC processors, 128 MB RAM, DVD-ROM, a 20 GB hard disk drive, an internal Zip drive, a SCSI adapter card, gigabit Ethernet, 16 MB ATI Rage 128 video card and Mac OS 9.0.4, without modem. It has 2 USB ports, 2 FireWire ports, Apple Display Connector, power,…
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force For Mac Reaches Final Candidate Status
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, just to recap, is a first person shooter set in the franchise of the Star Trek universe. It utilizes the well known and well liked Quake III engine and is being described as one of the best games to come out since Halflife. High praise, but we will have to…
But I Digress... - The Hip Factor: The Mac's Shift From Cool To Hip
The Hip Factor: The Mac’s Shift From Cool To Hip September 29th, 2000 If you read this month’s Macworld, and this month’s MacAddict, you aren’t likely to notice more than the usual distinctions between the two unless you look really closely at the magazines. Sure, Macworld and MacAddict differ wildly as publications, but there’s always…
The Ongoing Conflict: iMac Budget, Power Mac Taste
The most obvious problem is its built-in monitor. Yes, 15" isnit a bad size. But monitor prices have been dropping steadily, and many consumers now want a larger 17" or even 19" screen. While the iMac does offer video-out, you are still stuck buying a 15" monitor, and you canit use multiple monitors to display…
An iMac Supercomputer Cluster You Can Carry Home
According to The Register: Terra Soft, the company behind the Yellow Dog and Black Lab Linux PowerPC distros has released a supercomputer cluster based on Appleis iMac. Theyire teaming up with Marathon Computers of Nashville Tennessee, who have been building Apple PowerPC-based racks for several years. […] And it makes perfect sense. The Power chipis…
Aladdin Gets Serious About Mac Stock Tickers With PowerTicker 2.0
Aladdin Systems has released an update to PowerTicker, bringing the desktop stock ticker to version 2.0. The new version includes a host of new features and enhancements, and is a serious upgrade. According to Aladdin Systems: PowerTicker 2.0 Introduces Portfolio Management, Customizable E-mail Based Alerts, And Includes Automatically Updated Stock, Mutual Fund, Index, And Currency…
Apple Adds New David Pogue Article To Macintosh Product Guide
A quick note to let you know weive just published the September installment of David Pogueis "Mastering Your Mac" in the Macintosh Products Guide. This month, David, along with Dave Reynolds and Jim Elferdink, provides a ton of great information for getting the most out of AppleWorks 6 style-sheets. You can find more information on…
The Mac Observer: On The Flip Side - G4 Multiprocessing Lesson For The Masses
G4 Multiprocessing Lesson For The Masses August 22nd, 2000 Ever since the dual processor G4 came out at MACWORLD Expo in New York in July, a debate has raged over Internet sites about the real power that the G4 actually has to offer. Some say that the extra power of the new machine is ridiculously…