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Macworld SEPTEMBER 2000 APPLE’S NEW MACS: G4 CUBE, iMACS, POWER MACS • OFFICE 2001 • DISPLAYS • REMOVABLE STORAGE read me first Simon Jary The Cube is great, but it raises the spectre editor-in-chief of a new portable device, and I’m worried that we all might be embarassed again.
The ghost of Newton
ow that all the digital dust has settled on It also leaves a hole in the matrix as big as the hole the product announcements of New York’s in a Cube owner’s wallet. And that’s what is stopping Macworld Expo, it should be time to sit me sit back and enjoy the delights of Macworld Expo. N back and contemplate life with the new Will the new product be a sort of portable Cube G4 Cube, Gigabit Ethernet, optical Pro Mouse, and – an iCube or CubeBook, perhaps? Apple’s current funky new iMac colours. But there’s something portable Mac range could certainly benefit from some about Apple’s new product line-up that bugs me. Cube-like miniturization. The iBook and PowerBook Back in 1997, Apple was in waters so stormy are fine mobile PCs, but neither could be described as that even George Clooney would have turned his boat lightweight (6.6lbs and 6.1lbs respectively). Sony’s 3lb round and headed for home. The company was in a Vaio laptop steals the prizes when it comes to taking right old mess, haemorrhaging millions faster than portability seriously. Steve is a big fan of Sony, and has the Millennium Dome – yet attracting fewer punters. stated publicly that he’d like Apple to be more like the There were over 15 different models of Macintosh. Japanese electronics giant. Maybe not co-incidently, Chaos reigned when it came to product names. Apple FireWire-licensee Sony is the only other company out released a desktop Performa 5300 at the same time there making a big noise about digital home movies. as a portable PowerBook 5300. 5300 meant nothing A truly lightweight laptop with sharp 12-inch to either machine, except that the Performa succeeded screen and CD drive would fit the bill, but shouldn’t the 5200, and the PowerBook replaced the, er, 540. the iBook match these features? Three types of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned as CEO, and portable computer is just as confusing as the Cube quickly cut this model mayhem. Apple’s product range when it comes to defining potential markets. was reduced to a simple matrix. From that moment According to stateside sources, Apple is close to on, Apple was to produce portable and desktop completing work on a rather interesting technology. Macs for two markets: consumer and professional. Apparently called InkWell (code-named Rosetta Stone), It was a year or so until all the sections of the this technology harks back to the Newton (ahem…) product matrix were filled with Macs that Steve was and handwriting recognition. It links with reported happy with – and which the world would consider Apple plans to create pen-input software that could buying in any great numbers. The iMac and iBook see the keyboard go the way of the floppy disk. filled up the desktop and portable segments of the The first place that InkWell could turn up is in the consumer half. Power Macs and PowerBooks the pro. trackpad of a new (probably G4-powered) PowerBook, Steve scrapped the Newton handheld computer, code-named Mercury. An InkPad makes up a simple and – after failing to buy the Palm from 3Com – notepad interface for your tablet or trackpad seemed content to ignore the market altogether. scribblings. An InkBar collapsible toolbar launches Rumours of an Apple-branded handheld running programs and replaces standard keyboard functions. the Palm OS have surfaced, but nothing ever comes It sounds whizzo, but is also worrying. No one of them. The product matrix stays in place. knows how to write with a pen anymore, for starters. Until now… After a couple of years of dominance, I had to do it the other day, and my wrist hurt like the product matrix has been split and subdivided by an overworked secretary’s. Anything that makes the Apple – happy that it now has the momentum to trackpad more intuitive can’t be bad, but plugging expand its product vision. The new vision isn’t exactly in a mouse seems to do just fine for me. clear to anyone yet. The Power Mac G4 Cube (see page Everyone from Microsoft’s Bill Gates to Sun’s Scott 70) is a real design dreamboat, but its market is a McNealy have been waving Web-pad Net appliances strange one – the only common factor between Cube around at high-profile shows. Will we see Steve do the owners will be an understanding bank manager. A same at a forthcoming Expo? I’m hoping we don’t. I’m Cube and flat-panel Apple Studio Display costs well sure it would wow the pants off everybody, but I don’t over £2,000 with VAT. I haven’t spent that much on want to go back to the days of Apple pre-announcing a computer set-up since I bought a Mac LC (12-inch technologies several years before they have a chance screen, 2MB RAM, 40MB hard disk) and mono of actually shipping anything. Apple pioneered the LaserWriter LS back in 1990. move to digital publishing back in the mid-1980s, While that makes the new £649 entry-level iMac striking down any old typesetters in its path. Right look even more of a bargain, it doesn’t really help now, when comfortable laptops are needed more than define this new segment of Apple’s strategic matrix. smart pen tools, Apple should leave InkWell alone. MW
4 Macworld SEPTEMBER 2000 SEPTEMBER 2000 Contents COVER STORIES
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Power packed in Unlike the G3-powered iMac, the Cube uses a top-of-the- range PowerPC G4 processor – running at either 450MHz or 500MHz – so there’s no skimping on performance. The Cube can also pack up to 1.5GB of memory, using four 512MB RAM DIMMs. As it ships with just 64MB of RAM, you’ll need to add a whole bunch more. £110 will take you to 128MB, which is a far better starting point. It’ll cost you about £3,000 to reach the maximum 1.5GB of RAM. The 450MHz Cube we tested is actually faster than the old 450MHz minitower Power Mac G4, due to speedier graphics. Graphics power is provided by an ATI Rage 128 Pro graphics card with 16MB of video RAM – the same accelerator that’s found in the latest Power Mac G4. Audio oomph is provided by the harman/kardon all- digital 20W speakers. You also get a small digital amplifier with a stereo headphone jack. Real audiophiles will probably want to add an iSub subwoofer (another Apple- harman/kardon product) and maybe upgrade to SoundSticks (see Reviews, page 52), but these round speakers will be fine for the rest of us. Unfortunately, the Cube is not a very upgradable n the trade, computers are often referred to as “boxes”. – is hidden underneath the Cube. In fact, the Cube is almost machine. Third-party CPU upgrade makers do not produce New Mac computer In reality most of them are utilitarian beige-plastic totally smooth. However, expect the ideal look to be spoilt upgrade cards that will fit the UMA motherboard’s CPU I towers riddled with drive slots, fans and connection when you lump extra Zip and CD-R drives next to it. daughtercard slot. Right now, this doesn’t matter, as Apple Power Mac ports. Apple has designed the most elegant ‘box’for its Apple extends the Cube look with its speakers, which already ships the fastest G4s available. However, when Power Macs – but the slots, fan and ports are still there for look like see-through cricket balls but sound fantastic. The faster G4s become available, processor envy is bound to G4 Cube all to see in its ultra-user-friendly Graphite mini-tower case new Pro Keyboard and Pro Mouse also reflect the Cube’s kick in for Cubists. As the Cube shares its daughtercard Manufacturer: Apple (see page 78). cool design, and are a real bonus. design with the Power Mac G4, CPU upgrades should be (0870 600 6010) Now, Apple’s techies and industrial designers have possible in the future. www.apple.com/uk created a totally new look for a personal computers. The Engineering feat Upgrading the bundled graphics card is another matter. Pros: Stylish; powerful; Inner core maximum office-cred points; Power Mac G4 Cube really is a box – an eight-inch cube, of Apart from the sheer brilliance of compacting a Power Mac The Rage 128 Pro is a standard, replaceable 2x AGP card, but ultimate home computer; classic design and engineering flair, suspended in a crystal- into such a small space, the Cube is a marvel of innovation. lack of space inside the Cube rules out many third-party The Cube’s case isn’t actually a cube (it’s 9.8-x-7.7-x-7.7 inches) because of the crystal- iMovie 2. clear enclosure. It’s the first of a new breed of small- Analogue technology is restricted to the power supply, graphics cards – such as 3dfx’s latest offerings – that won’t clear enclosure protecting the components. You get to the innards by simply lifting the Cons: Expensive with new footprint/high-power fully digital PCs designed for people modem and VGA port. And the computer is virtually silent, fit in the enclosure. The 128 Pro is a fine card, but some may cube from the case using the hidden handle on its base. Removing it, you feel like displays; limited upgradability; who want more than an iMac but don’t need all the Power because there’s no fan needed to cool the interior find themselves wanting more video power in the future. James Bond defusing a dangerous nuclear core. no PCI slots. Mac’s expandability. components. Apple has instead used a thermodynamic Price: 450MHz: £1,249 The cube shape has been seen before. Steve Jobs’NeXT central cooling chimney to chill out the chip. According to Pro features built in 500MHz: £1,599 computer was cube-shaped. And Cobalt Networks’Linux- Apple, the Cube produces about 19 decibels; by Hardware You’d assume that there isn’t much room for (both excluding VAT) based Mac-compatible Qube Internet server measures 7.25 comparison, a person whispering in a quiet room from 15 features in the Cube. You’d be wrong. There’s two USB ports, DVD top-loader Star Ratings: 450MHz: /8.5 inches and even includes a PCI slot – see Reviews, October feet away generates 30 decibels. two FireWire, 10/100BaseT ethernet (upgradable to Gigabit 500MHz: /8.4 1998. But Apple’s G4 Cube is not just a Net server. It’s a fully Apart from the fiddly original iMac, we’ve become used Ethernet for £140), a 56Kbps modem, and a slot for Apple’s fledged personal computer with sophisticated video-out to Apple building its computers with easy-to-get-at insides. AirPort wireless-networking technology. The Cube can also options, 450MHz or 500MHz PowerPC chip, AirPort wireless A whole side of the Power Mac, for instance, opens up to boast UltraATA/66 hard-disk storage of up to 40GB – technology, speakers and a DVD drive. reveal the computer’s logic-board and expansion slots. You although the standard 20GB disk is relatively slow at get inside the Cube by turning it upside down, popping out 5,200rpm compared to the 40GB’s 7,200rpm. The hard drive Read our WORLD EXCLUSIVE Art & design a handle and lifting out the electronics. This is great, except can be upgraded to any drive that will fit in the 2.5-inch bay. PRODUCTION UNIT TESTS on Apple calls the G4 Cube “the perfect marriage of art and that you’ll hardly ever need to open up the Cube. The only The slot-loading DVD-ROM drive features DVD-Video page 74. All other magazines’ engineering”. Not only has Apple fitted the innards of a expandable areas inside the Cube are the dedicated AGP 2x playback. Its roof-top positioning is a real treat, and is Cube tests to date have been Power Mac into one-quarter of the space, but it has raised slot that holds the ATI RAGE 128 Pro graphics card, two protected from dust by some neat sealing. of pre-production models. the bar on applied design. The G4 Cube is a real beauty – PC100 DIMM slots and an AirPort slot. Still, the process is so One sticking point is its lack of free PCI or AGP maybe Apple designer Jonathan Ive’s finest yet. cool that you’ll be showing it off to friends and colleagues expansion slots. There aren’t any. So if you’re the type of The enclosure uses the same crystal-clear plastics as the every few days anyway. person who needs to add third-party cards (high-end Cinema Display and the Power Mac G4’s transparent Apple made the Cube so small by exiling the power digital-video professionals or serious gamers, for example), handles. It eschews ugly front drive-slots for a single supply to the floor – which is a much better place for such the Cube is most definitely not for you. Most of what you’d unobtrusive slot-loading DVD drive on top. The full set of equipment than sitting inside a computer warming want to add a card for is already included in the Cube, so connector ports – USB, FireWire, modem, ethernet, VGA, etc everything up and making a racket. this shouldn’t have an immediate effect on many. Most Power Mac users do not add any cards – leaving the three slots empty. Power Mac G4 Cube – a wonder of art and engineering There’s also no room for a second internal hard drive or Zip drive. External drives can be added via the USB or Model PowerPC Base MaxHard DVD-ROM USB FireWire New mouse PCI AGP 2x AirPort Ethernet iMovie 2 56Kbps G4 processor RAM RAM disk DVD-RAM ports ports & keyboard slots slot compatible (BaseT) software modem FireWire ports, however. Of course, you’ll need to add a monitor. You can connect a standard VGA screen or go for one of the desirable new G4 Cube 450 450MHz 64MB 1.5GB 20GB (5,400rpm) DVD-ROM 2 2 Yes 0 16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro Yes 10/100 * Yes Yes Apple displays (see page 75). Watch your wallet, though… he Cube’s DVD drive doesn’t poke out of the case, as in the Power Macs. G4 Cube 500 500MHz 128MB 1.5GB 30GB (7,200rpm) DVD-R0M 2 2 Yes 0 16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro Yes 10/100 * Yes Yes Apple designed the Cube so it rarely needs to be T Apple utilizes the new iMacs’ slot-loaded drive, but places it on top switched off. The electronic power button doesn’t actually of the enclosure. It might reinforce the Cube’s resemblance to a single- AirPort card and Base Station available for an extra £203 (exc. VAT). AirPort allows you to access the Internet without attaching the modem cable to your Mac, as well as network Macs wirelessly. turn off the computer, but merely puts it to sleep. To power person’s toaster, but it looks and works just fine. * Upgradable to 1000BaseT ethernet for £140. page 74
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New consumer PCs iMac Manufacturer: Apple (0870 600 6010) www.apple.com/uk Pros: Super price; great machine for non-DV users. Cons: No upgrade if you later decide DV is for you; needs more RAM; Indigo only. Price: £649 (including VAT) Star Ratings: /8.9 iMac DV Pros: Great price for digital-video beginners; iMovie 2. Cons: CD drive not DVD-ROM; needs more RAM; hard drive could quickly fill with video; Indigo and Ruby only. Price: £799 (including VAT) Star Ratings: /8.9
eaders will remember my plea a couple of months what you want it to do for you. Then ponder your possible If producing digital home movies or making music is in your iMac DV + iMac DV+ back (Read me first, Macworld, July 2000) for Apple learning curve and future needs. Email and Internet access mind (or might be), it is not. This new model of iMac is actually pretty much the same as Pros: More powerful machine R to upgrade its iMac range of personal computers might be all you need now, but is there a chance that The iMac hardly changes at all from the previous low- the old iMac DV, with FireWire and DVD-ROM drive as for DV users; DVD-ROM drive; with larger screens, CD-RWs, more colours and faster chips. desktop video editing will interest you once this computing end model – except on three points. First, Apple has standard. It now runs at 450MHz and boasts a 20GB hard larger hard drive; 450MHz G3; This proved to be wishful thinking following Apple’s lark is second nature? changed its colour from the rather murky Blueberry to a drive. The only reasons for paying the extra £200 that it iMovie 2; good choice of case colours. announcement of new iMacs at New York’s Macworld Expo. All the iMacs share the same built-in 15-inch screen, rich, deep Indigo blue. In my opinion, this is Apple’s finest costs over an iMac DV are the twice-capacity hard drive Cons: Needs more RAM; The new iMacs offer improvements in speed, price and which is enhanced for full-screen digital video by a Theatre iMac case colour yet. Second, the hard drive is now a (handy for space-hungry desktop movies), DVD drive (not £200 more than iMac DV. colours, but otherwise remain the same. Macworld readers Mode that automatically brightens the screen when capacious 7GB – up 1GB from the previous model. such a big deal, but certainly future safe) and a third choice Price: £999 (including VAT) responded to my opinion column in their hundreds (see necessary. This feature marks some clever, commonsense Third, and most importantly, Apple has slashed the of colour (the pale-green Sage). iMovie 2 and video Star Ratings: /8.8 Letters, August 2000). Some wanted the G3 processor thinking by Apple. An 8MB ATI Rage 128 Pro graphics entry-level price by £150 – the basic iMac model now costs mirroring also come as standard in the £999 price tag. replaced by a speedier G4. Most thought the best accelerator card is also standard across the range. just £649 including VAT. For a fully loaded PC this proficient, iMac DV Special Edition (SE) The top-of the-range iMac DV SE improvement would be to remove the 15-inch built-in that is a real bargain. iMac has everything the others contain (FireWire, DVD, Pros: Ultimate iMac; 128MB screen and replace it with a flat-panel LCD display. Apple iMac – entry level The 350MHz PowerPC G3 processor is easily fast iMovie 2) plus a healthier amount of memory, a larger hard of RAM; 30GB hard drive; might have left the iMac virtually untouched, but it has The original iMac launched two years ago was a revelation enough to handle all the tasks this computer is built for, so disk (30GB), and a 500MHz G3 processor. It is available in 500MHz G3; iMovie 2. created the G4 Cube (see page 72) especially for these rather than a revolution. It stripped the personal computer don’t worry yourself on missing out on speed ratings (see two colours: the popular Graphite and new all-white Snow. Cons: Expensive compared to power-hungry, screen-starved consumers. of legacy components (ADB, SCSI, floppy drive) and page 74). The iMac ships with AppleWorks 6 application Opinions are divided as to the merits of the look of the iMac DV+. For all my advice on how to make the iMac even more concentrated on compatibility with tomorrow’s suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, Snow model: it’s not as clear as the other colours, but not a Price: £1,199 (including VAT) tempting to potential customers, the new iMacs are still technologies (USB) and innovative design. Its number-one presentations, basic drawing and painting), both major solid white either. Get yourself to an AppleCentre (list on Star Ratings: /8.9 top-dog consumer PCs offering easy setup, fast speeds, focus was Internet access – hence its name, the iMac. Web browsers and email clients, and a couple of games. As page 142) for a quick look before deciding that this white is high-end features and super software. A 17-inch screen Apple’s latest iteration of the entry-level PC is still called itships with Mac OS 9.0.4, ithas access to Apple’s all right. The DV SE costs £1,199 – that’s a whopping £550 would have persuaded many people that an iMac is enough an iMac and still focuses mainly on the Internet. If all you wonderful free iTools services: KidSafe, Mail, iDisk and more than the entry-level iMac. for them, but many more would have rejected it as way too want is a computer so that you can browse the Web, create HomePage. Register your own name at Mac.com, exchange large and cumbersome. a Web home page, send and receive emails, and use documents on iDisk, and make your own Web site photo Which DV iMac is for you? Apple has subdivided the iMac line-up into four models, business applications – such as a word processing, gallery without touching a piece of HTML code. Presuming that desktop video is definitely on your wish-list each available in various colours. When choosing your spreadsheet, database and presentations programs – as The entry-level iMac, however, has no AirPort antennae, (remember that DV-In and -Out camcorders cost from model, consider exactly what you want to do with it and well as play the latest games, then the basic iMac is for you. and so is not compatible with Apple’s wireless-networking £700), what’s in a DV SE that’s not in a DV or DV +? The extra technology. Unless you’re planning on linking up several memory is a real plus. DV and DV+ owners should definitely iMacs via AirPort (see Macworld, July 2000), this shouldn’t purchase more RAM, as the 64MB that comes standard New iMacs – new colours, faster speeds, more storage bother most of the people that this PC is aimed at. with those models is just not enough for today’s computing needs, especially desktop video. (Entry-level iMac owners Model PowerPC Base MaxHard CD-ROM USB FireWire New mouse PCI AirPort Ethernet Video iMovie 2 56Kbps Colours G3 processor RAM RAM disk DVD-ROM ports ports & keyboard slots compatible mirroring software modem iMac DV should also bump-up to at least 128MB.) But as bumping The second-level iMac DV also has slight variations on its up to 128MB costs about £100 (inc. VAT), that’s not enough predecessor. While the DV can link to your digital camcorder of a reason to go for the SE. The 30GB hard drive is great, iMac 350MHz 64MB 1GB 7GB CD 2 0 Yes 0 No 10/100 No No Yes Indigo via its two FireWire ports, the drive is now CD-ROM rather but FireWire hard drives could make up the difference if the iMac DV 400MHz 64MB 1GB 10GB 2 2 Yes 0 Yes 10/100 Yes Yes Yes Indigo, Ruby CD than DVD-ROM. This isn’t a big loss, as the number of DVD- 10GB or 20GB drives fill up too quick. The 500MHz iMac DV+ 450MHz 64MB 1GB 20GB DVD 2 2 Yes 0 Yes 10/100 Yes Yes Yes Indigo, Ruby, Sage ROM titles is still small, and you should watch DVD movies processor goes at a cracking rate, but the difference iMac DV SE 500MHz 128MB 1GB 30GB DVD 2 2 Yes 0 Yes 10/100 Yes Yes Yes Graphite, Snow on your telly not your computer. The £200 that Apple has between it and even the 400MHz chip (18 per cent) cut from the DV’s price tag would buy you a decent DVD shouldn’t be enough to swing your final decision. All iMacs ship with Mac OS 9.04, AppleWorks 6, QuickTime 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, Netscape Communicator, Bugdom, Nanosaur, Palm Desktop, FAXstf Pro and Adobe Acrobat Reader. player for your TV. £799 is a great price for a PC that lets you Colour will also certainly make its mark on your choice All iMacs include: integrated high-performance Odyssey audio system from harman/kardon; built-in microphone for speech recognition and audio recording; front-mounted dual mini-headphone jacks; make your own desktop movies. A video-mirroring port of iMac, although the new Indigo and Ruby shades are enables external devices to display an image identical to equally as impressive as the Graphite. All together, the analogue audio input and output minijacks; up to 16-bit stereo and 44.1KHz sampling rate; and, support for external USB audio devices. that shown on the built-in iMac display, which will prove extra memory, hard disk space and speed do combine to All iMacs include built-in 15-inch shadow-mask CRT, and new Theatre Mode for enhanced brightness of full-screen video. ATI RAGE 128 Pro graphics accelerator with 8MB of SDRAM graphics memory invaluable for education users. The 400MHz iMac DV is make the iMac DV SE the ultimate iMac. Just remember and AGP 2X support standard on all iMacs, supporting 24-bit true colour at all resolutions for displaying millions of colours. available in two colours: Indigo (see above) and Ruby – a that you could save yourself several hundred pounds by AirPort card and Base Station available for an extra £239 (inc. VAT). AirPort allows you to access the Internet without attaching the modem cable to your Mac, as well as network Macs wirelessly. superb deep, cherry red. Apple’s excellent iMovie 2 video skimping on one or two of these features if your budget is editor joins the software bundle. found wanting. page 78
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Desktop 70 decisions Macworld runs the world’s first speed tests on the production-model G4 Cube and the new DV iMacs. Over ten pages, we assess Apple’s revamped range of table-top Macs, displays and input devices – as well as looking at Apple’s new Pro Mouse and Pro Keyboard. 79 89 30 81 Removable News Office 2001 storage New Power Macs Microsoft meets We assess data see Apple upping Mac needs with back-up solutions networking ante its powerful new to meet all needs. to 1000BaseT. business tools. page 6
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need to see this kind of kit for Star Letter: High Street lows around the grand mark, wouldn’t we? Including VAT, preferably. pple’s 3.5 per cent UK market share is Joe Knappett A acceptable only if you’re scared of heights. Subject: Cube at a price MW Maybe the G4 Cube and 15-inch But it could really go through the roof if Macs had When the fresh-faced Steve Jobs Studio Display is for you, Joe (see page a serious High Street presence. Then potential buyers first conceived of the Mac, he 70). Sorry about the price, though… could actually get to see, touch and even try them rather than just wanted it to be just like a toaster: (£2,289 including VAT). hear and read about them. functional, everyday, reliable (he It’s crazy that colour-me-ugly PCs are on show everywhere when what had obviously never used a British Subject: Go easy on newbies really drives their sale is Windows, while Apple’s Macs – increasingly design Toaster, or, for that matter, System As my Dad pointed out when I objects – are almost nowhere to be seen. I don’t go round with my eyes shut, 7.5), and above all affordable. persuaded him to get a “simple- but of the current Apple crop I’ve seen in the flesh only a handful of iMacs Almost 20 years later, he to-use” iMac: “They don’t give you and two iBooks. 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Not only are European country and private Jet Mac OS X gives Apple a support from the people that they a lot bigger than you, they’ve just to match, is no longer one of “us”. great opportunity to build on its simply haven’t been told what’s announced a pretty good deal for Milo Bird success. It’s a chance to build the going on. Thanks! all Mac gamers (see page 25). And Halo user-experience from the ground Stephen Russell will definitely ship on the Mac. . Subject: Cube at a price up and do away with illogical I’m not sure there’s a problem interfaces. It’s a chance for Apple Subject: Bungie hump Subject: Hate mail with the iMac’s 15-inch screen, as not to rely on the glories of a past Is Microsoft out to spoil every Mac I hated Apple. I hated its mouse, most consumers want something when DOS was its competitor, but owner’s fun? I don’t know about its keyboard, its three PCI slots, its small. What is needed is a 15-inch to set new standards in Human- you guys, but I was livid when I 15-inch iMac monitor, its “no screen that really beats the Computer Interaction. After all, heard Microsoft went and nabbed desktop” Mac OS X, but most of all pants off Wintel grey boxes it’s about time Microsoft began our Bungie (see News, August its refusal to listen to us – the – or, increasingly, Wintel funny stealing ideas again. 2000). Is it not enough that it people who buy Macs for the love coloured boxes with flashing Curtis Alcock stole our operating system? Now of the damn things – telling them lights and knobs on top. What we it feels entitled to steal the one that we hated all this stuff. need is a decent 15-inch flat-panel Subject: Inspiring column good company that actually Then this Macworld Expo… monitor, so that the whole unit I read Michael Prochak’s ‘Remote churned decent games for the Now I love them again. can be fitted in an even smaller Access’ editorial on the Wild, Wild Mac platform only? Remember I hate Apple. space. And the price? Well, we’d Web (August 2000) and how the ‘Gnop’, anybody? I still play Ben Bufton
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