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Oops: Mac OS X will not include DVD player, Go2Mac.com, 2/28. "This is particularly troublesome considering that the Apple DVD Player for OS 9 will not run in the classic environment."
SETI@Home: Lengthy SETI@Home server outage continues, Go2Mac.com, 2/28. Contractor may have cut cables between main Berkeley campus and building with SETI servers.
News: Seattle earthquake interrupts Bill Gates, Yahoo/Reuters, 2/28. Shake measure 7.0 on richter scale.
Opinion: What does it mean to "think different"?, Stanislav Kelman, osOpinion, 2/28. "Macintoshes stand out because the 'experience' of using one is different from that with any other personal computer...."
Advice: Backing up computer information, Nancy Carroll Gravley, Mac Observer, 2/28. "...I was so enamored with the ease of use and the dependability that I never once considered backing up information saved to my hard drive."
Opinion: What do negative reactions to the new iMac say about Mac users?, David Schultz, Applelust, 2/28. "...we are as diverse and multicolored as the new iMacs themselves."
Web: Lots of new material at System 6 Heaven, 2/28.
Opinion: Apple removed DVD from the iMac for a reason, Tim Mityok, Mac Observer, 2/28. An interesting argument, although we disagree.
Opinion: Making ad banners suck less, Kurt Gray, Koro5hin, 2/27. "...suppose you could click a link right next to the banner 'Never show me this ad again....'"
Opinion: Flower sour, Joel Davie, iMaculate Conception, Applelust, 2/27. "A random splatter of Dalmatian spots would look pretty cool - albeit like a blue cow, and that's some other computer manufacturer."
News: Disc Burner 1.0.1 available, Apple, 2/27. Disc Burner allows drag-and-drop burning of CD-R, CD-RW with many third-party drives. May cause problems with third-party burning software, just like iTunes.
Hands on: More on the Madsonline Titanium adapter, Go2Mac.com, 2/27. Prototype is so much smaller than Apple's AC adpater....
News: IBM announces PowerPC 750CXe again, Mac Observer, 2/27. "The PowerPC 750CXe is currently powering the high end 500 and 600 MHz iMac models."
Opinion: The Zip disk is dead. Long live the Zip disk, Carlos Camacho, Mac Observer, 2/27. The rise and fall of the Zip disk. A thoughtful read.
Opinion: New standards for online advertising, MacSlash, 2/27. Read the comments, share your 2¢.
Opinion: Almost a Pismo owner, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 2/27. Moore came "that close" to owning a 500 MHz Pismo.
Opinion: Apple's new laptop is a peach, BusinessWeek. "Until now, if you wanted a very thin notebook, you had to make an important sacrifice...."
Preview: Toast Titanium 5.0, Macworld UK, 2/01. New version burns like a champ in the background.
Opinion: Education sales & profits down? Why not just raise prices?, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom, 2/27. A more costly entry-level iMac won't help get iMacs into schools.
Opinion: Revelations from Tokyo, Wes George, MacWeek, 2/26. Apple's problems: 2.5% market share, the MHz myth, marketing, and product life cycles.
Huh? Get your flower power and blue dalmatian poodles here, Michel Munger, Mac Observer, 2/26.
iMac: iForce G4 upgrades, PowerLogix [MacNN]. Boosts Rev. A-D iMacs to 400, 450 MHz.
Web: Guidelines for "new interactive marketing units" (read: banner ads), IAB, 2/26. If you thought today's banner ads were big, think again.
Opinion: Get your spray paint iMac analysis here, Michael Munger, On the Flip Side, Mac Observer, 2/26. Key truth: Too many people stay away from the platform because of the price; even folks who believe that it is superior!
Tech: PowerPC 750 vs. 750Cx: Differences explained, David K. Every, MacNN, 2/26. "...by reducing the pin count and eliminating the need for the external cache, [IBM] drove the overall cost of the processor down."
Opinion: Disappearing iMac DVD puzzles Japanese Mac fans, ZDNet, 2/25. "...most attendees polled by ZDNet News said DVD is still more useful to them."
Low End? Ze Cube, Bernard Bélanger. Classic II repackaged in 10" plexiglass cube - complete with slot-loading floppy drive!
Benchmarks: Is the PCI Radeon a lot slower than the AGP version?, Bare Feats, 2/23.
Opinion: Some thoughts on the new iMac colors from people who saw them, Mac Observer, 2/23. "When viewed up close the new iMac colors are not as loud or as intrusive as they seem in photographs."
Opinion: iMacs in the flesh, Stephen Beale, MacWeek, 2/23. "...the colors appear much more subtle and muted when you see them live."
Opinion: Losing faith in PayPal, Salon, 2/23. Leading online payment company threatened by fraud and fraud prevention.
Tech: iMac's new Rage 128 Ultra graphics chip revealed, Peter Cohen, MacCentral, 2/23. Except for supporting 16 MB of memory, Ultra functionally equivalent to older Pro video.
Consumer: Week's best iBook, PowerBook deals, PowerBook Central, 2/23.
Opinion: Apple, what is your product strategy?, Paul Shields, Business Mac, 2/23. "...the new machines seem inconsistent with both Apple's marketing strategy and market experience over the last 6 months."
Hands On: iMac 2001, international edition, Macworld UK, 2/01. Report confirms international version of 500 MHz iMac differs from North American one.
Opinion: What were they thinking?, Charles W. Moore, Moores' Views, Applelinks, 2/23. "...someone once said that 'nobody ever went broke betting on the bad taste of the American public.'"
Opinion: I love the new iMac colors: 180 degrees in 13 hours, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/22. The new colors are aimed at new markets, not traditional Mac users.
News: 500 MHz iMac specs vary internationally, MacNN, 2/22. Outside North America, 500 MHz iMac has PPC 750 CPU, 512K 200 MHz backside cache, Rage 128 Pro, 8 MB video RAM.
Hands On: A night at the Opera, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 2/22. Preview release of Opera promises "one honey of a browser."
Oops: iTunes 1.1: Third-party disc burning software stops working, Apple TIL. Now we need third-party support that works with Toast.
Opinion: Rodney interviews creator of Netscape 6, "Flower Power" colors & the mood-ring iMac, Rodney O. Lain, iBrotha, Mac Observer, 2/22. Mac Daddy did it!
News: Apple drops G4 Cube prices, Mac Junkie, 2/22. 450 MHz Cube now US$1,299.
Opinion: The new iMacs: Does Apple think it has to shock us top sell us?, David Schultz, Applelust, 2/22. "Don't give me a flower, give me power."
News: Apple introduces Cube with CD-RW, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 2/22.
Hands On: Titanium PowerBooks: Marvelous design, David Rosen, Canada Computes, 2/21. "...the first thing that hits you about the machine is its amazing industrial design. Simply put, the PowerBook is beautiful."
Opinion: About those colors..., Stephen Beale, MacWeek, 2/21. "So what was the thinking behind Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian?"
Opinion: Honey, did you puke on the iMac?, David Egger, Mac Monkey, 2/21. "Just when Apple really started to get the color thing right, they go and screw it up."
Opinion: The scourge of Arial, Mark Simonson Studio, 2/01. The history of a ubiquitous, parasitic, third-rate typeface.
Software: iTunes 1.1, Apple Computer. Now supports over 25 third-party drives.
Opinion: Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, Ceolaf, MacinThoughts, Applelust, 2/21. Have you personalized your PowerBook - lately?
News: MadsonLine unveils PB G4 accessories, MacCentral, 2/21. Smaller AC adaptor, auto/air travel adaptor, and protective sleeve for G4.
News: Macworld Tokyo "video on demand" from Apple, sometime this evening.
Opinion: A Mac success story, Nancy Carroll Gravley, Mac Observer, 2/21. "...she could still remember that feeling of amazement and sense of accomplishment when she turned it on and it worked right off the bat."
Oops: Apple CD-RW drives can't write to high-speed discs, MacCentral, 2/21. CD-RW in Power Mac G4 rated at 4x for CD-RW, not compatible with discs rated for faster burns.
Opinion: TiBook troubles and Pismo pondering, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, 2/21.
Advice: 15 step program to accelerate your Mac, MacInstruct, 2/20.
Opinion: Why OS X will work, Chuck Cribbs, osOpinion. "Apple has it right: The interface is where it has to stand out."
Review: Virtual PC 4, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral, 2/19.
Review: PowerBook G4, Ben Long, MacInTouch, 2/19. Best comprehensive overview of the TiBook we've seen.
Benchmarks: 10 GB vs. 20 GB IBM drives in TiBook, Accelerate Your Mac!, 2/19. Conclusion: the 20 GB drive rocks.
News: Apple ships SuperDrive equipped Power Mac G4, MacCentral, 2/19.
Web: Tenacity TrueType font, Web Page Design for Designer [Mac Observer]. Bit mapped font designed especially for creating Web graphics.
Opinion: You can live without Mac OS X, Michel Munger, On the Flip Side, Mac Observer, 2/19.
Benchmarks: Granite Digital's Bridge Board breaks 30MB/sec barrier for single FireWire drives!, Bare Feats, 2/19.
Web: DealMac gets five stars, iReview. It couldn't happen to a better site.
Opinion: Barefoot Titanium Blues, John H. Farr, Grack!, Applelinks, 2/19. The happiest TiBook uers are barefoot.
Advice: REALbasic University, Marc Zeedar, Applelinks, 2/19. REALbasic is the heir to Hypercard.
Virus: FireWire Depot warns of virus on product CD, MacCentral, 2/17. Old virus easily cleaned up with Disinfectant.
Archive: Old beige gets a boost with brain upgrade, Jim Heid, LA Times, 12/21/00. Thanks to Dough Hinshberger for sending this link - article also mentions LEM way at the end.
News: iTunes revision "on the way," Macworld UK, 2/16. This explains my problems burning with Toast - the kids put iTunes on the computer, and the drivers conflict. iTunes 1.1 will address this.
Deal: Black XLR8 three-button USB mouse, $12.95, DealMac, 2/16. Color should complement Lombard, Pismo nicely.
Opinion: Survivor: A tale from the desktop, Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 2/16. Five year old Power Computing clone "still trucking along." (We understand; we just retired our 1996 SuperMac S900.)
Opinion: On the Internet in 30 seconds or less, Stanislav Kelman, osOpinion, 2/16. "...I was really amazed at how little time it took to get an EarthLink connection up and running [on an iMac]."
Consumer: Week's best iBook, PowerBook deals, PowerBook Central, 2/16.
History: Remembering 1984 with Apple ads, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/16.
Opinion: The deadly task of backing up, Marc Zeedar, Mac Opinion, 2/15. "If there was a fire and your computer was lost, would you be more upset about the missing hardware or the missing data?"
Rights: Net filters don't work, Karen Thomas, USA Today, 2/15. "Despite years of tweaking, software programs that claim to "filter" the Internet to protect kids from porn and other objectionable material still don't do a very good job...."
Web: The Northern Spy, Rick Sutcliffe.
Opinion: Critical acclaim, LA Times, 2/15. "Life is too short to use anything but a Mac." Roger Ebert
Opinion: Missing pieces: A list of deficiencies in each of Apple's latest products, Rob Art Morgan, Bare Feats, 2/12. Each piece of hardware has at least one flaw.
Dark Side: Windows XP: They even stole the duck, Wired, 2/15. They flipped it left for right, but it's definitely the same image used in Mac OS X ( more).
Software: Conflict Catcher adds OS 9.1, OS X Beta support, Mac Observer, 2/15. This utility can be a lifesaver.
Web: Web Site 101, resources for Webmasters.
Dark Side: Microsoft to steal Linux coders?, Peter Revill, osOpinison, 2/15. "Can't buy out the company that competes with your application? Why not buy out its developers?"
MacInSchool: Help sought in preventing "backward migration," Dennis Sellers, MacCentral, 2/14. John F. Kennedy High in Sacramento, CA, forcing teacher to switch from Macs to Windows.
AAPL: Apple dips to 18-1/2, recovers in afternoon trading to 19-1/2, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/14.
Opinion: iSay: Enough with iTitles - they are getting iSickening, David Schultz, Applelust, 2/14. "It was iCute, it was iFun, and it was iDistinctive."
Humor: Source reveals origin of new Windows XP moniker, Right On Mac!, 2/14. "Thus the 'XP' that appears after the word 'Windows' is really an emoticon...."
Opinion: Beyond the speed bump, Wes George, MacWeek, 2/14. Personal computers have a long, bright future.
New: Compact AC adapters for TiBook coming, Go2Mac.com, 2/14. Good, because a huge flying saucer power supply is an insult to the compact PowerBook G4 and its user.
Advice: Nancy's guide to Mac help sites, part 2, Nancy Carroll Gravley, Mac Observer, 2/14.
Opinion: Still grinning after four years in the Web biz, Mike Banks Valentine, osOpinion, 2/14. "I love this stuff and can't get enough of it!"
Review: EasiExpansion T35, MacNN, 2/13. Need more slots or drive bays for your PCI Mac? This $399 expansion chassis provides 'em.
Opinion: CoolPads reviewed, repair alternatives, and desktop replacements, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, 2/13.
Hardware: Maxtor drives use new head technology, MacWeek, 2/13. Reduced part count and head retraction make for more reliable, cost effective drives.
Virus: Macs "safe" from Kournikova server volley, Macworld UK, 2/13. "A virus disguising itself as an image of sexy Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova is clogging the email systems of companies across the globe."
Opinion: Look, ma - no wires: Apple's AirPort lets you do a lot, Hugh Peebles, Union Tribune, 2/13.
Opinion: Will PowerBook G4 owners suffer the curse of early adoption?, Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer, 2/13. "It appears that Apple sacrificed some sort of structural integrity in order to make that one-inch-thick casing."
News: DVD drive now BTO option on Power Mac G4, Macs Only!, 2/13. Want DVD-ROM instead of CD-RW? Apple offers it as a build to order option at no extra cost.
OS X: MacSoldiers announces OS X support list, Applelinks, 2/12.
Accessories: Dr Bott ships updated iBookBags, Dr Bott, 2/12. Our choice in iBook bags - now available in indigo, lime, and graphite.
Opinion: The net effect of Internet pricing, Mac Zeedar, Mac Opinion, 2/12. "Mail order's been around for decades, but it never truly threatened physical stores - and buying on the Internet isn't much different than traditional mail order."
Opinion: Gaze thee upon the power that titanium has on the infidel, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/12. "The PowerBook G4 may do more to convert PC users to the Mac Way than the iMac and Mac OS X combined."
Opinion: Road warrior, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Pioneer Planet, 2/12. "Don't even think about buying a pedestrian PC portable until you've kicked the tires on this metallic Mac."
Review: Connectix DoubleTalk, Bill Fox, Macs Only!, 2/12. New $99 utility lets Macs work with Windows servers on a network.
Web: The 6400 Zone has moved to a new server and URL.
Humor: Zap the PRAM, Macboy.com. Call 1-800-SOS-APPL.
Software: Adobe unveils Photoshop Elements, MacWeek, 2/11. Described as "Photoshop [6] cut off at the knees," $99 program may be all the Photoshop a lot of us need.
TiBook: PB G4 cautions/observations, Go2Mac.com, 2/10. LEM has seen the static problem mentioned here - and our office isn't carpeted.
Web: A day in the life of a webmaster, Cameron Wilmot, TweakTown, 2/9. As a webmaster, this story sounds suspiciously like my daily grind. ;-)
Consumer: TiBook RAM, 256 MB under US$90; PC133 RAM, 256 MB under US$80, ramseeker, 2/9.
Opinion: MSNBC says AOL should buy Apple, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/8. "The only thing worse than [Apple owned by Microsoft] would have to be a world where Apple is owned by AOL."
SETI@home: Version 3.0.3 of SETI@home client now mandatory, Mac Observer, 2/8. Command line version available for Mac OS X.
Oops: DVD player compatibility, Apple. Some DVD players won't work with DVDs mastered on Apple's new SuperDrive. Here's the list of players Apple has tested.
Consumer: Need a faster Mac: Upgrade vs. new, Paul Shields, Business Mac. How to compare the cost of upgrading vs. replacing your old Mac.
Opinion: Revisiting Amazon's business plan, Phil Trent, osOpinion, 2/8. Is Amazon a discount store or a convenience store?
Analysis: Which graphics card is right?, Macworld. Nvidia GeForce 2MX, ATI Rage 128 Pro, and ATI Radeon AGP compared.
News: Formac begins shipping FireWire CD-RWs, MacNN, 2/7. The US$299 12x/10x/32x bus powered drive begins shipping on Monday.
News: Sony shows off LCD's successor, TechWeb, 2/7 [Macs Only!]. Organic electroluminescent (OEL) display thinner, lighter, less costly than LCDs.
Review: CopyAgent and TurboKeys, Gary Coyne, Applelinks, 2/7. LEM has been using this combo since Macworld New York. Recommended.
Advice: Return receipt email, Deborah Shadvitz, Mac Efficiency 101, MacCentral, 2/7. "Return-Receipt is not a standard yet, but it is possible for email applications to request a return receipt message."
Opinion: Apple and the lap(top) of luxury, Peter H. Lewis, Fortune. "...the new PowerBook G4 Titanium is the most impressive notebook computer ever."
Opinion: The consumer revolution is stalled, it's time for a 17" iMac, Paul Shields, Business Mac, 2/7. "The primary reason the iMac failed to penetrate the business market was its inclusion of a 15-in. monitor."
Advice: Nancy's guide to Mac help Web sites, Nancy Carroll Gravley, Mac Observer, 2/7. Some very helpful online resources.
Opinion: Why the new PowerBook is not sexy, Stefano Scalia, Mac Mind, 2/6. "How can a solid metal object, with no curves or soft features be sexy?"
Opinion: The PBTi and (gasp!) Windows?, Go2Mac.com, 2/6. How well does the TiBook emulate Windows?
History: Remembering 1977 with the Apple I, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Obserer, 2/7. It all started with a $666.66 computer-on-a-card.
AAPL: Tech stocks rally, Apple gains more than 4%, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/6.
Virus: Friends done email friends HTML, Julia Scheeres, Wired, 2/6. Javascript in email can copy your email to unintended destinations.
Analysis: TiBook vs. Cube as portable desktop replacement, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, 2/6.
Low End: Putting a CD-ROM inside an SE/30, Stuart Bell.
Advice: Wiring your house, LaserWriter problems, and burning audio CDs, Ask Dave, Mac Observer, 2/6.
Opinion: The basics of BASIC, David K. Every, iGeek, MacWeek, 2/6. "Installing and using REALbasic was a fun walk down memory lane...."
Analysis: Chipmakers face power struggles, Henry Norr, SF Gate, 2/5. The Pentium 4 draws 55 watts of power.
Review: Virtual PC 4.0: A great upgrade to a good product, John Egan, The iMac.com, 2/5. "Connectix claims that version 4 is twice as fast [as version 3], and I'd have to agree."
Consumer: Readers weigh in on UPS rip-offs, Charles W. Moore, Moore's Machine, Mac Junkie, 2/5.
News: FireWire SuperDrive available for order, Accelerate Your Mac, 2/5. At least one dealer taking orders for Pioneer's DVD-R drive.
Tech: Mac OS X, Gaggan. "The Mach microkernel permits very fine grained control because of its basic nature."
Huh? Consumers combat popup with software, Stefanie Olsen, Cnet, 2/5. This from the site with the biggest non-popup ads on the Web? (See LEM boycotts Cnet links.)
News: ATI unveils Mobility Radeon, MacWeek, 2/5. Too bad they didn't have this ready in time for the TiBook.
Advice: Battery conservation tips, PowerBook Central. Good tips for PowerBook users.
Opinion: The TiBook Chronicles, Charles W. Moore, 2/5. Note especially the LapDog case designed for the TiBook.
News: Kmart's bluelight.com dumps Mac support, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 2/5. "...a big raspberry to Kmart. Perhaps Mac users should find another discount department store."
Opinion: Zoom rage, Marc Zeedar, MacOpinion, 2/5. Driven batty by small fixed-size type on some sites, the author suggests a browser that zooms.
Opinion: Will Apple launch an entirely new product line?, Michel Munger, On the Flip Side, Mac Observer, 2/5. Speculation on a subnotebook.
News: Research group reports AirPort network can be hacked, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/5.
Deal: Refurbished iMac DV+, $899; iMac 350, $649; iBook 366, $1199, see DealMac for details. 450 MHz, DVD, and a 20 GB hard drive.
Deal: USB Zip 100, $58.99, MacMall. New in box - not a refurb.
Humor: Zap the PRAM, Macboy.com, 2/5.
Hands on: PowerBook G4 Titanium, Macs Only, 2/5. "The bottom line? The Ti is outstanding."
Advocacy: Petition launched for external SuperDrive, Mac Observer, 2/5.
Analysis: Counting Web traffic, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 2/4. "One firm only counts PC users, ignoring those on Macs."
Benchmarks: Quake III on PowerBook G4, Go2Mac.com, 2/3.
Analysis: PowerBook G4/PC laptop price comparison, David Egger, MacMonkey, 2/3. "...the PC world just doesn't have anything like the PowerBook G4."
Benchmarks: New G4/533 vs. old G4/500, Bare Feats, 2/2. Dual G4/500, single G4/500, G4/533, G4/466, Pentium III 1 GHz, and Pentium 4 1.4 GHz go head to head.
News: School to feature iBooks in wireless laptop conference, Mac Observer, 2/2.
News: First buyers receive PowerBooks; dealers frustrated, Brad Gibson, MacCentral, 2/2.
Opinion: Dan Knight's TiBook impressions, Charles W. Moore, 2/2.
Review: MacSense XRouter Pro, Insanely Great Mac, 2/1. "The XRouter Pro ... is a cable/DSL Internet router designed to connect multiple devices to the Internet."
Consumer: Week's best PowerBook, iBook deals, PowerBook Central, 2/2.
Opinion: Are Macs getting too cheap?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks. "There is some question as to whether Apple hasn't pushed the bottom end of the price envelope bit too far already with the lower end iMacs."
MacInSchool: Schools go with iBooks, iMacs, Dennis Seller, MacCentral, 2/2. "Treadwell High in Memphis, TN, recently wrote a requisition for a 15-unit wireless lab from Apple."
Advice: RAM too cheap not to buy, Mac-Upgrade.com. We have to agree - we've seen 256 MB modules for under US$100 recently.
News: Titanium PowerBook ships (plus first looks), John H. Farr, Applelinks, 2/1. "...the best reading on how the PowerBook G4 feels and works.... Dan Knight is having quite an enjoyable time transferring files and learning to live with his new laptop, and we think you'll enjoy the vicarious experience."
Tech: ASCII, HTML entities, ISO Latin, Unicode, and all that jazz, Pierre Igot, Applelust. What ASCII is, why ISO Latin is an improvement, more.
Virus: AOL users hit with password stealing virus, James Niccolai, InfoWorld, 2/1 [Win98 Central]. Need we mention it uses Visual Basic, and thus effects only Windows users?
AAPL: We will return to profits this quarter, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 2/1.
Review: MadsonLine Micro-Adapter PowerBook AC adapter, PowerBook Zone. Very compact alternative to Apple's "yo-yo" power supply, but a bit costly.
Deal: FireBook 2.5" FireWire enclosure sale, PowerBook Zone. Turn a 2.5" IDE drive into an external FireWire drive for $115 plus shipping - limited supply
News: Ready or not, Titanium PowerBook G4 ships (with pics), Mac Observer, 2/1.

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