mac.2876ljubisha,
Instalirao sam MagiC 2.0 ali me nešto buni. Elem, radi isto brzo
na ovih 60 kao što je i na 25MHz. Da li je ona arhiva FAT jer u imenu
stoji PPC ali u zagradi stoji i 68K?? Osim toga, neće da radi ako je
uključen SpeedDubler. Jel ima neko predstavu šta bi trebao da isključim
ili uključim u jednom od ova dva programa pa da se trpe?
P.S. Ah, da, ko nije primetio imam neke izmene u RESu :)
mac.2877askripka,
-> #2876, ljubisha=- Instalirao sam MagiC 2.0 ali me nešto buni. Elem, radi isto brzo
=- na ovih 60 kao što je i na 25MHz.
To je normalno. Ništa ne brini... :))
Naime: To što je ver. 2.0 'native', ne znači puno. Jer, na 68k
Mac-u 'suve' procesorske komande se ne emuliraju, dakle izvršava ih
sam procesor. Na PPC-u to nije moguće, pošto i nemaš motorolu
unutra. Dakle, softver konvertuje original motorolin kod u PPC
procesoru 'razumljive' naredbe, pa na kraju to ispadne isto kao i
na original motoroli.
Stvar ne bi stajala tako da ti nemaš najjadniji i najsporiji PPC.
Prema tome, kupi nešto sa 604e na (barem ;) ) 200Mhz, pa ćeš
ostvariti svoje zamisli.
Do tada, jaka Quadra sa recimo 68040 na 40 ili 50Mhz će tući većinu
PPC-ja u ovakvim stvarima.
mac.2878madamov,
Ako niste još čuli, Apple je dobio 150 miliona dolara finansijske injekcije od
Microsofta posle dogovora koji je objavljen u govoru na otvaranju, a govor je
obavio Stiven Džobs. Takođe, za samo nedelju dana Apple je prodao milion i
dvesta hiljada kopija Mac OS-a 8. Čitajtt više o tome u porukama koje slede.
mac.2879madamov,
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Claris Announces ClarisWorks Office for Windows 95, NT 4.0 and Mac OS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The slimware alternative to bloated suites, ClarisWorks Office features
ClarisWorks 5.0, ready-to-use business solutions and Internet access
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 28, 1997 - Claris Corporation today announced
ClarisWorks Office, the complete cross-platform productivity solution that
delivers all the office users need for small business, home or education.
Priced under $100 in the U.S. and still less than one half the size of
other suites, ClarisWorks Office provides a compact and economical alternative
to high-end suite products.
ClarisWorks Office includes the new ClarisWorks 5.0 featuring a customizable
button bar, Internet enabling and linking, and enhanced HTML (Hypertext
Mark-Up Language) translation for immediate productivity on the desktop or on
the World Wide Web; an easy on-ramp to the Internet with a choice of Internet
Service Providers (ISPs); Claris Home Page Lite for establishing a presence on
the Web; and more than 230 ready-to-use documents including JIAN
BusinessBasics (Claris Edition), a comprehensive set of small business
solutions >from the makers of the popular business planning software
BizPlanBuilder.
Designed for users who need instant productivity and do not have dedicated
support technicians to back them up, ClarisWorks has attracted more than 15
million users worldwide with its ease-of-use and award-winning seamless
integration of powerful productivity tools. It was recently rated by small
businesses as more reliable, easier to learn, and offering more value for the
money and higher general satisfaction than Microsoft Office in a study by
Dataquest, a Gartner Group Company.
For more information, call 1-800-544-8554 or visit ClarisWeb, the Claris World
Wide Web home page, at http://www.claris.com
mac.2880madamov,
Novo u direktorijumu, prebačeno iz konferencije:
mac\fun\*.*
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snood_2.sit 537k ű Snood 2.0, odlična igra, kombinacija Tetrisa i Invadersa
mac.2882madamov,
-> #2877, askripka> Prema tome, kupi nešto sa 604e na (barem ;) ) 200Mhz, pa ćeš
> ostvariti svoje zamisli.
> Do tada, jaka Quadra sa recimo 68040 na 40 ili 50Mhz će tući većinu
> PPC-ja u ovakvim stvarima.
Još kad bi postojala Quadra na 40 MHz, mislim da je najviše na 33 MHz.
Međutim, ovo što si rekao nije potpuno tačno jer je već Power Macintosh
8100/110 radio sa emuliranim softverom brže od najbrže Quadre. Dakle, PPC 601
na 110 MHz je već brži.
mac.2881madamov,
-> #2876, ljubisha> Da li je ona arhiva FAT jer u imenu stoji PPC ali u zagradi stoji i 68K??
Ako nemaš neki utility kojim bi proverio da li ti je aplikacija nativna za
PowerPC, imaš bar dva načina da to proveriš. Prvi: klikni na aplikaciju i
zatraži Get Info iz Findera. Ukoliko se u donjem delu pojavljuje tekst vezan
za to koliko ćeš memorije uštedeti/izgubiti ako uključiš/isključiš virtuelnu
memoriju, onda je aplikacija native PPC. Drugi: uđeš u Norton i neki sličan
utility pa pogledaš da li fajl aplikacije ima i data fork. Ako ima, onda je
native PPC, ako nema nije, jer se PowerPC kod nalazi u data forku izvršnog
fajla.
U vezi s prvim načinom, čak i ako nemaš potrebe za virtuelnom memorijom,
preporučujem uključivanje iste ili RAM Doublera, jer time postižeš efekat file
mappinga kojim native aplikacije traže manje memorije. RAM Doubler 2 ima,
pored opcije da duplira i utrostručuje RAM, i opciju da ne povećava RAM, ali
da daje efekat file mappinga kao da je VM uključena.
mac.2883madamov,
-> #2878, madamov> Apple je dobio 150 miliona dolara finansijske injekcije od
> Microsofta posle dogovora koji je objavljen u govoru na otvaranju
Eh, kad se žuri... Na otvaranju Macworld EXPO-a u Bostonu, Jobs je održao tzv.
keynote, odnosno uvodni govor. Inače, još nema kandidata za CEO-a kompanije,
ali je board of directors potpuno promenjen i u njega je ušao čovek o kojem se
pre mesec-dva govorilo kao većinskom deoničaru i novom CEO - Lari Elison,
gazda Oraclea. Inače, tokom uvodnog govora, upravo pošto je Jobs najavio
saradnju sa Microsoftom, se na velikom ekranu uključila slika Bila Gejtsa koji
se tom prilikom obratio gostima. Istovremeno je Apple na sajmu objavio da
izbacuje na tržište Power Macove 9600 na 350 i 300 MHz, kao i 8600 na 300 MHz.
Akcije Applea su počele da rastu od trenutka kada je objavljeno da će Jobs
imati uvodnu reč na sajmu (analitičari su očekivali da će se nešto desiti), a
kao rezultat svega ovoga, a naročito dogovora sa Microsoftom, akcije kompanije
Apple još skaču. Tu su i problemi u vezi sa licenciranjem Mac OS-a 8 jer Apple
traži više para od klonera zato što Mac OS 8 ima podršku za CHRP što direktno
utiče na to da kloneri ne moraju da licenciraju i dizajn hardvera od Applea. U
gomili ovih vesti skoro bi prošla nezapaženo jedna, a ta je da su se udružili
časopisi Macworld i MacUser, tzv. merger kompanija, ali je jasno ko je koga tu
kupio jer će se MacUser ubuduće plasirati kao dodatak u okviru Macworlda.
Drugo izdanje Ziff Davisa namenjeno MAc korisnicama, nedeljnik MacWeek ostaje
kao nezavisna novina. O svemu ovome možete čitati u porukama koje slede.
mac.2884madamov,
Uz poruku je prikačen tekstualni fajl sa Džobsovim uvodnim govorom na
otvaranju sajma Macworld EXPO u Bostonu 6. avgusta ove godine.
jobs.txtmac.2885madamov,
[Press Release]
Apple Announces New Board of Directors
MACWORLD EXPO, BOSTON--August 6, 1997--Apple
Computer Inc. today announced significant
changes to its Board of Directors, replacing
all but two former directors with four new
hands-on industry executives. Apple's new Board
is now composed of six directors:
* Bill Campbell, president and CEO of Intuit
Corp. Campbell was vice president of Sales
and Marketing for Apple Computer from 1983
to 1987, and head of Apple's Claris
software subsidiary from 1987 to 1991.
* Gareth Chang, senior vice president of
Hughes Electronics and president of Hughes
International. Chang has served on the
Board of Apple since September 1996.
* Larry Ellison, chairman and CEO of Oracle.
Ellison was the founder of Oracle which
has grown to be the second largest
software company in the world.
* Steve Jobs, chairman and CEO of Pixar
Animation Studios, creators of the Academy
Award winning "Toy Story", the world's
first computer-animated feature film. Jobs
was a co-founder of Apple in 1976, and has
been an advisor to Apple during the past
several months.
* Edgar Woolard, chairman of the board of E.
I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., and
previously chief executive officer of
DuPont. Woolard has served on the Board of
Apple since June 1996.
* Jerry York, former CFO of IBM and Chrysler
Corporation, and vice chairman of
Tracinda. York is widely acknowledged for
his contributions at Chrysler and IBM
during their turn-arounds.
The company is in the process of recruiting a
new Chief Executive Officer, who will also join
the Board. The new Board has decided not to
name a Chairman until the new Chief Executive
Officer has been selected.
Resigning from the Apple Board are Mike
Markkula, Katherine Hudson, and Bernard
Goldstein. This follows the recent resignations
of Delano Lewis and Gilbert Amelio.
"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank
Mr. Markkula, Ms. Hudson, and Mr. Goldstein for
their contributions to Apple during a very
difficult time in its history" said Woolard.
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in
the information industry and leader in
multimedia technologies, creates powerful
solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software,
handheld computers and Internet content.
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple
develops, manufactures, licenses and markets
solutions, products, technologies and services
for business, education, consumer,
entertainment, scientific and engineering and
government customers in more than 140
countries.
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[Press Release]
Microsoft and Apple Affirm Commitment to Build
Next Generation Software for Macintosh
Companies announce patent cross-license
agreement.
Microsoft announces Office 98 for Macintosh;
Apple announces Internet Explorer to be bundled
with Mac OS.
Product commitment backed up with $150M
Microsoft investment in Apple Computer.
Boston, August 6, 1997--In a keynote address
delivered today at Macworld Boston, Apple
Computer Inc. director and co-founder Steve
Jobs and Microsoft Corp. chairman and CEO Bill
Gates announced a broad product and technology
development agreement between Apple and
Microsoft including the following:
* The companies agreed to a broad patent
cross-licensing agreement. It paves the
way for the two companies to work more
closely on leading-edge technologies for
the Mac platform.
* Microsoft will develop and ship future
versions of its popular Microsoft Office
productivity suite, Internet Explorer and
other Microsoft tools for the Mac
platform.
* Apple will bundle the Microsoft Internet
Explorer browser with the Mac OS, making
it the default browser in future operating
system software releases.
* Apple and Microsoft plan to collaborate on
technology to ensure compatibility between
their respective Virtual Machines for Java
and other programming languages.
* To further support its relationship with
Apple, Microsoft will invest $150 million
in non-voting Apple stock.
"In 1984, Steve Jobs and I stood together when
Microsoft announced Microsoft Excel, an
application that is widely credited with
helping to define the potential of the Mac as a
great applications platform," said Gates.
"Today's announcements underscore our continued
belief in the Mac as a platform for
applications and leading-edge Internet
technologies. Microsoft has millions of
customers who rely on Macintosh technology and
they can be assured that Microsoft products for
the Mac will continue to be available."
"We are thrilled at the prospect of working
more closely with Microsoft on applications and
Internet software" said Jobs. "We are confident
that this is the beginning of a much closer
relationship between the two companies, which
will greatly benefit our common customers."
For more information, contact (Press only):
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Waggener Edstrom
503-245-0905
Greg Shaw or John Pinette
Microsoft
425-882-8080
Katie Cotton
Apple Computer
408-974-7269
For more information, contact (Financial
Analysts only):
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Microsoft
206-936-3703
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Apple Computer
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[Press Release]
Apple Unveils World's Fastest Personal Computer
New Power Macintosh 9600 Offers Speeds up to
350 MHz
[Image] Expansion and Versatility
[Image] Pricing and Availability
MACWORLD EXPO, BOSTON--August 5, 1997--On the
eve of the annual MACWORLD Expo in Boston,
Apple Computer, Inc. unveiled the fastest
personal computer available. The company
highlighted the 350-MHz Apple Power Macintosh
9600/350, which is nearly twice as fast as
Apple's highest-performance offering of one
year ago, and similarly faster than the fastest
Pentium II system available.
"The Power Macintosh 9600/350 is my dream
machine," said Harry Marks, noted designer of
content for broadcast media. "This computer is
so fast that it dramatically changes the entire
user experience compared to my year-old
high-performance Power Mac."
The Apple Power Macintosh 9600/350 is part of a
new line of powerful desktop computers from
Apple that are used by professionals in fields
such as publishing, multimedia/Internet
authoring, science, and engineering. The new
line includes the Power Macintosh 9600/350,
9600/300, and 8600/300. An additional model,
the 8600/250 is available in many countries
outside the United States. All of these
computers include Apple's new Mac OS 8
operating software, and feature a fast
next-generation PowerPC 604e processor--running
at 350 MHz, 300 MHz, or 250 MHz--from IBM and
Motorola, which greatly contributes to the
system's performance.
"There has never been a better time to buy a
high-performance Power Macintosh, the leading
personal computer in publishing and education,"
said Philip Schiller, Apple's vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing. "The new Power
Macintosh 9600 and 8600 products deliver
dramatic performance increases, incredible ease
of use with Mac OS 8--and competitive prices."
The new Power Macintosh 9600 and 8600 computers
feature several design improvements that
contribute to the outstanding system
performance. Most notable is the new Apple
Inline Cache, which resides on the processor
card and creates a wider and faster path
between the processor and the 1MB L2 cache,
dramatically increasing performance. In
addition, the Apple Inline Cache doubles the
rate (to 100 MHz) at which the cache is
accessed.
In addition to the performance improvements
brought on by the new PowerPC processor, the
new Apple Inline Cache, and Mac OS 8, all the
new Power Macintosh 9600 and 8600 computers
feature faster 24x-speed CD-ROM drives. The
Power Macintosh 9600/350 and 9600/300 have more
fast-interleaved memory (64 MB of DRAM
expandable to 768 MB), an optional built-in
Iomega Zip drive for more efficient storage of
large files, as well as the IXMICRO Twin Turbo
128M8 graphics card, which is one of the
highest performing graphics accelerator cards
available for Macintosh computers. Also new
with the 8600/300 is a larger hard drive (4
GB). The 8600/300, like preceding 8600 models,
has built-in near-broadcast-quality video
input/output, an optional built-in Iomega Zip
drive, and fast-interleaved memory (32 MB of
DRAM expandable to 512 MB).
All of the new Power Macintosh 9600 and 8600
systems continue to feature Apple's innovative
tower design, which has been lauded by
customers since Apple introduced it in February
of this year. The tower design makes it very
easy for users to open the system to add new
components such as memory cards or storage
devices.
[Image] Expansion and Versatility
The new Power Macintosh 9600 and 8600 computers
continue to offer the same high level of
versatility and expandability as the previous
Power Macintosh 9600 and 8600 systems. The
Power Macintosh 9600/350 and 9600/300 have six
12-inch PCI 2.0 slots, five of which are empty
in the standard configuration. The Power
Macintosh 8600/300 has three 12-inch PCI 2.0
slots, all of which are empty. All of the new
models have a 5.25-inch SCSI expansion bay that
is pre-cabled with power and signal for easy
addition of a storage device. The new models
also have room for two 3.5-inch drives on the
chassis floor. The new models support fast SCSI
(10 MB/sec) for internal devices and standard
SCSI (5 MB/sec) for external devices. All of
these computers also feature Geoport-capable
serial ports.
[Image] Pricing and Availability
The following Power Macintosh 9600/350,
9600/300 and 8600/300 are available immediately
worldwide. Estimated U.S. pricing made
available to resellers is as follows:
Power Macintosh US $
9600/350/64MB/4G/24x/8MB IXMICRO 5300
Power Macintosh US $
9600/300/64MB/4G/24x/8MB IXMICRO 4500
Power Macintosh 8600/300/32MB/4G/AV US $
3600
The following Power Macintosh 9600/350,
9600/300 and 8600/300 are expected to be
available at the end of August, 1997. Estimated
U.S. pricing made available to resellers is as
follows:
Power Macintosh US $
9600/350/64MB/4G/24x/8MB IXMICRO/Zip 5300
Power Macintosh US $
9600/300/64MB/4G/24x/8MB IXMICRO 4500
Power Macintosh US $
8600/300/32MB/4G/AV/Zip 3700
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in
the information industry and leader in
multimedia technologies, creates powerful
solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software,
handheld computers and Internet content.
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple
develops, manufactures, licenses and markets
solutions, products, technologies and services
for business, education, consumer,
entertainment, scientific and engineering and
government customers in more than 140
countries.
------------------------------------------------
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Apple Computer, Inc.
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Apple Computer, Inc.
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[Press Release]
Apple Unveils World's Fastest Mac OS Server
Workgroup Server 9650/350 Incorporates New 350
MHz 604e PowerPC Processor-based CPU and New
Apple Inline Cache
[Image] Adding Cards, Drives or Memory
[Image] Bundled Software and Configurations
[Image] Availability and Support
MACWORLD EXPO, BOSTON--August 5, 1997--Apple
Computer, Inc. today announced the world's
fastest Mac OS server--the AppleWorkgroup
Server 9650/350. Bringing a new level of power,
speed, and expandability to customers, the
Workgroup Server 9650/350 is the new flagship
performance system in Apple's family of
successful workgroup servers--the 9650/233 and
the 7350/180--delivering advanced functionality
to workgroups in education, business, and
publishing.
Based on an accelerated next-generation PowerPC
604e processor running at 350 MHz, the
Workgroup Server 9650/350 features several
design improvements that contribute to the
outstanding system performance. Specifically,
Apple's new 1MB Inline level 2 cache
facilitates higher processor to cache
communication and enables the true performance
of the PowerPC processor to be realized. A
100MHz bus located between the new Apple Inline
cache and the system's processor facilitates
the direct and rapid transfer of information.
According to Apple's vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing, Phil Schiller, the
9650/350 is one more part of the complete
solution Apple is offering to its customers.
"Macintosh customers demand powerful technology
that is simple to use. The Workgroup Server
9650/350 further addresses this need by
offering significant speed and performance
improvements derived from the industry's
fastest processor and Apple's new Inline Cache
technology." Schiller added, "This introduction
is another strong step in our overall effort to
provide our customers with a complete
system--from desktops, to notebooks to displays
and servers."
Built for speed, power, and versatility, the
Workgroup Server 9650/350 is ideal for
workgroups that use both Mac OS and Windows, as
well as for customers interested in setting up
an intranet that is exceptionally easy to use,
support, and maintain. In addition to the
350-megahertz PowerPC 604e processor and new
Inline Cache, the 9650/350 features 64MB of RAM
(expandable to 768MB); standard dual 4GB (7200
rpm) ultra wide SCSI-3 hard drives that can be
striped for better performance or mirrored for
redundancy; three SCSI channels--one ultra wide
SCSI-3 support for faster hard drive I/O
(40MB/s), one internal fast SCSI-2 and one
external SCSI-1; 10/100Mb/s ethernet standard
and a new 24x speed CD-ROM drive
[Image] Adding Cards, Drives or Memory
The Workgroup Server 9650/233 continues to
feature an innovative tower product design that
provides easy access for users adding cards and
drives or for servicing the system. The
9650/350 has six 12-inch PCI 2.0 slots (three
of which are open), as well as six internal
drive bays (three of which are open) to
maximize storage capacity. The three SCSI
channels in the 9650/350 provide customers with
flexibility to utilize a variety of media
types.
[Image] Bundled Software and Configurations
The Workgroup Server 9650/350 comes bundled
with Apple RAID software and Mac OS 7.6.1. As
with all systems in the Workgroup Server
family, customers can choose one of three
software solutions to receive the functionality
they want--out of the box:
* Application Server Solution:
The Application Server Solution provides a
variety of useful Apple and third-party
software for workgroup productivity.
Customers may choose this option to
specifically deploy one of the included
client/server solutions or to use this as
the foundation for some additional network
services such as email or database
products that can be purchased separately
by the customer.
* AppleShare Server Solution:
The AppleShare Server Solution includes
all of the software included in the
Applications Server Solution, plus the
recently introduced AppleShare IP 5.0
software bundle. AppleShare IP 5.0 follows
the AppleShare tradition of ease of use,
but adds integrated support for TCP/IP as
well as AppleTalk. This allows the
customer to incorporate a Workgroup Server
into an organizational intranet easily and
seamlessly. AppleShare IP 5.0 also
includes several third-party
Internet-related tools that allow for
better integration of network services
into existing network environments,
including file, print, http, ftp, and
email.
* Apple Internet Server Solution:
The Apple Internet Server Solution
provides the software needed to create,
manage, and publish media-rich World Wide
Web or intranet content quickly and easily
across platforms. The Apple Internet
Server Solution allows a website to be
better integrated with organizational
information systems by including software
to query many of the popular and
industry-standard databases.
[Image] Availability and Support
The enhanced Workgroup Server 9650/350 is
expected to be available starting in early
September, 1997. U.S. estimated pricing is
listed below. Prices and availability outside
the U.S. may vary.
Part No. Description Est. Price
M616--LL/A WGS 9650/350/Apps $6,800
M616--LL/A WGS 9650/350/AShare $7,500
M616--LL/A WGS 9650/350/AISS $7,300
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in
the information industry and leader in
multimedia technologies, creates powerful
solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software,
handheld computers and Internet content.
Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple
develops, manufactures, licenses and markets
solutions, products, technologies and services
for business, education, consumer,
entertainment, scientific and engineering and
government customers in more than 140
countries.
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Apple Computer, Inc.
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Apple Computer, Inc.
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[Press Release]
Apple Introduces the World's Most Advanced
17-Inch Color Trinitron Displays for Macintosh
Customers
AppleVision 750 AV and 750 Displays Offer
Outstanding Performance and Value for
Publishing and Media Authoring
[Image] Audio/Video Capabilities
[Image] Apple DigitalColor Technology
[Image] Energy Efficient
[Image] System Requirements
[Image] Availability and Price
MACWORLD EXPO, BOSTON-- August 5, 1997--Apple
Computer, Inc. today introduced the new
high-performance, AppleVision 750 AV and
AppleVision 750 color displays for publishers,
multimedia authors, photographers, and Mac
professionals who rely on consistent visual
performance and color accuracy. With a viewable
screen area of 16.1 inches, both displays
incorporate the same Apple DigitalColor
technology as the larger AppleVision 850 AV and
850 displays, introduced in May. Apple's
DigitalColor technology provides
state-of-the-art color accuracy, which is
achieved through a patented internal
calibration system that adjusts color over time
with minimal user interaction. The displays
also support Apple's ColorSync technology for
color matching across multiple devices such as
color printers and scanners by allowing display
profiles to be created on the fly. The new
displays also feature extensive, easy-to-use
software control of screen geometry, mode
switching, and color settings.
"With an AppleVision 750 display and a new
350-MHz Power Macintosh 9600 with Mac OS 8, you
get the world's best in graphics performance,
image quality, color accuracy, and industrial
design," said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice
president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
"These systems reflect Apple's continued
leadership in delivering the most powerful and
easy-to-use solutions to Macintosh customers in
publishing, entertainment and design."
The AppleVision 750 displays feature a 17-inch
(16.1-inch viewable image size) Sony Trinitron
tube with an anti-reflection screen coating; a
maximum display format of up to 1280 by 1024
pixels at 75 Hz; and AppleVision software for
the Macintosh, which allows user control of the
display.
[Image] Audio/Video Capabilities
The AppleVision 750 AV includes integrated
front-facing, high-output stereo speakers that
rival bookshelf quality without adding to
desktop clutter. In addition, the AppleVision
750 AV includes an integrated noise-cancelling
microphone engineered for close-up recording,
voice annotation, speech recognition, and
speakerphone use. An audio-output jack is
available for connecting headphones or
audio/video recorders.
[Image] Apple DigitalColor Technology
AppleVision displays are designed with Apple
DigitalColor technology, an internal
calibration system that adjusts for the
changing environmental conditions that affect
the way users perceive on-screen color. An
internal feedback system ensures that the color
remains accurate and consistent with original
factory settings, even over time. Apple's
DigitalColor technology also provides the user
with control over the white point settings to
simulate different lighting conditions and to
compensate for the impact of ambient light on
those conditions. Apple DigitalColor technology
allows many users to save time and money by
using the display to perform on-screen color
proofing.
[Image] Energy Efficient
Both AppleVision 750 displays qualify for the
EPA Energy Star rating and comply with the TCO
'92 standards. The displays comply with the
VESA DPMS standard as well as MPRII for
electrical and magnetic field emissions.
[Image] System Requirements
The AppleVision 750 AV and AppleVision 750
displays are compatible with any Macintosh
computer with a Motorola 68040 or PowerPC
processor. To take advantage of AppleVision
software and Apple DigitalColor technology,
users must have Mac OS Version 7.1 or greater.
Both displays, however, can be used with
Windows-based PC systems. For Windows-based
systems, a Macintosh-to-VGA adapter is
provided.
[Image] Availability and Price
The AppleVision 750 AV and 750 displays are
available immediately in most countries where
Apple products are sold. These displays are
available through Apple authorized resellers,
with an estimated retail price in the United
States of U.S. $950 and $850, respectively.
Customers outside the United States should
contact their local Apple representative for
more information.
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Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-0180
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Apple Computer, Inc.
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Information about Apple displays is available
on Apple's website at:
http://www.powermacintosh.apple.com/display.
A paper titled "A Look Inside the AppleVision
Display" is available in the Related
Technologies section at:
http://www.powermacintosh.apple.com/display/tech_display.html.
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Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Power
Macintosh, Mac, AppleVision and ColorSync are
registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
PowerPC is a trademark of IBM. Trinitron is a
trademark of Sony Corporation. Additional
company and product names may be trademarks or
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[Press Release]
Apple Delivers New LaserWriter Offering
Ground-Breaking Printing Capabilities
LaserWriter 8500 Based on Adobe PostScript 3
Offers Full-Bleed, Photorealistic Printing to
Large-Format Paper Sizes
[Image] New Printing Capabilities
[Image] Superior Print Quality
[Image] Compatibility and Connectivity
[Image] Flexible Paper Handling
[Image] Apple Printer Software Collection CD
[Image] Price and Availability
MACWORLD EXPO, BOSTON--August 5,
1997--Continuing to innovate in high-quality,
high-performance laser printing solutions,
Apple Computer, Inc. today announced the
LaserWriter 8500 workgroup printer, one of its
fastest and most versatile laser printers ever.
Designed to meet the diverse needs of general
business, publishing, and education
environments, the LaserWriter 8500 is one of
the industry's first laser printers based on
Adobe PostScript 3, and the first laser printer
from Apple to support full-bleed printing on up
to Ledger/A3 size media. Apple also announced
the LaserWriter 8500 Plus Upgrade Kit, offering
customers a convenient way to expand the laser
printer's paper-handling capacity and
functionality.
"Once again an Apple LaserWriter sets the
standard in PostScript laser printing," said
Philip Schiller, Apple's vice president of
World-Wide Product Marketing. "The new Apple
LaserWriter 8500 delivers to our publishing and
education customers a combination of quality,
versatility, and performance not seen before in
an affordable laser printing solution."
"Apple's LaserWriter 8500 will offer customers
exceptional capabilities at an affordable
cost," said Fred Schwedner, general manager and
senior vice president, Adobe Printing Systems
Division. "The LaserWriter 8500 is based on
Adobe PostScript 3. We expect Apple's workgroup
printer users to be very pleased with the
benefits that Adobe PostScript 3 offers in a
diverse and a demanding workgroup environment."
"The new Apple LaserWriter 8500 offers some
unique capabilities for the users of workgroup
printers, including cross platform
compatibility for UNIX, Macintosh, and Wintel
systems and full-bleed for documents up to
Ledger/A3 size," said Ed Pullen, Service
director at Computer Intelligence. "The printer
also offers exceptional economy in toner costs
and cartridge price."
The aggressively priced LaserWriter 8500 is
designed to meet the needs of many of Apple's
diverse customers. For customers in publishing
environments the LaserWriter 8500 offers top
quality output with smooth shading, the ability
to handle large format paper and full-bleed
printing, in addition to speedy processing of
complex documents. For customers in education
environments, LaserWriter 8500 offers
compatibility with existing hardware and
software, in addition to TCP/IP-based printing.
For the general business customer, the
LaserWriter 8500 offers the ability to connect
to various platforms and networks, in addition
to flexible and expandable paper-handling
features.
[Image] New Printing Capabilities
Offering ground-breaking new printing
capabilities, the LaserWriter 8500 is one of
the industry's first laser printers based on
Adobe Systems Inc.'s Adobe PostScript 3
printing system, which provides a higher level
of performance, enhanced image quality, and
advanced page processing. The LaserWriter 8500
is Apple's first laser printer to offer
full-bleed printing on a variety of paper
sizes, including Ledger and A3 formats; in
addition to being one of the fastest Apple
laser printers ever, capable of printing up to
20 pages per minute (print speeds will vary
based on document complexity, processing speed
of the computer, and accessories installed on
the LaserWriter 8500).
The LaserWriter 8500 is also the first Apple
printer to ship with the new LaserWriter 8.5
printer driver software. In addition to Adobe
PostScript 3, the new printer driver software
offers unparalleled Internet/intranet synergy
by enabling users to perform remote printing
with Apple Desktop Printer Utility, using the
Internet as the carrier for print jobs.
Customers can also easily create online
documents by taking advantage of the Acrobat
"Save as" feature. In addition to performance
improvements the LaserWriter 8.5 printer driver
also enables easy installation and setup, and
the ability to set custom page sizes.
[Image] Superior Print Quality
The LaserWriter 8500 provides impressive
photorealistic image quality and precise, sharp
text with Apple FinePrint and improved
PhotoGrade technologies, printing documents at
a resolution of up to 600-by-600 dots per inch.
The laser printer supports line screens of up
to 150 lines per inch for sharp image quality,
and includes expanded font set with a total of
136 fonts built in.
[Image] Compatibility and Connectivity
An ideal laser printing solution to meet the
demanding needs of diverse workgroups, the
LaserWriter 8500 supports systems running the
Mac OS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT,
and UNIX. This laser printer includes built-in
support for LocalTalk, EtherTalk, Novell
Netware, and TCP/IP networks; and is the first
Apple LaserWriter to offer built-in
Twisted-pair and AAUI ports. An IEEE 1284
bidirectional parallel port is also included.
[Image] Flexible Paper Handling
The LaserWriter 8500 is an ideal solution for
customers needing to print high volume, large
format documents. In its standard
configuration, the LaserWriter 8500 supports up
to 650 sheets. Various paper sizes of up to
13-by-20 inch size are supported through the
built-in multipurpose tray. A maximum of 1,650
sheets can be supported with additional paper
trays. As a convenient way to expand the
printer's capacity and functionality, the
LaserWriter 8500 Plus Upgrade Kit provides
multiple options in a single box. The kit
includes the Duplex Printing Unit, for printing
double-sided documents and also offers a job
separator/jogger feature, making it easy to
identify and retrieve print jobs. Also included
in the upgrade kit are a 500-Sheet Ledger/A3
Cassette with Feeder and an additional 8MB of
RAM. Printer expansion options will also be
available individually; additional options
include a 500 Sheet Letter/A4 Cassette with
Feeder, an Envelope Cassette, and a High
Capacity Toner Cartridge with a yield of up to
14,000 pages.
[Image] Apple Printer Software Collection CD
To enable customers to get up and running right
out of the box, the LaserWriter 8500 comes with
a host of software included on CD disk. In
addition to LaserWriter printer driver software
and utilities for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows,
the Apple Printer Software Collection CD
includes Adobe Type Manager, Nova's Art
Explosion Sampler, Now Software's Up-to-Date
and Contact, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
[Image] Price and Availability
The LaserWriter 8500 and LaserWriter 8500 Plus
Upgrade Kit are expected to be available
through Apple authorized resellers worldwide;
pricing and availability may vary per region.
The LaserWriter 8500 is expected to be
available in the US by early-September and is
expected to have an estimated retail price of
around US $2,500. The LaserWriter 8500 Plus
Upgrade Kit, which includes the Duplex Printing
Unit, 500-Sheet Ledger/A3 Cassette with Feeder,
and an additional 8MB of RAM, is expected to be
available in the US by early-September and is
expected to have an estimated retail price of
around US $600.
Expansion options are also available
individually; and include:
Duplex Printing Unit $350*
500 Sheet Letter/A4 Cassette with Feeder $230*
500-Sheet Ledger/A3 Cassette with Feeder $280*
Envelope Cassette $150*
High-Capacity Toner Cartridge $230*
*Estimated US retail prices. Actual prices and
availability of the systems may vary among
resellers and by country.
Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in
the information industry and leader in
multimedia technologies, creates powerful
solutions based on easy-to-use personal
computers, servers, peripherals, software,
personal digital assistants and Internet
content. Headquartered in Cupertino,
California, Apple develops, manufactures,
licenses and markets solutions, products,
technologies and services for business,
education, consumer, entertainment, scientific
and engineering and government customers in
more than 140 countries.
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[Press Information Contact:]
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Apple Computer, Inc.
(408)974-5430
email: welch.n@apple.com
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Apple Computer, Inc.
(408)974-6877
email: brady2@apple.com
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Canada. If you do not have a fax machine or
would like to locate an Apple authorized
reseller near you, please call 1-800-538-9696.
Customers outside the U.S. should contact their
local Apple representatives for information.
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Apple's home page on the World Wide Web:
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Apple's Imaging web site:
http://www.imaging.apple.com
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Apple, the Apple logo, LaserWriter, EtherTalk
and LocalTalk are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc. FinePrint is a trademark
of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brand names
and companies mentioned are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective
holders and are hereby acknowledged.
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At the Macworld Expo in Boston,
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Today, on the last day of the show,
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MicroCenter, the other major retail
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major release, according to Andrew
Parker, acting general manager of
MicroCenter. The show is also fueling
sales of Mac-related products at the
company's local stores, noted Parker.
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Technical Specifications
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[Other Products]
* 300- or 350-MHz 604e PowerPC processor
[Related Web Sites] * Integrated floating-point unit, 32K on-chip data
[Help] and instruction caches
* 1MB Apple Inline Cache (level 2) on processor
[Site Map] card
[Feedback]
Memory
* 64MB of RAM, supports up to 768MB via 12 DIMM
sockets
* 4MB of ROM
Disk drives
* Internal 4GB Fast SCSI hard disk
* Internal Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive
-- Accepts high-density 1.4MB disks and 800K
disks
-- Reads, writes, and formats Mac OS, Windows,
MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS disks
* Internal 24x-speed CD-ROM drive
* Some configurations come with an integrated
Iomega Zip drive for fast, easy storage or
backup
* Expansion bays for additional storage
devices--four 5.25-inch removable bays, three
internal bays (open bays vary with
configuration)
Interfaces
* Six PCI expansion slots compatible with PCI
2.0-compliant cards
* Two high-speed DMA serial (RS-232/RS-422) ports
compatible with LocalTalk and GeoPort cables
* 10BASE-T and AAUI-15 Ethernet connectors;
optional PC Compatibility Card provides
multinode support for simultaneous network
connections
* Internal Fast SCSI bus (up to 10MB/s)
* External SCSI bus (up to 5MB/s)
* Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) expansion port
* Mini jacks for stereo audio input and output
* DB-15 connector for monitor (on accelerated
graphics card)
Graphics support (configured through accelerated
graphics card)
* 8MB of VRAM
* Support for display formats of up to 1,600 by
1,200 pixels
* 24-bit color up to 1,600- by 1,200-pixel
resolution
* Refresh rate of up to 85 Hz
GeoPort telephony*
* 28.8-Kbit/s modem support
* V.17 fax support
* GeoPort Fax and GeoPort Telephony software
included
* Speakerphone and answering-machine capability
Clock/calendar
* Custom integrated circuit with long-life battery
Keyboard and mouse
* Includes keyboard and ADB Mouse II
Electrical requirements and compliance
* Line voltage: 100 to 125/200 to 240 V AC, RMS
single phase, automatically configured
* Frequency: 50 to 60 Hz, single phase
* Power: 300 W maximum, not including display
ADB power requirements
* Maximum current draw for all ADB devices: 500 mA
(a maximum of three ADB devices is recommended)
* Mouse draws 10 mA
* Keyboard draws 25 to 80 mA (varies with keyboard
used)
Size and weight
* Height: 17.3 in. (44.0 cm)
* Width: 9.7 in. (24.6 cm)
* Depth: 17.3 in. (44.0 cm)
* Weight: 35.0 lb. (15.9 kg)**
Environmental requirements
* Operating temperature: 50í to 104í F (10í to 40í
C)
* Storage temperature: -40í to 116í F (-40í to 47í
C)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum altitude: 10,000 ft. (3,048 m)
*Requires GeoPort Telecom Adapter.
**May differ based on configuration.
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Features
High performance
* 300- or 350-MHz PowerPC processor
* Some configurations come with an integrated
Iomega Zip drive
* Built-in floating-point processor and 32K
on-chip data and instruction caches
* 1MB Apple Inline Cache (level 2)
* Built-in accelerated graphics card
Communications and multimedia
* Two high-speed serial ports compatible with
GeoPort and LocalTalk cables
* 24x-speed CD-ROM drive
* 16-bit stereo audio input and output
Expandability
* Six industry-standard PCI expansion slots
* Dual-channel SCSI connector for hard disks,
CD-ROM drives, and other SCSI devices
* Expansion bays for additional storage devices
(3.5- or 5.25-inch)
Compatibility
* Includes 10BASE-T and AAUI-15 Ethernet
connectors
* Supports Open Transport networking software
(TCP/IP and AppleTalk)
* Runs 680x0 Macintosh applications as well as
applications accelerated for Power Macintosh
computers
* Reads Mac OS, Windows, MS-DOS, OS/2, and ProDOS
floppy disk formats
* Runs MS-DOS and Windows applications via
optional PC Compatibility Card from Apple
* Comes with all of the software required for
Internet access
* Mac OS 7.6.1 system software
* Makes working with different applications
consistent, so they're easier to learn and use
* Allows easy customization of your Macintosh to
reflect the way you work
* Provides active assistance in learning new
features with Apple Guide
* Includes MacLinkPlus file translation software
from DataViz
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1997 8/6/97╩╩Apple Announces New Board, Microsoft Alliance
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Macworld Steve Jobs makes surprise announcements in Expo
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Best gives them a "perpetual cross-license" for each
Utilities other's existing patents. As part of the agreement,
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the keynote, Apple's vice president of marketing
Guerrino De Luca called the payments "substantial."
*╩Microsoft's Internet Explorer will be the default
Web browser for the Mac OS. However, Apple will also
ship other browsers with the system, Jobs said.
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compatibility between their Java virtual machines.
*╩Microsoft has made a five-year commitment to
releasing new Macintosh versions of Microsoft
Office. Over that time, Macintosh users will see the
same number of major upgrades as Windows users.
In an eerie reminder of Apple's famous 1984
commercial, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates briefly
addressed the expo attendees from a satellite
hookup, his face appearing on a large screen that
loomed over the stage. He said that Microsoft Office
98 for the Mac will ship by the end of the year.
Jobs's announcement of the Microsoft alliance drew
scattered boos from the attendees, boos that grew
louder when Jobs said that Internet Explorer will be
the default Mac browser. However, Gates was
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characterized some of Apple's relationships with
other (unnamed) companies as "destructive."
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August 8,
1997 8/5/97╩╩Apple Unveils New Power Macs
------------ By Macworld Staff
Related Speed bumps to 9600, 8600 hit 350MHz
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After months of rumors about its new high-end
275MHz Mac systems, widely known by the code-name Kansas, Apple
Powerhouse Computer today unveiled its new Power Macintosh 8600
and 9600 systems.
Motorola, IBM
Announce These speed bumps to the older 8600 and 9600 systems
Next-Generation use the faster PowerPC 604e, code-named Mach 5.
PowerPCs Apple decided to employ the new PowerPC 604e, which
does not use backside cache, saying that the PowerPC
First CHRP 750, which does include an on-chip controller for
Mac Speeds backside cache, was not available in quantity.
Past All However, both Motorola and Power Computing have
Others announced systems based on the PowerPC 750, and they
expect their machines to ship by the end of August.
Motorola
Launches Mach The original Power Mac 9600's and 8600's used 512K
5 CPU and 256K of external L2 cache, respectively. The new
9600's and 8600's include 1MB of L2 cache and an
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versus backside cache, see "Standard, Backside,
In-line Caches Compared.")
The result of the larger in-line cache and faster
PowerPC 604e is that a prototype of the Power Mac
9600/350 outperformed the older 9600/233 by about 30
percent.
But the 9600/350's performance paled in comparison
to a Mac with more of the next-generation
architectural improvements, even though the 9600 had
a higher-rated CPU. Motorola's StarMax Pro 6000/300,
which uses the PowerPC 750's backside cache and
integer optimization, as well as CHRP's 66MHz system
bus speed, outperformed the Power Mac 9600/350 by
about 30 percent -- proof that clock speed alone
doesn't make a system. (For details on the StarMax
systems, see "First CHRP Mac Speeds Past All
Others." For complete benchmarks, see "A New Wave of
Speedsters Arrives.")
Set for immediate availability, the updated 9600 and
8600 come with a Zip drive, a 4GB hard drive, and a
24X CD-ROM drive. The cache is now upgradable, and
standard memory is 64MB for the 9600 and 32MB for
the 8600, up from 32MB and 16MB. For full
configurations and pricing, see the accompanying
table.
For additional information, see Macworld's preview
of our October 1997 feature, "Upstart Macs."
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1997 8/7/97╩╩Microsoft-Apple Deal Mostly Political
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Netscape out of the market. Microsoft denied the
charges.
While federal regulators at this time reject the
need for an investigation, Microsoft's dominant
position keeps the threat of future investigations
alive, analysts said.
Under today's pact Apple also agreed to make
Microsoft's Internet Explorer the default browser of
the Mac OS, a move analysts view as bad news for
Netscape.
"This is a real coup for Microsoft, because Internet
Explorer 4 will become the standard browser on the
Macintosh platform," said Chris Le Tocq, an analyst
at Dataquest. "From a developer's standpoint the
question is do they want to develop for Netscape and
Java or do they want to develop for Internet
Explorer and Active X."
In addition, analysts said the collaboration
agreement among the two companies provides Apple
with a new lease on life."In the near term the
Microsoft investment is a shot in the arm for Apple,
a tremendous positive for Apple," said Lise Buyer a
vice president and tech-stock analyst at T. Rowe
Associates.
But Buyer also had some words of caution. "Microsoft
doesn't have a history of being the greatest
partner, but Apple is aware that it's putting its
hands in the lion's mouth and that the lion has
teeth."
However, Buyer was pleased with the mix of people
nominated to the board today. "There really couldn't
be a better mix of people on the board. There is
[Oracle CEO Larry] Ellison in there to keep
Microsoft honest, and people who have worked with
Apple, and people from other aspects of the industry
who have seen what an asset Apple was and what a
brand name it had."
IDC's Kay said that although Ellison, who has a
history of clashing with Bill Gates, may be an
especially strong-willed individual, the other board
members "aren't wimps." "This is going to be a
feisty board, which will make it a tough job for the
new CEO. Jobs serves as a foil to Ellison so he
can't do too much damage," Kay said.
Longtime Apple watcher Pieter Hartsook, publisher of
the Hartsook Letter, said appointing Jobs to the
board will help Apple. "I think it's great that
Steve has a board position. It gives him
accountability." In addition, with Jobs as a board
member rather than chairman, it lets Apple appoint
"a top-notch CEO that won't be seen as being a
lackey for Steve Jobs."
The deal will pay off for Microsoft, which with a
token investment of $150 million will protect an
important revenue stream, namely the sales of its
Macintosh applications, analysts said.
"Gates and Microsoft are going to make money selling
Office suites to Mac users," IDC's Kay said. More
importantly, however, the patent-portfolio
cross-licensing agreement between the two companies
will pay off for Microsoft, giving the software
giant access to Apple's technology while it
eliminates the threat of any patent disputes,
analysts said.
"Apple has some things Microsoft wants, and they can
now cherry-pick," Kay said, naming Apple's graphical
user interface and multimedia technology as some of
the technologies that will benefit Microsoft.
Similarly beneficial will be the announced intention
that Apple and Microsoft will collaborate in Java
development. "The Java Virtual Machine on the
Macintosh will now be the same as the virtual
machine on Windows," Dataquest's Le Tocq said. "I
would say that
this is a big blow for Sun and Netscape and a big
coup for Microsoft."
While Microsoft stands to gain a lot from the deal,
it remains to be seen if it helps Apple in the long
term.
"All this is not enough to ensure that Apple
survives," Coursey said. "It may stop some of the
bleeding, but it won't encourage developers to start
developing for the Macintosh again."
Wall Street, however, liked the news today. Apple
stocks finished at $26.45, up almost 7 points from
yesterday's closing price of $19.75.
Additional reporting by Marc Ferranti, Niall McKay,
and Ed Golden.
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Online Exclusive Column ╩MacUser / August 6, 1997
HENRY BORTMAN /
[Henry Bortman]
Thinking Different
We're supposed to do that now. Think different. It's
the new Apple slogan. Steve said so. That's Special
Adviser Steve, the de facto spokesperson for Apple
Computer.
Steve is thinking different, apparently. For example,
he's completely redefined the debate around licensing.
Everyone else who cares about the Mac has been thinking
that licensing the Mac OS meant letting third-party
hardware vendors ship innovative systems that run the
Mac OS. Not Steve, he didn't even mention the likes of
Power Computing, UMAX, or Motorola. Never mind that the
success of these companies is what's kept Apple alive
for the past year and a half. Steve is thinking
different. As one former Apple employee, who shall
remain nameless, put it: "Of course he didn't mention
it. It's not on his agenda."
No. Steve has a new meaning for licensing. When he
talks about licensing the Mac OS, he's talking about
licensing it to Microsoft. Well, not the whole Mac OS,
just the best parts. As the news reports will tell you,
Apple and Microsoft have just inked a deal that gives
each company unrestricted access to incorporate the
other's technology. Even patented technology.
Let's think different about that for a minute. It would
appear Apple has just agreed to, no doubt following the
advice of the Special Adviser, is to give away its
crown jewels in exchange for access to Microsoft's
crown jewels. Let's assume for the moment that that
amounts to an even exchange. We don't really know,
because the crown jewels are not always displayed in
public. But let's take it as a given that Microsoft has
beautiful jewels, and Apple has beautiful jewels, and
that they're of equal value.
With that assumption in mind, we'll introduce another
gem (get it -- gem?) from Special Adviser Steve. "We
have to let go of the notion that for Apple to win,
Microsoft needs to lose and embrace the idea the for us
to win we have to do a good job. The competition
between Apple and Microsoft is over."
Just what is this guy thinking? For a decade now,
Microsoft has copied the best Apple has to offer,
regurgitated it half-baked in successive
implementations of Windows, and made a killing. Why?
Because Gates knows how to market an inferior product a
hundred times better than Apple knows how to market a
superior one.
So now Special Adviser Steve has decided to make it
even easier for Microsoft. If Bill Gates sees something
he likes in the Mac OS, he just calls up Steve and
says, "Send me the source code." Six months later, it's
part of Windows.
Steve may think this signals the end of competition
between Apple and Microsoft. But I bet Bill doesn't see
it that way. I bet Bill is thinking different. I bet
he's thinking, "Hot damn. I've won. I can cherry pick
the best parts of the Mac OS and incorporate them into
Windows. Now I'll not only have superior marketing,
I'll have a superior product to boot."
Well, the agreement's signed. The die is cast. We'll
just have to wait and see if Apple can "do a good job."
We'll have to wait and see if Cupertino can figure out
a way to convince people to buy the Mac OS even though
Windows will incorporate all of its best features. But
I'm skeptical.
I suppose Special Adviser Steve must think the
agreement he signed with Microsoft is a good agreement.
Otherwise he wouldn't have signed it. But -- granted
I'm no special adviser, so perhaps I lack the
long-range vision Steve possesses -- I think different.
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By Rik
Myslewski
Heroes and Villains
Back when I was a pencil-necked high-school geek, a
couple of overzealous linebackers once origamied me
into a three-by-three locker when I declined their
gracious invitation to attend a blood-lust,
group-think, testosterone-charged pep rally.
Ever since that psyche-scarring experience, I've been
viscerally suspicious of frothing mob mania, such as
the stomping and cheering that greeted Steve Jobs when
he took the stage during yesterday's keynote
presentation here at Macworld Expo -- or, for that
matter, such as the booing and jeering that erupted
when Bill Gates' 10-foot video-conferenced head
appeared.
C'mon, you fanatic Jobsophiles and Billophobes, get a
grip: Engage a bit of gray matter just a few inches
above your limbic lizard brains, put aside your
simplistic "Steve, good; Bill, bad" mantra, and take a
cool, reasoned look at what these two guys are doing.
It may be tough to step out of the world of clearly
delineated black and white into the chilly gray in
between, but that's where business is conducted.
Neither man is a hero, and neither is a villian. Yet.
Steve Giveth, Steve Taketh Away
I give Steve full credit for his businesslike approach
to Gates and Microsoft -- and you should, too. The
Microsoft deal is based on Steve's understanding of
the obvious fact that the Redmond crew is one of the
most important software developers for the Mac. As
Steve said, for Apple to win doesn't mean that
Microsoft has to lose.
That anyone should even question this realization --
as did the yahoos who booed Bill at yesterday's
keynote -- show that there are still hoards of Mac
loyalists who, possibly because they feel put upon and
marginalized, need an Diabolical Enemy to rally
against. Sorry, folks: Us vs. Them may get the juices
flowing, but it doesn't pay the bills -- especially
when, thanks to Steve, Bill is doing the paying.
But, again, the convoluted state of today's Apple
doesn't allow a black-and-white anointing of Steve as
Savior. Far from it.
His brief star turn yesterday, for example, was as
notable for what wasn't mentioned as for what was. The
word "Rhapsody," it was to be noticed, never graced
his lips -- an understandable omission, if you feel
like being generous, due to his fervent desire to undo
the damage caused by previous Apple leaders who
allowed the mainstream press to all but declare the
Mac OS dead in anticipation of the advent of the One
True Preemptively Multitasking and Memory Protected
Operating System. Also -- and let's be generous again
-- Apple deserves the day or two of pure in-the-moment
self-congratulation that it has earned due to the
remarkable early success of Mac OS 8. No Rhapsody
talk? Okay, there's time enough for that later.
Steve's other big omission, however, deserves no
similar cutting of slack. Never once during his talk
-- despite frequent references to the need for Apple
to enter into mutually beneficial partnerships -- did
he mention Topic Numero Uno here in Boston: licensing.
There's a growing feeling here at the Expo that
licensing is dead -- or, at minimum, gravely wounded.
The consensus is that Steve's steel-toed, jack-booted
belief that Apple must tighten the licensing reins --
hinted at during the May Worldwide Developers
Conference session in which he charmingly referred to
some clone vendors as "leeches" -- is gaining favor
among even the few non-Jobs-cronies left in Cupertino.
To this observer, the end of licensing would be a
disaster. Market share growth? Forget it. Innovation
through competition? Grinds to a halt.
Shave-a-nickel-out-of-every-dime price reduction? A
thing of the past. Without clone competition, Apple
would be again free to offer the high-margin,
mediocre-performing machines that Power Computing,
UMAX, Motorola, and APS have succeeded in surpassing
every step of the way.
No wonder that jump-suited Power Computing staffers
were passing out "We Demand Choice" protest signs
before yesterday's keynote -- signs that, sadly, may
prove to be about as effective as the "Ban the Bomb"
placards paraded in front of the Pentagon back in the
fifties.
Licensing, Thy Name Is Larry
But maybe the licensing program won't be totally
eliminated. If you really need an Us vs. Them
conspiracy theory to latch onto, try this one on for
size:
Yesterday's Board of Directors announcements were
widely -- and deservedly -- hailed as a masterstroke
of out with the old, in with the new. Mike "Jurassic"
Markkula -- Apple's backstage Richelieu since mere
moments after Steve 'n' Woz pawned their famous VW bus
-- is gone, as are a few other nameless functionaries
who were tepidly praised by Steve as being sincere and
well-meaning. The new board includes solid previous
board members Gareth Chang and Ed Woolard, and adds
Bill Campbell of Intuit, a former Apple honcho; and
Jerry York, the financial wizard who helped save the
bacon of both IBM and Chrysler.
And then there's Larry Ellison of Oracle, longtime
Jobs buddy, fervent evangelist of the network computer
concept, and new -- and, some say, exceptionally
influential -- board member.
Now, if you've read accounts of Steve's last major
public appearance -- at the aforementioned Worldwide
Developers Conference -- you'll recall how he waxed
rhapsodically about the network computer concept. It
was a performance of pure Jobsian fervor: change the
world, new paradigm, the vision thing. He and Larry
have a common vision.
So, conspiracy theorists, let's say that Steve does
succeed in convincing his fellow board members that
the current licensing program should be tossed onto
the dustbin of corporate history. And let's say that
Steve does decide to stake a good bit of Apple's
future on network computing. And let's say that Larry
just happens to be looking for an attractive,
user-friendly operating system for an Oracle-produced
Network Computer.
Licensing would then be limited to the appliance-level
computers that Steve has always wanted, and power
users will be limited to buying systems from Apple.
To quote one of my dear old dad's favorite sayings,
"So, what do you think of them apples?"
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NCs.
The prospect of Apple making NCs, along
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caused uncertainty among clone vendors
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competitive Mac market. Sources have
said that efforts to strike a new
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a standstill.
Jobs's growing influence at the company
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The long-running Apple soap opera
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newspapers reported that Jobs would
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20s working from his parent's garage,
was fired in 1985. He returned to the
company as a part-time adviser in
December when Apple, under
then-chairman Amelio, bought Next
Software, the company Jobs founded
after Apple.
But Jobs denied he would take the top
job at Apple in a memo last week to
employees at Pixar Animations Studios
(PIXR), where he serves as chairman and
CEO, saying that he plans to remain at
Pixar.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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By Galen Gruman
Related
Stories: Anti-clone tactics obscure the reality of where its
problems lie
"License or
Die: Debate Pity poor Apple. Two years after it allowed other
Hits Fever companies to produce Macs based on Apple designs,
Pitch" it's saying that the other companies are taking away
too much business. The solution? Kill the clones, or
"Licensing at least severely injure them. The Mac licensing
Debate Rages" industry is rife with rumors that Apple has decided
not to extend the current licenses or to certify new
"Rumors of products -- meaning that any new Macs would not
End to reach customers except from Apple.
Licensing
Intensify" Apple denies this, of course, but its senior
executives continue to paint the licensees as
"Licensing leeches sucking away Apple's lifeblood. What Apple
Pullback is doing is an old Microsoft tactic: create fear,
Could uncertainty, and doubt -- what is called the FUD
Boomerang on factor and what Apple has long complained as an
Apple" unfair tactic when used by Microsoft.
"Apple Let's get real. The reason that about a quarter of
Warned: Keep all new Mac sales go to companies other than Apple
Cloning" is that Apple doesn't know how to compete. In the
years before the clones, Apple fell increasingly
"Cloners, behind the PC despite having started ahead in 1984.
Apple May End The IIvx, for example, was an embarassment against
Up in Court" then-current PCs, and products like the Quadra
series -- what we in the Mac community thought were
"Must Read: speed demons -- were slowpokes compared to the PC
RFI's Special systems of the time.
Exception"
Apple also let its OS get long in the tooth despite
"Don't Play Microsoft's obvious and strong Windows push. Apple
the Mac OS 8 dismissed Windows initially as a failure since no
Card" one but Apple could develo a graphical interface.
Then Apple sued Microsoft when it appeared Windows
"Possible would succeed. When Windows 95 was under
Hope in development, Apple said it had a new OS in the works
Licensing but wouldn't show it because Microsoft might steal
Fracas" its great ideas. That ended up being Copland, a
disaster that wasted several years of OS development
"Apple Must and gave Microsoft a free ride in the OS
Not Stall competition. Mac OS 8 contains some Copland
Other Mac features, but while a solid upgrade, is nowhere near
Makers" the promise of Copland, and it comes a year later.
"Apple Pins If Apple can't compete with the likes of Power
Hope on Computing, Motorola, or Umax, it needs to get out of
Gossamer" the systems business. Apple prides itself on
delivering the best technlogy in the coolest
------------ systems. But it's been the clone makers -- using
Apple's own basic designs -- who have actually
delivered the best technology in the coolest
systems. Not Apple. Apple is simply way behind. For
example, consider the new Power Mac 8600 and 9600,
announced this week at the Macworld Expo. They're
slower than all the new clone systems. And Apple
expects us to believe that without competition
things would actually get better? If not for the
clone competition, I do not believe we would have
seen the kinds of better, cheaper systems from Apple
we saw last year.
Apple also says that it's unfair that it shoulders
the burden of the OS and hardware while the clone
makers reap the benefits. Well, that's how Apple set
it up. Apple forces the clone makers to use its own
designs (since it won't approve Common Hardware
Reference Platform systems and has been late in
supporting CHRP in the Mac OS). Then it's surprised
that those systems end up with former Apple
customers. Think about it: since the core systems
are the same, wouldn't they appeal to the same
customers? If Apple is serious about wanting the Mac
licensees to grow the Mac market, Apple has to make
CHRP happen and get out of the way, so the licensees
can design their own products for new markets. Right
now, they can't.
Also, people forget that the licensees pay for the
Mac OS and for the Apple hardware designs. Apple
gets money from these -- less than it would by
selling a Power Mac of its own, but this assumes
that Apple would have kept the customer. Apple's
declining sales began before there were clones and
would continue without them. Also, Apple says the
licensees need to pay a "fair share" of the OS
development costs. That's fine -- the licensees have
agreed to that, even though Apple will charge them
more to put Mac OS 8 on their systems than it will
charge you to me to buy it.
Apple is playing a dirty game, and it needs to stop.
Apple can kill the clone market, but if it does so,
I fear it will return to its more-complacent,
more-arrogant ways, and bring us back to the days of
the IIvx and the Mac Portable. The Windows platform
will eat us for lunch if that happens. If Apple
can't compete with Power Computing, how will it
compete with Dell Computer? If it can't compete with
Motorola, how will it compete with Compaq? Apple
need to be competitive by being better, not by
stacking the deck. That stacked deck is fast
becoming a house of cards waiting to topple.
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Cloners bypass Apple on OS
By Jim Davis
July 31, 1997, 3:00 p.m. PT
Tired of waiting for Apple to act, frustrated clone vendors have taken
it upon themselves to ship the Mac OS 8 operating system without Apple's
official imprimatur.
Clone manufacturers, much to their consternation, have yet to negotiate
a definitive agreement with Apple that would allow them to ship the
newest Macintosh OS.
The potentially grave implications for a company if it is not able to
move forward with Macintosh technology can be seen in the demise of
Exponential Technologies. The maker of high-performance PowerPC
processors had to close down its operations because Apple decided not to
ship a computer that uses Exponential's X704 processor. Clone vendors
wanted the technology but Apple wouldn't license a special ROM (read
only memory) chip that allowed the chip to work with the Mac OS,
according to industry sources at that time.
"It's like being in bed with an 800-pound gorilla, only the gorilla has
epilepsy. You never know when the gorilla will roll on top of you," said
a source with a company that was interested in using the processor.
Power Computing isn't going to wait for something like this to happen.
It will begin shipping Mac OS 8 preinstalled on systems starting next
week, even without a definitive licensing agreement in place. The
company will rely on a previous agreement for OS licensing, as outlined
in the company's stock-offering documents filed with the Securities
Exchange Commission, to ship OS 8. In doing so, the company may beat
Apple, which expects to ship OS 8 preinstalled on systems by the end of
August.
Motorola (MOT) is working on an agreement that will let the company ship
OS 8 preinstalled on recently announced systems, but it currently is
planning to send out a CD-ROM with the OS on it. (Customers can then
install the software themselves.)
Umax Computer Corporation will apparently take a more cautious route.
"Umax has in their current license discussions the right to ship OS
version 8," said a Umax spokesperson. But "Umax will work within
agreements they've negotiated," he added. There is no official word on
when the company will ship systems with OS 8 at press time, but the
company probably will not be as aggressive as Power Computing with its
rollout, preferring to work with Apple's approval.
The artful maneuvering by some vendors underscores the clone vendors'
desire to ship the newest release to customers, but it has an importance
that extends beyond the new OS's look and feel and enhanced functions.
The Mac OS 8 is an important release for clone vendors since it is part
and parcel of the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP), also
referred to as the PowerPC Reference Platform. Mac OS 8 and
CHRP-compliant hardware are key technologies that will allow Mac clone
vendors to enhance system performance and introduce innovative products
more rapidly--and thereby compete with Apple more effectively.
The end of relying on Apple for core technologies and hardware comes
none too soon for some of the companies.
For clone vendors, Mac OS 8 signals the end of the clone era, according
to Motorola. "[The market until now] was a good way to start the clone
market. Now we can use CHRP and other technology to allow us to
innovate," said Michael Bordelon, vice president and director of desktop
products for Motorola, in a previous interview with CNET'S NEWS.COM,
implying that Motorola now intends to break away from Apple.
According to the documents filed as a part of Power Computing's IPO, the
clone maker revealed it is also sublicensing the Macintosh OS from IBM.
The deal was struck partly as a means to ensure a steadier supply of
systems to customers. Power Computing signed this agreement with IBM
about seven months ago, even as it was in licensing talks with Apple to
use the Macintosh OS 8, according to sources close to IBM.
This is all happening against a backdrop of clone manufacturers taking
up to 30 percent of the Macintosh hardware business, which eats into
Apple's revenues. And with the CHRP-compliant OS 8, clone vendors will
no longer have to buy hardware platforms from Apple. To compensate, say
industry sources, Apple pushed for 200 to 400 percent higher OS
licensing fees.
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Apple stock stays up despite false rumors
By Dawn Yoshitake
July 31, 1997, 11:35 a.m. PT
update Apple Computer's (AAPL) stock is trading high today, even after
Steve Jobs rejected the post of chairman of Apple's board.
The stock is trading at 17-7/16, up from 17-3/8 at yesterday's close.
The stock rose more than 5 percent in trading yesterday on speculation
that Jobs might accept the post and would take over departed CEO Gilbert
Amelio's spot as the keynote speaker at next week's Macworld.
The stock is now back where it closed July 17, a day after announcing a
smaller-than-expected third-quarter loss. It ended that day at 17-1/2,
up 1-1/16, or 6.4 percent, with a whopping 6.7 million shares changing
hands.
Apple posted a loss of $56 million on revenues of $1.7 billion. High-end
Wall Street estimates called for a loss of upwards of $126 million.
The stock's recent performance rivals the rise Apple received prior to
its earnings announcement, when speculation hit the streets that Apple
was a buyout target.
On July 11, Apple's shares soared 14.6 percent to close at 15-3/16, up
1-15/16 on 6.4 million shares trading.
Investors apparently thought the buyout route was the best solution for
Apple's financial woes. But company officials, chief financial officer
Fred Anderson among them, have repeatedly said that Apple is not
interested in finding a buyer.
Wall Street also reacted favorably to a proposal Larry Ellison, chairman
and chief executive of Oracle (ORCL), floated out in March. Ellison said
he was thinking of rounding up an investor group to buy Apple in a $2.1
billion cash-and-stock deal.
Shares of Apple soared as much as 15 percent on March 27, when Ellison
outlined his plans in a San Jose Mercury article. The stock closed that
day at 18-5/8, up 1-7/8. Ellison, however, has since scrapped such
plans.
Meanwhile, Apple has said it will not reach sustained profitability in
the fourth quarter, as ousted chief executive Gilbert Amelio had earlier
predicted. CFO Anderson made that clear when the company announced its
third-quarter results.
Nonetheless, Anderson said at the time of the earnings announcement that
Apple had shipped 698,000 units in the quarter, up 16 percent from the
previous quarter. He noted that this increase was largely driven by the
education market and a 60 percent increase in sales to Japan.
Entry-level products, which were sold into the education and consumer
markets, represented 50 percent of sales and grew by 27 percent in the
quarter, Anderson said.
Meanwhile, the high-end Power Macintosh line accounted for about 36
percent of sales and grew by 32 percent from the previous quarter.
But PowerBook sales were weak in the quarter, falling by 29 percent over
the previous period and representing 13 percent of sales in the quarter.
Anderson cited an easing of demand for the high-end 3400 PowerBook
series, which was introduced last quarter, and general softness in the
entry-level PowerBook space.
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By Macworld Staff
Spin-off will publish MacWeek and consolidated Macworld/MacUser
International Data Group (IDG), the corporate parent of Macworld, and
Ziff-Davis, publisher of MacUser and MacWeek, announced today that they
have formed a joint venture called Mac Publications that will
consolidate the three magazines. Under the plan announced today, the new
company will publish MacWeek as a weekly news magazine and Macworld as a
single monthly that incorporates MacUser.
Colin Crawford, president and CEO of Macworld Communications, will hold
the same post in Mac Publications. The new venture will be led by a
board of directors consisting of Crawford and two representatives each
from IDG and Ziff-Davis. The company will be headquartered in San
Francisco.
"This combination of companies and titles will bring incredible value to
the market, readers and advertisers," Crawford said. "It is truly a case
in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts."
The first issue of MacWeek to be published under the joint venture will
appear in September. The November issue of Macworld, which is mailed to
subscribers in mid-September, will be the first to combine Macworld and
MacUser. The October 1997 MacUser will be the last published under that
name.
IDG said it will continue to publish the international editions of
Macworld, which will license content from Mac Publications as well as
generate their own content. Mac Publications will assume responsibility
for licensing the Macworld brand name for Macworld Expo trade shows.
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8/3/97╩╩ Rumors Intensify of End to Licensing
By Galen Gruman
Companies in U.S., Asia report Apple pullback
According to several sources in the United States and Asia, Apple will
make a decision on its Mac licensing strategy this weekend in
preparation for the Macworld Expo in Boston next week. Other sources say
that Apple's board made the decision last weekend and informed the Mac
licensees this past week. Officials at the licensees say they have
received no such communication directly from Apple, but several clearly
believe such as decision is imminent or has already been made.
The rumors began Tuesday night but by Thursday morning seemed to have
died down, as licensees said they had not heard anything substantive.
That changed Thursday night, when the licensees started putting credence
in the reports after investigating them further. On Friday, a report in
the New York Times reenergized the rumors, and since then more analysts
and licensee officials have put credence into them. Over the weekend,
licensees awaited definitive word but received none as of Sunday night.
According to several licensees contacted over the weekend, Apple will
likely not announce any change in licensing policy but instead use its
control over the licensing terms to block the licensees' ability to ship
new systems. One executive theorized that Apple is delaying the
licensees because of delays in Apple's own systems. Apple has lost
several key engineers in recent months in its portable and desktop
systems groups, and several companies -- including Power Computing,
Motorola Computer Group, and Tatung RISC Systems -- have extremely
powerful new Mac systems ready to ship in a matter of weeks.
The reports on a licensing pullback have come most strongly out of Asia,
where IBM Microelectronics and Motorola Semiconductor have licensed the
Mac OS to systems makers, something their arrangement with Apple
permits. According to several sources in several countries, IBM notified
its sublicensees this week that the Mac OS licensing would end. However,
IBM officials in the United States deny that there has been any
licensing pullback by IBM and say that IBM remains in the Mac OS
business. One source close to IBM says that IBM has been very unhappy
with Apple and would likely stop investing in PowerPC development if
Apple blocks the ability of the Mac licensees to develop their products
unfettered.
In the United States, two major licensees -- Power Computing and Umax
Computer -- have heard that Apple is about to pull out of Mac OS
licensing, and they have been unable to get a believable denial from
Apple. Apple has not responsed to inquiries from Macworld, but told the
San Jose Mercury News that it would honor its contracts.
Honoring its contracts may mean very little in practice, however. Lamar
Potts, who was Apple's vice president of OS and technology licensing
before resigning last April, says that Apple has a contractual
obligation to allow Mac OS licensees to offer Mac OS 8. However, he adds
that because Apple has the right to set royalty fees and other
conditions for offering a Mac OS 8 license, Apple can make it difficult
for the licensees to offer Mac OS 8 systems as a profitable business
venture.
Shortly before his resignation, Potts says, Apple had been "walking down
the path" of curtailing its licensing program, but then backed off. Now
it appears that Apple is on that path again, he says.
Industry analysts and licensees alike say that Steve Jobs -- the man
running Apple despite lack of a formal position to do so -- is adamantly
opposed to licensing and has characterized the licensees as "leeches."
With a huge buildup at the Macworld Expo for Jobs's keynote address on
Wednesday, the licensees expect for Jobs to state a new direction for
Apple. While several said that the licensees and Apple declared a
"ceasefire" during the Expo, every licensee Macworld spoke with was
unsure whether Apple or Jobs would maintain the ceasefire.
Apple executives -- including marketing director Guerrino De Luca and
software chief Avie Tevanian -- have blamed the licensees for taking
away Apple's customers rather than finding new ones. At the same time,
Apple has fallen behind the licensees in bringing new technologies,
higher performance, and lower price to the Mac market, factors that
analysts say account for the licensees' success.
While the licensees Macworld spoke with cautioned that they have heard
of no decision directly from Apple, all said such a decision would be
disastrous. Power Computing marketing director Mike Rosenfelt carried
the sense of the licensees when he told Macworld "Power Computing has a
long-term, multi-year license and contract with Apple. If Apple is
entertaining reversing its policy on licensing on the Mac OS, it would
be disastrous. Every constituency -- Wall Street, the financial press,
the trade press, developers, and most importantly customers -- have all
said one thing: 'We want choice.' A return to the old school of the
closed Mac platform could spell the death of Apple."
Apple can be reached at 408/996-1010, www.apple.com
Additional reporting by Stephen Beale
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Jobs to keynote Macworld Expo
By Jim Davis
July 29, 1997, 8:00 p.m. PT
Apple Computer cofounder Steve Jobs will underscore his reascension to
power when he replaces ousted CEO Gil Amelio as keynote speaker for the
opening of next week's Macworld Boston trade show.
The plans for Jobs's speech were finalized amid speculation that Apple
will designate him as the company's chairman, a position that would
allow him to set strategic direction without having to deal with
day-to-day management.
"I think he is essential to the Mac spirit. He's a wonderful visionary,
but his most useful role is in an advisory capacity," according to one
Mac industry veteran who asked to remain unnamed. But the source added
that Jobs as chairman would be "scary."
A high-level executive close to Apple said that Jobs is on everybody's
short list to become chairman, but he said that he doubts that Jobs
would take a more active position such as CEO. "I don't think that would
wash," the executive said.
Nevertheless, Apple may well be banking on Jobs's unique ability to sell
the Apple faithful on a vision of the company's future.
"Apple and [event management] agree that his appearance is going to be
of huge interest to attendees, and that is why he's been selected to
speak," according to an Apple spokesperson, who declined to say what the
keynote would cover.
Jobs returned as a consultant to Apple (AAPL) after the company
purchased another company he founded--Next Software--in December 1996 to
revamp its operating system.
Since persuading Amelio and Apple's board of directors to purchase his
company, Jobs has taken an increasingly active role in charting Apple's
direction. He apparently played a key role in the decision to oust
Amelio.
After Amelio's resignation was announced, Jobs was given the task of
helping to find the "best CEO" to replace Amelio and set a strategy for
the company to execute, an Apple board member recently told CNET'S
NEWS.COM.
But with the apparent power to decide Apple's strategic direction comes
questions about what that direction might be. Universally acknowledged
to be a great motivator and marketer, Jobs also nurtured a corporate
culture that rejected technology invented elsewhere--an attitude that
came back to haunt the company.
While Jobs was away, Apple fundamentally changed its course by licensing
the Mac OS operating system to clone makers. But now clone vendors are
getting out in front of Apple in both technology and pricing. A recent
example of the clone competition will be exhibited during the keynote.
The president of Motorola Computer Group, Joe Guglielmi, will
demonstrate a computer with CHRP technology. The CHRP design, also
referred to as the PowerPC Reference Platform, is a specification for
PowerPC-based systems that lets manufacturers use off-the-shelf
components and technologies, and ideally gives clone vendors freer reign
to compete. Motorola's CHRP system will feature a faster design and the
next-generation PowerPC processor, dubbed Arthur, also referred to as
the PowerPC 750.
This announcement is a milestone since this will be the first computer
based on CHRP, a technology that was originally proposed back in 1994.
It also points to a festering problem between Apple and the clone
vendors--and an issue Jobs has to help resolve. CHRP has been perenially
delayed despite the fact that clone vendors have been chomping at the
bit for years to bring out systems based on CHRP because it would
potentially make them more competitive.
Apple is cited as the root cause of the delay since the company has the
final say on CHRP.
So, where Jobs reigned over a Mac-only world, the market dynamics have
changed to the point where the clone manufacturers are a threat to Apple
in some important respects.
Apple has always had a not-invented-here syndrome, where technology not
invented at the company wasn't good enough to be used in their products,
one industry source said. That led the company down a path where it had
to invent proprietary hardware and software technology in an industry
characterized increasingly by partnerships and acquisitions. "The 'We're
going to do it ourselves' attitude hasn't worked," according to the
source.
mac.2907madamov,
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"What Apple needs is 10 percent
inspiration and 90 percent
perspiration. Jobs would bring the 10
percent," said Daniel Kunstler, an
analyst with J.P. Morgan Securities.
"I can see him conceptulizing as it
relates to hardware, software, and
marketing."
Then there is the question of who will
succeed Amelio: Why, many within the
industry ask, would anyone want to be
CEO of a failing company, particularly
while having to answer to a mercurial
figure like Jobs?
"Whoever comes in better embrace the
philosophy and ideas of Steve," David
Nosal, managing partner at major
executive search firm Korn Ferry
International. "That limits the talent
pool to those who many had had
exposure to him before."
As the search continues, the industry
continues to speculate about what
course Apple will take. Those familiar
with the company say Apple's best bet
might be to pursue Jobs's interest in
network computers. That would provide
the company with a different
technology to latch onto, especially
one with a high public profile at a
time when Apple needs to bolster
consumer confidence.
"A lot of [Jobs's strategy] has to do
with the NC. I hear this a lot," said
one former Apple executive. As a
result, this source said, Oracle CEO
Larry Ellison's name "keeps coming
up."
Nosal added: "When I hear that Scott
McNealy and Larry Ellison may go to
the board, that gives more hope than
anything else."
Others, including former Apple
executive Jean-Louis Gassee, now CEO
of Be, have suggested that Apple
should split in two--into a hardware
company and a software company--to
present stronger opposition to the
Microsoft-Intel alliance. But sources
say Jobs would probably veto any such
notion, which essentially would gut
the company he sired nearly two
decades ago.
Reporter Michael Kanellos contributed
to this report.
mac.2910madamov,
Macworld: Once again, from the top
By Dawn Yoshitake and Jim Davis
July 30, 1997, 1:55 p.m. PT
update | news analysis Macworld used to be a showcase event for Apple
Computer (AAPL), a sort of high-tech cotillion featuring the hottest
technologies replete with the glitz and glamour befitting the industry's
riches. Now, it has become a gathering place for a virtual deathwatch on
a company that once defined the elan of Silicon Valley.
Next week's conference is no exception. Rather than featuring Apple's
latest, greatest computers, Macworld Boston will likely be a
continuation of San Francisco's show in January, where major questions
of leadership arose after the stunning purchase of Next Software brought
cofounder Steve Jobs back into Apple's fold. Although outgoing CEO Gil
Amelio had touted that move at the time, the return of prodigal son Jobs
ultimately proved to be his undoing.
The question that will burn in Boston is: What's next?
Although chief financial officer Fred Anderson was named to care for
daily operations until a new CEO is found, with help from Apple's
executive management team, those inside the company and out say Jobs is
the one who is really running the show, despite his job description as a
"consultant."
For months, talk of Jobs being named the new Apple chairman has filled
the halls of Apple's compound in Cupertino, California, but rumors
intensified even more yesterday after the company announced that he will
be the keynote speaker at Macworld. As it turns out, Jobs turned down an
offer by Apple to lead its board, though he will still advise the
company.
Ever-skittish Wall Street stayed remarkably calm through all this.
Apple's stock has risen slightly in the last two days. Investors may be
holding out hope for the prospect of a buyout, and that possibility will
surely be the talk of Macworld next week.
But others on the floor of the trade show will be concerned with more
ground-level issues. For example, the companies that make Macintosh
clones, which have licensed Apple's operating system for their boxes,
have some pressing questions about the future of their business
agreements.
While clone makers have helped grow the market share for the Mac OS,
Apple's piece of that pie is shrinking. And that has raised concerns at
Apple, which seems to have developed an us-vs.-them mentality in
marketing and licensing.
Some cloners, such as Umax and Power Computing, have expressed dismay at
some of the treatment they have received from Apple while hammering out
new licensing agreements. These companies are reporting that efforts to
strike a new licensing agreement for the Macintosh OS 8 have come to a
virtual standstill since the announcement of Amelio's resignation,
giving them the impression that Apple is still trying to decide how it
wants to deal with them.
As such concerns loom, Jobs faces a formidable challenge in winning over
the crowd in Boston when he delivers the Macworld keynote. Amelio
encountered a similar situation when he stepped to the podium in San
Francisco and was given lukewarm reviews for lacking the clear corporate
direction that thousands had come to hear.
But Apple's supporters are hoping for much more from Jobs and his
reputation as a visionary. A riveting speech from someone viewed as the
new savior could lay out an exciting future for the company and
reenergize the developer community, as well as the consuming public.
In essence, Apple is in desperate need of the big "C"--charisma.
mac.2909madamov,
Ziff, IDG combine Mac mags
By Suzanne Galante
August 1, 1997, 5:20 p.m. PT
A new joint venture will consolidate the Macintosh publications of
technology publishing giants Ziff-Davis and International Data Group
(IDG).
The combined workforce of Macworld, MacWeek, and MacUser currently
numbers about 200, but some layoffs are likely, said Colin Crawford--the
president and CEO of the new venture, Mac Publishing.
"It is our intention to employ the whole staff," Crawford said. "But
there will be some consolidation. We will try our best to find everyone
jobs in ZD or IDG."
He added that the staffing situation will be determined over the next 30
days.
Mac Publishing will be a 50-50 joint venture and will combine all Mac
assets from both publishing houses, Crawford said. The venture will
consolidate the Mac offerings into one weekly magazine, MacWeek; a
single monthly magazine, Macworld, will incorporate the MacUser
publication.
Consolidation in the Mac arena has occurred over the past couple of
years, and the market's advertising revenue is not large enough to
support a number of publications, Crawford said. He said a consolidation
in readership has been underway as well.
He expects MacWeek to continue attracting 100,000 readers weekly, while
Macworld will hang on to its 500,000 readers and pick up 300,000
additional readers from MacUser.
The last issue of MacUser will be published in October, and Macworld
will include the additional content from MacUser beginning in November.
Crawford currently is president and CEO of Macworld Communications; he
will sit on the board of directors of the new company. The board will be
comprised of Ziff-Davis and IDG executives. Ziff is a Softbank company
IDG will continue to publish its international editions of Macworld.
Licensees of the Macworld, MacWeek, and MacUser brands will move their
business relationships from IDG and Ziff-Davis to the new joint venture.
A source from Ziff-Davis Television said this is the first joint
operating agreement between the two competitors.
But consolidation is not new in the technology publication arena. In
June, CMP Media pulled the plug on print publication NetGuide magazine;
most of its editorial staff was combined with the staff of Windows
magazine.
mac.2908madamov,
8/1/97╩╩ Opinion
Licensing Pullback Could Boomerang on Apple
By Galen Gruman
Effects on the Mac industry and users could be devastating
A New York Times report today that Apple Computer may renege on Mac OS
licensing has sent a chill down the spines of the Mac OS licensees and
analysts. (See
The basic reaction from analysts: If Apple were to do this, it could
doom the entire Mac market, by removing the competition that has
reenergized the market and brought significant innovation back into the
Mac platform, after years of moribund Apple leadership and
long-in-the-tooth product lines.
Pieter Hartsook, one of the most respected Apple analysts, summed it up:
"Customers would be upset, resellers would be upset, and I would be
upset."
Among the effects of an end to Mac OS licensing would likely be the
following:
* Mail-order catalogs and other direct sellers would be devastated. They
sell thousands of systems each month from Power Computing, Umax
Computer, and Motorola Computer Group, and would lose those revenues. At
the same time, Apple has indicated that it will start selling Macs
direct.
* The various companies that have bundling deals with the licensees
could see revenues and market share drop as they lose these outlets,
which comprise about 25 percent of all Mac sales. Apple estimates that
licensees' sales were about 10 percent, lower than most analysts
estimate. But whatever number is accurate, Hartsook says, "It would be a
negative impact. Even in the current ramp-up situation, licensees had a
10 percent market share in the last quarter, and that should continue to
expand."
* If Apple decides to pull back on licensing, it may be figuring that it
will recapture the sales it lost to the clones. However, Apple's market
share began sliding before there were clones, and there's no indication
that Apple would regain a significant number of these customers. In
fact, it's widely believed in the Mac industry that the licensees have
shored up the Mac market during Apple's slow implosion. While Apple may
gain back some market share temporarily, most analysts believe the
downward trend would continue. For two years, the licensees have been
far ahead in technology: faster system buses, first use of the Common
Hardware Reference Platform, first use of the PowerPC 750, first use of
on-board 3-D acceleration, first use of Zip drives. This, combined with
a sluggish response from Apple, lends credence to the belief that Apple
would not be successful in using its regained monopoly.
* A pullback would likely cause Apple's licensees -- mainly large
corporations that include the suppliers of the PowerPC CPU on which
Apple has based its Macintosh lineup -- to fight to retain their Mac
businesses. The result could be a protracted legal action that becomes
the final blow to Apple's reputation with customers and investors, a
reputation bruised for several years because of constant seesawing on
licensing and constant management changes.
* If Apple pulled back from its licensing policy, its remaining
credibility as a partner would be shattered. Apple has already seriously
damaged its reputation as a reliable partner by its conflicting
statements and actions on licensing and other decisions (such as its
incorrect denial for several weeks last summer that Copland was dead).
Officials at other companies -- licensees and otherwise -- often say
Apple is untrustworthy, a charge that used to be rare.
* If Apple became the only Mac maker, that could torpedo its hopes of
regaining entry into the enterprise market, since most government
agencies and large businesses will not buy equipment from a company that
is a sole supplier.
* Tens of thousands of customers -- if not hundreds of thousands --
could be abandoned as the licensees disbanded operations. Given Apple's
recent move away from generous customer support, it's hard to imagine
that Apple could support those non-Apple customers that Apple caused to
be orphaned. Customers would also be faced with less choice, which in
the past has often meant systems that don't compete well even with PC
systems.
mac.2911madamov,
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Maybe more troubling is that no
commitment was made by Microsoft in
regards to Rhapsody. Rhapsody is
Apple's forthcoming operating system
based on technology acquired last year
from Next, the software company owned
by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Apple is
currently developing the software and
has plans to release the new OS by
mid-1998.
"We have not formally agreed to release
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CFO Greg Maffei when asked about the
company's plans to release Office on
Apple's forthcoming operating system.
Maffei made the comments in a press
conference call.
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Having applications written
specifically for Rhapsody will be
critical for Apple as it tries to
convince people there is a good reason
to buy the new OS.
"I'm one of those who think that
operating systems are irrelevant in the
absence of strong applications," said
Tarter, implying that Rhapsody won't go
anywhere without a compelling suite of
applications.
But Chris LeTocq, an analyst with
market research firm Dataquest, says he
can see some logic in not talking about
Rhapsody.
"I think they [Apple] didn't want to
raise the issue of Rhapsody in people's
minds today. It's a matter of
timing--Apple has got the weight of the
hammer behind [trying to sell] OS 8, so
they don't want people to focus on
Rhapsody," he said.
"I'm sure Apple will do what it takes
to help bring Office to Rhapsody," he
added.
But the commitment from Microsoft is
important nevertheless both now and
later for Rhapsody. "Microsoft is
guaranteeing Office will be there, and
that's what Apple needed to have
happen. Whether Office is running in a
Mac compatibility environment or in
Rhapsody mode, it'll be there," said
LeTocq.
Chances are, LeTocq said, the software
will run in Rhapsody's compatibility
environment, called the "blue box." The
blue box will offer backwards
compatibility with applications written
for the current Mac OS 7.x and 8.0.
Microsoft will continue its development
for the Macintosh platform for the next
five years and release the same number
of applications for the Mac as for
Windows, said Maffei of Microsoft.
Due to the way the products are
developed, Maffei said, some software
features may first be released for the
Macintosh before Windows and vice
versa.
Office 98 for the Macintosh is expected
to be released before the end of the
year. This version will have some
features unique to the Mac, Maffei
said.
mac.2914madamov,
Motorola to show laptop clone
By Tom Karlo
July 31, 1997, 6:30 p.m. PT
update Motorola will be quietly showing off a Macintosh-compatible
laptop behind the scenes at Macworld Expo in Boston next week, according
to industry sources.
Currently, there are no fully portable Macintosh-compatible notebooks
on the market. If Motorola were to take its prototype into production
and obtain needed licensing from Apple, it could become the first of the
long-awaited "PowerBook clones."
The only other portable Macintosh computer currently on the market is
from Vertegri Research, a small Canadian company. Vertegri's computer is
bulky, weighing as much as 12 pounds, and is really a desktop in laptop
clothing, allowing the company to circumvent PowerBook-clone-specific
obstacles that vendors like Motorola have faced.
Indeed, the fact that a company must cram a desktop computer into a
portable design underscores the sorry state of the Macintosh PowerBook
clone market. In short, it doesn't exist.
Apple so far has been reluctant to allow the production of
Macintosh-compatible laptops, despite indications by clone makers such
as Motorola and Power Computing that they would like to market such
systems.
With its notebook division only beginning to recover from a
less-than-stellar year centered upon the ill-fated PowerBook 5300, Apple
has hesitated to foster outside competition in this segment of the
Macintosh market.
But critics of Apple point out that if Macintosh-compatible laptops had
existed last year, Apple's own portable problems would not have hurt the
overall Mac OS market as much.
If alternative Mac OS laptop makers had existed, fewer mobile users
might have chosen to jump ship over to laptops based on Intel
processors.
Motorola isn't the only company rumored to have developed a
Macintosh-compatible laptop prototype. Earlier this year, Power
Computing was supposedly developing such a system as well, before
reportedly reconsidering the effort as it takes a closer look at de
veloping Intel-based systems.
Central to the issue of developing such laptops is the new Mac OS 8,
which is closely tied in to the new Common Hardware Reference Platform,
or CHRP, standard. The new OS, along with the standard, could allow
licensees to develop notebooks without Apple's express permission,
because their hardware designs would no longer have to be based on
Apple's. So far, Apple has not licensed the new operating system to any
of the clone vendors.
Motorola has chosen to try to move to the CHRP standard without Mac OS
8, yesterday announcing desktop systems based on a CHRP-compliant
version of Mac OS 7.6.1, the previous version of the operating system
already licensed by Apple to the desktop clone vendors. The existence of
such a licensed, CHRP-compliant version of the OS could mean some
leverage for vendors trying to break Apple's grip on the Macintosh
notebook market.
mac.2912madamov,
[Image] What exactly is CHRP anyway?
[Image] By Brooke Crothers
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MENU news analysis A technology called CHRP
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CNET Radio╩ surf with
Perspectives╩ But pinpointing exactly what the keywords
Newsmakers╩ Common Hardware Reference Platform ╩Domain enemies
Rumor Mill╩ (CHRP) is has never been easy since battle out of
the operative definition has varied court
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end of clone era. He explained that by ╩Intranets
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designs. shares
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But one major roadblock remains, and he'll join Apple
it goes to the heart of the question board
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Apple, has always been extremely
important to the Macintosh. In the ROM
chip are stored critical hardware and
OS-related technologies that make
Macintosh computers manufactured by a
variety of vendors compatible.
The ultimate goal of the clone vendors
is to eliminate the ROM and to develop
"ROMless" CHRP systems where
compatibility is achieved in software
only. This, the theory goes, will
allow them to reduce their dependency
on Apple.
Phil Pompa, director of marketing for
Umax, a major Macintosh clone vendor,
explained the situation in an
interview earlier this week with
NEWS.COM. Though he says the Macintosh
OS 8 will require a "CHRP ROM" and
that all systems Umax has currently
planned have a ROM, over time the ROM
will be eliminated, he said.
The elimination of the ROM means that
CHRP will run on anything designed to
the standard. "We can use a different
chipset, different [hardware
interfaces]," he said. "It allows us
greater flexibility in design."
Another source at a major clone vendor
said this week that Apple is working
on a subsequent version of OS 8 that
would be based on "CHRP 1.1," which
would put the ROM features in RAM
(main memory), "where ROM code is
loaded off the [hard disk] drive into
RAM."
But the source is also worried about
Apple delivering this. "We can't get a
firm delivery date," the source said.
Nevertheless, he added, the main
benefit is that it keeps things
relatively simple. "CHRP 1.1 would
certainly make it easier. Apple used
to do a technical evaluation that made
sure the Apple design wasn't changed
to the point it broke the OS. Now
[with ROMless CHRP] they don't have to
do that," he said.
"This makes it much easier; it's a
much better process. New products get
out there faster," he added.
But a word of caution is in order.
Apple is in the throes of major
changes, and whether Apple will help
this clone market come about or not
has been called into doubt by some in
the industry.
The operative phrase for CHRP right
now is "only time will tell."
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Newsmakers╩ Monday new PowerTower Pro systems with ╩Domain enemies
Rumor Mill╩ 275-MHz or 250-MHz versions of the battle out of
PowerPC 750 processor, also known by court
NEWS OPTIONS the code-name Arthur.
One Week View╩ ╩Netizens find
Desktop News╩ The new systems won't use the who's watching
News Alerts╩ long-awaited CHRP (Common Hardware them
Custom News╩ Reference Platform) technology, which ╩Netizens blast
Advanced increases overall system performance. FTC privacy
Search╩ At least not yet. CHRP-compliant report
Push╩ hardware and Mac OS 8 are key ╩Clancy adds star
[Image] technologies that will allow Mac clone quality to Net
[Web.Builder Convendors to enhance system performance game
and introduce innovative products more ╩Computing
RESOURCES rapidly.
Subscribe╩ ╩PowerBook prices
Member But in spite of the older design, Power cut $500
Services╩ Computing claims the processor is still ╩Apple has death
Contact Us╩ capable of outperforming current wish, cloner says
Help╩ PowerPC systems by 70 percent and will
even outperform new 350-MHz PowerPC ╩Kodak debuts
CNET SERVICES 604e systems in many tasks. The PowerPC digital camera
CNET.COM╩ 604e is currently the processor of kit
BUILDER.COM╩ choice in high-end systems used for ╩Toshiba cuts
BROWSERS.COM╩ applications such as graphics and video notebook prices
GAMECENTER.COM╩ production.
SEARCH.COM╩ ╩Microsoft posts
DOWNLOAD.COM╩ The PowerTower Pro G3 275 and G3 250 Beta 2 of Win 98
SHAREWARE.COM╩ will come with 64MB of memory, a ╩128Mb memory
ACTIVEX.COM╩ high-performance 2GB hard drive, a 24X chips on tap for
MEDIADOME╩ CD-ROM drive, and built-in Ethernet '98
networking capability. Prices for the ╩PC sales strong
MARKETPLACE PowerTower Pro G3 250 will start at in Europe
CNET Store╩ $3,695 and extend to $4,295 with added ╩Power Computing
How to features. Prices for the G3 275 will breaks free
advertise╩ start at $4,795 depending on
configuration. ╩What exactly is
CHRP anyway?
In the new systems, Power Computing is ╩Intranets
overcoming the limitations of the older ╩No new articles.
design by incorporating a large ╩Business
"backside" (1MB) secondary cache that
operates at the same speed as the ╩Microsoft-WebTV
processor. Cache is very high-speed deal cleared
memory that keeps the processor "fed" ╩Reuters sells
with data. Otherwise the processor 500,000 Yahoo
would "starve" as it waited for data shares
from the rest of the system, which is ╩Ellison says
relatively slow. he'll join Apple
board
But Power Computing does plan to ╩Ziff, IDG combine
eventually bring out CHRP systems, Mac mags
according to company documents. In its
IPO filing, the company says ╩Tech IPOs: The
"Unrestricted CHRP availability would thrill is back
allow the company to decrease its ╩Market yawns at
reliance on Apple for key components Concentric IPO
and no longer pay Apple royalties on
hardware."
One of the critical enhancements for
future CHRP systems is better overall
performance based on fast "system bus"
╩designs. A faster system bus means that
not only processor performance is
increased but also the performance of
other components, such as memory.
Increasing this speed is important
since speedy new PowerPC 750 processors
have to slow down to talk to the older
Macintosh system bus.
Also for Power Computing, which has
outlined plans to make Wintel machines,
CHRP would be a way to use identical
industry-standard components in both
Mac and Windows clones. The company
would be more competitive in the Mac
market because by reducing overall
system cost it would be purchasing a
larger volume of parts at a better
price.
But by all appearances, Power
Computing, which is known for pushing
forward with technologies before Apple
has officially endorsed them, is tired
of waiting for all the components of
CHRP to become available. A small ROM
chip is still needed from Apple before
the company can build CHRP systems and
no firm dates on its release have been
given.
Power Computing's frustration with
Apple is showing in other areas as
well. The company will begin shipping
Mac OS 8 preinstalled on all systems
starting next week, even without a
definitive licensing agreement in
place. The company will rely on a
previous agreement for OS licensing, as
outlined in the company's
stock-offering documents filed with the
Securities Exchange Commission, to ship
OS 8. In doing so, the company may beat
Apple, which expects to ship OS 8
preinstalled on systems by the end of
August.
In related news, Power Computing is now
selling 24-inch and 21-inch monitors
based on Sony's Trinitron CRT
technology. The new monitors will give
the company an edge in selling to
content producers who need large
viewing areas for designing things such
as Web pages. The 24-inch monitor will
be priced at $3,495, while an
equivalent Sony monitor is priced at
more than $4,000. The 21-inch monitor
will be priced at $1,395.
mac.2915askripka,
-> #2882, madamov=- Još kad bi postojala Quadra na 40 MHz, mislim da je najviše na 33 MHz.
Postoji. Takođe postoje kartice sa jačim 040, i do 4 puta od brzina
bus-a. Gurnu se lepo u PDS, nisu ni preterano skupe. Baš u
MacWorld-u sam video 040 na 100 Mhz, pos udlovom da je bus na 25.
Znači, slično kao dx5 na PC-ju. A to bije svaki 601 bez muke.
=- Međutim, ovo što si rekao nije potpuno tačno jer je već Power
=- Macintosh 8100/110 radio sa emuliranim softverom brže od najbrže Quadre.
=- Dakle, PPC 601 na 110 MHz je već brži.
Da, ako zanemarimo prethodni deo odgovora, kao i glavnu činjenicu:
MagicMac je emulacija samog motorola procesora. Tako da će se uvek
lošije pokazati na PPCu od recimo nekog Photoshopa. Jer, ako je sve
tako kao što kažeš, čemu onda uopšte PPC verzija? Ako pokreneš 68k
verziju na PPCu, svejedno će raditi pod emulacijom. A ako je
verzija 'native', šta ona uopšte radi? Konvertuje original
motorolin kod u PPC kod? Pa to može da ima smisla jedino ako
sistemska emulacija 68k koda nije dovoljno dobra. U suprotnom,
dakle ako jeste, nema nikakvog smisla. Prilično logično. Ispravi me
ako grešim.
mac.2917ljubisha,
-> #2881, madamov> Ako nemaš neki utility kojim bi proverio da li ti je aplikacija nativna za
> PowerPC, imaš bar dva načina da to proveriš. Prvi: klikni na aplikaciju i
Da, proverio sam ja to (ima i na Sezamu jedan program a imam nešto
i na novom CDu) i kaže mi da je native xKb (zaboravih tačno ali je broj
jednocifren) a sve ostalo je običan kod.
> U vezi s prvim načinom, čak i ako nemaš potrebe za virtuelnom memorijom,
> preporučujem uključivanje iste ili RAM Doublera, jer time postižeš efekat
file
Pa kad mi bude malo ovih 40 možda ubacim 2*32Mb. :) Ne, RamDoubler
ne koristim ali me zato SpeedD. ubija u pojam jer se tuče sa MagiC 2-om.
Na kraju sam morao da vratim stari emulator. :(
mac.2916ljubisha,
-> #2877, askripka> Naime: To što je ver. 2.0 'native', ne znači puno. Jer, na 68k
> Mac-u 'suve' procesorske komande se ne emuliraju, dakle izvršava ih
> sam procesor. Na PPC-u to nije moguće, pošto i nemaš motorolu
A ja se sve ponadao da će neko da kaže da ima pravu FAT verziju. :(
> Stvar ne bi stajala tako da ti nemaš najjadniji i najsporiji PPC.
> Prema tome, kupi nešto sa 604e na (barem ;) ) 200Mhz, pa ćeš
> ostvariti svoje zamisli.
E sad me ukopa! Al neka je on najjadniji ali ću makar moći da
instaliram sistem 8. :)
mac.2919ljubisha,
Snoop 2 je napisan '83. godine i sad nemam gde da pogledam opis
mašine. :( Gde bi trebalo da se utakne L2 keš i zna li neko jel to
isto kao i za pc pa da jurim od njih?
mac.2918ljubisha,
-> #2882, madamov> 8100/110 radio sa emuliranim softverom brže od najbrže Quadre. Dakle, PPC 601
> na 110 MHz je već brži.
Ovaj, jelte, a koliko je kartica na 110MHz za ovo moje čudo?
mac.2920madamov,
-> #2915, askripka> Postoji.
Da, u pravu si, preciznije u Quadri 840 AV je 68040 na 80 MHz, ali koji radi
na 40 MHz zbog toga što je tolika brzina data patha. Što se upgrade kartica
tiče, one ubrzavaju stvar, ali imaš sledeći slučaj: tvoj LC sa 68040 može vozi
Mac OS 8, ali moj ci sa nekom karticom u PDS slotu ne može. Međutim, ostaje
činjenica da je već Power Macintosh 8100/110 već brži od Quadra 840 AV. čak i
kad izvršava emulirani, dakle 680x0, kod.
> A ako je verzija 'native', šta ona uopšte radi? Konvertuje original
> motorolin kod u PPC kod?
A ne, to radi sistemski softver, u njega je ugrađen emulator koji pretvara
680x0 instrukcije u odgovarajuće PowerPC instrukcije. Kada se kaže da je neka
aplikacija native PPC to znači da je kod kompajliran u startu za taj procesor
tako da se na PowerPC mašini izvršava bez emulacije. Doduše, ako je istina da
MagicMac sam obavlja emulaciju onda je na PowerPC sporiji, ali zašto su onda i
pravili native verziju, sigurno će brže, bolje i po sistem čistije sistemski
emulator (ili Speed Emulator) to uraditi od samog MagicMac tako da je
pametnije bilo ni ne razvijati native verziju već sve ostaviti u 680x0 kodu.
mac.2921madamov,
TidBITS#391/04-Aug-97
=====================
Wondering how to manage your money at Macworld Expo? This week's
issue brings you shopping advice and a look at Expo purchases
we've made in the past. This week we also introduce a new
sponsor - Hitachi and its new MPEG camera - and note news of
a merger between top Macintosh magazines. Finally, Tonya wraps
up her seven part article about Web publishing software with a
look at Microsoft FrontPage and NetObjects Fusion.
Topics:
MailBITS/04-Aug-97
New TidBITS Sponsor Releases Versatile MPEG Camera
Macworld Expo: Planning for a Shopping Frenzy
Spinning the Web Part 7: FrontPage, Fusion, and Final Thoughts
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-391.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#391_04-Aug-97.etx>
Copyright 1997 TidBITS Electronic Publishing. All rights reserved.
Information: <info@tidbits.com> Comments: <editors@tidbits.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------
tidbits.391mac.2922madamov,
-> #2917, ljubisha> Pa kad mi bude malo ovih 40 možda ubacim 2*32Mb. :) Ne, RamDoubler ne
> koristim ali me zato SpeedD. ubija u pojam jer se tuče sa MagiC 2-om.
> Na kraju sam morao da vratim stari emulator. :(
Ipak počni da ga koristiš jer će same aplikacije tražiti manje memorije, pa
ćeš u istih 40 MB moći da pokreneš više aplikacija.
mac.2923madamov,
-> #2918, ljubisha> Ovaj, jelte, a koliko je kartica na 110MHz za ovo moje čudo?
Nemam pojma, ali mislim da ni ne postoji za 6100. Ali zato imaš istu za ci-a.
B)
mac.2924ljubisha,
-> #2922, madamov> Ipak počni da ga koristiš jer će same aplikacije tražiti manje memorije, pa
> ćeš u istih 40 MB moći da pokreneš više aplikacija.
Ustvari, ja i ne moram da čekam sistem 8 kad ga već imam na hardu...
tačnije, 7.6.1 mi je polako dogurao do 12Mb a nisam instalirao Quick
Time 3Di GX. :))
mac.2925ljubisha,
-> #2923, madamov> Nemam pojma, ali mislim da ni ne postoji za 6100. Ali zato imaš istu za ci-a.
Pa dobro, kupujem tu karticu a prodajem Power-a. :>
mac.2926ljubisha,
Nemam YU slova jer se javljam sa Soft 95ice. :) I to na 1200
jer nesto nisam dobro podesio. Nego, gde je ovde desni taster na
misu?!?! Uh, uvek ti problemi sa desnim tasterom. :)
mac.2927madamov,
-> #2926, ljubisha> Nego, gde je ovde desni taster na misu?!?!
Znam da sam provalio, ali zaboravih opet.... Možda Control, jer je Option
zauzet Windowsom.
mac.2928madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
Search Directory, is one of the new features in Netscape Communicator is
tucked away in the Edit menu. It lets you search through the largest
Internet people directories to find old friends, people who owe you money,
or former flames (the romantic kind). Choosing Search Directory lets you
search through the Four11, Infospace, WhoWhere, Bigfoot, and Switchboard
services. You can search on name, email address, city, state, or other
criteria. You can narrow down the search by using a combination of search
criteria. After you enter the search term and press the Search button, the
search begins and the window expands to show a list of people it found.
Double-clicking on any of the names displays a page in the Navigator window
with their complete information.
Contributed by Tom Negrino
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2929madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
One of the little-noticed improvements in Mac OS 8 is an application that
appears in the Apple menu, called Connect To. When launched, it pops up a
dialog box that lets you type in a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Type in
a URL, press the Enter key, your Web browser launches and takes you to the
Web page you've specified. Connect To also works with other kinds of URLs;
if you type in a mail URL, such as <mailto:letters@macworld.com>, it will
open your Internet mail program and create a new message, already
addressed. It works for FTP sites, too.
Contributed by Tom Negrino
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2930madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Intermediate
Proper use of very small fonts can make your Web page navigation much more
effective. The classic font for small type is Geneva, but several other
sans serif fonts are also good: Stone Sans, Sasson, and variations of
Universal. Also, be sure to turn anti-aliasing off to avoid blur. These
fonts may not be very attractive, but they are easy to read and conserve
space for more decorative effects on your pages.
Contributed by Matt McAlister
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2931madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Intermediate
Everyone knows how to select multiple cell ranges in an Excel document, but
did you know you can select multiple <<worksheets>> by Shift-clicking the
worksheet tabs at the bottom of the screen? By selecting multiple sheets in
this manner, you can delete a whole set of worksheets simultaneously,
instead of one at a time. Or you can turn off gridlines in an entire
workbook instead of on a sheet-by-sheet basis. And you can perform searches
and spell checks on a whole workbook at once (Normally, Excel restricts
Find and Replace operations and spelling checks to the currently active
worksheet only.)
Contributed by Joseph Schorr
related URLs:
<http://www.macworld.com/pages/june.97/Column.3726.html>
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2932madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
When you're mouse-deep inside a bunch of nested folders in the Finder, it's
easy to get confused. Can't remember the actual location of the active
window within your folder structure? No sweat. Just hold down the command
key and click on the title for the window. A pop-up menu will appear, with
the entire path to the folder shown, from the top of your hard disk down to
the window you're clicking.
Contributed by Tom Negrino
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2933ddrasko,
Molim za pomoc !!!
Potrebno mi je software-a za macintosh . Gdje se moze narezati jedan CD ?
Nisam nasao nikoga ko to radi. Postoji li tako nesto ?
Pozdrav , Drasko
mac.2934askripka,
Ako se ne varam, ljubisha je nedavno tražio ikonu Atarija.
Evo stiže. Dve u paketu, folder + program ikona.
ataricon.sitmac.2935ljubisha,
-> #2934, askripka>Ako se ne varam, ljubisha je nedavno tražio ikonu Atarija.
Da, hvala. Program ikona je baš slatka.
mac.2936madamov,
TidBITS#392/11-Aug-97
=====================
Last week's Macworld Expo news dominates this issue with news of
the Apple/Microsoft announcement that floored everyone at the
keynote address. Managing Editor Jeff Carlson, our representative
at the Expo, weighs in with his overall impressions; Tonya reports
on new hardware from Apple, including several new Power Macs; and
Adam offers additional details and analysis about the recent
Macworld/MacUser merger.
Topics:
MailBITS/11-Aug-97
Apple Dishes Up New Hardware
Microsoft is Jobs #1
MacUser and Macworld Merge
Boston Macworld: Less Flash, Less Trash, More Questions
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-392.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#392_11-Aug-97.etx>
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tidbits.392mac.2937madamov,
TidBITS#393/18-Aug-97
=====================
Wondering what you'll do next time you run into an extension
conflict? Adam provides some ideas this week in his review of
Casady and Greene's Conflict Catcher 4.0. In addition, we continue
Macworld coverage with our traditional Macworld Expo superlatives
article; report on the cracking of Hacke, the Web server in the
second Crack-A-Mac contest; follow up on the MacUser-Macworld
merger; and note a number of techniques for avoiding Word macro
viruses.
Topics:
MailBITS/18-Aug-97
Macro Viruses (Slight Return)
Macworld Boston '97 Superlatives
Magazine Merger Redux
Conflict Catcher 4.0 Ups the Ante
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-393.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#393_18-Aug-97.etx>
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tidbits.393mac.2938madamov,
TidBITS#394/25-Aug-97
=====================
You want analysis, we got analysis! Apple and the Macintosh
continue to swirl in a pool of rumors and speculation, this time
regarding clone licensing. Fighting the spins put on the issue by
Apple and clone maker Power Computing, Adam attempts to clarify
the situation. Also this week, we bring the German TidBITS mailing
list in-house, share responses to the Macintosh media market, and
remind developers that software should aspire to simplicity.
Topics:
MailBITS/25-Aug-97
German TidBITS Mailing List and Overseas Mirrors
Magazine Mergers, Media, and Advertising, Continued...
Clone Licensing Brouhaha
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-394.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#394_25-Aug-97.etx>
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tidbits.394mac.2939askripka,
Izgleda da nam nema moderatora...
Da li to znači da samo sada 'out of control'?
Jel treba da proveravamo? ;) Da kačimo originale.. :)
A sad ozbiljno: u slučaju odsustva moderatora, ko ga i da li ga iko
menja? Ako takav postoji, neka se javi, čisto da znamo s kim imamo
posla... :)
mac.2940askripka,
Ajde da ne bude baš mrtvo ovde...
POWERBALL
Simpatična igrica na temu razbijanja zida...
Zahteva 68030 na 16 Mhz, 256 boja. Ako želite i muziku,
SoundManager 3.1 obavezan. Bez njega samo zvukovi...
Totalni shareware. Jel' sme neko od nadležnih da proveri? ;)
powerbal.sitmac.2941ljubisha,
-> #2940, askripka>Totalni shareware. Jel' sme neko od nadležnih da proveri? ;)
Misliš Ultimate Shareware Game? Video sam igricu na CDu i oduševio se
na prvi pogled ali već na drugi sam odustao od nje. Nema kontrole udarca
lopte već ona uvek ide levo-desno. Šteta, zvuk i grafika su odlični.
mac.2942askripka,
-> #2941, ljubisha=- Nema kontrole udarca lopte već ona uvek ide levo-desno.
=- Šteta, zvuk i grafika su odlični.
Grešiš, i to mnooogo. Postoji kontrola udarca, ali nije tako
očigledna, tj. lako izvodljiva. Pretpostavljam da je tako urađeno
kako bi to bila dodatna "olakšavajuća" okolnost za igranje... :)
Samo budi uporan, prvi put je najteže... :)
Posle (da ne kažem vremenom) ćeš lakše ući u štos...
Pa nam onda javi da li si naučio da se igraš... Da onda šaljemo i
nešto ozbiljnije... :>>
mac.2943askripka,
Pa još malo da se igramo... :)
Space Junkie, ver. 1.1
Ne sećam se da li sam slao 1.0, ne verujem... Uglavnom, samo 60 Kb,
ali čistog, golog mašinca (eh, da me sad čuje nepatvoreni
genije...), klasična "shoot everything" igrica... Leti na svakoj
Motoroli... Ne treba da vam bude žao tolickog prostora na hardu...
junkie.sitmac.2944madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
Next time you want to search multiple volumes with Apple's Find File
utility, hold down the Shift key when you press the Find button: Find File
will automatically bypass all ejectable disks, such as Jaz disks and
CD-ROMs, even if you have chosen to search On All Disks.
Contributed by Joseph Schorr
related URLs:
<http://www.macworld.com/pages//Column.3949.html>
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2946madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Power User
Use Script Editor (which comes with System 7.5 and later) to make an
AppleScript application that closes all windows but the frontmost
(command-option-w closes <<all>> windows):
Tell application Finder
Copy every window to windowlist
Close rest of windowlist
End tell
Place your AppleScript in easy
reach, like under the Apple Menu or in the Automated Tasks folder (located
in the AppleScript folder inside the Apple Extras folder). Even better, use
Speech Recognition with an alias of the AppleScript in the Speakable Items
folder and boss your windows around.
Contributed by Wayne Maddison
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2945madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
Use the option key when you click into Find File's Name pop-up menu (the
firt pop-up on the left) to reveal four additional search criteria: file
contents, locked or unlocked, custom icon or not, and visible or invisible.
Makes searching for a document containing the word <<haleakala>> a lot
easier.
Contributed by Joseph Schorr
related URLs:
<http://www.macworld.com/pages//Column.3949.html>
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2947madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
Want to rid your system of empty, forgotten folders? Use Apple's Find File
utility to search for folders based on whether they are (or are not) empty.
Select the found items in the Found Items window and drag them to the Trash.
Contributed by Marc Robinson
related URLs:
<http://www.macworld.com/pages//Column.3948.html>
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2948madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
For some simple desktop cleaning tasks, Copy Doubler can be slower than the
Finder. Of course, you may need Copy Doubler for doing backups and such,
but you can choose to turn off the copy and delete options that slow down
your system. Simply uncheck both copy and delete options while leaving
your scheduled backup option checked.
Contributed by Eric Silverberg
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
s
co reply mac
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from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Intermediate
Sometimes the open and save dialog box is limiting, particularly when you
jump around and between different folders on different volumes. The
shareware program Default Folder remembers previous folders you've opened
and lets you hard code commonly used folders. The program alters your open
and save dialog box with a neat and convenient interface.
Contributed by Matt McAlister
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
mac.2950madamov,
* M A C W O R L D D A I L Y T I P *
from the Macintosh resource
<http://www.macworld.com>
Level: Beginner
When you mount a server volume across a network, do what you must and then
press command-y to unmount it. Keeping servers mounted unnecessarily bogs
down the network.
Contributed by Elizabeth Dougherty
Copyright 1997 Macworld Communications Inc.
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Level: Beginner
There's a good easter egg in QuarkXPress. When using Quark, hold down
shift-control-option-command and press delete when a text or picture box is
selected. A little animated visitor will annihilate your creation.
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Level: Beginner
You can open or close files or folder in the Finder without touching your
mouse. To do so, use the following key combinations.
[command]-[o] or [command]-[down arrow] opens the selected folder or
file
[command]-[up arrow] opens the parent folder (the folder of the folder
you're in) without closing the folder you're in
[command]-[w] close the file or folder you're in.
Courtesy of http://www.cobb.com/ Cobb Group
Tip courtesy of the Cobb Group
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Word offers many ways to accomplish formatting tasks such as applying
underlining or italics. If you don't want to be burdened with memorizing
keyboard shortcuts, you can choose menu commands or click toolbar buttons,
whose names and icons remind you of their purpose. However, some users
prefer to format text without slowing their typing. The best way to
accomplish that is probably through keyboard shortcuts, since you don't
have to stop and move the mouse or open a dialog box. If you'd like to take
advantage of these shortcuts but have trouble keeping them straight, here's
a quick review of the most common formatting shortcuts.
Shortcut -- Format
[command]-B Bold
[command]-I Italics
[command]-U Underline
[command]-= Subscript
[command]- [Shift]= Superscript
[command]- [Shift]W Word Underline
[command]- [Shift]D Double Underline
[command]- [Shift]H Hidden
[command]- [Shift]K Small Caps
[command]- [Shift]A All Caps
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You can compress TIFF images as you import them into your PageMaker
document. To do so, press [Shift][Option][Command] as you select and place
a TIFF image using the Place dialog box. PageMaker creates a compressed
duplicate file next to the original file.
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If you're experiencing slow screen redraw in screen-intensive applications such
as PageMaker, it could be caused by a large number of fonts in your Fonts
folder
. Having more than 20 fonts considerably slows many applications. As a remedy,
s
lim down your Fonts folder to the fonts you use every day and store the other
fo
nts in another folder on your hard drive. As a result, your applications should
speed up significantly.
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If Murphy's Law holds true with computers, then so does this familiar
axiom, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In this tip, we'll
discuss steps you should take to keep your Mac healthy.
Keep an eye on your extensions-Extensions are the number one cause of most
Mac problems. However, you can minimize the chance of extension conflicts
by following a few guidelines.
When possible, be selective about which games, screen savers, and other
third-party utilities you install. Make sure they're from a company or
programmer with a reputation for quality. When you just can't resist a new
toy, make sure it's the only new one. In other words, add only one
extension at a time and then wait a little while before adding any more. If
you do run into problems, you'll have a good idea of which extension is the
troublemaker.
If you have lots of extensions, consider purchasing an extension manager to
help keep them under control.Extension managers can also let you control
the order in which extensions load-another potential cause of problems.
Keep your machine clean-Regularly rebuilding your Desktop file keeps
essential information tidy. Make a habit of holding down command-[option]
at least once a week when you start up your Mac. If you don't like losing
the comments in your Get Info boxes, you can find software that will
maintain them through a rebuild.
Make regular backups and keep emergency tools handy-Obviously, you should
make regular backups of any programs and files that are important to you,
including your system software. While you're at it, make a set of emergency
disks. Although you can always reboot from your Disk Tools disk, you'll
have to recustomize your environment. Before you ever run into problems,
however, you should test whether an emergency disk-your own or one that
comes with a data recovery utility-will actually boot your Mac.
Use a data recovery utility-For the unexpected, you should use a data
recovery utility such as Norton Utilities for Macintosh. These sorts of
utilities can optimize performance and even locate and fix problems before
they happen. Just make sure you still keep a backup copy of all your
important data.
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If you've found that your PowerBook has a mind of its own when it comes to
quitting time you're not alone. Many people have complained about that when
the choose Shut Down from the Special menu, their trusty laptop powers down
and then powers right back up. This 'feature' occurs when the unit is
plugged into the AC adapter. It's known to occur specifically on the
PowerBook 190, 1400, 3400, and 5300 series computers.
There are two possible culprits behind this problem-corruption of either
the power manager controller on the logic board or of the Parameter RAM
(PRAM). Apple states that the problems can be resolved using one of the
following procedures.
Reset PRAM-(Warning: This will reset many of your network and general
control settings.) First unplug the PowerBook and restart with the battery
only. Hold down the option-command-p-r keys immediately after you press the
power key releasing the keys only after you hear an additional set of start
up tones. If your PowerBook emits only one set of tones and then goes to
sleep press the Reset button (on the back) until the unit returns to life.
Now, choose Shut Down from the Special menu. Finally, plug the AC adapter
back into your PowerBook. If the computer remains off, Reset the Power
Manager-(Warning: This will permanently remove your RAM disk and its
contents.) With your PowerBook shut off, remove the battery and disconnect
the AC adapter. Press and hold the Reset button in for at least a minute
(one mississippi, two mississippi...). Return the battery and reattach the
AC adapter and then restart the PowerBook. If it still restarts upon a shut
down, you'll need to take it to a authorized Apple dealer for servicing.
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mac.2957madamov,
Da ne tražim sad po porukama, Powerball je super, ali kod mene, na dve mašine,
radi samo prvih nekoliko nivoa, čim se prođe peti i klikne za ulazak na šesti,
smrzne se mašina. Jel' se to svima dešava ili je ovo zaseban slučaj? Ako vama
sigurno radi, recite pa da urgiram kod fajl moderatora da prebacuju tamo gde
treba. Takođe, molio bih askripku da pošalje originalnu arhivu, jes' da može
da se obriše high score lista, ali nekako volim da u direktorijum ide nevina
arhiva. Što se onog drugog tiče, može odmah u direktorijum.
mac.2958nenad,
Neka poslednja dešavanja i vesti (saradnja Apple-a sa MS-om,
odbijanje Apple-a da pod normalnim uslovima licencira MacOS
proizvođačima klonova) navode na zaključak da se i u Apple-u
polako odustaje od Motorola varijante i napušta PowerPC procesor.
Apple je kupio Power Computing, Umax-u je data licenca za MacOS,
ali bez najave šta će biti dalje, Power Comp. prelazi na
proizvodnju Intel PC računara (PowerPC linija se priključuje
Apple-u). Rapsodija će postojati i za Intel PC-jeve, API nivo čak
i kao dodatak za Windows.
IBM i Motorola, kao druga dva člana iz PPC trojke su najavili
preusmerivanje low-end dela PowerPC serije ka "enbedded"
sistemima i NC-u, a high-end ka IBM multiprocesorskim velikim
mašinama, u prevodu - ne računaju više na klasično desktop
tržište.
Mogu li oni malo upućeniji da razjasne neke stvari, tj. šta se
dešava u glavi Stivena Džobsa? Do pre neki mesec je bilo
špekulacija da li će Rapsodije biti i za Intel mašine, sada je
već neizvesno da li će uopšte i biti za neki drugi procesor osim
Intel-a.
Kako se stvari odvijaju, za očekivati je da novi Apple-ovi
računari imaju nalepnicu "Intel inside"... Grešim li?
mac.2959askripka,
Zaboravih...
Što se tiče PowerBall-a, TAČNO je da puca posle tamo nekog nivoa.
To sam znao i pre nego šro sam ga okačio, ali sam smatrao da ako se
neko reši da se registruje [;)] neće imati tih problema.
Dakle, ne mora u dir, ima i boljih stvari, ali su obično primetno
duže, pa mi se ne troši baš dve trećine dnevnog vremena za upload.
A, Space Junkie (ako se ja pitam) obavezno u dir... :)
mac.2960ljubisha,
Jel koristi neko Norton 3.5 i SpeedDisk? Sve je ono veoma lepo i
može biti čak i korisno ali kad bi htelo da mi radi. Naime, do sada sam
uspeo da izvršim samo jednu optimizaciju dok su svi ostali pokušaji
propali na njegovo upozorenje da je prekinuo i da skoknem do Disk
Doctora koji mi inače prijavljulje da je sve u redu!?
Naravno, stara verzija SD-a posao odradi bez problema. :(
mac.2962madamov,
TidBITS#396/08-Sep-97
=====================
Wondering about Apple's future in a world without Power Computing
clones? Guest writer Matt Deatherage provides detailed analysis
and posits that Apple is afraid to compete. Other news includes
Apple plans to retain the Newton, CompuServe's sale to WorldCom
and AOL, and notes on key updates to RAM Doubler, Conflict
Catcher, OneClick, and other programs for Mac OS 8 compatibility.
We promise to continue our Successful Shareware series in a future
issue.
Topics:
MailBITS/08-Sep-97
Update at OS 8
Apple's Competitive Nature
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-396.html>
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tidbits.396mac.2961madamov,
TidBITS#395/01-Sep-97
=====================
With the clone licensing imbroglio likely to reach a head this
week, we include more comments about clone licensing and about why
TidBITS thinks Apple needs clones. In addition, Adam describes his
latest book, one that takes a very different approach to the
Internet than the Internet Starter Kits, and we publish Part 1 of
shareware author Rick Holzgrafe's personal look at what it takes
to create successful shareware.
Topics:
MailBITS/01-Sep-97
A Case for Clones
The Official AT&T WorldNet Web Discovery Guide
Successful Shareware, Part 1
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-395.html>
<ftp://ftp.tidbits.com/pub/tidbits/issues/1997/TidBITS#395_01-Sep-97.etx>
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tidbits.395mac.2963madamov,
TidBITS#397/15-Sep-97
=====================
Wondering how to run PC software on the Mac? This week we review
Virtual PC, Connectix's entry into the PC emulation arena. We also
continue our coverage of the clone licensing situation with news
about Motorola's plans to discontinue cloning, note a new
converter for Word users needing to access Word 97-98 documents,
and take a light-hearted look at the truly strange contents of the
Macintosh curio cabinet.
Topics:
MailBITS/15-Sep-97
Send Out the Clones
The Macintosh Curio Cabinet
Virtual PC: Slow But Well Worth the Wait
<http://www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-397.html>
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tidbits.397mac.2964madamov,
-> #2958, nenad> Neka poslednja dešavanja i vesti (saradnja Apple-a sa MS-om,
> odbijanje Apple-a da pod normalnim uslovima licencira MacOS
> proizvođačima klonova) navode na zaključak da se i u Apple-u
> polako odustaje od Motorola varijante i napušta PowerPC procesor.
Hm??? (znakovi čuđenja B)). Ne znam na osnovu čega to zaključuješ i iz kojih
vesti, ali ako je reč o čuvenim izvorima koji već celu deceniju prognoziraju
propast Applea onda me i ne čudi. B) Jer, takav odustanak bi značio i dizanje
ruku od proizvodnje hardvera, tj. Macintosh računara, uopšte. Uložen je
neverovatan trud i novac da bi se sa 68k platforme prešlo na PowerPC tako da
je prelaz na nešto drugo samo u domenu teorije.
> Apple je kupio Power Computing, Umax-u je data licenca za MacOS,
> ali bez najave šta će biti dalje, Power Comp. prelazi na
> proizvodnju Intel PC računara (PowerPC linija se priključuje
> Apple-u). Rapsodija će postojati i za Intel PC-jeve, API nivo čak
> i kao dodatak za Windows.
Ništa od ovoga ne govori da će Apple preći na Intel procesore, više govori o
tome da će lagano dizati ruke od proizvodnje hardvera, tj. računara. Pitanje
je samo ko će onda ostati da proizvodi Macintoshe s obzirom da su kupovinom
Power Computinga praktično ubili proizvođače klonova, osim UMAX-a nema nikog
više, Motorola zatvara do kraja godine proizvodnju svoje StarMax linije Mac
klonova, IBM nikad nije ni počeo, ali je imao pravo da sublicencira Mac OS, a
od toga će dići ruke. Sve u svemu, Jobs nikada nije voleo ideju o kloniranju,
istina je da su proizvođači klonova uzimali profit od Applw umesto da šire Mac
tržište, ali na duge staze je ideja o klonovima, po meni, pametnija.
Moje je mišljenje da Jobs, zajedno sa svojim prijateljem Elisonom kojeg je
postavio u Appleov upravni odbor, ima fiks ideju oko NC-a i ne bi me
iznenadilo da do kraja godine čujemo nešto više o tome, a da sledeće godine
vidimo prvi Appleov NC.
> Kako se stvari odvijaju, za očekivati je da novi Apple-ovi
> računari imaju nalepnicu "Intel inside"... Grešim li?
Tu grešiš, ali generalno kao da Jobs ima novu viziju s kojom se, za sada, ne
slažem. treba sačekati i videti kako će se odluka o gašenju klonova odraziti
na tržište do kraja godine.
mac.2965askripka,
-> #2960, ljubishaDa te ne citiram, može da mi škodi... :))
Dakle, ja sam imao problema ranije sa nekom verzijom.
Probaj da (ako treba i drastično) digneš količinu ram-a koju vuče
speeddisk. Možda prođe, možda ne, ali ne može da škodi :)
mac.2966madamov,
-> #2960, ljubisha> Naime, do sada sam uspeo da izvršim samo jednu optimizaciju dok su svi
> ostali pokušaji propali na njegovo upozorenje da je prekinuo i da
> skoknem do Disk Doctora koji mi inače prijavljulje da je sve u redu!?
Prijavljeno je da novi Norton ima bag baš po ovom pitanju, kažu da ima update
na Symantecovom sajtu. Međutim, navodno se problem manifestuj samo na Mac OS
8. Koji je kod tebe OS?
mac.2967madamov,
TidBITS#398/22-Sep-97
=====================
Now that you've installed Mac OS 8, are you taking advantage of
its new features? This week we put contextual menus in context. In
the news department we note the upcoming first issue of NetBITS,
Steve Jobs's new post, and details on the Mac OS Up-to-Date
Program covering clone purchasers. We also have more Virtual PC
information, news of the spam-fighting EIMS 2.0b2, and the second
installment of Rick Holzgrafe's Successful Shareware piece.
Topics:
MailBITS/22-Sep-97
Of Mice and Menus
Successful Shareware, Part 2
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tidbits.398mac.2968askripka,
Evo ga PowerBall ISPRAVAN! :)
Nažalost, posle onog nivoa koji je zakucavao mašinu igra se
nastavlja prvim, pa dalje ciklično...
Ko voli, nek izvoli...
powerbal.sitmac.2969ljubisha,
-> #2966, madamov>8. Koji je kod tebe OS?
Još uvek stari, dobri 7.6.1. OK, hvala na odgovorima, probaću.
mac.2970ljubisha,
-> #2968, askripka>nastavlja prvim, pa dalje ciklično...
A neka razlika u težini, bodovima...?
mac.2971askripka,
-> #2970, ljubisha=- A neka razlika u težini, bodovima...?
Nemam pojma. Samo sam probao da li prolazi kritično mesto, i kada
sam ustanovio da je to tako, ostavio sam fajl ovde...
Btw, što se tiče Mikijeve opaske za 'clean' verziju bez
highscore-a, zar većina takvih stvarčica nema ugrađeno ono 'clear
high score' ili sl? Ako ima, no problem...
mac.2972nenad,
-> #2964, madamov> takav odustanak bi značio i dizanje ruku od proizvodnje hardvera,
> tj. Macintosh računara, uopšte. Uložen je neverovatan trud i novac
> da bi se sa 68k platforme prešlo na PowerPC tako da je prelaz na
> nešto drugo samo u domenu teorije.
Pa zar takva migracija već nije najavljena? Početkom sledeće
godine bi proizvođači softvera trebalo da počnu da prave
aplikacije za Rapsodiju, a ideja je, ako se dobro sećam, da te
aplikacije rade i na Windows-u uz instalaciju runtime okruženja
(to uostalom NeXT OpenStep već neko vreme omogućava, sa runtime
modulima za razne Unix-e).
U tom kontekstu mi se ne čini suviše radikalnim da developer-ima
sugerišu da te nove programe prave za Intel procesore i da
zanemare RISC. Jedina prepreka da to urade odmah jeste postojeća
baza, ali nije isključeno da se krene u tom pravcu.
> Ništa od ovoga ne govori da će Apple preći na Intel procesore, više
> govori o tome da će lagano dizati ruke od proizvodnje hardvera, tj.
> računara.
A da li bi takav odustanak značio odustajanje i od proizvodnje
hardvera ne znam, ali to mi se čini suludim. Teško da kompanija
može da živi od proizvodnje i prodaje operativnog sistema i
ničega više, naročito onolika kompanija.
> Pitanje je samo ko će onda ostati da proizvodi Macintoshe
> s obzirom da su kupovinom Power Computinga praktično ubili
> proizvođače klonova, osim UMAX-a nema nikog više, Motorola zatvara
> do kraja godine proizvodnju svoje StarMax linije Mac
Ni meni nije jasno to maksimalno zatvaranje Apple platforme,
svega par godina nakon što su vrata bar malo odškrinuta. Plašim
se da to ne vodi ničemu. A svoje pitanje sam postavio jer mi nije
jasno ni _čime_ će da se proizvode Mac-ovi kad su IBM i Motorola
nedavno držali sastanak sa ciljem da se dalji razvoj fokusira na
tržišta koja sam već pomenuo (embeded sisteme, NC-ove,
multiprocesorske "entry" mainframe mašine).
Sve me to navodi na zaključak da Apple ili ne želi više da uopšte
bude "proprietary" proizvođač platforme i hardvera, samim tim je
dakle i logično da ne vide neki poseban interes i dugoročnom
širenju tržišta već im je bitnije da kratkoročno namaknu pare i
zato guše klonove.
> Moje je mišljenje da Jobs, zajedno sa svojim prijateljem Elisonom
> kojeg je postavio u Appleov upravni odbor, ima fiks ideju oko NC-a i
> ne bi me iznenadilo da do kraja godine čujemo nešto više o tome, a
> da sledeće godine vidimo prvi Appleov NC.
Da, pre neki dan je čini mi se i bila neka vest na tu temu. NC je
izuzetno zanimljivo tržište jer od samog starta to znači lak ulaz
u velike kompanije, naročito jer su svi NC-ovi kompatibilni i
najbolja ponuda prolazi. Tu leže velike pare, a čini mi se da je
"novi Apple" krenuo u misiju za profitom, bez želje za dalje
vođenje pro-Mac krstaškog rata protiv ostatka sveta.
mac.2973ljubisha,
Evo malo novih stvari za DIR... FileBuddy 4.0.3
fb403.sitmac.2974ljubisha,
FileTyper 5.3
ft53.sitmac.2975ljubisha,
I ono bez čega nema rada... Clicker 4.0. Program koji daje zvuke
tastaturi i mišu! DL obavezan. :)
click40.sit