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Mac’s boot panel, Unless you’ve got iChat buddies who
eliminate font never sleep, who’s going to puta @on
overloads, find that your face when you need to vent at 3
hidden game of a.m.? Make new friends on IRC.
Tetris, and discover Photoshop's by Richard Cobbett
dark side. Plus, what the heck are
curly quotes? 70 Turn Your Mac into
a a Karaoke Machine
a 64 Edit Like a Pro if you like to sing but hate
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a Ne You don’t have to spend hours can belt out tunes in the
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July 2004 MacAddict 05
10 Editors’ Page
The world is filled with great Mac products—|
limited ourselves to a mere $100,000 worth.
12 Get info
Do you need the AppleCare Protection Plan? Find out. Plus,
check out the latest Apple hardware, and a 14-megapixel
SLR camera. Plus, Norton Utilities bites the di
45 Reviews
58 Command & Conquer: Generals real-time strategy game
48 Contax SL300RT* 3.2-megapixel camera
50 070 Digital SLR camera
53 EyeTV 200 digital video recorder
46 FileMaker Pro 7 database software
56 Interarchy 7.0.1 FTP client
54 iStopMotion 1.3 animation software
57 Rayman 3: Hoolum Havoc arcade-style game
56 Snapz Pro X 2 screen-capture utility
52 Studio Artist’3 art synthesizer
53 Swoet MulliPort FireWire and USB port access
55 Total Immersion Racing racing sim
54 TuneCast | FU transmitter for iPod
49 7-680 5.1 surround-sound speaker set
59 The Hot List
We'd spend our own hard-earned money
on these products.
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FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE
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Launch Photoshop and check out the
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> BE WICKED
Invite someone you loathe to your
Mac-powered karaoke party,
surreptitiously click the record button
when that person sings, and save the
moment for blackmailing posterity.
From “Turn Your Mac into a Karaoke
Machine,” p70.
> STAY SAFE
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archive. Just go to File » Export and
follow a few simple directions in the
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$100,000 Worth
of Dreams
In History of the World—Part |, Mel Brooks declares,
‘i “It’s good to be the king!” While we here at MacAddict
sai could never be accused of being regal, each of us can
confidently proclaim that “It’s good to be an editor!”
After all, how else could we get our hands on over a
hundred thousand bucks of top-notch Mac swag?
In this month’s cover feature, “Dream Machines”
(p21), you can feast your covetous eyes on six sets
of the best Mac products money can buy. Each set-up was assembled by
a MacAdaict editor with special expertise in that area, from audio/video
connoisseur Kris’s Home Entertainment Mac to oh-so-stylin’ Narasu’s
Fashion-Forward Mac.
Our mission was clear: to present to you the coolest, fastest, most-
powerful, and all-around got-to-have-it-est goodies in the Mac universe.
Our extensive research proved what we knew all along—that there are
thousands of talented people out there creating hundreds of killer products,
each designed to help you get the most out of your Mac. It wasn’t easy
narrowing down the list to the 135 exemplary items that grace the pages
of this issue—there are many more fine products that narrowly missed
the cut—but we're certain that each of
It’s good to be an editor! the products we feature deserves your
consideration the next time you have some
Mac money burning a hole in your pocket.
Over the past few weeks, work at the MacAddict Inter-Galactic Nerve
Center has repeatedly ground to a halt as all of us stopped to gawk at yet
another piece of exceptional hardware when our overworked mailroom
manager delivered it (note to self: buy Josh a bottle of thank-you Scotch).
We've been up to our ears in cardboard and packing peanuts, tripping over
cartons and cases, and dreading the day when we have to return all of this
exceptional gear. We've had a great time assembling our Dream Machines;
we hope you enjoy reading about them.
In other news: Since our March 2000 issue, Cathy Lu has poured her
considerable talents into each and every MacAddict feature story—but now
she’s moving on. It seems that her husband has been lured away by the
game division of some li’l ol’ company in Redmond, Washington, and Cathy
has chosen not to divorce him and to join him up north (and, hopefully,
keep him from being drawn too far into the Dark Side). Beginning with
our August issue, our feature stories will be in the capable hands of John
Poultney—a name you may recognize if you’ve been a reader of MacWeek or
MacHome. G’bye Cathy—hello, John.
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Cathy Lu THE GoopayE GiAL
‘What would you do with $100,000?
| would buy an olive farm in Tuscany and try to whisk my
husband as far away from Redmond as possible.
Niko Coucouvanis intern WANNABE
What would you do with $100,000?
If had 100 large, I'd resign and become the next
‘MacAddict intern. Those guys get all the chicks and none
of the responsibilities, Or I'd use it— well, maybe some of it—to bribe
Cathy into staying.
Jenifer Morgan
PRODUCER AND BAKER AND SMALLANIMAL MAKER
What would you do with $100,000?
I'd produce and star in my own Bollywood film, I'd also like
to eat a lot of cake batter and carve small-animal figurines
out of soapstone.
Noah Tsutsui SPLURGING STUDENT
What would you do with $100,007
I would quickly and carelessly drop out of school and
vacation in Tokyo, First 'd hit Akihabara, then Shibuya,
then Shinjuku. Gotta love the nightlife in Kabuki-Cho!
Narasu Rebbapragada ms. sPENDS.A.oT
‘What would you do with $100,000?
''d build the sickest home theater with sound-proof walls,
voice-activated remote, a full-wall plasma screen, Internet
© connected everything (including fridge), and an indoor
ming pool with underwater surround sound. Wait—is $100,000
going to be enough?
Peter Marshutz sPENOTHRIFT
‘What would you do with $100,000?
{would probably spend about $10,000 on a wild, self-
indulgent shopping binge and park the rest in the bank—
to save for my next wild, self-indulgent shopping binge.
Kris Fong FAN DEPRECIATION FIGHTER
What would you do with $100,000?
Upgrade my music studio, buy my dream PRS Dragon
guitar, and use the rest to start up a Build-a-Better-Bullpen
charity for the San Francisco Giants.
Mark Rosenthal ELEEMOsYNARYIST
What would you do with $100,000?
‘Save the whales, save the baby seals, save the spotted
‘owl, save the gray wolf, save the California condor, save
the Bengal tiger, save the Pixy Stix, save the day, and help
kris save the Giants by saving a game in the bottom of the ninth,
Max Acauismonist
@ ‘What would you do with $100,000?
Easy—ust check out p2t to p36 In this month's issue. |
mle might, however, skip that jowel-encrusted fuchsia iBook
‘on p26, and spend the $2,000 on 4GB of PC3200 DDR400.
‘SDRAM for my G5 dualie,
What do you do when a good Mac goes bad? Read next month’s cover story, “50 Mac Bugs and How to Kill Them.” We'll also
provide you with a round-up of all the top digital video camcorders, bring you an in-depth guide on how to share apps and
files among multiple users on one Mac, show you how to import DVD clips into your own home video projects, and teach t
you how to iChat or text message anyone on a cell phone from your Mac. We'll review and rate Microsoft Office 2004 and H
the new Xserve Dual G5, and show you how DJ Sasha uses Macs in his studio, and .Mac and iCal to organize his iLife. 4
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the news of the month in bite-size chunks
WORTH THE COST?
The Three-Year Protection Plan
Covers More Than You Think
lose to three years after
Carlton Wiens bought his
iMac DV Special Edition,
its hard drive fatally
crashed, About 18 months
after Marcia Geiger purchased her Blue-
an-White Power Mac G3 with a 17-inch
Studio Display, the display popped
loudly and its desktop shrank to about
half its normal size. Their standard one-
year warranties on Apple hardware had
long since expired, so what did these
troubled Mac users do?
They invoked the magic of the
AppleCare Protection Plan, a three-year
extended warranty that completely
covered their repairs. “I’ve had four
Macs over the last 15 years. | would
never buy one without AppleCare,”
says Wiens, who estimated his iMac DV
repair cost at $375.
Big electronics retailers have
trained customers to equate extended
warranties with useless coverage
pimped out by aggressive sales people.
Even online Apple Store employees can
get commissions for selling extended
warranty coverage over the phone, and
CompUSA sales associates will likely
mention the AppleCare Protection Plan
two, three, or four times. Unlike the
optional warranty on your clock radio,
however, this plan is worth buying—
usually. Here’s why.
WHAT IS APPLECARE?
All Mac hardware comes with a one-
year standard warranty. Apple repair
centers will tell you, however, that many
costly repairs come their way after that
year is up. That’s where the AppleCare
Protection Plan comes in, lengthening
that same warranty coverage for an
additional two years.
You must purchase the AppleCare
12 MacAddict July 2004
Protection Plan within your first year
of regular warranty coverage. iMac
‘and eMac coverage costs $169. iBook
and Power Mac coverage costs $249,
and PowerBook coverage costs $349.
The warranty covers your Mac plus an
AirPort card, an AirPort Base Station,
and additional Apple RAM. Power Mac
and PowerBook owners can, at no extra
charge, cover up to one Apple display
purchased along with the covered Mac.
iPod users can pay $59 fora three-
year warranty on iPod hardware and
accessories, and—most important—
the battery.
WHAT APPLECARE
COVERS
You pro users may scoff at AppleCare,
smug in the knowledge that you
know how to replace hard drives,
RAM, and optical drives. But what
about components such as displays,
hinges, and latches? Even if you’re
adept at replacing them, where are you
going to get them? AppleCare covers
the high cost of replacement parts,
some of which (like displays) cost
more than the price of the warranty.
“There isn’t an inexpensive way around
part replacement,” says one Apple
authorized service person who declined
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to identify himself. “Basically you're
getting AppleCare for part replacement.”
One underutilized aspect of the
AppleCare Protection Plan is free
phone support that covers questions
on the Mac OS and Apple consumer
applications licensed within the past
two years (no Mac OS 9 questions—it’s
officially out-of-date), All new Mac
owners get three months of free phone
support, but after that you have to pay
$49 per call. Ouch. Only AppleCare
Protection Plan customers get free
phone support—not just limited to
troubleshooting—for the entire three
years. Can’t figure out iMovie sound
effects? Call tech support. Want to
iSync better? Call tech support. Having
trouble sharing iPhoto albums? You get
the idea.
WHAT APPLECARE
DOESN’T COVER
If you’re covered by AppleCare, you
can call tech support for almost any
Apple-software problem, but you can’t
bring your Mac into a non-Apple
service center for a software-related
issue even if that service center
is Apple-authorized. “If warranty
owners load some software and it
messes with the OS, some users
think, ‘Oh | have a problem. Now
and | can use my AppleCare,’
but it doesn’t work that way,”
says another unidentified service
person. Since service providers
can’t bill Apple for fixing software
issues under the terms of the
AppleCare Protection Plan, they
have to either send you away or
charge you for the work.
The gray area in this scenario is the
Apple Store Genius Bar. Technically,
anyone can bring their Mac to a Genius
Bar whether it’s covered by AppleCare
PRO CAR
or not. However, when we asked Apple
whether AppleCare Protection Plan
owners could go to a Genius Bar to
circumvent the non-Apple service-
center issue, they declined to give us a
definitive answer. For more on how to
get better help at the Genius Bar, see
“Pro Care,” below.
Laptop owners should also be aware
of a few gaps in coverage; the most
important one concerns the battery.
While an Apple telephone salesperson
told us that PowerBook batteries
performing at less than 50-percent
capacity could be replaced under
the warranty, the third-party Apple-
authorized repair centers we polled
told us otherwise. One repair center
also told us that case parts—such as
case latches and battery latches--were
not covered by warranty.
WHO SHOULD GET
APPLECARE?
iMacs, due to their design, contain
the most proprietary parts and the
least do-it-yourself repair options—if
you own one, we recommend that
you opt for the AppleCare Protection
Plan. Even if you’re handy witha
screwdriver, are you really going to
replace the LCD display should it go
black? Could you do it for less than
the $169 price of the warranty? Nope.
If you’re a "Book user who travels a
lot, consider the warranty investment
for the global repair coverage alone.
Another enticement: Extended
warranty coverage is transferable to a
new owner, in case you sell your Mac.
The biggest reason to get AppleCare
is peace of mind. We all like tinkering
with our Macs on our own schedules,
but when a serious malfunction
occurs, it’s good to have the help.
~-Narasu Rebbapragada
The AppleCare Protection Plan gets you zip, zilch, and squat at Apple’s retail
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stores—so don’t just smugly cut in line at the Genius Bar unless you want to get
smacked around. If you want better service than the common rabble at retail
stores, buy a $99 Pro Care card and get one-day turnaround on in-store repairs.
With this card, you can also reserve a Genius up to seven days in advance, attend
free workshops, and get discounts on selected products.
NEW MAC HARDWARE
Apple Revs ’Books and eMacs
n April, Apple (www.apple.com)
announced immediate availability
of upgraded PowerBooks, iBooks,
and eMacs.
> FASTER POWERBOOKS
The new 15-inch and 17-inch
PowerBooks nowrun as fast as 1.5GHz,
paint their displays using an ATI
Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics chip set
with up to 128MB of VRAM, and pack
up to 2GB of DDR SDRAM. The 12-incher
received a speed boost to 1.33GHz, an
=
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PowerBooks get RAM, graphics, and
processor boosts.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF APPLE
upgraded GeForce FX Go5200 chip
set with 64MB of VRAM, a larger
60GB hard disk, and an expanded
1.25GB RAM capacity. AirPort
Extreme and Bluetooth now come
standard on all PowerBooks—finally.
> ATTRACTIVEIBOOKS
New iBooks max out at
1.2GHz, a mere 130MHz
shy of the new 12-inch
PowerBook. iBooks
are expandable .
to 1.25GBofRAM, iBooks are now almost
and for the first as fast as PowerBooks.
time (for an extra
$200), you can equip a 14-inch
iBook with a SuperDrive. The 12-inch
iBook still can’t connect to a DVI LCD
display—that’s PowerBook territory.
PowerBooks also sport faster
graphics chip sets.
> SUB-S1,000 eMACS
Apple pumped up the processor speed
to 1.25GHz and dropped the price on
the all-in-one eMac with a 17-inch flat-
screen CRT. The big news
is that the eMac with a
b, SuperDrive now retails
for under $1,000—well,
bya buck.
M A1.25GHz eMac with
Lee SuperDrive sells for $999.
July 2004 MacAddict 13
DROOLWORTHY
Sexy Stuff We Can't Wait to Get Our Mitts On
Kodak Camera
for Nikon and
Canon Lenses >
Nodding to the popularity of Nikon and Canon
professional camera lenses, Kodak has retooled
versions of its Professional DCS Pro ($4,995,
www.kodak.com), a digital alternative to
medium-format film cameras, to fit standard
Nikon F and Canon EOS lens mounts. Both the
Professional DCS Pro SLR/c (shown, for Canon)
and Professional DCS Pro SLR/n (for Nikon)
cameras offer 14-megapixel resolution; a 12-bit,
35-millimeter-size CMOS sensor; and a FireWire
port. Both variants should be available by the
time you read this.—NR
14 MacAddict July 2004
€ 37-inch LCD
Thirty-seven is such an awkward
number—unless it’s the size of the
screen on your Sharp LC-M3700
($7,995, www.sharpusa.com). With
a high 800:1 contrast ratio, 430
cd/m2 brightness, 16:9 aspect ratio
for wide-screen viewing, and a slew
of ports (composite, component,
S-Video, VGA, and DVI), the anything-
but-euphoniously named LC-M3700 is
ready for hookup to your Mac or TV.—NR
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF KODAK
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF SHARP
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Fire authentic WWII weapons in Battlefield 1942.
LEAP INTO WWit ACTION
attlefield 1942: Deluxe Edition brings you to the heart of World War Ii. Play 16
famous battle sites, including Omaha Beach and Stalingrad, from the four main
theaters of World War I. Drive or fly more than 35 authentic
Axis and Allied vehicles, and select from five character
Battletield 1942:
classes: assault, medic, scout, antitank, or engineer. the —
included Road to Rome expansion pack focuses on Italian and Available | June 2004
Sicilian campaigns. The online multiplayer game supports up Aspyr Media
to 64 players in a single game.—Matt Osborn EASES
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Wr fast-paced action that combines real-time strategy, role-playing, and sim
styles of play, Gangland puts you in the role of a street rat working your way
up the organized-crime ladder. Your larcenous activities involve theft, murder,
drive-by shootings, and brothels. Get engrossed in a nonlinear
storyline that requires you to complete 26 quests with the goal
of building an empire of illegal activities. Compete online with vailable | June 2004
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BUH-BYE,
NORTON
Another disc utility bites the
dust. Symantec has decided
to discontinue development
of Norton Utilities and
Norton SystemWorks
for Mac. Symantec will,
however, continue to
develop these products’ PC
counterparts, along with
Macintosh security products
such as Norton AntiVirus.
SHAREWARE
PICK OF THE MONTH
http://synergy.wincent.com _€5 (about $6)
\Vircert Colaiuta’s Synergy
puts an iTunes controller in
your Mac’s menubar and provides
hot keys for common actions
such as play/pause, next track,
and volume that work even while
you're active in other apps. A
semitransparent floating window
that displays a song’s name, artist,
rating, and album art appears when
the song starts—just like you see
on ali those music-video channels.
Synergy’s drop-down menubar
menu also lets you.change
Playlists or select
a previously
played track.
—Andrew Tokuda
Let Go
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By displaying album art, Synergy tells
you who's behind that beautiful voice
singing in iTunes,
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through a variety of authentic combat missions. ‘Axis versus Allies team-based multiplayer action.
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like never before.
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professional photographers for its
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IN THE FORM OF
A WHOLE LOT OF
MAC SWAG.
By THE MacApbicr STAFF
n the film Wall Street, Michael
Douglas declared, “Greed is
good.” We don’t necessarily
agree—except when pulling
together the most powerful Mac
systems money can buy. So get
ready to see what $102,902.49
can buy you in six ultimate Mac
setups selected by the editors
of MacAddict.
duly 2004 MacAddict 21
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SAMANTHA BEAG: ILLUSTRATION BY OLIVER WOLFSON
vacation mac
Whether you're planning a family road trip to the Grand Canyon,
Brady-Bunch style, or a romantic getaway for two to Maui, don’t
leave home without your Mac and this gaggle of hardware and
software that'll keep you connected to the real world—CL
@Sony SRS-T88
speakers, $89.99
These 4-watt portable
‘speakers let you broadcast
your music to other
beachgoers—whether
they like it or not is
another matter,
22 MacAddict July 2004
@ Sony DCR-PC330
MiniDV Handycam,
$1,699.99
If you want to shoot moving
pictures, this camcorder
does it all; plus, it features
3.3-megapixel stll-image—
capturing abilities.
ONikon CoolPix 3200,
$279.95
This 3.2-megapixel cutie
will beautifully capture all of
your vacation moments.
Apple 12-inch
PowerBook G4, $1,799
Your SuperDrive-equipped
PowerBook will keep
you company when your
‘spouse has had one Mai Tai
‘too many.
iSkin ProTouchPB, $19.99
Sand in the keyboard is not
cool. Keep your PowerBook’s
keys protected.
@ Apple iPod mini, $249
Road trips, plane flights,
train rides through the
Chunnel—where won't you
use your iPod mini?
Handmark Tetris Classic
Game Pak for Palm,
$29.99
Distract your antsy kids
in the backseat with
Tetris, checkers, and
other classic games.
‘QO Monster iSplitter, $9.95
Now two people can listen to
one iPod mini on the plane.
Belkin TuneCast Il,
$49.99
This FM transmitter lets you
listen to iPod mini tunes in
your car so you don’t get
stuck listening to country
when driving through
Nebraska.
@ Palm Tungsten T3, $399
This PDA has a beautiful
320 by 480 color screen—
great for in-car gaming.
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Keep cool onthe beach with Keep the gendarmes at bay _—it's festive, well padded, Cheap Outs
this USB fan. UV protection while speeding through the and big enough for 449
not provided. Loire Valley. your books—both your : f a i
PowerBadkand thet he ‘ a oem, but the Bie is fant for this
vartio @ ‘trashy novel,
This kit includes a mouse ‘When you make it to the @ Roz yCard | A OA with a 1.2-megapixel built-in digital camera—
and USB light, plus top of Pike's Peak, transfer Tr ck Security Kit, | perfect for pea met
retractable USB (male-to- your pix to this 80GB photo : | $499.99
female), phone/modem, viewer and check thern out Keycards unlock this simple | js small, it Ke aad rec rds I those sill
and Ethemet cables, onthe 35-inch color LCD. ‘lock, which includes vcaon Smee ee
| laptop attachment for your
*Book’s security slot. 5 $88.
pate case ‘combo holds 24 discs.
July 2004 MacAddict 23
home entertainment mac
Bg -—
“Wf high ticket prices, inquisitive kids,
and yokels fumbling with candy
wrappers haVe.you avoiding your
local megaplex;-do Hollywood at =
home. There you have the freedom
to down two liters of Coke without
worrying about missing crucial
plotlines. What's best: You can
power it all with your Mac.—KF
00 —
Not only does it look like a
Terminator prop, but also
itboasts a 160GB drive to
house movies, TV shows,
music, and more.
Forget doing the untangle
tango in the dark—this
wireless keyboard and
mouse combo lets you
control your Mac from
anywhere.
ct July 2004
How the heck are you
gonna plug all your goods
into your Mac’s three
measly USB ports?
ORoku
‘When our butt isn't
couch-bound, this network
music player streams
our G5's tunes into the
bedroom and beyond.
Oba. 2 or s
Contour, $1,092 FlexLight, $15.$
White walls will work, but ‘See what you're doing If you're gonna be a
this stylish 45-by-80-inch without ruining the multimedia junkie, this
cinema screen provides the
ultimate in picture quality.
This sleek HD projector lets
you watch movies and TV
at high-quality, targer-than-
life resolutions.
cinematic ambience—also
handy if you're scared of
the dark.
Plunk your butt down,
recline, enjoy a movie,
and get a massage, The
only thing missing is a
cup holder,
essential media manager
helps you find and keep
track of your stuff.
is y
networking friend because
it lets your Mac talk to all
those multimedia devices.
hee enna ee
O Creative GigaWorks
$750, $499.99
Explosions sound like
mere firecrackers unless
you've got good speakers.
This thumpin’ 700-watt 7.1
surround sound system is
THX-certified.
@M-Audio Sonica
Theater, $119.95
This USB DTS and Digital
Dolby decoding device
lets you immerse your
aural senses in 7.1
‘surround sound.
@Elgato EyeTV 200,
$349
This nifty FireWire device
brings MPEG-2-quality TV
and TiVo-like functionality
to your Mac.
@ATI Remote Wonder,
$49
This handy remote lets
you control your Mac's
DVD, TV, music playback,
and more.
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canard sna
i
as
‘© PowerFile R200 MFX,
$4,799
This CD/DVD reading and
writing jukebox goes to
200—discs, that is.
ONostalgia Electrics
Popcorn Maker, $119.99
Pop your own authentic
movie-theater popcorn in
this old-fashioned popper
(butter-flavored grease
sold separately),
Cheap Outs
‘Da-Lite Model B, $110
It’s not as stunning as the Cinema Contour, but this 43-
by-57-inch screen displays big pictures on the cheap.
Elgato EyeTV USB, $169
This lower-grade device costs less than the EyeTV 200.
Epson Powerlite Si+ Projector, $999
It’s not specifically made for the cinema screen, but its
good contrast quality will pump up Hollywood flicks.
Logitech Z-5300, $199.99
This 280-watt THX 5.1 surround sound system provides —
‘the oomph without the ch-ching. 2
July 2004 MacAddict 25
fashion-forward mac
“Fashion fades; style is eternal,” said Yves Saint Laurent about
something that probably wasn’t a Mac. We disagree—when it comes
to Macs, fashion and style are both eternal. When adorned with the
right gadgets and accessories, hardware can exude an aura all its own
whether you’re taking pictures, listening to
music, or crunching a spreadsheet—NR
@Epson P-1000, $599 ‘O Jenny 02 headed @ Griffin Technology @ LaCie Data Bank, MCE QuickStream DV,
View photos from a 12-inch iBook, $2,000 PowerMate, $39.95 $349 $999
CompactFlash card on the ‘Send your iBook or This silver knob gives you a Designed by F.A. Porsche, Capture DV video directly
P-1000's 3.5-inch LCD, PowerBook to Jenny Oz, cool way to control volume, this 40GB FireWire and onto this rechargeable
and print directly to select and she'll custom-bead scrub through video, and USB 2.0 drive looks like FireWire drive that stores
Epson inkjets. it with gems and jewels. play games. silver bullion. 6 hours of video,
‘Two grand is for the
@ Canon 19900, $499.99 studding only. uP Scanjet 4670, @ Canon Optura 300, Lexar Media USB
This wide-format, eight- $199.99 $999.99 JumpDrive, $199.99
color printer outputs @ Bose Companion 3, We love the looks of this This 2-megapixel CCD This purple keychain flash
13-by-19-inch prints at a $249.00 see-through vertical USB miniDV camcorder sports drive adds color to 512MB
maximum 2,400-by-4,800- This graphite 2.1 speaker scanner, which scans at a2.5-inch LCD, 10x of storage.
dpi resolution, system Is loud and also up to 2,400-by-2,400-dpi optical zoom, and MPEG-4
pretty. Plus, it comes with resolution, movie mode.
mounting brackets.
26 MacAddict July 2004
Dr. Bott Groove Bag
Triplet, $144.95
Insert your iPod into this
mod-looking pleather bag,
and listen to your tunes
‘through the embedded
‘speakers.
Verbatim DigitalMovie
DVD, $12.95 for three
These DVD-R or +R
discs look like movie
reels for that extra bit of
authenticity—and vanity.
@Apple 20-inch G4
iMac, $2,199
The 1.25GHz-processor
iMac sports a gorgeous
20-inch LCD.
@ Acme iMac iCover,
$39.99
This quilted satin cover for
iMac LCDs comes in 15-,
17-, and 20-inch sizes.
XtremeMac XwireGold,
$18.95
This one-meter FireWire
cable has a 24 karat gold
‘tip—when you care enough
about your peripherals.
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ia
@ Sony Dsc-u40
Cyber-shot U, $199.95
‘We dare you to find a
smaller, cuter camera than
this 2-megapixel true blue.
© Microsoft Wireless
Optical Mouse, $44.95
This groovy-looking
wireless mouse comes
with a tilt wheel for side-to-
side and vertical scrolling.
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Cheap Outs
Epson PictureMate, $199
Available this summer, this direct-to-camera printer
outputs only 4-by-6-inch prints.
Harman Multimedia JBL Duet, $59.95
These JBLs are inexpensive and stylish, and they plug
into your headphone jack.
SmartDisk FlashHopper, $69.99
This silver 128MB USB flash drive is cute as a
button—and cheap too.
July 2004 MacAddict 27
What better reason to apply for all
a
that financial aid than to splurge
on some new Mac paraphernalia? This dream machine packs mad
power to handle all of your student-lifestyle needs and then some—
that, um, root beer around your gear—NT
Oates
6021, $:
This speaker system's
‘small footprint is great
for sounding off movies,
games, or music in
crunched quarters,
500, $598
OUP Laserjet 151
This laser is great for
printing out all those color
Teports and rushing them
off to class.
iSight
Save on long distance calls
to the fam or create your
own reality-TV show.
28 MacAddict July 2004
SightLight, $29.99
You can never look too
radiant—add this litle light
to your iSight to brighten up
il-lit dorm rooms,
Now you can write papers
from your bed. Sadly, you'll
still have to get up to pay
‘the pizza-delivery guy.
Kens n Twin
Microsaver, $69.98
Keep both your iBook and
external devices locked
down with one cable.
@ Apple 14-inch iBook
G4, $2,149
Say hello to 1.2566B
of RAM, a 60GB hard
drive, AirPort Extreme,
Bluetooth, and an ATI
Mobility Radeon 9200
card—and say goodbye to
that three-ring binder.
lectures while you nap
and doodle—then share,
append, and edit during
‘more cognizant hours,
including any Sociology 2 field experiments. Just be careful with all
@ Sony Ericsson 1616,
$199.98 (street)
This phone has a built-in
camera and Bluetooth for
easy iSyncing of contacts
and calendar events.
@ Photo Controt
nk, $144.95
Spend less time plugging in
all those cables and more
time hitting the books.
O Apple iPod
iPod use during 18th-
century European history
lectures recommended.
amsung SyncMaster
173MW, $928
Use this display’s picture-
in-picture capability to
play UTO4 while watching
Sealab 2021.
Laptop Bag,
Tough enough to survive
any abuse; slick enough to
polish your image.
Transport password-
protected data on this wee
USB drive.
@ RadioShack
PiayStation-to-USB
Game Adapter, $10.49
Never play your favorite
games with a keyboard again.
TikiMac LavaWire USB
and FireWire Cables,
$12.99 each
‘Add style to your setup
with these flashy cables,
@ Sony DSC-Vi
Cyber-shot, $499.95
This 5:1-megapixel camera
with see-in-the-dark
NightShot is sure to capture
priceless moments.
© Panasonic PY-0S200,
$999.95
Spice up your class
presentations with
video—this adorable
3CCD digital camcorder is
packed with features.
@ LaCie 8x d2 Dual
BVD2RW Drive, $239
Replace that slow stock
drive with this speedy
upgrade, and use the time
you save to learn Greek,
@ Panasonic Technics
SL-1200MK2 Turntable,
$749.95
Shake off your Molecular
Biology blues—scratch
away with this old favorite,
now sporting an extended
pitch range.
@ Stanton FinalScratch
1.5, $499
FS's unique time-code
discs let you spin your
entire MP3 collection
in real time—handy for
after-hours parties.
@ Stanton SA-5 BJ such a novel idea—use
Mixer, $599 this mixer’s faders and
Aknobless mixer is switches instead.
Altec Lansing VS 2120, $29
This sound system does the job-and won't annoy the
roommates,
Epson 684, $59
Avoid nosey photolab guys by printing your wacky
photos in private.
liyama Prolite E380S-W, $350 (street)
This 15-inch display is easy on space and your wallet,
July 2004 MacAddict 29
muscle mac
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Tr WW thas supersonic storage, powerhouse printing, and accessories
tough enough to take a licking and keep.on ticking. This heap of
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@ Matias TactilePro
Keyboard, $99.95
{t's tough enough to
take any over-muscled
punishment you dish out.
Owiehetech
MicroGB800, $499.95
Most portable drives spin
at 4,200 01 5,400 rpm. This
speedster runs at 7,200.
© Other World
Computing Mercury Pro
DVD-/+RW drive, $199
The G5's DVD burner can’t
top 4X; this one burns at
‘twice as fast.
30 MacAd
st July 2004
Q@ Apple Dual 26Hz
Power Mac G5, $8,747
Maximize RAM, install
OS X Server, upgrade the
graphics card, and include
AppleCare, and you're
ready to rock. Hard.
QWiebeTech G5Jam,
$499.95
Mount four drives inside
your G5—two attached to
‘a humongous mirrored heat
‘sink—them RAID ’em up.
Hitachi 40068 Deskstar
7K400 drives, $1,599.80
for four
Four 400GB drives in your
WiebeTech G5Jam equals
1.67B.
Dr. Bott G5 Roof, $74.59
Puta roof on your G5,
and you'll have more
workspace—it looks
mighty cool too.
@ br. Bott G5
Skateboard, $129
Put your G5 on wheels for
style and convenience.
QKensington
StudioMouse Wireless,
$119.95
Your tender index finger will
prefer this mouse's smooth
‘touchpad to an irritating
scroll wheel.
O Apple Cinema HD
Display, $1,999
‘We searched the world and
found no better display.
© Apple 12-inch
PowerBook G4, $1,851
‘When you're not there to baby
your ultra-G5, carry along your
Temote-access helpmate,
~~ hefty hardware can stand up to the most demanding professional EN
graphics-production challenges —AM
@APC Back-UPS RS
800, $189.99
Ifthe power goes down,
your Muscle Mac will
stay lit when attached
to this uninterruptible
power supply.
© Olixir FastRestore SE,
$3,499
‘Backup is a necessity, but
tapeis slow. Removable,
ruggedized 250GB drives
make high-speed backup
a breeze.
© Appie Xserve RAID,
$15,096
With 3.5TB of storage,
optional cache-backup
batteries, and serious
service options, you've got
one fast, safe ride.
@ XtremeMac XtroVert,
$299
Apple designed the
Xserve RAID to be rack-
mounted, but it's perfectly
comfortable when vertical,
© Xerox Phaser
7750/DN, $6,799
This Ethernet-equipped
baby pumps out 35 pom at
1200 by 1200 dpi—black
and white, or color.
SCSI RAID not shown
ATTO CBL-V68E-03X
SCSI cables, $199.90
for two
SCSI cables don't come
cheap—and the least
expensive ones can cause
trouble. Get solid ones
like these.
ATTO Express Ultrag20
SCSI PCI card, $549
Pop this dual-channel card
into your 133MHz PCI-X
slot, and get ready for killer
file-transfer performance,
DataStor DS52U2 drive
enclosure, $319.95
You need a home for your
SCSI drives; this utilitarian
box'li do,
DataStor UCB25XX mounting
brackets, $65.90 for two
Fit your 3.5-inch Seagate
drives into a 5.25-inch
SCSI enclosure.
x
XEROX
Seagate Cheetah These drives spew data
15,000-rpm SCSI drives, faster than a freshman
$1,438 for two throwing back Jello shots.
Cheap Outs
Formac Gallery 1900, $949
This bright LCD display is nearly as big as an Apple
Cinema HD display but costs half as much.
Xerox Phaser 8400, $999
Solid-ink technology keeps the price low and the
performance high: 24 ppm in black and white, or color.
LaCie 500GB Big Disk Extreme, $579
Anew chipset and RAID 0 alchemy make this beastie up
to 50 percent faster than other FireWire 800 drives.
July 2004 MacAddict 31
Apple cofounder Steve
Wozniak rides a Segway—
“nuf said,
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The 12-incher's too small,
‘the 17-incher's too big; 15
inches upgraded to 2GB of
RAM is juuuust right.
This big-guy watch s easier
‘to get through airport security
‘than our brass knuckles.
32 MacAddict July 2004
Witt this case, you'll be
ready to switch careers to
something more illegal next
time the economy tanks.
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With suave looks,
Zeiss optics, and fast
performance, this little
digicam has all you need,
Take a break from your
"Book's trackpad and use
this trackball.
These phones aren't cheap,
but neither is strangling
‘the crying brat in the seat
behind you,
The executive-sized iPod
will hold all your important
documents and enough
music for any business trip.
This is the only iPod
case worthy of being
carried alongside a Zero
Halliburton attaché,
This retro-styled controller
includes a laser pointer,
making your forward-
thinking ideas seem
downright revolutionary.
‘Swap out your aluminum
case for this classic leather
satchel when you want a
‘more traditional look.
Sexy? No. Required to run
a Cinema Display from a
PowerBook? Yes,
This slick little wireless
mouse communicates via
the PowerBook’s internal
Bluetooth—no external
transmitter required.
o
You still can’t count on
finding a decent projector at
off-site meetings—so bring
along this great little unit.
@
You never know when you'll
‘need to put a gig of storage
in your pocket.
This swath of genuine
Optex fabric protects,
cleans, and refinishes your
PowerBook’ screen.
This trackball is
compensation for all the
times you have to use the
“Book's trackpad.
With 6 feet of braided steel
and a combination lock, this
will secure all your gear.
Why carry a PDA and a cell
phone when smartphones
like the P900 do it all?
Sometimes it's about the
little things. Actually, when
you're traveling, it’s all
about the little things.
total cost: $16,667.73
This printer is small enough
to tote around and prints
weil enough to use back
at home.
@anpate
Display,
As long as we're dreaming,
we need some extra screen
real estate when we're back
at our desks.
« ni slide the Cinema Display
out of the way when you're
‘out of town.
This arm mount lets you
Cheap Outs
If this less-expensive smartphone still costs too much, get
a paper notepad and a roll of dimes for the pay phone.
‘Same great look and hard-sided protection without the
pricey ZH label.
This wee MP3 player doubles as a USB Flash drive.
July 2004 MacAddict 33
product index
ACME
www.acmemade.com
888-486-3191
iMac iCover, $39.99, p26
APC
www.apc.com
800-800-4272
‘APC Back-UPS RS 800, $189.99,
p30
APPLE
www.apple.com
800-692-7753
12-inch PowerBook G4, $1,799,
p22
12-inch PowerBook G4 (768MB
SDRAM, 60GB hard drive, extra
battery, AppleCare), $1,851, p30
14-inch iBook G4, $2,149, p28
15-inch PowerBook G4 1.5GHz
with 2GB RAM, $3,699, p32
20-inch Cinema Display, $1,299,
p32
20-inch G4 iMac, $2,199, p26
AirPort Extreme Base Station,
$249, p24
Cinema HD Display, $1,999, p30
Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5,
$2,999, p24
Dual 2GHz Power Mac G5 (8GB
SDRAM, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro,
Biuetooth, OS X Server with 10
clients, AppleCare), $8,747, p30
DVI to ADC Display Adapter, $99,
p32
iPod 20GB, $399, p28
iPod 406B, $499, 932
iPod mini, $249, p22
iSight, $149.99, p28
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse,
$69 each, p28
Xserve RAID (3.5TB, cache
batteries, Fibre Channel card,
service kit, AppleCare), $15,096,
p30
ALTEC LANSING
www.altecmm.com
866-570-5702
FX 6021, $299.95, p28
VS 2120, $29, p28
ATI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
www.ati.com
905-882-2600
Remote Wonder, $49, p24
34 MacAddict July 2004
ATTO TECHNOLOGY
www.attotech.com
716-691-1999
CBL-V68E-03X SCSI cables,
$199.90 for two, p30
Express PCI UL4D-000 Dual-
Channel Ultra-320 SCSI Host
Adapter Kit, $549, p30
BELKIN
www.belkin.com
800-223-5546
TuneCast Il, $49.99, p22
BOSE
www.bose.com
800-999-2673
Companion 3, $249.00, p26
CANON
www.canonusa.com.
800-385-2155
i80 Photo Printer with Cradle Kit,
$389.98, p32
19900, $499.99, p26
Optura 300, $999.99, p26
CHROME
www.chromebags.com
415-503-1221
Blackbox Laptop Bag, $90, p28
CREATIVE
www.creative.com
800-998-1000
GigaWorks $750, $499.99, p24
DA-LITE SCREEN COMPANY
www.da-lite.com
800-622-3737
Cinema Contour, $1,092, p24
Model B, $110, p24
DATASTOR
www.dstor.com
800-777-6621
DS52U2 Ultra320 External SCSi
Cabinet, $319.95, p30
UCB35XX mounting brackets,
$65.90 for two, p30
DR. BOTT
www.drbott.com
877-611-2688
G5 Roof, $74.99, p30
G5 Skateboard, $129, p30
Groove Bag Triplet, $144.95, p26
EDGE MEMORY
www.edgememory.com
580-332-6581
DiskGo 128MB USB Flash Drive
Watch, $99.95 (ESP), p32
ELGATO SYSTEMS
www.elgato.com
EyeTV 200, $349, p24
EyeTV USB, $169, p24
EPSON
www.epson.com
800-483-7766
C64, $59, p28
P-1000, $599, p26
PictureMate, $199, p26
PowerLite Cinema 500, $4,999,
p24
PowerLite S1+ Projector, $999,
p24
FORMAC
www.formac.com
877-436-7622
Gallery 1900, $949, p30
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY
www.griffintechnology.com
615-399-7000
PowerMate, $39.95, p26
SightLight, $39.99, p28
RANDMARK
www.handmark.com
816-474-3495
Tetris Classic Game Pak for Palm,
$29.99, p22
HARMAN MULTIMEDIA
www.harmanmultimedia.com
516-255-4525
JBL Duet, $59.95, p26
HITACHI
www.hitachigst.com
800-801-4618
*400GB Deskstar 7K400 drives,
$1,599.80 for four, p30
ap
www.hp.com
800-752-0900
Laserjet 1500, $599, p28
Scanjet 4670, $199.99, p26
YAMA
www.iiyama.com
215-682-9050
ProLite £380S-W, $350 (street),
28
INTERACTIVE HEALTH
www. interactivehealth.com
800-742-5493
HTT-10 Massage Chair, $1,799,
p24
INTERLINK ELECTRONICS
www.interlinkelectronics.com
800-340-1331
Remote Point Navigator, $149,
p32
ISKiN
wwwiskin.com
416-924-9607
ProTouchPB, $19.99, p22
IVIEW MULTIMEDIA
www.iview-multimedia.com
+44-20-7223-8691
iView MediaPro 2.0 $199, p24
JENNY 02
www,jennyoz.com
800-754-0465
Custom beaded iBook, $2,000
(studding only), p26
KENSINGTON
www.kensington.com
800-235-6708
ComboSaver Security Cable,
$39.99, p32
Expert Mouse Wireless, $119.99,
p32
FlyFan, $9.99, p22
StudioMouse Wireless, $119.95,
p30
Twin Microsaver, $59.99, p28
Universal AC/Car/Air Adapter for
Apple, $119.99, p32.
Wireless Optical Desktop, $79.99,
p24
KEYSPAN
www.keyspan.com
510-222-8802
USB 2.0 Hub, $39, p24
KYOCERA
www.kyoceraimaging.com
800-526-0266
Contax SL300RT*, $499, p32
LACIE
www.lacie.com
503-844-4500
500GB Big Disk Extreme, $579,
p30.
8x d2 Dual DVD+RW drive, $239,
p28
Data Bank, $349, p26
LEXAR MEDIA
www.lexarmedia.com
510-413-1200
JumpDrive Secure, $189.99, p28
USB JumpDrive (512MB),
$199.99, p26
LOGITECH
www.logitech.com
800-231-7717
Logitech Z-5300, $199.99, p24
MARATHON COMPUTER
www.marathoncomputer.com
800-832-6326
PixArm Articulating Arm Mount,
$375, p32
MARWARE
www.marware.com
954-927-6031
CEO Milano, $149.95, p32
MATIAS CORPORATION
www.halfkeyboard.com
888-663-4263
Laptop Armor Aluminum,
$149.95, p32
iPod Armor, $49.95, p32
TactilePro Keyboard, $99.95, p30
M-AUDIO
www.m-audio.com
626-633-9050
Sonica Theater, $119.95, p24
MCE TECHNOLOGIES
www.mcetech.com
949.458.0800
QuickStream DV, $999, p26
MICROSOFT
www.microsoft.com
888-218-5617
Wireless Optical Mouse, $44.95,
p26
MONSTER CABLE
www.monstercable.com
415-840-2000
iSpiitter, $9.95, p22
NIKON
www.nikonusa.com
800-645-6687
CoolPix 3200, $279.95, p22
NOSTALGIA ELECTRICS
*find retailers on Dealtime.com
Popcorn Maker (KPM-508),
$119.99, p24
OLIXIR TECHNOLOGIES
www.olixir.com
800-719-0595
FastRestore SE with five 250GB
DataVault drives, $3,499, p30
‘OLYMPUS
www.olympusamerica.com
888-553-4448
D-395, $149 (ESP), p22
DS-660 Digital Voice Recorder,
$249.99, 028
VP-1 Data Projector, $2,495, p32
OTHER WORLD COMPUTING
www.macsales.com
800-275-4576
Mercury Pro DVD-/+RW Pioneer
DVR-107 8X External, $199, p30
PALM ONE
www.palmone.com
800-881-7256
Treo 600, $449, p32
Tungsten T3, $399, p22
Zire 72, $299, p22
PANASONIC
www.panasonic.com
800-211-7262
PV-GS200, $999.95, p28
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable,
$749.95 p28
PHOTO CONTROL
www.photo-control.com
800-787-8072
iBookEndz (Black), $144.95, p28
POWERFILE
www.powerfile.com
866-838-3669
PowerFile R200 MFX, $4,799, p24
RADIOSHACK
www.radioshack.com
800-843-7422
PSX-to-USB Game Adapter,
$10.49, p28
RADTECH
www.radtech.us
314-972-7623
BT-500, $54.95, p32
Notebook ScreensavRz, $15.95,
p32
ROADWIRED
www.roadwired.com
877-435-5679
KeyCard Travelock Security Kit,
$15.95, p22
ROKU LABS
www.rokulabs.com
888-600-7658
SoundBridge M2000, $459.99,
p24
SAMSUNG
www.samsung.com,
800-726-7864
SyncMaster 173MW, $929, p28
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
www.seagate.com
877-271-3285
Cheetah 15K-rpm SCS! drives,
$1,438 for two, p30
SEGWAY LLC
www.segway.com
866-473-4929
Segway HTi, $4,495, p32
SHURE
www.shure.com
800-257-4873
E5c Sound Isolating Earphones,
$499, p32
SMARTDISK
www.smartdisk.com
239-425-4000
FlashHopper, $59, p26
FlashTrax, $699.99, p22
Rover 128MB, $99.99, p32
SONY
www.sonystyle.com
800-352-7669
DCR-HC20 MiniDV Handycam,
$499.99, p22
DCR-PC330 MiniDV Handycam,
$1,699.99, p22
DSC-U40 Cyber-shot U, $199.95,
26
DSG-V1 Cyber-shot, $499.95,
p28
SRS-188 speakers, $89.99, p22
SONY ERICSSON
www.sonyericsson.com
866-837-7290
7616, $199.99 (street), p28
P900, $799.99, p32
‘STANTON MAGNETICS
www.stantond),com
954-689-8833
Final Scratch 1.5, $499, p28
SA-5 DJ Mixer, $599, p28
TOK
www.tdk.com
800-835-8273
I'maspeaker, $34.99, p22
THINKGEEK
www.thinkgeek.com
888-433-5788
USB FlexLite, $15.99, p24
TIKIMAC
www.tikimac.com
303-830-0124
LavaWire USB and FireWire
Cables, $12.99 each, p28
TIMBUK2
www.timbuk2.com
415-252-4300
Laptop Tote, $80, p22
VALENTINE ONE
www.valentine1.com
800-331-3030
Radar Locator, $399, p22
VERBATIM.
www.verbatim.com
800-538-8589
DigitalMovie DVD, $12.95 for
three, p26
Store 'n’ Go 1GB USB drive, $349,
932
WIEBETECH
www.wiebetech.com
866-744-8722
G5Jam, $499.95, p30
MicroGB8900, $499.95, p30
XEROX
WWW.xerox.com,
800-275-9376
Phaser 7750/DN, $6,799, p30
Phaser 8400, $999, p30
XTREMEMAC
www.xtrememac.com
866-392-9800
XtroVert, $299, p30
XwireGold, $18.95 (1-meter
cable), p26
ZERO HALLIBURTON
www.zerohalliburton.com
888-909-9376
75-SI, $495, p32
‘ZIP-LINQ
www.zipling.com
800-609-7550
Road Warrior Kit, $59.99, p22
Wireless Phone Charger Kit,
$14.99, p32
July 2004 MacAacict 35
This is a preview—not a review—of
Office 2004, and we researched and
wrote it using beta software. Look for
MacAddict's final verdict on Office
2004 in our August issue
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The new toolbox palette houses a ton of
useful features. You activate the toolbox
by clicking the red toolbox icon in the
Standard toolbar in Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint 2004.
Scrapbook Ifyou have graphics you
use frequently or pieces of text you often
retype (say, a template for letters), store
them in the Scrapbook. Just highlight
the element you want to store, then click
Add in the Scrapbook tab of the toolbox
palette. To use something from the
Scrapbook, drag it into your document
or select it and click Paste. You can also
add a keyword or two at the bottom, then
search by selecting Keyword Contains
in the drop-down menu in the upper-left
area of the palette.
The Scrapbook is also available in
Entourage, where we found this feature
particularly useful for storing email form
letters. To bring up the Scrapbook in
Entourage, go to Tools > Scrapbook.
Compatibility Report To check your
document’s compatibility with other
versions of Office (Windows or Mac), click
the wrench-icon tab, which takes you
to the Compatibility Report pane of the
toolbox. Choose the versions of Word,
Excel, or PowerPoint against which you
want to check your document, and then
click the Check Document button, Office
reports any problems to you and fixes
them—Iifit can.
Projects The Projects pane—switch
to it by clicking the briefcase-icon tab
—gives you quick access to the projects
you create in Entourage (see “Set Up
8 Quick Tips
File Names You can now give your
files names that contain more than
31 characters. In fact, you can give
them 255-character names if you
want—that’s Mac OS X’s limit.
a Project,” p43). In Word, Excel, or
PowerPoint, you can view and tweak your
schedule, look at or add tasks, and view
new and recent email messages related
to the project. You can customize the area
below tasks to view a different list, such
as recent files or key contacts. Just click
the triangle on the gray bar and choose
another option from the drop-down menu.
Rediscover Project Gallery
You know the Project Gallery—it’s that
annoying dialog filled with an boatload
of templates for Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint that pops up when you launch
one of those applications. Now meet the
new, far more useful Project Gallery.
Office 2004’s Project Gallery features,
among other things, a listing of all your
recent documents (under the Recent
tab) sorted by days—you can view, for
Formatting Palette The updated
Formatting Palette turns transparent
when idle. To customize the level
of transparency, click the triangle
at the bottom of the Formatting
Palette and select Customize
Formatting Palette.
example, just files you opened today or
ones from all of last week. There’s also
a Project tab, which lists all the files
associated with your projects, and a
Learn tab, which leads you to example
templates. To tweak the Project Gallery
to suit your needs, click the Customize
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Get Out Your Notebook
if we'd had Notebook Layout view
around in college, we almost certainly
would have passed calculus the first
time through. The Formatting Palette
and revised toolbar contain all kinds of
snazzy tools to help you organize your
notes; you can even record audio and
sync it to your notes for playback later.
SCRIBBLE
new ones, and add titles for each tab.
You can either display tab titles or just
display numbers on each tab by clicking
the Show Section Tab Titles option in the
status bar at the bottom of the window.
To delete a tab, hold down Control and
click the tab you want to delete, then
select Delete Section in the contextual
menu that appears.
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customize the style of rule lines
(Standard, Outline, or None) and the
distance betweén lines (the iowerthe —
number, the narrower the line).
Title Bar You can change the tag on _
the right side of the title bar to match the —
type of information you record there: the
author’s name, say, or the date and time
you created or modified the file.
Fabs Tabsrun down the right side of
the page to help you organize notes by
class, subject, or however else you want.
‘You can drag a
their order, cli
Note Levels Grab any line of text by
its widget handle (which appears when
you roll over the text), and then drag
_and drop it. Alternately, you can select
text, go to the Note Levels section of
the Formatting Palette, and choose a
level from the Levels pop-up, or click
the Promote or Demote button to move
Quick Tips
Printing Tabs To print text
contained within a certain tab,
choose Current Section Tab in the
Print dialog. You can also choose to
print all text contained in your notes.
the text up or down one level. You can
also move selected text up or down one
line by clicking the Move Up and Move
Down buttons, or arrange it in alpha or
numerical order by clicking Ascending or
Descending in the Sorting section of the
Formatting Palette.
Scribble Tool and Eraser The
scribble tool is handy for those times
when a picture is worth a thousand
words. If you draw items too closely
together, Word automatically groups
them; you can undo this by going to the
Size, Rotation, and Ordering section of
the Formatting Palette and selecting
Grouping » Ungroup. And there’s an
eraser for scribblings gone awry.
Note Flags Inthe Note Flags section
of the Formatting Palette, you can select
check boxes, question marks, and
priority markers to flag action-item notes
or audio, along with important text. These
tags link to selected text and appearin
the left margin of your document. You
can also link notes to Entourage Tasks
to receive reminders about when your
project is due.
Search just type in a keyword or
phrase, and Word will highlight every
instance of that word in your document.
Also, tabs for pages containing that word
will glow blue.
Audio Notes You can record audio that
_ syn¢s to your notes using Audio Notes.
Click the micicon in the toolbarto bring
up the Audio Notes toolbar. To link audio
to your text, click where you want to begin
typing and then click the record button»
Audio Files You can shrink the
size of an audio file by lowering
the recording quality. In the
Note Recording section of Word
preferences, choose an appropriate
setting from the Quality pop-up
menu.
Quick Tips
Reference Tools In addition to
Scrapbook, Compatibility, and
Project Center panes, Word’s
toolbox also has a Reference Tool
section. Just click the books icon,
and a centralized and searchable
reference section—dictionary,
thesaurus, and encyclopedia—is
at your fingertips.
Find one big library stuffed into
one little window in Word 2004's
toolbox.
Navigation The Navigation Pane
(under View) enables you to see
your entire document by header,
as in previous versions, or by
thumbnail—click any header or
thumbnail page to jump to that
place in your document.
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you gain
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in the Audio Notes toolbar—Word
will time-stamp the recording at the
beginning of each new paragraph. Press
the stop button to stop recording. To play
back audio, roll your cursor over your text
and click the audio icon that appears.
Options to delete audio markers, and
to delete and export audio are located
under Tools » Audio Notes.
Track Your Changes
Word 2004 marries track-changes
functionality with cartoonlike comment
balloons. Open the document you want
to edit in Page Layout view and call up
the reviewing toolbar (View > Toolbars >
Reviewing). When you change text,
highlight text, or insert your cursor next
to.a line oftext and then click the New
Comment button, a color-coded, time-
stamped comment balloon labeled with
your name appears on the right side of
the document. If you first click the Track
Changes button, changes will appearin
a different color inline, and when you
click the New Comment button, a balloon
containing a description of your change
(plus accept and reject action buttons)
appears. You can customize the color
of your comment balloons and inline
Styles Instead of digging deep in
Menuville, create styies right in the new
Styles section of the Formatting Palette.
And It’s much easier to apply styles—no
longer do you have to select one from a
pull-down menu.
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Sen style, Word will stick
changes, or turn them off completely
via the Track Changes preferences.
You.can now also access instant
messaging (Messenger only) and send
documents as email attachments
directly via the reviewing toolbar.
You can single out one person’s
remarks by going to the reviewing
toolbar and selecting Show > Reviewers >
name of person. And you can save
different versions of documents via
File > Versions.
Push Smart Buttons
Smart Buttons are another nifty new
Word 2004 feature. Now when you paste
in new text, a Paste Options button
{a clipboard icon) appears; click itto
reveal a contextual menu that contains
formatting options—no trip to the Edit »
Paste Special menu is necessaty. There
is also an AutoCorrect Options button
{@ lightning-bolt icon)—when Word
autocorrects something you type, this
button will appear, and you can choose —
to reject or modify an autocorrection —
from its contextual menu, Turn off
the Paste Options button entirely by
unchecking the Show Paste Options
Buttons box in the Edit preferences JM
After creating anew
it in your Styles
bonnet for later use.
Make Better Charts
Customizing Excel charts has always
been a multiple-click hassle, But in Excel
2004, creating and prettifying charts
is much easier, and the results can be
noticeably more eye-catching.
The gateway to these improvements
is the enhanced Formatting Palette,
which now contains most—if not all—of
the tools you need to work your creative
Charts This spreadsheet was too big to
print on one page (top), so we resized its
columns in Page Layout view to shrink it to
fit (bottom).
will on Excel’s standard charts. After
you create a chart with the familiar chart
wizard, simply select it, and a Chart
Colors, Lines, And Fills pane will appear
on the Formatting Palette. Here you'll be
treated to a plethora of charting choices
oe
improved charts, easier transparency, and pri
previewing that makes sense
such as Series Colors, Schemes (preset
color combinations), and Line and Fill
options. Although the preset Schemes
are well chosen, you'll wish they were
numbered in their drop-down menu so
they’d be easier to navigate.
Key among these formatting tools are
sliders that can vary the transparency
level of most chart objects—bars, lines,
pie slices, backgrounds, and more. You
can also add drop shadows to lines and
data markers in Line charts—and, unlike
those in Excel v. X, the shadows are soft
and attractive, not hard and ugly.
Microsoft has also expanded the
number of custom chart types (click the
Custom Types tab in the chart wizard to
access them). We particularly like the 3D
Anodized Pie style, which creates a chart
with sections that look not unlike slices of
an iPod mini, and Radar Rockweil, which
appears to be tracking alien spacecraft.
Print Using Page Layout View
In Excel v, X, formatting a spreadsheet
or chart to fit juuuust right on a printed
page was an exercise in trial and error.
The new Page Layout view makes this
process less tedious.
Page Layout is a fully editable view—in
fact, it’s the default view when you open.
a new Workbook (you can change this
option in Excel » Preferences > View).
In Page Layout view you can enter and
massage data, create charts, click and
drag horizontal and vertical rulers to
change margins, and use the contextual
Formatting Palette to change page
orientation, tweak print scaling by
percentage, or fit a chart within a chos
page range.—RM
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Charts When gussying up a
pie chart using the Formatting
Palette, choose your Line options
before your color Scheme or Fill
options; choosing a Line option
wipes out your Scheme choice
and turns the entire pie one color.
Measurements Excel now
provides column and row
measurements in inches,
centimeters, or millimeters.
Choose your preference in the
Measurement Units drop-down,
menu in Preferences > General.
Excel can now measure column
widths and row heights in inches,
centimeters, or millimeters.
Tradition If you prefer the old
column-measurement unit
(measured by the number of
standard characters that fit into
acolumn), you can still see that
measurement in a tool tip as
you grab and resize a column
header. The same goes for row
height, which Excel used to
measure in pixels.
Ifyou don’t like the new way of
measuring column widths, a tool tip
shows you the old-fashioned way.
Functions When entering a
formula, you can now click a
function and get help regarding
its capabilities and syntax via the
Paste Function dialog.
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Look at Email Differently
We're all used to looking at our email
messages one way: as a list of messages
on the top, with a preview of the current
message on the bottom. Entourage 2004
can flip everything on its side, literally—
select View > Preview Pane > On Right to
view messages on the right. Also new is
the ability to view your list of messages in
date-based groups (today, yesterday, last
week, and so on). To turn this preference
on and off, go to View > Arrange By > Show
In Groups.
In the Arrange By menu, choose Edit
Custom Arrangements to create custom
groupings for your email messages. For
example, you can tell Entourage to group
Email Spice up your email experience by previewing messages on the right.
to open your email window—but only if
you've also installed Office 2004’s MSN
Messenger. If you’ve set Entourage to
send and receive mail on a recurring
schedule (Tools > Run Schedule > Edit
Schedules), whenever you receive an
email while your Entourage window is
minimized or closed, a small window
displaying the sender and message
subject fades into view in the lower-right
Quick Tips
Archive You can now archive
all or parts of Entourage. Just go
to File > Export and select what
you want to archive—a certain
project, category, just your mail,
or the whole shebang.
Junk Filter Although junk-mail
filtering wasn't working at press
time, Microsoft promises that
spam protection is a priority for
Entourage 2004. It uses a rules-
based algorithm rather than the
trainable method that Apple's
Mail uses. It's important to keep.
current with Microsoft's latest
version of the junk-mail filtering
algorithm via the AutoUpdate
feature (Help > Check for
Updates).
corner of your screen, then fades
out after a few moments. If you get
several messages, a series of boxes
displaying each message appears, one
after another.
Even better: Clicking the Delete button
in that little window deletes the message,
and clicking the subject line opens the
message, all without opening the main
Entourage window.
Set Up a Project
Entourage 2004 houses the Office-wide
Project Center, which lets you keep all
tasks, schedules, email messages, files
and other bits and bobs in one place. Go
to Project Center by clicking its button
in the upper-left corner, then click and
hold the New button and select Project
from the drop-down menu. From there,
Entourage plays 20 Questions, asking
you to name the project, provide a due
date, and perform other customizations.
You also need to create Project Watch
Folders—one to hold all project-related
> Give Presentations
More Pizzazz
Microsoft has more than doubled the
number of Entrance, Exit, and Emphasis
effects, allowing you to create and
manage multiple animations on text
boxes, bullets, or objects, as well as add
3D slide transitions to segue between
slides a la Apple Keynote. Plus, check
out the 30 new audio effects, including
Bongo, Horn, and Shave And A Haircut.
To give slides some splash, load them
up with effects using the Slide Show >
Custom Animation dialog. Here are a few
effects to consider.
Whiz-Bang Title Sequences To
add multiple effects to your title, select
it from the Select To Animate window,
click the Add Effect button, and choose
an Entrance, Emphasis, or Exit effect,
Add as many effects as you desire and
choose the order in which they execute
with the up- and down-arrow buttons to
the left of the Animation Order window.
Bullets with Color Select the text
box containing your bullet points in
the Select To Animate window; click
Add Effect; click the Emphasize tab;
and select a subtle color, sizing, or
graphic effect.
Animations Choose the animation you
want to use, then use the up and down
arrows to move the graphic between the
bullets you want to interrupt.
Check Your Notes
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Quick Tips
Align To align objects precisely,
use the Align or Distribute feature.
Activate the Drawing toolbar (View >
draw button (the icon is an A over a
block), and choose Align or Distribute
from the resulting menu.
Toolbars > Drawing), click and hold the
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Animations Here we've interrupted
our flying bullets with a flashy spinning
fireworks display.
Stress Management Tips
4 Ryercise: regularly
2 Breather Leeply_
2 Bitch troublesome: Friends
4 Meditate
5 Takea long, long vacation,
[Tel summer camp anecdote. Ask for an audience story
make eye contact. Smile. Stat 45 percent of stressed oun
Slide 3 of 4;
Notes The audience sees only your slides
(top), but you can read your notes (bottom).
speaking in public, Presenter Tools can
help. While the audience sees only your
Slides on a second monitor or projector,
you get the benefit of all your notes on
your own display. To access this view, go
to Slide Show > View Presenter Tools.—NR
Images Jazz up an image with
Photoshop-style filters such as.
Emboss, Film Grain, and Dry
Brush. Select an image, go to the
Formatting Palettes Image section,
and click the Effects button.
The MacAddict editors fear that Office
will soon render them all obsolete.
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u listen to your iPod every day,
Now your iPod can listen to you
The creators of iTrip now introduce
the Griffin iTalk iPod Voice Recorder.
Plug iTalk into your iPod and record
thoughts, ideas or meetings with its
high quality built-in microphone.
ittip
335
FM Transmitter for iPod
+ Play your iPod's music wirelessly in your
car or through your stereo at home
+ Uses any empty FM station from 87.7 to
107.9 - switchable from the iPod itself
+ iPod powered & earth friendly - no
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+ Fits beautifully to top of iPod - no
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+ Keeps your notebook running coo!
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Play back your voice memos or music
through iTalk's built-in speaker. You
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iTalk "39%
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Tums iPod into a full function voice recorder
Internal microphone and laptop quality speaker
Connect external microphone or headphones
Automatic Level Control for perfect recordings
$3999
USB External Sound Card
+ Adds superior quality audio recording &
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+ Includes everything needed to record
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we've ever had the pleasure of posing for: Nikon’s D70
SLR. We also took a close look at another way-cool digital
camera, Contax’s stylin’ SL300RT*—in fact, so many new
digital cameras are appearing every day that we'll use the
new FileMaker Pro 7 database software to keep track of
them. After camera-inventory wrangling, we enlisted the
EyeTV 200 to capture hours and hours of teevee goodness,
which we thoroughly enjoyed watching after a few spirited
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FileMaker Pro 7
APPLE’S DATABASE SOFTWARE, ALL GROWN UP AND RELATIONAL
| n the extended family of database
software, FileMaker Pro has historically
been the weird cousin: slow and unable
to handle large amounts of data, with
awildly, um, different relational model
to boot. But it was also insanely easy to
understand and use, and it let average
shmoes quickly build effective solutions
to their data-wrangling problems—hence
its success.
FileMaker Pro 7 is the same weird
cousin, but it’s since received a haircut, a
suit, and a serious expression. It means
business, butit’s still almost as friendly.
After years of hounding by database
developers, the folks at FileMaker have
finally rebuilt their database engine
from scratch, resulting in FileMaker
Pro’s biggest changes since version 3
introduced relational
poise capabilities back
in the mid-90s. In
FileMaker Pre 7 demo +
version 7, you can
finally pack more than one table into
a database file, so you no longer need
multiple files for one implementation.
Want to compare the results of two
complex Find queries side by side in two
different layouts? Now that you can open
multiple windows showing the same
database, that’s not a problem. And now
that all relationships are bidirectional,
they no longer require exactly matching
key fields—plus, data is visible even if
it’s more than one relationship away.
Structurally, FileMaker Pro 7 finally acts
like sophisticated database software.
Now that the software has gone
more traditionally relational, it packs a
relationships graph that'll give even the
most jaded database developer a warm-
'n’-fuzzy feeling. Tables have connecting
lines that indicate the relations between
them; the relationships graph looks
a lot like what data geeks call an
entity-relationship diagram. Feel free
to drag those tables anywhere you
want—the relationship links foliow
them around. You can even color-code
your tables for organizational purposes
FileMaker’s eleventy-zillion
improvements tower over its
weaknesses.
(or just because green is pretty). But
the relationships graph isn’t just for
examining your database’s structure
or for wowing the boss, it also makes
defining relationships as simple as
clicking a field in one table and dragging
it to a match-field in another.
Security has been a weak point for
FileMaker Pro, but version 7 replaces
the clumsy old password system with
honest-to-goodness accounts and
privileges. FileMaker calls the new
system Enterprise-Ready, and so itis.
You can now give each person at your
company different user names and
passwords—each with different access
to specific layouts, records, fields, and
so on—and administer them all without
wanting to stick your head in an oven
am
afterward. If you spring for FileMaker 7
Advanced ($2,499, due out this summer)
to serve your databases, you can even
use existing network accounts defined
in a Windows domain or in Apple’s
OpenDirectory protocol. (See what we
mean about the suit and the haircut?)
Scripting is still limited to
ScriptMaker—its point-and-click script-
creation method works for most people
but can be restrictive for programmers.
But there are improvements, including
the long-awaited ability to edit a script
step’s options directly; these options
are saved in the script step itself, which
means it’s finally possible to build
scripts with more than one sort order
or set of Find criteria—handy, to say
the least.
One of FileMaker Pro’s strengths is its
built-in Web publishing, and version 7’s
Instant Web Publishing (WP) takes the
feature to impressive new heights. Most
of our test layouts reproduced almost
perfectly, the Web interface is darn close
to FileMaker Pro's own, and FileMaker
scripts are now more compatible with
IWP. There are a few gotchas, however:
IWP uses some hairy CSS/Javascript,
which is optimized for Internet Explorer
5.x and Safari 1.1, to do its thing (a quick
test in a Moziila-based browser revealed
both layout and functionality problems).
If your FileMaker Pro layouts include
funky things like overlapping fields, you
may notice entire fields missing when
you try them in IWP, Still, it’s amazing
‘On your desktop (left) or on the Web (right), FileMaker Pro 7 is more useful, powerful, and relational than ever.
46 MacAddict July 2004
how closely IWP replicates the
FileMaker experience under
most circumstances.
In addition to pictures,
movies, and sounds, container
fields can now store any kind
of file. We tried Photoshop
files, Word documents,
and—why not?—even old
FileMaker Pro databases; in
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{even through another table), fields from one table can be accessed from the other.
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all cases, a simple Control-
click let us export a stored file,
fully functional, back to our
Mac. In IWP, the stored files
appeared as links; clicking
them downloaded the files to
our Desktop directly via our
browser. Pretty slick.
FileMaker Pro has never
been the speed demon of
the database world, but
considering its shiny new
engine, we had high hopes for
improvement. We loaded up.
27,745 records of real-world
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data on a few different Macs
and ran some calculated text
replacements on indexed text fields.
FileMaker Pro 7 consistently finished
our limited tests about 60-percent
faster than version 6 on the same
hardware. We'd hoped for better—OK,
so we're greedy—but a 60 percent raw-
performance boost is nothing to scoff
at. Development speed is important
too, and nothing beats FileMaker
Pro for getting a usable database
implementation off the ground quickly.
By the way, if you never bothered
upgrading from version 5.5, the speed
improvement is a little more dramatic:
In our testing, FileMaker Pro 7 is about
three times as fast as 5.5.
There are a few rough edges we
should mention. For one, FileMaker Pro
still doesn’t recognize our mouse’s scroll
wheel. Secondly, printed documentation
is just passable; the slim tutorial does a
decent job of getting new users up and
running, but the manual is a bit skimpy.
Thirdly, the upgrade removes some
functionality of the previous version; if
you utilize FileMaker Pro 6’s ODBC/JDBC
capabilities, take note of the fine print
on the box: “FileMaker Pro 7 cannot be
used as an ODBC or JDBC data source on
Mac OSX.”
Overall, Filemaker’s eleventy-zillion
improvements tower over its weaknesses,
but if you plan to upgrade, take note: To
work its magic, FileMaker Pro 7 uses a
completely new and incompatible file
format. That’s nota problem if you run
standalone databases, but if you share
them over a network, upgrading one
person requires upgrading them all. If
you use FileMaker Server, you'll have to
upgrade that too—and since it won’t be
available until this summer, don’t jump.
the gun on the client side.
Speaking of the new file format,
FileMaker Pro 7 does a nice job of
automatically converting simple older
databases (we even successfully
converted one from FileMaker Pro 3!).
However, the converted files won't take
full advantage of 7’s improvements
without some work on your part.
We converted a five-file relational
implementation from .fp5 to .fp7 by
dragging the whole folder onto FileMaker
FiteMaker’s new relationships graph lets you map out a relational database.
Pro 7; the converted databases worked
fine for the most part, but of course
the tables stayed in five separate files
instead of merging into one. Reworking.
existing database implementations can
be a major undertaking, however: The
software comes with a PDF that outlines
Strategies and issues for those who
want to consider recreating their
databases so that they can “remove
obsolete functionality and get the full
benefit of the improvements.” And
guess what? That PDF is 82 pages long.
Homework time!
In all, FileMaker Pro 7 represents the
database software’s maturation from
adolescence to maturity, with all the
associated pros and cons. Think of the
difference between FileMaker Pro 7 and
version 6 as the difference between
Mac OS X and Mac OS 9: New users will
jump right in and have a blast, while
upgraders will suffer some growing
pains as they learn to tap into FileMaker
Pro 7’s new capabilities. In the end,
though, the hassle pays off in flexibility
and power.—Jack Miller
COMPANY: FileMaker
CONTACT: 800-325-2747,
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PRICE: $299, $149 (upgrade)
REQUIREMENTS: G3 or faster
(no upgrade cards), Mac OS 10.2.8 or
later, 128MB RAM
atabase engine and fi
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Contax SL300RT*
FAST, STYLISH 3.2-MEGAPIXEL CAMERA
lick, smooth, and sophisticated—
that’s the new 3.2-megapixel
Kyocera Contax SL300RT*, a 4.4-ounce,
deck-o’-cards—sized magnesium beauty
accented in grained black leather. With
its needle-sharp Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
zoom lens that swivels for easy image
framing, easy controls, and superb
picture quality, it’s a style-conscious
point-and-shooter’s dream.
Where this camera really leads the
consumer-cam pack is in its ability to
machine-gun as many shots as your SD
card will hold, all at 3.5 fps at highest
resolution and best quality, without
pausing for processing—although you
need to buy a high-speed card such as
SanDisk's 256MB Ultra tI ($119.99, www
-sandisk.com) to get that speed (only
a standard 16MB card ships with the
camera). Shoot in this motor-wind-like
mode, and you can pick perfect images
from a multiple-shot sequence and toss
the rest. Sports and squirming kids no
longer present a photo challenge.
Mode selection is also unique. Mini
icons representing setup, review,
capture, burst, and movie (up to 30
fps) modes light up above the 1.5-inch
LCD display as you select them with
a forward or back button. A four-way
COMPANY: Kyocera Optics
CONTACT: 800-526-0266,
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REQUIREMENTS: USB-equipped
Mac, Mac 0S 8.6 or 10.1 or later
rocker sets the flash mode, reviews
and erases images, and displays
information—all of which you confirm
by pressing an OK button at center. A
display button dims the bright LCD and
a scene button brings up six shooting
options: action, portrait, night, portrait-
This picture was selected from 36 shots of
a moving cat taken in 10 seconds.
at-night, macro, and landscape.
Pressing the menu button while in
capture mode pops up an onscreen bar
at the bottom of the display from which
you can select self-timer, resolution,
quality (JPEG Fine and Normal—no TIFF),
exposure compensation, and white
balance. In addition, there’s an in-depth
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menu where you can set the exposure-
control mode, ISO (100, 200, 400, and
800), aperture, and other features.
Though you can view images framed
onthe LCD monitor even in bright light,
the camera lacks an optical viewfinder.
There’s also no tripod fitting.
Shutter speeds range from 8 seconds
to 1/2,000 second, and the zoom range
covers the 35mm equivalent of 38mm
to 115mm. Program mode will choose
from the full range of apertures, or you
can manually set either f-2.8 or f-7.5
depending on the kinds of shots you
want to take. In our testing, the flash had
a good reach, especially when we upped
the ISO to increase light sensitivity.
At ISO 800, we picked up some digital
noise but the flash was powerful enough
to nail an image from almost 20 feet
away—great for group shots. Battery
poweris fair; we got about 110 no-flash
shots before it needed a recharge.
The camera delivered excellent image
quality, with rich, saturated color and a
wide dynamic range that showed good
detail in both highlights and shadows.
There was, however, some purple
fringing when we shot darker objects
(such as tree branches) against a bright
sky—an unfortunate characteristic of
most digicams.
Other nifty features include audio
with movies, voice annotation with stills,
in-camera resizing for emailing or Web
posting, and a lens adapter that takes
28mm filters. Kyocera warns against
using auxiliary lenses with the adapter,
but we found that most of our wide-angle
and telephoto add-ons—many made
for early Nikon 900-series digicams—
worked perfectly.
There are scores of mini digicams
on the market, but none is easier to
use than the Contax SL300RT*. A lot
of thinking went into this camera's
design so you don’t have to—just open
your wallet and start enjoying swift
and stylish point-and-shoot digital
photography.—Arthur H. Bleich
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AWESOME 5.1 SURROUND-SOUND SPEAKER SET
ogitech’s Z-680 speaker system
bridges the gap between desktop
speakers and full-on home theater. The
set combines THX-certified six-channel
surround sound via onboard Dolby
Digital and DTS hardware decoding, and
fits in a small office yet can fill a large
room with rich sound. If you don’t have
a multichannel source, no problem: The
Z-680’s Dolby Pro Logic Il apes decent
5.1 surround sound out of stereo music,
games, and movies that haven’t been
surround-encoded.
Now that we have optical S/PDIF
(Sony/Philips Digital Interface) audio
ports on our Power Mac G5s, swank
speaker sets such as the Z-680 are plug
and play. Just plug everything into the
foot-square subwoofer: four satellite
speakers, the center-channel speaker,
and the Apple Newton-sized wired
remote (er, Digital SoundTouch Control
Center), and you’re good to go. If you
don’t have a G5, audio adapters such
as M-Audio’s Revolution PCI and Son
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