Zis Mac

Alan Zisman on the Mac

is a Mac-using teacher and technology writer based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He also writes our Mac 2 Windows column, which puts the focus on Macs and Windows working together. Many of his articles are available on his website, www.zisman.ca.

Earlier Columns on LEM

• Painter 7.0, Low End Mac Reviews, 2002.06.19. For creating original art on the Mac, Painter remains unmatched, although the OS X version is quite sluggish.
• Photoshop 7.0, Mac 2 Windows, 2002.06.13. Whether running X-native or under the Classic Mac OS, Photoshop 7.0 offers many helpful new features.
• Mac emulation with Basilisk II, vMac, Mac 2 Windows, 2002.05.08. More on Basilisk II, OS X compatibility, and emulating a Mac on a Mac with vMac.
• Basilisk II puts a Mac on a Windows computer, Mac 2 Windows, 2002.05.01. Freeware emulator lets you run Mac OS and applications on a Windows PC.
• Mac OS X emerges from painful adolescence, My Turn, 2002.02.22. In deciding that all new Macs will boot up to OS X, Apple decided that its technology (and users) are finally ready to make the change.
• Hands On: Microsoft Office v. X, Mac 2 Windows, 2002.02.12. Why Microsoft Office v. X is the "most attractive and most fun-to-use version of Office for any platform."
• Alan's favourite things, X-Wares, 2002.02.04. Five very useful freeware and shareware utilities to spruce up Mac OS X.
• OS X and the iMac 266, 10 Forward, 2001.11.30. Some real trials installing OS X 10.0 on a Revision C iMac - but all is fine now.