I ive got a PC using friend, weill call him Richard, who has been seriously eying Macs for a while now. He reads Mac related news items, checks out Mac-centric Web sites, and asks me questions about different aspects of my Mac using experiences. I keep thinking that any day now Richard is going to…
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Avid Releases Symphony For The Mac
Avid Technology. Inc. is now shipping the Symphony 4.7 system for Mac users. Symphony is an editing system designed for professional post production applications. The system features real-time 10-bit DVE and Ultimatte keying color correction. Also with this release are new versions of Media Composer, Film Composer, and Avid Xpress with support for 23.976 frame…
Apple KBase Article - Don't Worry, Your G4 Is Supposed To Be That Loud. Well, Usually. Firmware Upgrade Advised
Apple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base regarding the noise levels of the Power Mac G4. Apple’s Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Apple’s support documents and other important information. Users have been complaining about the noise levels of the PowerMac line for…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 12", 4.6 Pound PowerBook G4
Apple today announced a new 12″ PowerBook G4 that is packed full of features yet it is only 1″ thick and a mere 4.6 pounds. It features a new aluminum alloy enclosure, an 800MHz processor, FireWire 800, and the new 802.11g wireless. From Apple’s press release: Apple� today unveiled the new 12-inch PowerBook� G4 with…
MasterWriter Released For Songwriters From Macworld
Today MasterWriter, Inc. showed for the first time MasterWriter(tm) 1.0 software demonstrating its power for professional songwriters. Written entirely in 4D and running on Mac OS X, MasterWriter is available for demonstration in the 4D Booth. Designed by songwriters for songwriters, MasterWriter is the first program to fully address all of the challenges of writing…
MWSF 2003 - Apple Introduces 17" Aluminum PowerBooks: NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go, Bluetooth, AirPort Extreme" PowerBook G4
Apple has introduced a new 17″ PowerBook, made of what Steve Jobs characterized as aircraft grade aluminum alloy, that we will quickly dub the AlBook. The new unit sports a 17″ widescreen 16:10 display, the same display used in the 17″ iMac, a 1440 x 900 resolution, built-in Bluetooth, built-in AirPort Extreme, a new wireless…
Raising Your Laptop In Style With The iCurve
< SPAN id="font">Introduction As time passes, more and more people look to laptop computers as possible replacements for typical desktop machines. While todayis PowerBooks easily have the power to be such replacements, and are great for on-the-road computing, they can often present several problems in a typical desktop environment. First of all, the keyboard is…
Apple Knowledge Base Article - Using 128 GB Or Larger ATA Hard Drives On Your Mac
Apple has added a new article to the Knowledge Base regarding the use of hard drives over 128GB in size. Apple’s Knowledge Base (sometimes referred to as the KBase) is a central location for all of Apple’s support documents and other important information. Hard drives that are larger than 128GB require an IDE controller with…
Ready For Macworld? Got Your TMO Mac Shirt?
M acworld is just around the corner, three weeks or so, for those keeping score at home. While sitting around the water cooler at the TMO Towers, Fact Checker Thomas Stafford suggested that Macworld might make a good excuse to hawk our line of TMO Mac merchandise again. The editorial staff [In this case, that…
Apple Germany Partners With Vobis Microcomputer To Sell Macs In 30 German PC Stores
T his week, Apple Germany announced that Vobis, a nationwide chain of PC stores, will start selling Apple products in 30 of its stores. Apart from Macs, the selected Vobis stores will also sell a selection of Mac software and peripherals. Vobis will not sell the CD-ROM iBook and the dual 1.0 and 1.25 GHz…
A Month With A Mac Leaves Reviewer Longing For His PC
There have been many high profile PC users who have publicly switched to using Macs. One of the most notable of whom is David Coursey of ZDNet, who wrote a series of articles detailing his experiences in using a Mac for a month. In the end, Mr. Coursey switched and has become a rather vocal…
Sacrifice No Goats When Buying A Mac
T hereis a Wired News article titled Worshipping at the Altar of Mac, in which the author, Leander Kahney, discusses one of the more emotionally charged issues of Mac ownership: dealing with the Mac-As-A-Cult perception many people seem to have. The article gives a voice to many who believe that Mac ownership, in general, implies…
Apple Brings IP Over FireWire To FireWire Macs; What Does That Mean?
T he gearhead community has been asking for IP over FireWire from Apple, the company that invented FireWire, and today Apple delivered it. The company released a preview release of IP over FireWire that works on FireWire enabled Macs. This is similar to FireNet from UniBrain, a commercial product that effectively does the same thing.…
TMO Reports - Mac Users Turn Out In Force For After-Thanksgiving In-Store "Free Stocking Stuffer" Event
Apple’s in-store event last Friday was another success. The company held its after-Thanksgiving "Hello Stocking" event at all of its 50 retail operations. Based on the successful midnight Jaguar event held in August, Friday’s event was also a success, if not as big as the Jaguar roll out. At the Valley Fair Apple Store in…
A New Racing Game For The Mac Is Here
T here arenit many racing games on the Mac, but Feral Interactive and MacPlay have brought a new one to the table, F1 Championship Season 2000. As the name suggests, this title is a Formula 1 racing game, and it is set up around the real Formula 1 circuit, complete with real tracks, real cars,…
Macromedia Announces Director MX For Mac OS X [Corrected]
[ Correction: We incorrectly reported that Director MX for Windows had been released earlier this year. In actuality, Director MX for Windows is being announced concurrently with Director MX for Mac OS X. The story has been corrected accordingly. – Editor.] Macromedia announced today Director MX for Mac OS X, a major update to their…
Axeoth Awaits: Heroes Of Might And Magic IV Released For Mac
The 3DO Company has released a Mac version of "Heroes of Might and Magic IV". "Heroes of Might and Magic" is a fantasy game set in the fictional world of Axeoth, pitting players against the evil King Gavin Magnus. The Mac version features multiple screen support and six campaigns. According to The 3DO Company: The…
Apple's Windows LAN Manager On Why He Switched, & Why His iMac Is On eBay
"Mac OS X gets out of your way, while Windows wants to be in your face." So said Aaron Adams, Windows LAN manager and the star of one of Apple’s Switch TV ads. When we heard that Mr. Adams was selling his iMac on eBay (link corrected), we wanted to find out why. That answer…
Apple Officially Commits To Macworld SF, Still Vague On Macworld NY 2003
In the much publicized spat between Apple and IDG World Expos over the move of the East Coast show from New York City to Boston in 2004, there have been several developments: IDG announced the move to Boston, Apple announced it would not attend the Boston show and may not attend the 2003 New York…
Apple Upgrades PowerBook G4 Line To 1 GHz, SuperDrives, Radeon 9000 Mobility, Lower Prices
As many Observers expected, Apple today revved both the PowerBook G4 and iBook product lines (see also our full coverage of the iBook updates). Apple’s new PowerBook G4 line packs some very powerful new features, including faster processors at 867 MHz and 1 GHz, a SuperDrive (CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R) on the high end model,…
Indian AIDS Awareness Campaign Relies On Macs, Final Cut Pro 3
A new HIV/AIDS awareness campaign has been launched in India to help educate young people in India about the disease. The campaign is centering around a reality TV show that uses two buses to take young people around to different cities, placing them in challenging situations. Information about AIDS and the sexual transmission of the…
Apple Taps PC Company For "Move2Mac" Migration Software For Switchers
For Switchers moving to a Mac, one of the hassles can be how to get your settings and files from your old PC to your new Mac. News.com brought us word of a company called Detto Technologies that has a solution for this, and it’s called Move2Mac. Move2Mac will help move your Windows settings and…
adnX Ports Mac Version OF MadWare
adnX announces the immediate availability of the MadWare software and the associated drivers (for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X) for Madplayer of MadWaves.com MadPlayer is the first numerical compositor of digital music in the world. MadPlayer was created by DBtech, a french company. The team of development of adnX carried out the Mac…
.Mac? .Maybe
Y ep! I signed up. I said I would and I did, even though I complained (some would say whined) that Apple is screwing over a lot of folks by not offering a tiered plan that features an e-mail only option. I still believe that. Apple announced yesterday (9/17/02) that 100,000 have signed up for…
