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Powerave i a trademark of Power Computing Corporation, ‘A otor brand o product names ae the propery o thir respacve holders. Prices and specications are valid inthe US only and subject to change without notice. Editor’s Rav “Considering the purchase of a PowerMac?...We strongly recommend that you take a serious look at what Power Computing has to offer.” MacUser Aug 95 “They might as well have come from Apple - the performance and compatibility are that good.” ‘Macworld Aug 95 “..an excellent Mac alternative, whether or not you are pinching your pennies.” ‘PC Magazine- Aug 95 “Power Computing’s ‘systems match their PowerMac counterparts for speed and compatibility and are every bit as good as a dyed-in-the-wool Macintosh.” Infowortd- June 95 16MB RAM (512MB Max RAM) Optional 256K, 512K, or 1MB Cache 1,0GB 11ms SCSI Hard Drive Quad-Speed (4X) CD-ROM Drive 3 Fast PCI Expansion Slots Built-in Ethernet (10Base-T & AAU!) 64-bit PCI Graphics w/2MB VRAM Internal Fast SCSI at 10MB/sec. Extended Keyboard & Mouse $3199 PowerWave 604/150 Hot Pick 150 MHz PowerPC™ 604 16MB RAM (512MB Max RAM) 512K Level 2 Cache (1MB Max) 1.0GB 11ms SCSI Hard Drive 14 inch .28 DPI Monitor Quad-Speed (4X) CD-ROM Drive 3 Fast PCI Expansion Siots Built-in Ethernet (10Base-T & AAU!) 64-bit PCI Graphics w/2MB VRAM Internal Fast SCS! at 10MB/sec. Extended Keyboard & Mouse $4799 ORDER DIRECT AND SAVE 1-800-410-7693 PowerWave 604/132 Hot Pick 132 MHz PowerPC™ 604 16MB RAM (512MB Max RAM) 256K Level 2 Cache (1MB Max) 1.0GB 11ms SCSI Hard Drive Quad-Speed (4X) CD-ROM Drive 3 Fast PCI Expansion Slots Built-in Ethernet (10Base-T & AAU!) 64-bit PCI Graphics w/2MB VRAM Internal Fast SCSI at 10MB/sec. Extended Keyboard & Mouse $3699 PowerWave 604/150 XL 150MHz PowerPC™ 604 ‘24MB RAM (512MB Max RAM) 512K Level 2 Cache (1MB Max) 1,0GB 11ms SCSI Hard Drive 15 inch Sony Monitor Quad-Speed (4X) CD-ROM Drive 3 Fast PCI Expansion Slots Built-in Ethernet (10Base-T & AAU!) 64-bit PCI Graphics w/2MB VRAM. Internal Fast SCS! at 10MB/sec. Extended Keyboard & Mouse $5499 PowerWave 604/132 MultiMedia 132 MHz PowerPC™ 604 24MB RAM (512MB Max RAM) 256K Level 2 Cache (1MB Max) 1.0GB 11ms SCSI Hard Drive 14 inch .28 DP! Monitor Quad-Speed (4X) CD-ROM Drive 3 Fast PCI Expansion Slots Built-in Ethernet (10Base-T & AAU!) 64-bit PCI Graphics w/2MB VRAM Extended Keyboard & Mouse $4299 OVER $900 OF FREE SOFTWARE BUNDLED WITH EV TEM Mac OS 7.52 Insignia’s Soft Windows 2.0 60 day trial ‘Now Utilities, Now Up-to-Date, Now: Contact, intuit's Quicken, FWB HardDisk Toolkit PE, CD-ROM Toolkit, ClarisWorks, America Online, 250 Bitstream Fonts ‘Since Power Computing is the manufacturer, you can customize your RAM, hard drive, video ‘and monitor options — just call. @© PowerComputing MORE POWER TO You: Circle 161 on reader service card MacWOrie 96 110 114 124 Features The Best Mac for the Job BY GALEN GRUMAN Macworld Lab puts together six perfect s fc 's users, from busi- ness execs to road warriors. How Each Mac Stacks Up BY MACWORLD LAB STAFF Expanded, real-world benchmark data on each perfect system. Is the Mac Still the Easiest to Use? BY HOWARD BALDWIN Weall know what they say, but is Win- dows 95 really as easy to use as a Mac? We roll up our some in-depth usability tes find out. The Publishing Face-Off BY OLAV MARTIN KVERN AND steve RoTH Desktop publish- ing has long been the cornerstone of Mac superiority. Is the Mac still the reigning king of DTP, or is it time to hand the crown over to Windows 95? Awealth of support for Apple's Colorsyne 2.0 color-management software in News, page 45. 4 February 1996 MACWORLD 38 “41 46 47 48 THE MACINTOSH® AUTHORITY FEBRUARY News Macintosh Quality #1 Why today’s computer users rate Apple number one. Internet Watch Better sound with RealAudio 2.0 * NetCruiser for Mac, and more. Special Report Digital Video Gets Religion High-end PCI-based digital video cards finally ship. Exclusive More PowerBook Woes Factory fire and circuitry problems continue to plague the 5300's. Systems Watch Copland, OpenDoc move closer to reality, and more. 19 27 33 268 1996 Opinion Letters State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Macworld’s new look. The Desktop Critic BY DAVID PoGue Finding love, happiness, and a good phone line overseas, Viewpoint BY CARYN JAMES new villain. Hollywood's 135 139 145 151 154 162 Secrets Secrets of the Find File Command BY JOSEPH SCHORR A smor- gasbord of Find File features puts your Mac to work for you. Quick Tips BY LON POOLE and shortcuts. NetSmart BY MATTHEW HAWN Clickand wait, click and wait—the culprits behind online delays. Media Media By JIM HEIO What's in store for video, audio, and interactive production. Publishing Workshop BY DAVID BLATNER ‘Thetaoof resolution. Graphics Workshop BY CATHY ABES Howtorender realistic terrains with KPT Bryce. SING February 1996. Vohime 2, Number? Muon S5NO7A S647 ep ened mem by Macworld Conmankatons, ne rl and nest 165 Subcpton ates $90 12 hes, 4024s a $90 or 26 toes, Foreign orders must be rep a US. fan wt tonal tage Ad S18 per yur for pong for Cana and Meno néncrba ‘Ai $69 pr yu for postage to a cher counts Seconda postage aid at Sun Fancco, Calo, and at ations mating fice. Postmaster Snares angst ce, PO, Bon 54529, our 165 MW 169 175 Is the Mac still the best DTP platform? Our experts debate, page 124. Buyers’ Tools Full-Size Color Displays BY PETER M sToLLeR Our panel of experts judge 13 two-page monitors for brightness, contrast, and color to separate the perfor- mance winners from the pack. Consumer Advocate BY TOM NeGRINO Up close and personal with user groups, and the services that can save you money and hassles. Star Ratings Macworld’s ratings for hundreds of hardware and software products at a glance. page 54. ON THE COVER Photo by Pau Franz-Moore 71 74 MACWORLD Reviews **KK/7.6 PowerWave 604/120; “FHHKIT.S PowerWave 604/132; *&**/7.7 PowerWave 604/150 NuBus/PCI clone systems &&**/8.9 Speed Doubler 1.0.2 Operating system enhancement **&**/8.3 Kai's PowerTools 3.0 Photoshop plug-ins *4#/5.9 PowerBook 5300c Portable computer ***/6.7 WordPerfect 3.5 Word processor **KK/8.6 PressView 21 SR Professional-quality display ***K/8.3 Quicken Deluxe 6 Personal financial and investment software ee */8.0 Claris Impact 2.0 Business-graphics software *%**/6.0 Desktop GlidePoint; ***K/7.0 QuePoint Il; **/43 TouchPad Input devices ***KI7.3 DrawTools 1.0 Graphics extensions collection *kKK/72 QX-Tools 1.0 Quark XTension collection ok #/8.1 Macromedia FreeHand 5.5 Draw program ee#/5.4 HP Copyset M Color copier and ink-jet printer */15 Chagall 2.0.2 Painting and image-editing application **K/6.2 At Ease 3.0 Desktop alternative *KKK/S3 StatView 4.5 Statistics and graphing package wKKKIT.A SPSS6.1 Statistical software **/6.9 Boris Effects 1.01 Video-effects plug-in ***/5.0 Tracer 1.0 Autotracing software ***/54 SCSI PowerPlug Il Aid for swapping SCSI devices x k/8.4 SCSI Director Pro 4.0 Formatting and testing utility %**/6.9 Quicken Family Lawyer 6.0b Personal legal software 4OIKIT gor Pro 2.0.4 Scientific graphing system **K/7.0 Tools Plus 2.6 Programmers’ tool kit AKK/B.0 LS FORTRAN 1.1 ‘Compiler program February 1996 5 WHAT C OULD YOU DO WITH A LASER PRINTER THAT rm All prices tested ree pices: Der rices may vary nose an "Str Ding Extraedinay Thing are tara of Tees rates. The 8930 fos rine dos ot nla Adobe Pet Stp and not Eney Stat of Adak Sj Ine, Wika ia regiter tadematkof Mit Corporation PC. ie trademak of Henle Pack. TT a detent these prods meet the Enry Star pienso energy eficency, "Bae wn ing MICROLASER 600 UNDER $900 600 dpi, 5 ppm, PostScripe Windows/DOS/Mac compat ‘ MICROLASER PRO/8 . MICROLASER. | a=} UNDER $1,300 Rowsnbnog@ 600 dpi, 8 ppm, UNDER $1, i —a ce = __ 600 dpi, 12 ppm, PostScripe, i PostScript, i Windows/DOS/Mac ] ‘Windows/DOS/Mac B compatible Adobe PostScript PCL5e emulation paper capacity Pro Network option MICROLASER UNDER $1.300 compatil PCLSe emulation sheet paper capacity Pro Net cola Ma reiterate Commac I 7 centage x 500 sheet oer 5 yas fo TI PowerPral f Windows/DOS/Mae compatible INTRODUCING THE TI MICROLASER™ PRO SERIES. STARTING AT UNDER $1,300. Heavy duty printers that work with uncompromising performance are quite noteworthy. Those that pay for themselves are quite extraordinary. 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Tests completed on a Power Mac 9500/120 with a resolution of 1024 x 768 at 16.7 milion colors. g Figs mie COMPEZA menee smwige Circle 83 on reader service card ‘GORDON sTUoER Parting Shots N READING THE CLOSING REMARKS OF Guy Kawasaki's final column (Wise Guy, November 1995), I couldn’t help being piqued by Macworld’s statement, “Sadly, the noble mission that Guy has accepted on behalf of the Macintosh is incompatible with Macworld’s most val- ued asset—our ability to report on the Macintosh marketplace without bias.” Guy Kawasaki has always been biased toward Apple and Macintosh, In fact, all of his criticisms of Apple, its manage- ment, and policies are obviously meant to hold up a mirror and describe the picture in the glass. If Apple wasn’t Apple, Guy would have been pretty boring. You can’t be unbiased and you cer- tainly can’t be objective, so be fair— let’s see what the great Guy can really do. Give Guy the space to tell it like it is. ROBERT STARK via America Online OU’RE KIDDING. YOU REPLACED me with a lawyer? Guy Kawasaki via eWorld Copland Letdown Wars THIS, MY POWERBOOK 520 with PowerPC upgrade won’t run Copland? I refer to “Apple Hedges Its OS Bets” (News, November 1995), in which you state “Apple has also decided not to make Copland run on 680X0 Macs, with or without PowerPC upgrade cards.” Ican’t believe Apple is going to do this to all of us that bought the 500-series PowerBooks. When I bought my Power- Book I expected to upgrade with the PPC card and have a computer that would last Leller's a few years. What I will have is a com- puter with a “user-interface replacement.” Woo hoo, that’s what I really want—that, and a swift kick in the head! I hope this is all a false report and Apple isn’t going to leave us out in the cold. Davip RUSER via the Internet T hope you have a good winter coat, Dave.—Ed. A PPLE PUTS ME ON THE BRINK OF outrage, and I suspect a whole bunch of other PowerBook 500-series owners feel the same way. I bought my 520 with the expectation that I could upgrade it to a PowerPC—not because I wanted to be hip, but because I wanted a fast, reliable, mobile Mac. Now Apple is telling us that Copland, the forthcoming OS that’s sup- posed to make the PowerPC sound a fan- fare for the common man, isn’t going to work on 680X0 machines. If Copland isn’t compatible with the PowerBook 500 series when it’s finally released next year, then it will be bad news indeed. Davip Hurtsur via the Internet A ANNOUNCED THAT COPLAND C\. won't run on machines with Power- PC upgrade cards. Only true-blue Power- PC motherboards need apply. I’ve got my Quadra box here with the big, blue “Ready for PowerPC” sticker on its side. 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JASON STETTEN via America Online Don’t Skimp on URLs V cones OF GRABNET 1.0 STATED that a ten-day trial version was avail- able from the company’s Web site, yet you did not think to mention the location of the Web site (Reviews, November 1995) I realize that URLs can be located from services such as Lycos and Yahoo, but the point is, I don’t want to research such an item. That is why I subscribe to your magazine. Ple: priate URLs when you mention some- , please, please provide appro- thing that is available on the Internet. Kurr Lieser ia the Inter Portable? Like a Console TV | OSEPH SCHORR’S REVIEW OF APPLE'S excellent new portable printer, the Apple Color StyleWriter 2200, fails to mention two si this otherwise highly desirable printer (November 1995) First and foremost, Apple is shipping this portable printer with a 120-volt AC, 60Hz power supply, severely limiting its use to the United States and Canada. The norm elsewhere is 240 volts and 50Hz. When I discussed this shortcoming at Macworld Expo with an Apple rep, he assured me that an optional universa power supply was available, but I have been unable to locate a dealer who sells this alleged option. Second, unlike its big brother, the StyleWriter 2400, this printer does not have AppleTalk. This is another egregious error since many potential buyers of this small printer already have a desktop print- er and therefore lack only two essential nificant shortcomings of capabilities: portability and color. If the 2200 offered Apple'Talk, this category of buyer could justify buying the printer on the dual basis of adding color to desktop printing capabilities and having a portable printer on the road. These two shortcomings are all the more onerous since the 2200°s principal competitor, the HP DeskWriter 320/ 340, includes both a universal power sup- ply and AppleTalk. Bint. McKeLvy via CompuServe More on Ethics J HANK you, clarifying Ma separation of church and state (editorial ADRIAN ME O, FOR rd’s position on the and advertising) (State of the Mac, Novem- ber 1995). It is nice to see that some busi- nesses still place ethics before profits. This is especially important in the new medium, the Internet. You have opted to provide your service to your readers at no cost to them, therefore depending only on advertising revenues to fund your site. First, I appreciate the free up-to-the- minute information on Mac products and Ma I appreciate the difficult position fre ss might put Macworld in, in terms of being beholden to the almighty ad dollar to sustain the project. All I can say is hold your ground. You have a fabulous product, both in print and in pixel. news. Second, a MARTIN TIMUSK via the Internet \, DRIAN MELLO’S “READER'S BILL OF \ Rights” should be E-mailed to a few ations I see on the newsstand all the time. 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Normally I would take a change like this at face value, but Adrian Mello’s col- umn made me think otherwise. I’ve always read Wise Guy to see which direc- tion the Mac was, or should be, taking. I cannot ever recall seeing a product review in Guy's column, nor have I seen any con- flict of interest. I always viewed his busi- ness pursuits as lending credibility to his opinions. Guy’s sole goal seemed to be to tell us when the Mac had no clothes. James M. BLEiruUS via eWorld Resolution Resolution i ee LOOKING FOR A DEF x planation of laser printer resolution. When I look at “Color Printers Mean Business” (September 1995), there are six companies that claim 600-dpi or better resolution, but when I check the table, I find resolutions of 600 by 300, 600 by 600, and one 1200 by 300. In my mind, only the Apple and QMS color lasers have true 600 dpi (600 by 600). Am Ton the right track, or is 600 by 300 dpi as good as 600 by 600 dpi? What benefit, if any, does the Xerox have at 1200 by 300? Id also like to get more information on the vertical versus horizontal dpi numbers and how they do or don’t affect the final output. Bruck JouNSON via the Internet For the down and dirty on resolution, see Miac- world’s new colunm, Publishing Workshop, in the Media section of this issue —Ed. World Wide Web, Easy as Pie J UST WANT TO SAY THAT THE ARTICLE «J “Build Your Own Home Page” easily got me on the World Wide Web (No- vember 1995). I was having problems dis- playing my images ina Web Weaver Edi- tor. Mel Beckman’s suggestion about getting a GIF converter solved that prob- lem. And his instructions to upload the image and HTML files to the Unix sys- 22 February 1996 MACWORLD tem were straightforward. It’s really easy getting set up on the WWW! Thank you for publishing a worth- while article. Jim Brett via the Internet PowerBook Questions T RIVIA QUESTION: IN A PAST LIFE I used to pack an IBM-compatible notebook computer around with me. Every single time I passed through the X-ray machine at an airport I would have to open the notebook and turn it on to prove that what I had was in- deed a harmless computer. More re- cently I have been toting PowerBooks through airport truth machines, and no one has even so much as raised an eye- brow. No one has asked me to prove that what I have is truly a computer. What gives here? Am I living in a long-running coincidence or is there something about the PowerBook when seen through an airport X-ray machine that makes it clear it is a functioning computer, nothing more, nothing less? Real question: The keys on the 500- series PowerBooks can be sticky if not hit precisely dead center. Is there a stiffener frame on the market that fits under the keyboard without squashing or damaging the guts hiding under it? If there is, I absolutely, positively want to know about it. Barring that, is there anything I can do to make the keyboard more responsive and less temperamental? STEVE MANKOWSKI Saint Louis, Missouri I'm stumped. Maybe that friendly Apple icon lulls airport security—or maybe we should all reconsider the advantages of travel by rail. As for a product to stiffen the keys on your PowerBook—once again, I'm stumped. Readers?—Ed, m Letters should be sent to Letters, Macworld, S01 Sec- ond St., San Francisco, CA 94107; via fax, 415/442- 0766; or electronically to CompuServe (70370,702), MCI Mail (294-8078), America Online (Macworld), AppleLink (Maeworld1), or via the Internet (letters @macworld.com). Include return address and daytime phone number. Due to the high volume of mail received, we can't respond personally to each letter. We reserve the right to edit all letters. 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MiniCad and Design and Drafting Toolkit are vademarks of Diehl Graphsoft Inc Circle 46 on reader service card SEE Us AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #319 SOUTH HALL MANE OSUNA State of the Mac by Adrian Mello Announcing Macworld 12.X: More News, Know-How, and Buying Advice OP QUIZ: NAME THE only major Macintosh- related product intro- duced and available on the day the Mac itself launched that not only survives today but has become one of the most popular Mac products of all time. Time’s up: the answer is Macworld. Like all good Mac products, we upgrade periodically to stay current with the marketplace. With this issue, we launch Macworld version 12.X. Upgrading is a tightwire act: the trick is to introduce improvements without de- stabilizing users’ comfort with the previ- ous version. “Change is good and neces- sary,” we told ourselves, while worrying in the very next breath, “People hate change.” We saw no call for dramatic change, but in response to readers’ requests, we undertook a number of substantial improvements. Here’s a quick tour. One of Macworld’s key goals is to keep you abreast of today’s developments in computing technology so you can prepare for tomorrow. We used to run news sto- ries in various sections of the magazine; now you'll find all the news at the front of the magazine—your first stop for the latest on new products and emerging trends in technology. Not only is this arrangement more convenient for read- ers, but it also permits us to more than double the amount of news we bring you. More Macworld Ratings Readers rely on Macworld’s product reviews to help them make difficult buy- ing decisions. We've always covered more Mac products than any other publication, and our reviews are renowned for their accuracy and fairness. Now we’re adding even more information to help guide you through the thicket of new Macintosh products by more than doubling the num- ber of products rated in every issue, incor- porating a consistent rating scheme FIND OUT WHAT THE LATEST UPGRADE HOLDS throughout all reviews, product round- ups, and Buyers’ Tools. We're even show- ing ratings in the table of contents so you can take in an issue’s worth of reviews at a glance. The five-star rating system still pro- vides a general measure of a product’s worth, but we’ve added a numerical score for greater precision. We evaluate seven factors—feature set, design implementa- n, performance, reliability, ease of use, innovation, and value—to arrive at the rating. Five stars and a score from 9.0 to 10.0 means we think a product is out- standing; four stars and 7.0 to 8.9 points means it’ very good; three stars and 5.0 to 6.9 means it’s good; two stars and 3.0 to 4.9 indicates a flawed product; and one star and a score of 2.9 or lower denotes an unacceptable product. Product comparison tables now call out ratings in bright red for every product in the article, as well as indicating those that receive the Macworld Editors’ Choice award. You'll still find a summary of our conclusions in the Editors’ Choice box, which singles out noteworthy products and shows the type of use for which they are best suited. IN STORE Honing Buyers’ Tools We've beefed up our Buyers’ Tools section to make it more useful. It now opens each month with a comprehensive look at a single product area—two-page monitors, gigabyte hard drives, and so on—provid- ing Macworld Lab results, key purchase criteria, ratings, and Editors’ Choice des- ignations. You'll get expert buying advice and see how each product stacks up against the rest. Macworld was one of the first com- puter magazines to devote a column to consumer issues. Now check out our ex- panded Consumer Advocate department. Each month it focuses on a specific issue such as buying computers by mail order, finding a reputable repair service, tips for traveling with a Mac, and re- cycling your old Mac. A spe- cial section of consumer let- ters from our readers follows, along with Bugs and Turkeys, warning you about product bugs and design flaws; Street- wise Shopper, a selection of special bargains; and Service Heroes, where we take note of vendors offering exceptionally good service. Finally, we’ve enhanced Star Ratings, the ultimate buy- ers’ reference tool, by adding the issue date and page num- ber of the original product review to make it easier to find. We've also incorporated Editors’ Choice selections in- to Star Ratings so you can see how prod- ucts fared in head-to-head comparisons. Telling Secrets This issue marks the debut of Secrets— the first of two major new sections in Macworld that take a solutions-oriented approach to computing, giving Macintosh users the technical know-how to get the most from their systems. Each month, continues MACWORLD February 1996 27 STATE OF THE MAC contributing editor Joseph Schorr will show you little-known Macintosh tricks and techniques. Can’t get enough of a good thing? Macworld’s longest-standing column, Quick Tips, from Macworld’s longest-standing contributing editor, Lon Poole, continues to provide workarounds, hints, and hidden features. Why mess with success? Last in the Secrets section is NetSmart, a new column to help you master the expanding online universe. NetSmart tackles the issues Net surfers face, from the mysteries of bandwidth to managing multiple E-mail boxes. NetSmart also points you to noteworthy Web sites and downloadable shareware. Converging Media The convergence of digital media has truly come of age, a transformation Mac- world heralds with its new Media section. Imagine the meeting where you all have the same vision, the same objectives, and the same notes. | micRoFiEeto SoftBoard only looks and feels like an ordinary whiteboard. Whatever you | create on a SoftBoard® appears instantly on your Macintosh® or Windows®-based PC. Once it’s there, you can save it, print it, cut and paste it, e-mail it, fax it, even network it to multiple sites. From personal to conference room sizes, wall or cubicle mount, table top, or mobile, there's a SoftBoard to fit your needs. » For our brochure and information on all our SoftBoard | models call today. 1-800-334-4922 MICROFIELD Microfield Graphics, Inc. 9825 SW Sunshine Court Beaverton, OR 97005 503-626-9393, Fax 503-641-9333 e-mail: sb_info@mfg.com propery of Spediiatons are subject to change without notice Fax On Demand 1-800-234-0455 ext. 667 SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #1249 28 February 1996 MACWORLD The Media section begins with a column by the same name, from longtime con- tributing editor Jim Heid. His new col- umn will explore a wide range of topics relating to sound, video, animation, and the many new options facing interactive- media authors. Next comes Publishing Workshop, a practical, nuts-and-bolts approach to enhancing your publishing techniques. And we mean both online and print pub- lishing, in recognition of the expanding opportunities publishers are encounter- ing on the Net. Graphics Workshop, the final piece of the Media section, was for- merly known as Expert Graphics. We’ve revamped it a bit to offer a more hands- on approach, making it easier for you to apply the techniques you read about. The Year of the Platform The two new sections, Secrets and Media, both came about as a result of our efforts to view our readers’ computing activity as a whole, not just as a bunch of individual programs and hardware components. ‘More than other computer users, Macin- tosh users have a relationship with their computers that is greater than the sum of its parts. In keeping with this philosophy, with this issue Macworld also launches a yearlong project to explore Mac systems as overall solutions for key jobs. We begin with three in-depth fea- tures. In “The Best Mac for the Job,” Galen Gruman describes six types of computing work and picks the best Mac model, along with the best combination of peripherals, to accomplish the appoint- ed task. The other two features probe the Mac’s effectiveness in two of its tradition- al areas of strength—publishing and ease of use. How does the Mac hold up in these areas when pitted against Windows 95? (See “The Publishing Face-Off,” by Steve Roth and Olav Martin Kvern, and “Ts the Mac Still the Easiest to Use?” by Howard Baldwin.) Stay tuned. As the year unfolds we will help you discover the best combination of products and setups for a variety of purposes. Well, there you have it—the latest version of Macworld. I think you’ll find we've kept the best of the previous version and made some major improvements. Please write and let me know what you think. After all, it’s never too early to begin thinking about our next major upgrade, and the first step is to listen to our customers. m POWER CR . 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Could I get online in Asia’s less developed countries? ‘Truth be told, though, I mused on these matters for mere moments. After all, isn’t this the Mac? Isn’t this the age of global telecommunications? For power, I'd get one of those solar-panel Power- Book chargers—Asia certainly has no shortage of sunlight. For E-mail, I'd use an online service. For electrical and tele- phone jacks, I figured Radio Shack would have whatever adapters I needed. With a smile of confidence, I called the travel agent about our honeymoon. “Book it,” I said. Gearing Up But I should have kept worrying. Ameri- ca Online, for starters, is still only Amer- ica Online; likewise, eWorld is really only eUSA. And while CompuServe claims to have phone access numbers in Thai- land and Indonesia, I was warned that I wouldn’t be able to use any of those easi- fied front-end programs like CIM or Navigator. I'd have to get by with an all- text terminal program like Zterm. The next step was buying the solar panels ($429; Keep It Simple Systems, 406/442-3434). Wouldn’t you know it; they’re available for every PowerBook model except mine—the Duo. Disap- The Desktop Critic by David Pogue POWERBOOK CONQUERS FOREIGN PHONES .. . SORT OF pointed, I bought two spare batteries and hoped for the best. Fortunately, a call to Apple revealed that a PowerBook automatically converts 220V overseas power to the 110V cur- rent it expects. Neat! I needed only an adapter for the Duo’s power cord (to make it fit the two-round-prong Asian wall jacks). Radio Shack was happy to sell me one ($7.95 for four adapters, item number 273-1405). Then I started to have nightmares of alien phone systems with weirdly shaped jacks. How would I connect my modem? I went straight to the source: Compu- Serve’s Pacific Rim forum (go pacforum), which was crawling with knowledgeable travelers. Unfortunately, they weren’t exactly bubbling with enthusiasm. “I don’t mean to discourage you, but I bat about 50 percent overseas with my PowerBook,” wrote one guy. “Overseas phone systems are often primitive and dirty,” wrote another. “Getting married is easier than making a modem call overseas,” wrote a third. “Have a nice honeymoon.” But there was no turning back. I asked for suggestions. Helpful Guy 1 said I should pack a screwdriver and some alligator clips. Once overseas, I was to dismantle the wall jack, connect the clips to the proper terminals, and run a cable to the laptop. Of course, if it turned out to be a digital line, I'd fry my modem. Helpful Guy 2 proposed that I buy a WorldPak, a set of 37 adapters for every kind of phone jack in the world. Only $495 (Magellan’s, 805/568-5400; also sold separately). But he, too, warned that a digital line would nuke my mo- dem. Great. Helpful Guy 3 proposed an acoustic coupler, the modern-day descendant of those big old boxes into which you'd place your telephone handset. The modems’ squeals are transmitted audibly through the earpiece and mouthpiece. An acoustic coupler, this guy said, would eliminate all the hassle of adapters and wall plates. In a pinch, it would even work on a pay phone. I called ‘TeleAdapt (408/370- 5105), a company that does noth- ing all day but solve modem-con- necting problems like mine. The phone rep assured me that the coupler would work; I ordered ‘one ($150). ‘The TeleAdapt guy also said some Asian hotels actually have USA-type phone jacks, which would be easier to use than the coupler. To avoid the smoked- modem problem, he suggested a Modem Saver, a plastic ther- mometer-like gadget (Tele- Adapt, $30). You insert it into the mystery phone jack, and three little lights indicate the jack’s danger potential. I bought one, got married, and left for the honeymoon. One Night in Bangkok After a 14-hour flight, we stayed over- night in Bangkok—lo and behold, the one city in Thailand where CompuServe has a phone number. First, power: with fevered anticipation, I attached the Radio continues MACWORLD February 1996 33 THE DESKTOP CRITIC Shack adapter to my Duo’s power cord. When I plugged it into a hotel-room out- let, a bright blue spark popped out of the socket, scaring me to death. Nonetheless, the Duo now had juice. Now I tried my Modem Saver. I snapped it into the hotel’s U.S.-style phone jack; two of its little bulbs lit up. My Modem Saver manual said that these indicators meant, “Polarity reversed— proceed with caution.” Handling the PowerBook as cautiously as possible, I gulped and proceeded. ‘The Mac dialed beautifully. I had to type a bunch of ridiculous code to con- nect, and top speed was 2400 bps, but I didn’t care; I was online. I read my E-mail from halfway around the planet. Screen Tests The next day, our backpacky tour group boarded a minivan—the first ride of many that were ideal for getting work done. But after an hour of typing, I stopped and stared at the screen. There, slashing across the entire display, was a one- pixel-high, horizontal white line. No amount of fiddling with the screen con- trols got rid of it. As I watched, two more lines of my screen blinked white, too. Maybe it was the heat and humidity; maybe the Mac was homesick. But by the end of the day, there were seven thin white lines striping my screen. I had to make sure that my typing fell between the prob- lem areas—and hope that the screen wouldn’t go completely blank before I could finish my chapters. Moreover, after two weeks of sleeping in bamboo bungalows, I hadn’t once encountered an electrical outlet. When all three batteries ran out of juice, the Duo went dark. I carried the crippled machine in my luggage for five days—dead weight. Hello, Bali Indonesia is actually 17,000 islands scat- tered across 3000 miles of ocean. Our first stop, the breathtaking island of Bali, had electricity—battery juice!—but Compu- Serve’s sole access number was on Java, a long-distance call away. This was serious; my deadlines were fast approaching, and my screen was fast disappearing. Few Indonesians have telephones. Instead, everybody goes to local Telkom centers—24-hour convenience stores with only pay phones and fax machines. I marched over there, ready to transmit. I figured that my compressed file would take only a few minutes to send. ‘These phones were hardwired to the wall—tI could forget about a direct con- nection to the Duo. It was now time to whip out my acoustic coupler. What a weird-looking gadget: it resembles a phone receiver with black rubber suction cups instead of ear- and mouthpieces. As directed, I squished these cups against the receiver. 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Power & Associates. Apple and HP tied for first, beating out PC giants like Dell, Com- paq, IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and Gateway 2000. These results are especial- ly significant because reliabil- ity (trouble-free operation, ruggedness, frequency of re- pair, and condition on receipt) was the single most important factor in determining over- all satisfaction, responsible for 20 percent of each com- pany’s. score. Furthermore, when J. D. Power asked Apple users specifically about repair problems, Apple scored as well as, or better than, the industry average. ‘Technicians in the field confirm the J. D. Power results. “[Apple’s] quality, to us as a service company, has held strong,” says Vincent Collins, a field manager who works on both PCs and Macs 38 February 1996 MACWORLD for PC Repair Center, based in Fremont, — California. “They've come out with some problems, but they’ve quickly gotten rid of them.” Industry analysts agree. “My impression of Apple is that they are probably much better at their quality control and have much lower DOA [dead-on-arrival] machines and returns than other manu- facturers,” says Pieter Hart- sook, editor of The Hartsook Letter, a Macintosh research newsletter. Hartsook singles out Packard Bell, a popular PC maker not included in the survey, as a company that was plagued last year with DOA PCs. “The return rates for that kind of problem were between 10 and 20 percent,” he says. “Apple’s is down below 1 percent.” (Packard KEVIN CURRY Bell did not respond to calls seeking comment; Apple and other PC companies refused to disclose figures on returns, defects, and repairs; and some retailers and distributors re- fused to comment.) Why the Black Eye for Apple? More than anything se, Apple’s recent hardware troubles—overheating lithi- um-ion (Lilon) batteries in the new PowerBooks, and, in some Performas, PowerPC 603 CPUs that made calcula- tion errors—appear to be a remarkable string of extreme- ly well-publicized instances of bad luck. According to indus- try experts, such problems can happen to any company, par- ticularly when it gets compo- nents from outside suppliers. For example, the two exploding Lilon batteries th forced a recall of the Power- Book 5300 series were made by Sony Electronics, which has several years’ experience with such batteries (see “Apple Recalls PowerBook 5300 Series,” News, December 1995). Sony and Apple execu- tives are still baffled by the battery problem. “We have never had a problem like this before with any of our other laptop customers,” including Compaq and Dell, says Sony spokesman Manny Vara. Most of Sony's products are com- posed entirely of Sony-made components, “so we have maybe a little more control over the quality.” Meanwhile, the defective PowerPC 603 CPUs found in about 500 Performa 5200 and 6200 computers were from Motorola, which makes all the 603% and some of the 604’s used in various Power Mac models (IBM makes the 601 as well as the 604). “That’s unusual for Motorola, which employs a_ six-signal process for guaranteeing quality,” says G. 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