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Mac Explosion: 15 New Systems for Home and Business, Page 38 Everything you need to succeed in print and on the Web Top Internet Publishing Tools How to Keep Your Web Site Hot Print Publishing's Next Steps | | 10> | 098937772 0 soft Set up shop on the Internet or just publish a personal web page with tools you already know how to use. These additions to Microsoft Excel 5.0 and Word 6.0 easily turn your documents into HTML with just a few clicks. into Unlock the power of the Internet with this awesome browser. Small, fast, and de- signed for the Mac, Internet Explorer supports a rich multi- media experience and is easy to set Up and use. The excitement of | oie World Wide Web awaits you. | Everything to gain. 0 from Appl Now you can get the | migets from your Mac with Apple's free update for System 7.5 users. This update will improve overall stability and performance and, if you use Virtual Memory on your | PowerMac!’ start your applications | up to four times faster than before. are still running Word 6.0 you will definitely want to upgrade your software to this much improved version. Word 6.0.1a, introduced last fall, enhances performance and stability, speeds up your boot time and word counts, improves font han- dling and much, much more. interne pabilitie Mac www.microsoft.com, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY Connect time charges may apply. ‘© 1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft and Where do you want to go today? are rogistered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation, Macintosh is a registered trademark and Moc and PowerMac are trademarks of Apple Computer, In. NOW THE FASTEST DESKTOP PC ON THE PLANET IS A MAC OS" SYSTEM. THE POWERTOWER™ PRO 225 MHz. SIX PCI SLOTS. INTERLEAVED MEMORY. DUAL FAST SCSI. 8X CD-ROM PowerTower Poe 225: Powertewar Pre 200 PowecTowee Pro 180 Power 9500/50 PowerTewer Po 25 Powertewer Pre 200, PewarTower Pro 180 Power 9500/50, | “THE POWERTOWER PRO SERIES SOARS ABOVE ALL MAC ) RIVALS....MUAC POWERUSERS WILL SOON BECOME POWER COMPUTING USERS IN DROVES” — macWEEK Macarns 7.22.96 We’re fighting to put the MacOS on top! We love the Mac, just like you. In fact, most of us here at Power Computing have spent our lives working for and with Apple Compuier - engineering the Macintosh systems you've |, “HANG OW To YOUR HAT..POWER COMPUTING WIDENS THE GAP. THE NEW | POWERTOWER PRO BOASTS FIRST POWERPC 604E AT UP TO 225MlHx” j — Macwonty Macazme SEPT '96 worked and lived with since 1984. Power Computing’s goal is $666 simple: provide the Mac market with more choice, MacWeek power and performance. Take our Powerlower Pro series featuring the new PowerPC 604e RISC processor. It's not only the fastest and most expandable Mac OS system ever, it’s also faster than any Intel Pentium or Pentium Pro 66666 system on the market. taps! Custom configuration anyway you want it. Power builds every system exactly to your specs. Need more RAM or a larger hard drive? Want internal RAID or AV options? Not a problem - we'll build and ship it directly to your door. That's the way we do business - direct, from the factory, just like Dell and Gateway. Order direct from the manufacturer & save. And best of all, you'll save time and lots of money going direct. Give us a call, and let us help you configure your dream system. © PowerComputing 800-410-7693 ‘Ale, Macintosh ond Mac are registered tredemarks, andthe MacOS loge is © trademark of Apple Computes Inc. owesTower ond PowerCenter are registered trodemarks of Power Computing Corporation. Al ether brond end/or produc names ore the property of thir respective holders. Prices ond specifications are valid inthe US. only ond are subject to chonge without notice. Circle 161 on reader service card 134 38 40 44 51 4 October 1996 Features Make Telecommuting a Reality BY JAMES A. MARTIN Ride your Mac to work. What you need to make your telecommute hassle-free. Telecommuters’ first step—taming the telephone. News The Mac Speed Race Intensifies New systems from Apple, Power Computing, Da bring swifter processing to both business and consumer users. Modems in the Fast Lane The Infobahn gets a new speed limit, thanks to the latest modem standard. Special Report A New Spin for 3-D Graphics Apple, Fractal, Specular, and Strata unveil the latest in 3-D software. New Products Macworld highlights the best Expo debuts. MACWORLD OCTOBER GWOT 104 122 141 153 1936 The Information Rush FEATURES Energize Your Web Site BY MEL BECKMAN Give your visitors what they want and they'll keep coming back for more. Learn the top techniques for keeping your site current. Web Authoring's New Tools BY MEL BECKMAN From sim- ple text editors to full-blown document converters, Macworld handpicks the best tools for build- ing your Web site. Should You Fire Your Service Bureau? BY PETER M STOLLER WITH JEFF sacitotro Affordable _ pre- press hardware is as close as your desktop, but is it time for you to take the leap? Macworld weighs the risks and rewards of in-house prepress. Best Buys in Optical Drives BY MATTHEW LEEDS Gigs to go: Content creators demand portable storage for massive files. Macworld Lab tests 13 options. SECRETS NetSmart BY CAMERON croTTY Live audio and video—it’s the next best thing to being there. 27 254 160 163 ‘Macworld taste-tests three Java develop- ment tools, page 54. OPINION State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Keepacool head amid the information rush. Viewpoint By Joe scHuttz The Inter- net—revolution or reformation? MEDIA Publishing Workshop BY DAVID BLATNER ‘Tired of halftones? Take a look at the ben- efits of stochastic screening. © ‘Special Report Copyright and the Visual Arts By MARJORIE BAER Unautho- rized copying is easier than ever, but it’s still not legal. Learn your liabilities. 54 56 57 58 59 60 68 70 72 80 Power Computing sprints onto the consumer track with the 240MHz PowerBase, page 38. REVIEWS ***/6.9 Cafe DR1; ***/6.8 Discover Programming with Java; ****/7.6 Roaster DR2.1 Java development environments ***/6.7 EZFlyer 230MB Removable-media drive ek */7.0 BeyondPress 2.0; **k/5.6 HexWeb XT 2.0 XPress-to-HTML conversion utilities eked */7.2. DayStar Genesis MP 600 High-performance system ek */7.3 Tango for FileMaker Pro 3.0 CGI builder ke */7.2 Kodak Digital Science 8650 PS Dye-sub printer ek */7.1 3D Web Workshop Web publishing package ek A*/7.4 Tumbleweed Publishing Essentials Portable-document software ***/6.8 HVS Color 1.2 Web color utility for Photoshop ***/6.7 Tapestry 1.1 Web authoring tool 19 33 145 149 157 168 Opinion Letters The Desktop Critic sy pavio pocue Advising the wizards of OS 8. Secrets The Hidden World of FileMaker Pro BY JOSEPH SCHORR Tantaliz~ ing techniques for FileMaker productivity. Quick Tips BY LON POOLE and shortcuts. Media Caution: Platform Crossing Ahead By JIM HEID How to develop for Windows without getting derailed. ‘Tips, tricks, Graphics Workshop By CATHY ABes Colorize your black-and-white photographs in Photoshop. ON THE COVER ‘Mlustration by Nick Pain; photography by Paul Fran-Moore and FPG. 14 61 63 66 75 77 79 82 86 89 93 Reviews kk**/7.3 Stuffit Deluxe 4.0 Compression utility *”**/5.8 LaserWriter 12/640 PS Monochrome laser printer *&k**/7.6 PowerTower Pro 180; **/7.7 PowerTower Pro 200; ek %*/7.9 PowerTower Pro 225; ***/6.8 SuperMac S900L High-performance systems compared tok k*/8.2 Stylist 1.0 Illustrator plug-in **/3.9 Faxstf 3.2 Fax software kk **/7.5 form-Z RenderZone 2.8 3-D form synthesizer . ek *K/8.5 HSM ToolKit Storage-management software %*/6.5 LAN Commander Network-management software ***/6.7 GlobalTransfer File-transfer utility K*K*K/8.8 Sculpt 2.0 Real-time molecular simulator kkk */8.0 VIP-BASIC 2.0 Programming language **/3.5 Quest for Fame Game kK */7.1 Wing Commander IV Game Star Ratings §Macworld’s ratings for hundreds of hardware and software products at a glance. How to Contact Macworld IDG Crtober 1996, Volume 13, Mumba 10. 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A 2 GB 7200 RPM AV capable hard drive. And nine expansion bays. Powerlower Pro features an upgradeable CPU - “POWER COMPUTING’s NEW PoweRTowER Pro ™AKing future REDEFINES SPEED...POWER WIDENS THE GAP.” — Mucwont» Mucazn, SEPT, 1996 upgrades a snap. POWERTOWER - THE MOST AFFORDABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS. The Powerlower is a sheer workhorse the pundits are quickly recognizing as the next logical step beyond Apple's Power Macintosh. Just compare the overall performance, speed and price. MW Powerlowers possess considerable processor speeds, plenty of RAM and VRAM, a large L2 cache & a valuable software bundle. And of course, we'll configure your 4006 MacWeek Powerlower exactly the way you want - delivering it direct from our factory to your door. “IF YOU REQUIRE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, NO == CURRENT APPLE SYSTEM CAN TOUCH THE POWERTOWERS.” — MAcWEEK Macazine $6406 POWERCENTER™ - FINALLY, POWERPC 604 PERFORMANCE FOR THE MASSES. For many, the best place to start is with a PowerCenter. Power Computing’s mid-range systems are hardly basic. In fact, they blow competing high-end systems out of the water. PowerCenters ship with 150 and 132MHz fo upgradeable CPUs. Memory configurations, expansion slots, VRAM and the free software bundle make the PowerCenter the obvious choice for small-office, home-office, enterprise and graphics users. “PERFORMANCE AND PRICE COMBINE TO MAKE THE POWERCENTER THE MOST SENSIBLE CHOICE FOR BUSINESS — - AND GRAPHICS.” macwono Macaza, J, 1996 MW RI x | Apple, Macintosh and Mac ore registered trademarks, ond the MacOS logo i 0 trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. PowerTower and PowerCenter ore registered trademarks of Fower Computing Corporation. Al other brand ‘and/or product names are the property oftheir respective holders. Prices and specifications ere valid inthe US. only end are subject ta change without notice. POWERTOWER PRO: THE FASTEST, MOST EXPANDABLE MAC OS SYSTEM PowerTower Pro 225 Starter PowerTower Pro 200 Starter 225MHz PowerPC 604e Processor 200MHz PowerPC 604e Processor PowerTower Pro 180 Starter 180MHz PowerPC 604e Processor *16 MB RAM (1 GB Max) +2.GB 7200 RPM AV Hard Drive 8X CD-ROM Drive “TMB Level 2 Cache “IMS Twin Turbo 128M graphics acelerator with @MB VRAM 6 PCI Expansion Slots «Interleaved Memory +9 Drive Boys -Ducl (Fast 10 MB/Sec) SCSI “Connect Speed Doubler Extended Keyboard and Mouse *Add Sony 20° Trinitron 20sfll $1795 16 MB RAM (1 GB Max) +2.GB 7200 RPM AV Hard Drive BX CD-ROM Drive +1 MB Level 2 Cache “IMS Twin Turbo 128M graphics accelerator with 8MB VRAM 6 PCI Expansion Slots «Interleaved Memory +9 Drive Boys -Ducl (Fast 10 MB/Sec) SCSI Connectix Speed Doubler -Extended Keyboard ond Mouse *Add Sony 20” Trinitron 20sfll $1795 “16 MB RAM (1 GB Mox) +268 7200 RPM AV Hard Drive “8K COROM Drive “1 MB Level 2 Cache “IMS Twin Turbo 128M graphics accelerator with 8MB VRAM 6 PCI Expansion Slots «Interleaved Memory +9 Drive Bays Duel (Fost 10 MB/Sec) SCSI -Connectix Speed Doubler -Extended Keyboard ond Mouse “Add Sony 1?" 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Ed Ramirez WEB ADMINISTRATOR Chip Carman CONUNE ADMINISTRATOR steve Costa ‘ONUNE pRoDUCER/EDITOR Karen Liberatore COMUNE CONTENT PRODUCER Matt MeAlister asnstanr content enainters Roxanne Gentile, Chuck Griffith INTRODUCING OMNIPAGE PRO 6.0— IT’S FASTER, EASIER AND MUCH MORE ACCURATE. Tired of retyping faxes, reports, articles, even letters into your Macintosh? With OmniPage® Pro 6.0 and your scanner, you can accurately enter thousands of words per minute with the simple push of a button. ‘OmniPage Pro quicker than t Mac 1a a® Nor, ye ny ev gn" sa goo OmniPage Pro 6.0’s indus- try-leading Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software converts your scanned pages to editable text and graphics in seconds for use in popular Mac applications like Word, Word- Perfect, Quark Xpress, Excel and many others. So you get to spend more time producing instead of manually typing. And OmniPage Pro 6.0’s blazing speed, which is even faster on Power Mac sy ems, is only outdone by its superior accuracy. 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Ic offers superior auto matic conflict resolu- tion, as well as acom- [aay plete online and down- aaiibaaMlaataal for only loadable extensions and conflicts database $55. 00 for up-to-the-minute information. It manages third-party plug- ins from Netscape, Adobe, and others and even imports your old Conflict Catcher sets automatically for an easy switch. Not only is Now Startup Manager 7.0 included in Now Utilities 6.5, but it’s available as a stand- alone product as well. Visit heep://www.nowutilities.com and try Now Utilities 6.5 and Now Startup Manager 7.0 for yourself. Before long, everyone will be talking about them. (©1996 Now Software, Inc. and Now Utilities, The ‘ow Startup Manager, Now lites are trademarksof Now Software, hts reserved. Third-party trademarks are ‘coroon sTueR Guided System Tours I ENJOYED READING JOSEPH SCHORR’S 1 “quick cures for chronic System bloat” (Secrets, July 1996). But I must take excep- tion to the advice on removing the Ap- ple Guide extension from your System Folder. More and more applications are shipping with Apple Guides, and they are well worth checking out. Even an experienced user needs a quick refresher occasionally. After installing System 7.5 Update 2.0, [couldn’t hear any music when I used AppleCD Audio Player. I fiddled with the Sound control panel with no luck. When T took a peek at the Apple Guide, it took me straight back to the obscure Options button I had overlooked in my first trip to the Sound control panel. I fixed my problem in two minutes. Dump some of the Apple Guides from your System Folder if you wish, but keep the Apple Guide extension. Itis sure to come in handy. Karyn VoLpstap Rochester, New York Honk if You Love Apple (PV HREE CHEERS FOR DAVID POGUE'S snappy answers to all that anti-Mac hysteria (The Desktop Critic, July 1996). However, if I’m going to clip Mr. Pogue’s article, the last place it needs to be is on my own refrigerator. Preaching to the choir is what got Apple in trouble in the first place. We should be shouting our counter- points from the highest rooftop, as should Dr. Amelio and his “humbler, smarter” Apple Computer. ARIEL VITALI Farmington, Connecticut Lellers WELCOMED POGUE'S ENCOURAGING comments regarding the future of the Mac, but he’s off base when he compares automobile manufacturers to computer companies. Unlike computer users, many dwellers on this planet purchase automo- biles for their snob appeal. An expensive automobile may be shown off and is regarded as an indicator of the owner's status in our society. When was the last time you heard of a Sun workstation being installed in a private home to impress the neighbors? PHILIP BAUMEISTER Sebastopol, California [| VHANK YOU! “CLIP-N’-SAVE APPLE: THE Numbers Nobody Knows” not only boosted my belief in Apple, but provided some much needed material with which to effectively silence the Mac-is-dead crowd. To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of Apple’s death are indeed great- ly exaggerated. I’ll be posting this article in the school staff room. Roper Peur ER ‘Toronto, Ontario, Canada A. S A NEW APPLE SOFTWARE DEVEL- 4-\oper, I have to constantly defend my platform to PC users, I’m glad some- body’s finally given me some ammunition. PHittie Gittis Natchitoches, Louisiana N ANY THANKS AND MUCH APPRECIA- _ tion to David Pogue. I’m in the mil- itary, which means nothing but PCs at work and die-hard users with their own DOS boxes at home. I photocopied the column and gave it to my PC-biased friend. For days he put off reading it and continued to make ridiculous statements about Apple’s demise, even showing me an early February issue of a popular news- magazine claiming that Apple was now owned by Sun Microsystems (I guess he didn’t notice the generous use of words like alleged, perhaps, and maybe throughout the article). I was sitting at my desk when he tossed the copy of David Pogue’s arti- cle on my keyboard and simply said, “I stand corrected.” Josepnu L. Purnre Winter Harbor, Maine Valued Dusty Tes A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHILE CLEAN- ing my room I found a box with all of the manuals, brochures, and magazines for my Atari 800XL. Sure brought back great memories, and it reminded me how far computers have advanced since my first program hack in glorious Atari BASIC. I still have the computer and its continues www.macworld.com October 1996 19 “Productivity has never been more fun.” —Steve Mouzon You wane drawings that look like the ones you've always done by hand—or better. 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The correct bus speed for the Power Computing PowerTower is 6(0MHz. The correct price for the Editors’ | Choice Business User's System from Power Computing is $3678 (“The speed Champs,” July 1996). The capacity of Microtech’ Blue Storm’ | 2000, with the Conner CFP 2107: mechanism, is 2.1GB (“Gigabyte Hard Drives.” June 1996). The correct telephone number for Insider Software is 619/622-9900 (“Tame Those Unruly Font: July 1996). News, component pieces stored sa can show it to my children one d As I sat mulling over the catalogs, manuals, and magazines, I found the brochure (mint condition) from 1984 for the original Macintosh computer. I’m glad I kept that brochure; it’ a historical little advertisement. It heralded the end of home computing as I knew it.I feel very comfortable with Apple’s. immediate future, but in 12 years, when I pull my Power Mac out of the attic and blow away the dust, I wonder how and with what Pll send someone else a message about what a great time it was using my ANDREW S. DUNCAN Atlanta, Georgia You Can Look It Up | "M FINDING IT MORE AND MORE DIFFI- cult to keep up with all the acronyms used to express technology, products, and conventions of the computer industry. It would be nice to have a ready reference list containing these cryptic expressions and a brief explanation of each. Can you recommend a source listing such infor- mation with periodic updates? RANDY VANIA Griffith, Indiana My firvorite computer reference is Alan Freed- man’s The Computer Glossary: The Com- plete Ilustrated Desk Reference, seventh edi~ tion ($24.95, $39.95 with disk; 1994, AMACOM, 518/891-1500). You could also do 4 Web search on computer reference: I came up with some interesting-looking sites like A Beginner's Web Glossary (http://www.cwra .edu/help/webglossary.html), Babel (www .access.digex.net/~ikind/babel96b.html), the ILC Glossary (http://www.matisse.net/files/ glossary.html), and Eric Tittley’s Reference Sites (http://phobos.astro.uwo.ca/~etittley/ references.html), as well as a listing of Japan- ese restaurants, the Orange Herding Bulls and Bears | T'S BECOMING CLEAR THAT IT’S A : in terms of Mac soft- and stock tracking. Can you shed any light on my search, which has to date been unfruitfu ware for investor: GARRY GALLAGHER ; British Columbia, Vancouw mada ‘Trendsetter Software (714/547-5005; http:// members.aol.com/trndsetter/www), Dow Jones & Co. (800/522-3567), Survivor Soft- ware (310/410-9527), and Reality Technologies (215/387-6055) all have investor- and stock- related software packages for the Mac. 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OMEONE TELL TIM WARNER THAT A micron is a millionth of a meter, not a millionth of an inch (“The PowerPC’s New Heights,” News, July 1996). Ropert Levitz Hartford, More Details, Please REALLY ENJOYED JULY’S PUBLISHING Workshop, “Faster Printing through Font Downloading.” I have been trying to figure out how to attach a hard drive to a printer and what types of fonts to down- load onto the drive. Would you describe those details in more depth? Gary BERNSTEIN Urbana, Illinois The procedure is really quite simple, You just attach a bard drive to the printer via a normal SCSI connection and then, using Apple Laser- Writer Utility, Apple Printer Utility, or Adobe Downloader, format the drive. (Note that this process is distinct from the formatting you'd per- form on your Mac's internal or external hard drive.) Finally, download fonts to the newly for- matted drive, using the same utility. — PopupFolder Moves Again JUST CAME ACROSS ‘THE LETTER NOT- ing that PopupFolder is no longer being published by Inline Software (“Ever-Growing Utility Belt,” Letters, July 1996). I am pleased to inform you that ASD Software has now acquired the rights to publish this award-winning product. Interested readers can try it out by downloading a fully functional demo of PopupFolder from our Web site, bttp://e vw.asdsoft.com. Wes Wasson ASD SoFTware Montclair, California Attention, Macworld Shoppers PROPOS OF YOUR ARTICLE “! \ Modems” in the July 1996 issue, we would like your readers to know about Zoom's popular V.34C PC Card fax modem. The Model 521 Zoom/PCM- CIA FaxModem V.34C-Mac is designed for both land-line and cellular data and fax communications on the Macintosh platform. It is Macintosh PowerBook Qualified, with a list price of $269. In addition, a telephone-specific cellular activation kit is available direct from Zoom for $59. Leonarp A PHILLIPS Zoom Telephonics Boston, Massachusetts “The Littlest Web Server” EGARDING FRED KRUGHOF! LET- ter, “The Littlest Web Server” (Let- July 1996): I don't know about any- e, but I didn’t know it was possible to runa server using standard phone lines and fast modems. I'd be very interested in finding out more about how this works—like, where do you start? Per- haps some kind soul (maybe Fred Krug- hoff himself) could E-mail me with a few more details, particularly about the very careful setup required. PereR MILLARD body else out th London, England It is indeed possible, but the performance is so slow that fe If this is the route you choos people consider it a viable option. your best bet is to and compare costs for unlimited connect time, registering a contact Internet service prov domain name, and various other items associat- ed with operating a site (costs can mount up). 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Quick Tims, QuickDraw and Macintosh aréiradematks of Apple Comput a tralemur of Micrsoit Circle 46 on reader service card State of the Mac Get Ready for the Information Rush EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS EVERAL YEARS AGO IT WAS common to hear media commentators and private citizens alike bemoaning the condition known as information overload. Com- puters were enabling peo- ple to produce and distrib- ute information at an unprecedented rate, issuing reams that no one could possibly assimilate. And that was before the World Wide Web. Now we swim in oceans of digitally pro- duced data, with new oceans being creat- ed weekly, all in a perpetual process of metamorphosis. Compared with the plethora of outposts that are popping up in cyberspace, the original harbingers of information overload—desktop publish- ing, broadcast, E-mail, and so on—now seem positively innocuous. Now, before you accuse me of a lack of journalistic perspective, let me assure you that yes, I do recognize that this con- dition does not affect all of humankind— not yet. But as members of the comput- er-using community, we've all become familiar with feeling simultaneously fas- cinated and overwhelmed by the on- slaught of content. It’s bad enough for in- formation consumers, who must struggle to figure out how to parcel out their valu- able time to the multitude of media sources vying for their attention. Infor- mation producers must in addition con- stantly stay abreast of the technological changes that affect how they compete for that treasured resource—an audience. Whether you identify principally with the producers or the consumers of infor- mation, this special issue of Macworld pro- vides a guide to some of the tools and tac- tics you'll need to make wise decisions as you run headlong into the waves. An Embarrassment of Riches If you’re an information producer, you now have more ways than ever before to make your message heard. You can choose among brochures, magazines, catalogs, E-mail, television, radio, CD-ROMs, Web sites, and netcasts, to name just some of the options. That’s the good news. The explosion of media types and venues for deploying them ups the ante, creating an even faster-paced, more demanding, more competitive environment. That's the challenge. Information producers must somehow get today’s message out and simultaneously acquire and master newly emerging technologies. In this issue we investigate a broad array of content-creation tools, from multimedia authoring software to drum scanners. In Reviews alone we evaluate 13 new products that exemplify the diverse choices available for creating and manag- ing content—XPress-to-HTML conver- sion utilities, Java development tools, 3-D graphics tools, a dye-sublimation printer, a database publishing utility for the Web, and so on. And to help you cope with the ever-increasing demand for fast, reliable, portable storage that all this creative activ- ity produces, Macworld Lab evaluates the “Best Buys in Optical Drives.” While the new kids on the block— interactive multimedia and the World by Adrian Mello Wide Web—are attracting the limelight at the moment, desktop publishing and color prepress quietly continue to occupy a huge portion of the professional Mac market. In this more mature market seg- ment, tasks that used to be relegated to consultants and contractors with special- ized expertise have begun to move in- house, particularly where ongoing proj- ects require regular updating. In “Should You Fire Your Service Bureau?” Macworld helps you evaluate whether it’s time for you to bring your prepress work into your office. It’s not a decision to take lightly. Mixed Media Choosing any one medium and becom- ing proficient in it is tough enough. ‘Today, information producers work increasingly in multiple media, which requires not only that they acquire proft sional-level skills in several types but also that they learn how to integrate converging media. For example, you may need to create a booklet to market a family of products and then redeploy much of its content to the company Web site. Your vice president of sales might also ask you to use the same visuals and text in a multimedia presenta- tion that can run off of a Pow- erBook. Repurposing is the order of the day. ‘The power and versatility of digital media make this a fascinating field in which to work. In the midst of repurposing and recasting content in dif- ferent forms, however, it is easy to over- look one of the great hazards of using these powerful creative tools—the in- creased risk of copyright infringement. “Copyright and the Visual Arts,” a spe- cial report in the Media section, provides a primer on what you need to know to continues es- www.macworld.com October 1996 27 STATE OF THE MAC avoid infringing copyright when working with digital media. The Blurring of Boundaries Time was when the lines between infor- mation producers and information con- sumers were pretty tidy: you were either creative artist or audience, writer or read- er, publisher or subscriber. Now that almost anyone can become an informa- tion producer simply by setting up a home page and posting it on a server, the lines are not so clear. And in the long run that’s probably a healthy development. The ability to publish on the Web, posting new material quickly and bypass- ing the complications of physical distrib- ution, has radically redefined production cycles for information producers. This has many implications for production tools, but more fundamentally it raises the expectations of information consumers. Because the Web is a truly live medium, visitors to your pages expect them to look SPSS 6.1 for the Macintos Real Stats. Real Easy. for Power, Get answers to tough {questions using in- depth statistics! Use 60+ statistics from basics such as. counts and crosstabs to more sophisticated statistics including factor, regression and logistic regression. Get fast, flexible data management! The spreadsheet-style Data Editor makes enter- easy using either values or value labels. And, you can work with even your largest data files! Work faster with at new Macintosh interface! Lear faster using an online tutorial and speed up analysis with tas} oriented help, a statistical glossary and a new toolbar. Plus, you get fast access to all statistics through menus and dialog boxes without typing commands! | ettienes ise SPSS 6.1 for the Macintosh when you need in-depth answers quickly and easily. Go beyond summary statistics and spreadsheet row-and-column math by using the right tool for the job. SPSS enables you to answer tough questions like: ‘= What will my sales be next quarter? = Hove satistied are my customers? Survey research = Explore consumer awareness = Compare perceptions of products = Discover preferences by group Marketing and sales analysis = Analyze your customer database ‘= Forecast sales by product and region = Improve mailing responses Get a great value — order now! “ Call 1(800) 457-8287 Osgaieton or Fax 1 (800) 841-0064 Address ‘or mail to: SPSS Inc., 444 N. Ave. City Sa] See your results quickly fs} and clearly! Choose from 50+ high-resolution business, statistical and SOC charts. All can be fully edited with easy point-and-click tools. Severe ‘= What are the patterns in my date? Quality improvement Assess process capability = Reduce nonconformance = Spot unnatural patterns of variation Research of all types = Test hypotheses = Determine group differences = Track performance over time MacOS Chicago, IL 60611 Fa ‘American Express, Discover, MasterCard, phone VISAand LM-PAC. cards accepted ‘nee Oneago + Waren, + Bog » Chae «Goren iss ash Ne Det Pa Sagres tne Syn «Tel Avs Toke Ann wate Faxt waz Real Stats. Real Easy~ 28 October 1996 MACWORLD Circle 85 on reader service card alive. “Energize Your Web Site” offers top-notch techniques for maintaining your site’s strong pulse. Apple has announced that one of its primary objectives is to make it easy for any new Macintosh to work as a personal Web server, more or less out of the box. Realis- tically, not everyone will have a full-blown Web site with rich and varied content. There will continue to be big distinctions of scale among various classes of informa tion producers, professional and amateur. But as “Web Authoring’s New Tools” illus- trates, the availability of Web authoring tools ranging from simple HTML page editors to complete site-management pro- grams means the choice is yours to make. Macworld Expo, the Information Rush Incarnate This issue goes to press on the eve of the annual Macworld Expo in Boston. At Macworld we prepare for these events like Marines getting ready to hit the beaches because they are one way for us to stay abreast of the information rush so we can bring the news fresh to you. Even for seasoned campaigners, walk- ing into a Macworld Expo can be an over- powering experience. ‘There are so many products it’s hard to know where to look. In two separate conference centers, com- panies line the aisles—phalanxes of ven- dors displaying the latest wares. Many vendors time their big product introduc- tions especially for the shows, so there's a lot of clamor—one company competing to outperform the next with flashy multi- media demonstrations that visually and aurally assault the droves roaming the halls. Some booths are truly resplendent, with large platform structures of Plexi- glas, metal, and wood containing internal meeting rooms. But experience teaches that sometimes the most exciting new products appear first in modest little booths tucked into inconspicuous corners of the show floor. Rest assured—wherev- er the story is, Macworld will ferret it out. Ifyou can’t make it to the Expo, check News in this issue and on Macworld Daily online for late-breaking news of the show. And stay tuned: our news stories will help you know in advance what to look for in the coming months. 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According to an Apple programmer I know, even today the new OS’ final look, feel, and feature lists are still up for discussion. In other words, there’s still time to pro- pose new features—which is exactly what Ihave in mind. Here are one man’s ideas, duly stuffed into the Suggestion Box. Title-Bar Renaming You're hard at work on some document. You decide to rename it. What do you do? Sure: you use the Save As command, type a new name, return to the Finder, find the original document, throw it away. C’mon—life’s too short! I want to click in the title bar of my document window and type a new name. How clean! How easy! 3€-Tab to Switch Programs ‘There are very few things Windows has that System 7.5 needs. One of them hap- pens to be a keystroke to switch among several running programs. Instead of hav- ing to mouse up to the Application menu when we want to switch from, say, Quick- en to ClarisWorks, as we do today, imag- ine being able to press #-tab. ‘To see exactly how terrific this feature is, get Program Switcher (shareware avail- able at bitp://vww.macworld.com). While your thumb sits on the 3 key, each time you press the tab key the name of the next open application appears in the middle of the screen. When the program you want is named, you release the keys—and you're there. Drag and Drop to the Apple Menu Think how carefree life would be if you could install an alias of something in your Apple menu simply by dragging its icon onto the menu’s Apple logo. Of course, we'll need some equally convenient method of dragging things off the Apple menu, but I'll leave that up to Apple. Sticky Menus We like the way our Mac menus work, snapping up unless you continuously grip them with the mouse button. But Win- dows fans are used to menus that drop down when clicked—and stay down until you click a choice. So let’s please every- one: Apple should write a Menus control panel. It would let you specify how your menus should behave. If ever there were a prescription for a mass exodus to the Mac from Windows, this has got to be it. Move to Trash Command I want a keystroke, such as 3-T, to move a highlighted icon to the Trash. What a blessing to PowerBook users! What a gift to efficiency nuts! What a concept! Move a File without Copying It T get at least one E-mail a week from a new Macintosh user asking: “When I drag a file from my hard drive to a backup disk, it copies the original file. How do I move it?” I sheepishly explain that you can’t; you must (1) copy the file, then (2) delete the original. Here’s the brilliant idea: Let us hold down a key—the underused control key, say—while dragging an icon to a new disk; instead of copying, it would move the file and delete the copy on the original disk. More Drag and Drop Few of System 7.5’s offerings are more delightful than Macintosh drag and drop, the feature that lets you slide graphics, text, and sounds from one window into another. Drag text from a Stickies note into Simple'Text. Drag a list of files you’ve found with the Find File command into Clar- isWorks. And if you're really bored—drag a Desktop Pat- tern into your Jigsaw Puzzle for hours of mind-numbing fun. But the drag-and-drop fairies didn’t visit all of System 7.5’s components during the night. You still can’t drag numbers to or from the Cal- culator, nor a picture into the Map, nor a printer icon from the Chooser onto the desktop. Just about everything in life would be improved by D&D: after finding some elusive symbol in the Key Caps desk accessory, you should be able to drag it into your word processor. And while drag-and-drop-enabling the rest of the desk accessories, Apple should spruce up the elderly Calculator in other ways, too. How about a CE (Clear Last Entry) button, or even a “paper tape” feature, so we wouldn’t have to start over when we made a mistake? Solving the Big “Where Am I?" Millions of new Macintosh users eventu- ally get zapped by “out of memory” mes- sages because they don’t understand a sim- continues www.macworld.com October 1996 33 THE DESKTOP CRITIC ple fact: Closing all the windows doesn’t mean you've actually quit a program. When we close all the windows, we need a visual cue to let us know that we're still in a program. We shouldn’t be left staring at the Finder desktop. Sure, sure, the power user knows to look in the Application menu to see which program has a check mark beside its name—but who on earth would figure that out instinctively? Maybe the new system software should put the name of the current program somewhere on the title bar, or at the bottom of the screen. The Personal-Info Database Enough with typing our names and addresses! Global Village, America On- line, every other Web page, and dozens of other software products insist that we type in our names, addresses, and phone num- bers when first using the software. What a colossal duplication of effort! Here’s the solution: OS 8 should Ax Consumer Information Catalog The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread No matter how you slice it, our free Consumer Infor- mation Catalog is great food for thought. The Catalog dishes up more than 200 free and low-cost government booklets on subjects you can really sink your teeth into — such as staying healthy, eating right, finding a job, getting federal benefits, using credit, buying a home, helping your kids, taking care of your car, and much, much more. To get your free copy, send your name and address to: Consumer Information Center Department GT Pueblo, Colorado 81009 | A public service of this publication and the Consumer Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration 34 October 1996 MACWORLD include a control panel that stores our personal-contact info. Once. Thereafter, Copland-savvy programs could retrieve all that info automatically (after we say OK, of course), saving us miles of typing. Auto-Deleting Aliases ‘The alias was one of Apple’s greatest hits. But despite their overall high IQ—work- ing even after the original file is renamed or moved, for example—aliases are still stupid in one regard. If you delete the original file, the orphaned alias hangs around, broken, meaningless, and sad. Fix this one, Apple, and you'll win thousands of converts on the spot. Macintosh Click and Type This one will strike you as bizarre, but try to imagine it. Suppose you could click anywhere on the desktop and just start typing. When you're finished, you'd have a little clipping file, ready for dropping into a folder, dragging into a document, or just leaving out for later reading. You could click and type while on the phone, for example, when somebody starts rattling off a phone number. You could make notes to yourself while down- loading a file in the background. You could keep to-do lists, phone numbers, and book ideas right on the desktop! And beginners would love it—no more (1) launch program, (2) type, (3) save, and (4) hope to remember where you saved. The Upshot Copland was named after Aaron Copland, the most famous music suggested the majesty of the American landscape. (This may merican orchestral composer whose come as news to the people who send E-mail to me spelling it Copeland, Cop- Land, and Copplund.) iting that Apple names its core projects 2 similarities between softwar Both are created by few but enjoyed by the masses, demand inspiration and per- spiration, and require hundreds of tiny good ideas to make a masterpiece. Here’s to 1997, when we'll find out what kind of tune Apple’s been humming to itself. m DAVID POGUE, a former Broadway conductor and software-design consultant, wrote Macs for Dum- mies, currently in its fourth edition (IDG Books Worldwide, 1996), the best-selling Mac book for five years straight. The pen maybe mightier than the sword, but the Scanner blows them both away. me THE EPSON ES-1000C BUSINESS COLOR SCANNING SYSTEM. NOW JUST $599. What is the most effective way to express yourself? With force? Or with artistry? How about both? The Epson ES-1000C scans text and graphics. 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On the heels of Power Computing’s 225MHz Pow- erTower Pro, introduced on July 22 (see “Power Comput- ing Widens the Gap,” News, September 1996, and Revit elsewhere in this issue), Apple has increased the speed of its Power Macs and, working with DayStar Digital, has introduced its first multi- processor Mac, the Power Mac 9500/180MP. And Power Computing has upped the ante in the consumer market, with a new line of fast, Per- forma-like systems. New Business Lineup Apple (408/996-1010, bttp:/Avwa.info -apple.com) has increased the speeds of its 7600, 8500, and 9500, whose speeds it had in- creased once before in late May: © The three-PCI-slot 7600 now runs at 132MHz instead of 120MHz. A base model 7600/132 costs $2999. 38 October 1996 Power Computing has introduced the PowerBase (left) and a new PowerTower. © The three-PCI-slot 8500 now comes in two models, one that runs at 150MHz and another that runs at 180MHz. The 180MHz model uses the new PowerPC 604e, which runs faster, megahertz for megahertz, than the regular 604 used in the slower mod- els. A base model 8500/150 costs $3599, while the base 8500/180 costs $4499. ©The six-PCI-slot 9500 MACWORLD also comes in two models; one runs at 200MHz and one has two 180MHz CPUs, making it Apple’s first multiprocessing Macintosh. Both 9500 mod- els use the new 604e CPU. The base 9500/180MP costs $5699, while the base 9500/ 200 costs $4899. Apple is also selling an $899 180MHz 604e CPU card that works in any Power Mac 7500, 7600, 8500, or 9500. (Newer Technology [316/ 943-0222, http://vww.newertech com) plans to ship an $885 180MHz card and a $1075 200MHz card in September.) And Apple is now putting 8x CD-ROM drives in all new Power Macs. As previously announced, Power Computing (512/388- 6886, br owere.com) is shipping the 180MHz, 200MHz, and 225MHz six- PCI-slot Power'Tower Pros; the 166MHz and 180MHz three-PCI-slot PowerTowers; and the three-slot 132MHz and 150MHz PowerCenters. Power Computing has also added a new 200MHz Power- Tower, using the 604e; upgraded the 180MHz Pow- erTower to the 604e; and dis- continued the 120MHz Pow- erCenter. The Power Com- puting systems, except for the Power'Tower Pro series, use 4x CD-ROM drives. Umax Computer (510/ 226-6886, bttp://vww.supermac .com) has announced a 200MHz 604e-based version of its SuperMac $900 that should ship in September. Umax will also have 166MHz and 180MHz upgrade cards for current owners and may ship versions of the $900 at one or both of those speeds. The company plans to of- fer the J700, a desktop-case version of its SuperMac line that will likely run at 150MHz and have four PCI slots (one taken by a video card with 2MB of VRAM), three internal drive bays, an 8x CD-ROM drive, and one CPU slot. Pricing was unavailable at press time. New Multiprocessor Lineup Apple’s new 9500/180MP uses DayStar’s new dual-processor card, the nPower 360+. And DayStar Digital (770/967- 2077, http://www.daystar.com) is making the $1499 card avail- able to owners of Umax SuperMacs, Apple 8500 and 9500's, and most likely Power Computing Power'Tower Pros (there was a question at dead- line of whether the Power- Tower Pros had_ sufficient power supplies and airflow). ‘The card replaces these Macs’ current CPU cards. DayStar says it is working with Umax on a $1000 multi- processor card for the Umax SuperMac $900’s second CPU slot. Such a card would have one CPU and work with the CPU already installed on the SuperMac system. DayStar is upgrading its line of Genesis MP systems: the $5499 MP 360+ will replace the MP 300 and have two 180MHz 604e’s, while the $8499 MP 720+ will have four 180MHz 604e’s. DayStar will continue to sell the $6999 MP 600, which has four 1S0MHz 604’s. The MP 528, which has continues on page 42 It's Raining Web Editors ENTRY-LEVEL HTML PUBLISHING TOOLS TO FLOOD THE MARKET by Cameron Crotty sst! Want to buy a graphic HTML edi- tor? Just reach out your front door and pick one, because they're popping up like mushrooms after a summer rain. Adobe (415/961-4400, http Aaw.adobe.com) is expected to ship new versions of Site- Mill and PageMill soon (see Internet Watch, News, July 1996). Meanwhile, Netscape is Mac Makers Bring More Speed to All {In August and September, the four Mac system makers—Apple, DayStar, Power Computing, and ‘Umax Computer—plan to deliver 15 new Macs, bringing greater speed to a wide range of users, The results below show the performance of prototypes available in late July. The Power Mac '9500/200's relatively slow performance is due mainly to the Power Mac’s slower video card. Longer bars are better. Results are times as fast as a Centris 650 (Centris 650 = 1.0). Products are listed from fastest overall to slowest overall. Overall Score For Professionals and Businesses PowerTower Pro 225 ===) ‘Umax SuperMac $900 (200MHz)* - en — 8,3 Power Macintosh 9500/200° {am — 7,7 CPU- Intensive FPU-Intensive Disk-Intensive = 30 29 Power Macintosh 8500/180° ———¢7 —¢.6 —=———10.3 mmm 2.4 Power Mac 9500/150 ——_—=——¢2 = 65 9.1 772.8 Power Mac 7600/120 = 1 —- 3. —- 66 2.5 For Home and Small Offices PowerBase 240" = 7 —— 7 — 7 — 22 Performa 6400" —==s 56 —- .—« 3.1 $2.6 PowerBase 200" = 2 — 2 —- 7 —- 24 PowerBase 180" = o—- o— 37 — 20 * Prototype unit. For more information on our testing, see "The New Speed Champs,” July 1996, —Macworld Lab testing supervised by Mark Hurlow and Chris Uiterwijk well into late beta versions of Navigator Gold, which adds HTML editing tools to the popular browsing software (see Sneak Peek, News, August 1996). Earlier this summer, Claris announced Home Page (see Sneak Peek, News, Sep- tember 1996), which is expect- ed to ship by the end of August. The German developer Gonet (http://www. gonet.de) offers golive, a $49 menu- based HTML editing package similar to the tools from Net- scape and Claris, golive offers several twists and goodies, including frames support, an image-map editor, and a palette containing nontext objects you can drag and drop into a document. But the first version doesn’t support tables, and version 2 is not expected until January 1997. Akimbo Systems (800/ 375-6515, bttp://www.akimbo .com ), best known for its Full- Write word processor, is preparing to ship Globetrotter ($249), HTML layout soft- ware based on the idea that page designers should no more have to fiddle with HTML than illustrators should have to hand-tweak PostScript code. Globetrotter comes with the usual slew of features (tables, yes; frames, no) and a couple of unique tricks, When Globe- trotter publishes a page with a table, the software creates HTML that approximates the design for browsers that don’t support tables, and includes code within the page to nego- tiate the appropriate tech level with the requesting browser. Graphical HTML editors may be a boon to users sud- denly expected to contribute to their company’s intranet. But for professional Web designers and site managers, a plethora of ingredients does not necessarily make for a tasty stew. One producer at a major media site notes, “All of these tools are focused on single- continues www.maeworld.com October 1996 39 page design, but writing HTML is easy—putting to- gether a Web site is hard.” Creating even a modest Web site can be a massive task, particularly if you update con- tent often. As a result, most major sites feed content into templates or spin whole pages out of databases. Carl Stead- man, cofounder of the Suck .com Web site, says the new graphic HTML editors may “lower the bar” for new users, but for now he says he will stick with flowing content into CAMER templates on Unix servers. However, there are glim- mers of hope for more de- manding site managers. At press time, HeyerTech (415/325- 8522, http://www. heyertech.com) announced that it was shipping Webmaster Pro, a $499 site- editing and management tool based on an object database and aimed at professional Webmasters with complex sites. For more information on high-end page-publishing tools, see “Web Authot s New Tools,” in this is on Flying FirstClass to the Net pity the group- rush to implement elect ware vendor. Since intranets started popping up on IS directors’ radar scopes, groupware packages like Lotus Notes and SoftArc’s First- Class have become footnotes as corporations ronic employee collaboration through the wonders of internal Web sites. This fall, Soft- Arc (905/415-7000, http://www.softarc.com) will answer the intranet call with First! E-mail/ groupware product that allows core services to be ac- cessed through Inter- net protocols. While the FirstClass server will be able to publish standard Web pages, any FirstClass content, such as conferences, will also be accessible to Web browsers or lass 4.0, a major revision of the | aatey Oe 15, 1995 61908 PE ectag Resourcer fen Prom: nek Kastmaan abject Oaloe Tweets te ‘eacie Bema Pov ectiny tein With FirstClass 4.0, users will be able to read conferences from standard Internet browsers. even standard Usenet (NNTP) news readers. Users will also be able to send and retrieve E-mail with SMTP and POP3 dlients, and FirstClass 4.0 will support MIME-compliant mes- sages and the LDAP directory protocol. Beyond broader Internet protocol support, FirstClass 4.0 will also sport new features. Users will get improved document-editing tools that support hot links, embedded graphics, and tables. System integrators and administra tors will get a full programming environment based on BASIC. FirstClass 4.0 will scheduling features. 40 October 1996 MACWO also include calendaring and RLD Modem Speeds Edge Higher ITU RATIFIES 33.6-KBPS V.34 SPECIFICATION by Matt Clark or Internet joc! long connect times and short fuses comes a new speed limit on the info- bahn, 33.6 Kbps. This past March the International Telecommunications Union ratified two new speeds for the V.34 protocol: 31.2 Kbps and 33.6 Kbps Previously, V.34 topped out at 28.8 Kbps. Most modem vendors are calling this recent change the “new” V34, your existing modem is capable of exchang- ing data at 28.8 Kbps, you should be able to upgrade it. In most cases, upgrading to 33.6 is free. At press time, Supra, yes, and U.S. Robotics were offering free flash ROM upgrades for existing V.34 modem owners through the companies’ respective Web sites and BBSs. But don't expect to be surfing the Web at 33.6 Kbps any time soon. Previous Mac- world Lab modem show that the devices rarely connect at their top-rated speed, primarily due to the current state of the telecom- munications infrastructure in a majority of U.S. cities. In the words of a telecommunic: tions company representative, “The only way you're likely to see a 33.6 connect rate on a regular basis is if you live in a condo within your local phone company switch.” The prima- ry benefit of the 33.6-Kbps reviews upgrade is to fine-tune the V.34 specification. In a white paper (available at http://www .usr.com/business/3021 .btml), U.S. Robotics says simply that “connections between two U.S. Robotics products run- ning the new software will consistently be from 2400 to 4800 bits per second faster than they were using the pre- vious version of software.” Power Computing's Notebook CLONE TO RUN MAC OS AND WINDOWS NT by Galen Gruman disappointing year for Macintosh notebook users may come to an end with a new alter- native to Apple’s cur- rent lackluster PowerBook 5300 Power Computing (512/388-6886, http://www -powercc.com) is developing its own notebook that will run the Mac OS and Windows NT. The new system will be based on the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola, a standard that was finalized in July. Sketchy Details Power Com- puting would confirm only its intent to develop such a note- book, and said it hopes to announce them in January or February 1997; the company Peten Hoty would not provide technical details. However, the system is likely to be based on 200MHz and faster PowerPC 603e CPUs. Power Computing has put together a notebook engineer- ing and design team, and is likely to partner with IBM or another systems maker in some capacity. The company has done so on other projects; for example, the new Power'Tower Pro chassis was codeveloped with IBM, which will use the same chassis on its forthcom- ing Aptiva PCs, and Power Computing has worked with TBM to get faster versions of the PowerPC 604 and 604e in its Power'Tower and Power- ‘Tower Pro systems. Apple's Notebook Plans Apple is also working on a new series of PowerBooks, includ- ing one subnotebook intended for the Asian market that’s being codeveloped with IBM. Apple halted shipment of the 5300 earlier this spring because of a series of technical problems; the company plans to reintroduce the series start- ing in August. The Mac Rebom In separate news, Power Computing and Frogdesign have been dis- cussing the possibility of creat ing actual Power Macs based on the Macworld/Frogdesign design featured in “The Mac- intosh Reborn,” Macworld, September 1996. Power Computing’s engi- neers have said they could de- sign such a system, and Frog- design is eager to de- sign a Macintosh for Apple or another Mac systems maker. Macworld maga- zine would have no role in the develop- ment of any such sys- tems, as we assigned all patent rights in the design to Frogdesign in consideration of its design and modeling work on the project. The Divided Market NEW SCANNERS TARGET A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS by Stephen Beale ew scanners from Agfa and Umax show the technology moving in two directions: high- end and low-end. At the low end we have the SnapScan from Agfa (201/ 440-2500, hitp:/hvww.agfa.com), a 24-bit, 300-by-600-dpi color flatbed that will sell for an esti- mated street price of $390. Targeting home users, it fea~ tures an 8