MacWorld 9212 December 1992

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We've designed our new FG series of monitors specifically for the Macintosh We also make many other Mac compatible peripherals, from CD-ROM readers to a fll line of printers. gtett Mactse Ang 992 Mutisyec4FO Computers and Communications NEC and Radius have designed a display Presenting NEC’s 15”, 17” and 21” MultiSync’ FG™ display systems*—a colorful combination of our award-winning monitor technology and a display interface card designed specially for NEC FG monitors by Radius” Multiple viewing modes give you more flexibility than you’ve ever had before and allow you to use all your applications more effectively. For instance, condensed modes let you increase resolution and desktop size. So you can display more on-screen information and do everything from putting two documents § side by side, for easy cutting and pasting, to displaying more cells in your spread sheets. There’s also a 72 DPI mode which gives you a WYSIWYG view of your final output. While expanded modes let you enlarge images and get a closer look at your work. But the best part is, as you change applications, you can switch to any of these modes on the fly. Right from the control panel. You don’t even have to restart the computer. Our MultiSync FG monitors also feature FullScan™ capability, for edge-to-edge images. And our exclusive AccuColor™ Control System lets you adjust your on-screen color to match your printed output. The MacFG™ Board is NuBus™ compatible and includes QuickDraw”™ acceleration. And it’s available in two versions. The MacFG 8X supports 8-bit color and the MacFG 24X supports 24-bit color. So take a look at these display systems. We’re sure you'll see things our way. For more information, call 1-800-NEC-INFO. (In Canada, 1-800-343-4418.) Or for information via fax, call NEC FastFacts™ at 1-800-366-0476, request #62234. Because t is the way you want to go. Nl EC Circle 68 on reader service card. conte ns... DECEMBER 1992 SPECIAL ISSUE Ay Apple's Dynamic Duo. 192 BY JIM HEID The PowerBook Duos merge a notebook computer's portability with a desktop Mac’s versatility. On the Cover New PowerBooks: Miirhaweore The 145, 160, and 180 PANG) — gop ia ehaes a desktop champlon—the BY JAMES A. MARTIN The latest crop of notebook Macs corrects the old Power- live—Apple escalates Books’ only glaring deficiencies—lack of monitor support, gray scale, and speed. Its new-product launch begun Jast month with the G Performa line. (PHOTO The Macintosh IIvx 20 ORs itiense BY CHARLES SEITER Is Apple’s new IIvx—a higher-performance version of the SCREEN IMAGES 8Y consumer-oriented Performa 600—the best Mac value yet? SUR LUBY KE: Looking down the Line 208 BY CHERYL ENGLAND With so many changes in the Mac lineup, how do you keep track of product, performance, and price? Check our quick analysis of each Macintosh model. FEATURES Hard Drive Rx BY ROBERT C. ECKHARDT Has your drive gone comatose at the worst possible time? Our practical guide to diagnosing problems and administering first aid will help you resurrect that ailing drive and recover your data. gq Tape Backup Bounty. BY TOM NEGRINO In today’s crowded tape-drive market, there are more similarities than differences. We help you compare the criteria that count. The 1992 Macintosh Game Hall of Fame......... 226 BY STEVEN LEVY Once again our Curator and Official Game Guru honors the year’s top achievers. Your Computer Revealed: Expanding the System... BY LON POOLE In this last of a three-part series, we show how common peripher- als—such as hard drives, printers, and networks—enable the Mac to expand its capabilities. Page 212 4 December 1992 MACWORLD REVIEWS 240 242 244 24 a 248 250 25: ty 263 264 26 by 266 261 261 27 3 270 272 272 274 274 Cachet 1.0 Color image editor CompuServe Information Manager 2.0.1 Graphical interface for CompuServe Omnis 7 1.1 Database-development system Kodak Renaissance Page-design and -layout software PowerPort/Gold 14,400-bps data/fax modem for PowerBook AutoCAD Release 11 Architectural CAD software JobTracker 2.02 Publication-management software Grade Machine 5.0; Making the Grade 2.0 Grade-book programs EtherPrint; EtherPrint Plus; and Ether Write Network connectivity MacBreadboard 1.1 Digital integrated-circuit trainer Power Menus 1.0. Apple menu enhancer Expert Astronomer Astronomy software Simulink 1.2 ‘Math simulation software The Castle of Dr. Brain Puzzle collection Headline Harry and the Great Paper Race Educational game PersonalFont Personalized handwriting font Interactive Physics II 1.0 Motion simulation software PowerKey 2.0 Surge-protected automated power strip Sequencher 2.0 Molecular-biology software Page 218 276 276 278 278 282 282 284 The Diet Balancer 1.0; Nutri-Calc Plus 1.2 Nutrition-analysis software SnapBack 1.0 Networked backup software Go Master 5.0 Board game TechWorks NetUtilities Network-support utilities Warlords Strategy game Office Manager 2.1 Contact and project management UpDiff 1.0 File-updating utility Comic Strip Factory 1.6; Megatoons Cartoon software Cordless SuperMouse Cordless mouse The Mouse Yoke Flight simulator control hardware Page 169 December 19, Volume Mamba 1 cw oe 81 EAT bled erty Maver Corer e201 Secon SnFancnn, CAD Sig ae e012 a Sr 2A en at 50 as Fen ee met eprad US. Ac wth Srl ote ALA py pra ka Cada nd Meco ster A$ precept oa te ‘eure Se tgp ta Fane, Cabos so oo dg rs Postmaster Send aes gest Mi ‘work PO Bar 52529, Obi CO BO3-108 Ed ln ffs 50 Sec, So acs CASEICT,AB/23-00%, DEPARTMENTS 18 23 27 37 47 53 67 75 145 155 169 287 29 = 297 305 31 a 313 396 MACWORLD How lo Gontact Macworld MacBulletin State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Are PowerBooks overtaking desktop Macs? Letters Art Beat BY CATHY ABES The Iconoclast By STEVEN LEVY ‘The Finder’s not what it used to be Conspicuous Consumer BY DEBORAH BRANSCUM Upgrades—are they worth it? Updates Lab Notes BY MARK HURLOW Verbatim Manny Menéndez, president of Deneba Software News BY DAN LITTMAN AND. TOM MORAN The Desktop Critic BY DAVID POGUE Santa’s bag of high-tech goodies New Products How To/Quick Tips How To/Getting Started BY JIM HEID Downloading freeware and shareware How To/Insights BY PHILIP STEIN Lotus 1-2-3 Where to Buy Best-Sellers December 1992 5 NEW LOWER PRICES! 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DESIGNERS LOVE ALDUS PAGEMAKER. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR FACES. Exper! ments Designers of all types count on the power of Aldus* PageMaker? Take our latest version — PageMaker 4.2 for the Macintosh. It now includes a Control palette that lets you position, move and i: § resize elements with numerical accuracy. Plus it has nudge buttons for precise adjustments. You also get exact and accurate typographic track kerning. In fact, PageMaker now allows you [exefe) =) HIMMELBLAU to kern type to an impressive 0.01 of an em space. Sean Adams, the Design Director of April Greiman, Inc. puts it this way: “We come from a metal type background, and our standards are exceedingly high. With PageMaker, we are able to achieve the aesthetic and technical precision we demand of type.” Call 1-800-685-4163 for a product brochure. And discover the type of quality you can expect from Aldus PageMaker. THe Art Or PowerFurt IpeEas"™ 31 Apple Computer Inc, © 1982 Aldus Corporation. All rights reserved. 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Macworld sa member of [DG Commu ficabons, the world'slargest publisher of computer-related information, IDG WPA WHERE WILL YOUR MAC BE FIVE YEARS FROM TODAY? Sharing shelf space with your old 8-tracks and bowling trophies TecHWorks ACCELERATORS erable ae isn't likely what you had in mind for your Mac when you 68030 Accelerators PORE high-performance bought it. That's why TECHWonRKS offers so many options in 25MHz — 40MHz 25MHz S3MHz RAMs MAacinTOsH UPGRADES AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS. TechWorks understands your need to stay = up-to-date with technology. Whether you TECHUORKS graphics, database sorts, sound editing—the possibilities are want additional memory to run more powerful iit endless. TechWorks backs all enhancement products with a applications or the increased speed an accelerator = LiFeTIME WarRANTY, Toll-Free Support, 30-Day Money gj offers, TechWorks provides EASY, COST-EFFECTIVE Back Guarantee and a 24-Hour Replacement Policy. 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It’s hard to imagine HP’s award-winning scanners without equally great page recognition software. Kind of like peanut butter without jelly. Mom without her apple pie. Or Peter and Paul without Mary. S HP and Caere let you put your best image for- ward, whatever your business or profession, allowing you to enter text, numbers or graphics directly into your Macintosh? without a single keystroke. It’s like having a personal assistant to type reports or prepare graphics for key presen- tations around the clock. A combination to match your need. And now you can choose from two winning com- binations to match your own unique set of needs. Mom and apple pie Choose OmniPage Direct and the HP ScanJet Ip scanner for the Mac, the ideal solution if you happen to be an independent business person, or consultant, and require a powerful option at the most affordable price. Within minutes you'll be up and running, entering text and graphics of all sorts — directly into your favorite word processor, spreadsheet or page layout program. All without a hitch. Or consider the world’s most advanced page recognition solution, Omniage Professional and the HP ScanJet Ic scanner for the Mac. This is the right choice if you require state-of-the-art capabilities, along with the world’s most accu- rate and customizable OCR, 400 dpi text and images, as well as grayscale and 24-bit color. mbinations omltiPAc:- DIRECT The HP ScanJet [fp scanner and OmniPage Direct It pays to get recognized. Now you can have the best for less with an HP “Fame and Fortune” rebate and a bonus money saving offer from Caere. If you own a small business and need to increase your productivity right away, save up to $100 when you buy the HP ScanJet Ip scanner for the Mac and ed trademarks of Caere Corporation. All other OmniPage Professional and the HP SeanJet Ie scanner OmniPage Direct. If you require the “industrial strength” page recognition solution — one that can tackle even coffee soaked memos, reams of paper, or documents — buy the HP ScanJet Ic scanner for the Mac and OmniPage Professional and save up to $200! PACKARD ‘marks and trademarks are of their respective companies, Circle 162 on reader service card So Small. So Powerful... Submit Proof of Purchase For E aerial ee FREE CARRYING BAG orsanae Small” Set Through December 31, 1992 For Those Who Think Something Has to be Big to be Powerful... Take a Look at MicroNet’s “Super-Small” Storage Systems Are you looking for cost-effective but powerful These systems are compatible with IBM PC, PS/2, 3.5" hard disk drives, rewritable optical systems, or EISA and compatibles, RS/6000, Macintosh, Quadra, DAT backup? We invite you to examine our new Sun, SGI, and NeXT computers. They're shipped “SuperSmall” Series of data storage systems. fully tested and formatted and come complete with shielded data cable, and SCSI terminator. Nothing is more powerful than MicroNet’s new SS-540 or SS-1240 hard disks systems developed around Maxtor's new 3.5", 8 ms, fast-spindle drives. These new systems are especially suited for use with file servers, graphics, multi-media, MicroNet is offering 3.5" disk drives from 240 to 1186 MBytes, with average times as fast as 8 ms and spindle speeds fast as 6300 RPM. These small, yet powerful, hard drive systems can sustain data transfer rates as high as 3.8 MBytes per second! In addition, MicroNet offers 3.5", 128 MB Sony rewritable optical drives, and 4 mm DAT or other disk-intensive applications. backup systems with up to 8 GBytes on a single So when you need the most powerful and reliable shirt-pocket size cassette. All of this in a system data storage systems, think “Super-Small”. Call today of only 4.5 x 5 x 9.5" and weighing less than 6 lbs. for the name of a Reseller near you. 1-714-581-1540. Egy MicroNet Technology, Inc. MicroNet 20 MASON e IRVINE, CA 92718 ¢ TEL: (714) 837-6033 ¢ FAX: (714) 837-1164 AppleLink: MICRONET.SLS ¢ Compuserve: 76004,1611 ‘Super Smatizatrademark of MicroNet Technology, Inc. A¥ other trademarks ore propery ofthel respeciveowness. Circle 113 on reader service card a Early PowerB: 100s Recalled: Apple said there was a possibility of a short cir- cuit that can melt a small hole in the bottom of the computer's case. Owners of PowerBook 100s with serial numbers below $Q211xxxxxx or $$216xxxxxx should call 800/572-1731 to arrange for Apple to modify their systems at no cost. QuarkXPress Revised: Version 3.2 of Quark's (303/894-8888) package can gather doc- ument components in preparation for taking them to a service bureau and compile a list of informa- tion the service bureau requires. The new version ($895) supports UserLand Apple events scripting; has a next-style feature for text formatting; and ships with several XTensions including a color blend tool and an EfiColor color-calibration tool. Apple cut retail prices on Macs in late September by amounts ranging from 11 percent to 36 percent. The steepest cuts were on models of the Classic II, the LC Il, the Ilsi, and the Ilci; the smallest cuts were on models of the Quadra 950. The Classic Il 4/40 now lists for $1079, and the Quadra 950 8/400 lists for $8169. Apple shut its Fremont plant and announced that it would lay off 345 workers as part of a worldwide restructuring of manufacturing and distribution. Many of the Fremont, California, plant's functions will be transferred to Sacramento. The moves are part of Apple's efforts to cut costs as the price war in personal computers continues. Aiming to connect with IBM, Apple (408/974-4667) has introduced the Data Access Language Server, designed to provide Macintosh users with transparent access to databases stored in IBM's AS/400 series of midrange systems. The SQL-based DAL Server should ship in December at prices that will vary by the number of users. Apple and Kodak align, agreeing to cooperate on linking Kodak's Photo CD (a standard for digital photography on CD ROM) more closely to the Mac. Apple has said it will add Photo CD sup- port to System 7 and future operating systems. Kodak said it will use Macs in its retail locations where Photo CDs are created. Trapping Tool: Island Graphics (415/ 491-1000) is developing |slandTrapper for prepar- ing complex color printing jobs. EPS files are im- ported into IslandTrapper, where users can exam- ine and modify the program's default chokes and spreads before exporting to a color-separation package. IslandTrapper will list for $2195. Alias Sketch Upgraded: Alias's (416/ 362-9181) 3-D free-form drawing tool Sketch is being upgraded to version 1.5. The upgrade reads native Adobe Illustrator and Aldus FreeHand files; imports and exports IGES and exports RIB; supports cutting holes through objects; provides point and ambient lights; and has several new types of pro- jection and environment maps. It lists for $995. On Schedule: Visionary Software (503/ 246-6200) is upgrading its reminder and to-do list manager First Things First to version 3.0. The new version has a global find command; lets users se- lect and reschedule multiple items; and can assign items to a day without a specific time. Version 3.0 ($79.95) includes a copy of DynoPage Lite. m MACWORLD December 1992 23 The simplest Mac spreadsheet Read aboutit here. Introducing 1.2.3 for Macintosh Release LL. 1-2-3" for Macintosh’ has always been the easiest-to-use Mac spreadsheet. And now, this latest version of 1-2-3 is even easier. Easiest graphing of any Mac spreadsheet. With 1-2-3 your graphs and charts are stored in the same files as your worksheets. (Something you won't find in Microsoft’ Excel.) This means you can make one-click graph style changes, pull objects across window bound- aries to the worksheet, link chart titles to cells, and shrink charts so that they appear as small icons on your worksheet. You can also manipulate data, text, and graphics all in the same file with one set of menus and only one set of tools. The result is a spreadsheet that lets you spend your time figuring, not figuring things out. True3Dand InCell editing. Forfaster spreadsheet building. 1-2-3 is the only spreadsheet that offers true 3D, so you can link and consolidate data or create multi-page reports all in a single work-sheet file. Without having to link the files. In short, 3D makes the job of organizing and analyzing your work fast and easy. And if that isn’t enough of an inducement, this should be: only 1-2-8 offers In-Cell” editing, so you can enter a formula directly into a cell for faster, easier editing. Thesimplest transition from DOS to Mac. 128is the clear choice for DOS spreadsheet users moving to Macintosh because only 1-2-3 offers the traditional Classic’ menu, which makes it easier for you to access familiar 1-2-8 com- mands and run macros already written for 1-2-3, New features automate, illustrateand integrate. This new release of 1-2-3 for Macintosh raises ease of use to a new level. Now you can drag and drop data between worksheets. You can use our new SmartSum to automatically add multiple columns or rows, even on the spreadsheets behind the one you're working on. And you can take advantage of the many graphic enhancements. Enhancements that let you place things like pictures behind your graphs. That let you stack pictures to form bar charts. That let you simultaneously view your graph and the numbers that make up your graph. All of which makes it easy for you to be understood by others. There it is in black and white: 1-2-3 is the world’s easiest to use Macintosh spreadsheet. But if you don’t believe everything you read, we've got a more colorful way to make our case on the right. Words on the left didn’t convince you? Buy a copy of 1-2-3 for Macintosh from your favorite reseller* and try it for 60 days with a full money-back guarantee direct from Lotus. Or call 1.800-TRADEUP, ext. 7122** for a free working model. (Excel users be sure to ask about our special upgrade price“) 12-3 for Macintosh var products ata great price. *¥In Canada, call L800-GO-LOTUS. ***Please have your ereit “Be sure to ask your Apple Authorized Rotaler about Apple's now “Easy Way” bundle which gets you 1-2-9 and 3 other leading ‘card and product package ready when you call ©1902 Lotus Development Corporation, lotus, 1-2-8 and DataLens are (trademarks of Lotus Development Corporatin, Classic isa registered trademark licensed to Lotus Development Corporation. Microsoft isa registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation, Mae and Macinto: istered trademarks of Apple Computer, Ine. This product includes Adobe Type Manager. ‘Mjbe Type Manager and the ATM log are reistered trademarks in he United States of Adobe Sse ms neoporated. AD Adobe Premiere’ resect SEE THE MOVIE. INTRODUCING ADOBE PREMIERE” 2.0. The editing program that lets you create high- quality QuickTime” digital movies and videotapes right on your Macintosh; right from the start. In fact, making movies has never been easier, faster or more precise. It’s like having a professional production studio on your desktop. Create dramatic transitions. Mix sound. Superimpose graphics and titles. Add animation. Generate special effects. Even fly a movie clip around the screen. Then, when you're finished, output your blockbuster directly to videotape. Or, with support for time code and edit decision lists, you can export your work to professional production equipment for the highest- quality output. And because you own the studio, you have complete creative control and save money like crazy. To arrange an Adobe Premiere screening, see your Adobe™ Authorized Reseller or call Adobe at 1-800-833-6687, Dept. R 1246. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Adobe Premiere and the Adobe Premiere logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, Macintosh isa registered trademark and QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. © 1992 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Circle 134 on reader service card STATE OF THE MAC The Decline of the Desktop Macintosh BY ADRIAN MELLO HE TIME HAS COME WHEN more and more desktops will give way to PowerBooks. Not just as an addition to a desktop Macintosh, but as a replace- ment. A year ago I wouldn’t have dreamed that a notebook Mac- intosh could displace the desk- top configuration. But the longer I've used a PowerBook, the more T've noticed a transformation in my attitude toward the desktop machines I use at home and at work. Af- ter taking the PowerBook on a few busi- ness trips, I began to greet my desktop machines with a certain reserve. A couple of trips later, I would just turn on the PowerBook and work on documents in front of my idle Mac Ici. Later yet, I be- came slightly irritated when I reached to turn on my desktop machine. What a dif- ference between this reluctance and the enthusiasm I always felt when I turned on the PowerBook. It was almost as if I felt obligated to use the IIci because of its su- perior keyboard and display and an out- dated notion that it was my core com- puter. In any case, it was becoming clear that I had changed allegiance to the PowerBook as my primary computer. The PowerBook Conversion ‘THE FACT THAT MORE AND MORE PEO- ple are converting to PowerBooks as their sole or primary computer should not sur- prise those who experienced the original Macintosh design. The PowerBooks are a return to the original hardware virtues of the Mac: integration and portability. Af- ter all, the original model for the Macin- tosh was the Dynabook—a tightly inte- grated booklike computer that would work much like an electronic assistant. Although it might not seem convincing now, the original Mac was once considered por- table. It was a comparatively light, one- piece computer (overlooking the small keyboard and mouse) with half the foot- print of a standard-issue PC, and it could be toted around in an unassuming-look- ing satchel. PowerBooks obviously pro- vide a much greater degree of portability, but the basic idea is the same. The not-so- portable original Mac also had its configu- ration limits when compared with the typical DOS machine, but the total pack- age was so well thought out and so tightly integrated that it was compelling to pio- neering users. The Fall of the Mac II IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THAT THE MAC II family will give way to PowerBooks, look at what’s going on in the midrange of the Macintosh product line. One way to define the midrange is to say it’s the price point around which most computing mortals orbit. Most of us can justify (or rationalize) spending up to $3000, plus or minus $500, for a basic CPU purchase (not including monitor and keyboard). Another way to define the midrange is by looking at which Mac models sit outside its bounds. The low end is covered by Classics, LCs, and their variants. The high end is Quadra territory. Whichever definition you prefer, Apple’s new product introductions indi- cate a drastic change in its midrange com- puter offerings (see “Looking down the Line” in this issue). For the past few years the midrange has been represented at any given time by two or three models of the Mac II. But now, the Mac IIsi and Ici will likely be discontinued as soon as corpora- tions adjust their purchasing lists and Apple clears out its inventory. Those models will follow the original Mac II, the Mac IIx, and the Mac IIcx into oblivion, leaving the new Mac IIvx as the sole re- maining midrange Mac II. The Rise of the PowerBook ARE THERE ANY OTHER MIDRANGE Macs? Yes—mostly PowerBooks. There are now four new midrange PowerBooks (or five, depend- ing on how you define the high end), inciuding the Pow- erBook 145, the PowerBook 160, the Duo 210, the Duo 230, and toward the high end, the PowerBook 180. Where choice is concerned, the mid- dle ground is largely defined tant than expandability, if from the out- set the computer comes outfitted with enough power. The new PowerBooks come close to combining the virtues of desktop Macs with those of notebooks. They now easily attach to a color or gray- scale monitor. By adding a full-size key- board and mouse, you can create an office system equal to most Mac II’s. You also have a notebook computer to take on business trips or simply to take home for the evening. And if you buy another monitor and keyboard, you can have a full-fledged system at home as well. No, they're not perfect. The Power- Book 160 and 180 run into expansion lim- its if you want a 19-inch monitor or 24-bit color, or if your work requires specialized expansion boards. However, you can still get Ethernet by attaching an external SCSI device. But you have to live without massive internal hard drives, and kiss off any chance at an accelerator upgrade. Expanding on the PowerBook Duo IF YOU REMAIN UNCONVINCED ABOUT replacing a desktop Mac with a Power- Book, it’s probably because you need more expansion options. If so, consider the PowerBook Duos (see “Apple's Dynamic Duo” in this issue). These PowerBooks ap- proach a desktop computer’s expansion capability when you add a Duo Dock, which has two NuBus slots. The Duo Dock provides a major convenience by au- tomatically configuring your docked Pow- erBook Duo with the proper system soft- ware settings, such as printer selection and screen color. This is especially important for people who plan to take the PowerBook away from the office frequently. Remarkedly, the com- bined price of a PowerBook Duo 210 and a Duo Dock is close to the price of a Mac IIvx with a CD ROM drive. There is even a less-expensive alter- by PowerBooks these days,not Will the mew _native if you don’t have an im- conventional desktop Mac II’s mediate need for expansion and their two-letter variants. PowerBooks slots. By purchasing a Power- So the question may not Book Duo with only the Duo be whether to buy a Power- conquer MiniDock, you can attach a Book or a desktop Mac, but color monitor and other op- which PowerBook to buy. For the desktop? tions. 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Not for Everyone A POWERBOOK CAN SATISFY THE TYPI- cal midrange user who needs a portable but who also needs a real monitor and keyboard for extended work in the office or at home. But even so, a portable may not be for everyone. It won’t satisfy users who want a second, backup computer, or who consider their office-computer use to be separate from their use of computers elsewhere. Nor will it satisfy those who want the low-cost expansion capability of a desktop and simply don’t need or want a computer away from where they work (the Mac Ilvx is an excellent choice for such users), Miniaturizing a fully func- tional computer into a laptop still costs more than making a desktop system, and until the costs become nominal, users on a budget will gravitate to the tremendous value offered by low-cost Macs like the Classic and LC. Likewise, expect users of applications such as high-end graphics to prefer industrial-strength computers such as the Quadra 950. 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That efforts to make the Mac understand our spoken commands and re- spond appropriately, employing conven- tions of polite speech, blur the line be- tween machine and human? Rudeness is also a human trait. I believe the fierce loyalty to the Mac that many users have developed over the years is traceable in part to the deliberate and successful effort by Jobs et al. to im- bue it with something like a personality. One of my favorite utilities is At Your Service, which uses the animated image of a pretty girl to remind me of my sched- uled appointments in French-accented English. I look forward to Casper and other advances, and the more responsive my Mac becomes, the better, because it is literally my assistant. Shelton Lankford Clifion, Virginia Spiffy Space Saver T HREE MEASLY LITTLE STARS FOR AutoDoubler (Reviews, September 1992)? Give me a break. It’s the spiffiest thing since stereo! Last year I installed Stuffit, the industry standard. Not only was Stufflt incomprehensible, it was ex- pensive. After hours of trying to figure it out, I called Aladdin $ formed part of the program was missing but that the company would be glad to send me the update when it came out. Meanwhile, I heard about a program that doubles everything without my hav- ing to go through the exasperating process of archiving everything; a program that, in fact, does it all automatically, and all for the measly—no, call that the chicken- feed—price of under $50. Mama didn’t raise no dummies; give me AutoDoubler anytime over that industry standard. Jay Crosby Fresno, California Not Just for Grammar OUR REVIEW OF CORRECT GRAM- mar 3.0 asks why anyone would want to know “syllables per 100 words” (Re- views, August 1992). As a teacher, I find this information helpful in determining the reading level of a given 100-word passage. Since it seems Correct Gram- mar doesn’t function well as a grammar checker, disappointed users could ¥ their programs on to their local schools. Jeanmarie Wozniak Erie, Pennsylvania Not So Useless N THE DESKTOP CRITIC (SEPTEMBE 1992), David Pogue referred to the PowerBundle as “mostly useless.” He ne- glected to mention Address Book Plus 2.0 as part of that bundle. In previous articles on contact organizers, he has given Ad- dress Book Plus a favorable review. Steven C. Schaffer Product Manager Power Up Software Corporation San Mateo, California Mr. Schaffer is right. WriteNow (which | mentioned) and Address Book Plus (which | should have) are continues Technical calculations made easy! sn tot ant naam foe vine) a sea tate inated 2 1186 Perform engineering and scientific calculations faster. and with fewer errors. Mathcad 2.0 does your numerical analyses quickly, easily... and inexpensively! 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He points out that NewTek’s Video Toaster may be considered an Amiga product. In fact, as Thompson points out, even NewTek’ 's stand-alone ‘Toaster sys- tem is “an Amiga in disguise.” Despite Thompson's claim that the Toaster is an “extremely popular Mac pe- ripheral,” I don’t know of any reliable data to support this. The Toaster is, was, and Turn Your Mac Into a Staff Experts. net Introducing MINIC 4 Major Areas of CAD Power 2D CAD: With MiniCad+, the original award-winning CAD g program, you’ vedrafted the price/performanceleaderin Macin- tosh CAD. Hundreds of advanced, easy-to-use tools make of CAD superior-quality drawing a snap. 3D CAD : Create stunning, high-precision models directly in true 3D or auto-create from your 2D drawings. A tightly linked 2D/3D s MiniCad+ a modeller of choice. interface mal Database CAD: leaving the drawing area, Programmable CAD : Why be limited by parametrics? Over 300 powerful graphics and database routines extend MiniCad+ for the advanced user. 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It’s not necessary to camouflage the machine in a silly effort to transform it into some sort of Macintosh peripheral. Christopher Kobler Collingswood, New Jersey Unanswered PCPC Calls FOUND YOUR RATING OF PCPC’S technical support in the “Low-Capac- ity Hard Drives” article amusing (August 1992). You rated it “very good,” yet the company returned only one of your three calls. You list its repair turnaround time as 5 days. My experience with PCPC has been worse than dismal, My husband gave me a 45MB Mac- Bottom hard drive for Christmas 1990. Before November 1991, it died. On No- vember 12, 1991, it was mailed to PCPC for repair and I was told that the turn- around time would be 90 to 120 days, not 5 as was stated in your article. As of today, August 5, 1992, I still do not have my hard drive nor the assurance that I will ever get it back! Nor do I even have the courtesy of a response to phone calls and letters. Sandy Lavin Vermillion, South Dakota According to Edward Cheffetz, PCPC president, af- ter relocating to Connecticut, PCPC is catching up ‘on returning customers’ phone calls and complet- ing repairs. As of October 1, 1992, Lavin had still not heard from PCPC. Readers can call PCPC di- rectly at 800/622-2888.—Ed. CORR ECT iON ‘The correct phone number for Security Cm | cepts is 310/576-6279 (Where to Buy, September 1992). In the upper left hand photo on page 224, the Tennessee student is using a TI 99/4A with a Zenith CRT con- nected toa VCR (“Separate Reali- ties,” September 1992). Educational Multimedia Concepts’ product is called MacPresents Multimedia Presentation Manager (New Products, September 1992). The telephone number for Nikon Electronic Imaging is 516/547-4355 (MacBulletin, October 1992). The correct mumber for applying for the DSSO program is 800/767-2775 (Quick Tips, October 1992). LETTERS ON COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION Our September 1992 special issue focusing on the use of computers in education generated a record response from readers. Here are your opinions and comments on the subject—Ed. I AM A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, and your article hit home with unbeliev- able accuracy. I previously had the privi- lege of attending a school in Illinois that had been the home of Apple’s many pi- lot programs. But after I moved to Ohio, I found out what the real America was like, and it disgusts me. Our school spends millions on computers, yet doesn’t offer even one computer class! Pouring money into the problem won't help. The people in charge need to un- derstand what they are teaching. Peter Bierman Worthington, Obio AS A STUDENT IN A school, Iam more than aware of the lack of available computer systems. I go to one of the better schools in the city, and there is one coveted Macintosh for all 1200 students. It’s a shame that in Memphis we’re paying our new super- intendent of schools $140,000 per y PUBLIC HIGH ear but we can’t get a decent computer lab in any school. In about 20 years, we could see a textbook example of social Darwinism, as the other countries of the world sur- pass America in economic growth. Let’s hope that when those countries get as fat and bloated as we are, they treat their children with a little more regard for the future. Jay Higginbotham Memphis, Tennessee TAPPLAUD YOUR COVER ARTICLE ON the tragedy of America’s lackluster in- vestment in education. Our voting pub- lic, in the end, seems concerned only about their own pocketbooks, even if it means stealing the future from our own children. Just as our parents’ generation is willing to watch the bankruptcy of the Social Security system, this generation seems happy to ignore the plight of the schools. That a computer maga- zine could produce a cover story more newsworthy than the average Time or Newsweek is a special and brave step. Mark Coben Somerville, Massachusetts TAM PERSONALLY DISGUSTED WITH your one-sided approach. Yes, the prob- lems are related to partisanship, but we are still a leading hegemonic pow You cite France and Japan as succes stories, but socialism is not without fault, and even Japan is having a shift in ideology with respect to the work ethic amongst its younger generation. If you think America is so bad, why are you still here? Now that you have joined the ranks of Time, Newsweek, and the like in your liberal focus on politics, Iam canceling my subscription. Philip S. 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Please leave your political opin- ions out. As the presidential elections of 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, and 1988 have clearly shown, the great majority of Americans are not really interested in leftist social opinions. Todd Breed Seabrook, Texas THE PROBLEM IS NOT LACK OF money, it is lack of will. We have be- come so self-indulgent, individually and collectively, that we can only think of our own comfort, pleasure, and ease. Andy Smith Custer, South Dakota CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR gutsy assessment of computers and technology within the education sys- tem. Fortunately, my two small chil- dren are drawn to the Mac like a mag- net. They are lucky; they won’t need to wait on misguided bureaucrats to bring school computers up to the stan- dards currently enjoyed by Japan, France, and Germany. But I fear that we Mac mommies and daddies are the exception rather than the rule. Will Cate Mountain Park, Georgia IN A UNITED STATES WHERE THE rate of infant mortality is high, Lwould buy pre- and postnatal care before computers. In an America where pre- school children face daily neglect, I would buy day care before computers. Ina country where the number of chil- dren in classrooms is high, I would hire more teachers before buying comput- ers. Where the number of people who cannot add, cannot read, and cannot write is high, I would teach the useful- ness of arithmetic, the joy of reading, and the power of writing before teach- ing any aspect of computer usage. Those who are now disenfran- chised will become less empowered as our society becomes more technologi- cal. But technology did not cause the current problems in education and, al- though computers may play a role, personal computers cannot solve illit- eracy or innumeracy. Jeremy Reilly Landsdowne, Pennsylvania YOUR PIECES ON COMPUTER EDU- cation were a shocking display of statist ideology. The premise of gov- ernment running schools was never challenged. I am an educator, and I fundamentally oppose the federal government’s involvement in educa- tion. That involvement has produced results such as those in banking, with the savings and loan debacle; the food industry, spending over $20 million in order to keep prices of food high; and transportation—that is, there is no city in the United States with a subway sys- tem even close to that of Singapore. The federal legislators, bureaucrats, and administrators know nothing about education. Get them out of my way, so that I can finally do my job. Krzysztof Ostaszewski Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky TAM A COMPUTER-SCIENCE TEACH- er ina rural school system, so I can at- test to the accuracy of your report. We have too few working computers, a poor selection of software, inadequate teacher training, and very little inte- gration of technology into the curricu- lum. And while a panel of teachers and community and business leaders pre- pared a five-year plan that would inte- grate technology throughout the school system, we have neither the re- sources nor the political will to imple- mentit. If that isn’t bad enough, we are better off than every other school sys- tem in the county. Unless this November brings a major miracle, our federal government isn’t going to provide much help to public education. The only real answer is for every person of every community to become involved in the system. Let’s make community action “the next thing.” David Binnion Hillsboro, Obio IT IS DISHEARTENING TO READ that many schools actually have usable continues ShowSpots Marketing Plan Full Page Power at Its Best. Full-page power has never been easier to install or more affordable. Our 15" full-page Power Port display plugs directly into the SCSI port of your Mac. No cards to buy or install. No loss of slots. No external box. 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The need is there. Now I have to do it. I was surprised that the articles didn’t mention CompuMentor or any of the other groups that match com- puter-literate volunteers to organiza- tions that need computer help. Steve Stroh Woodinville, Washington Readers can check their telephone directories for the local CompuMentor office or call Compu- Mentor in San Francisco at 800/659-3579.—Ed. THE SHAME OF YOUR ISSUE IS that it perpetuates the American myth about a good education leading to a good job, Nonsense. Today, people with M.B.A.s, Ph.D.s, and J.D.s can’t even find decent jobs, with or without computer literacy. Does every child re- ally need 12 years of education to be employed in construction, banking, in- surance, gardening, sales, and scores of other service and clerical jobs? Of course not. Previous generations got along just fine with a sixth-grade edu- cation or less. As for “computer lit- eracy,” most people can maneuver around a Macintosh in just a few hours. Paul Allen Boswell Richmond, California ‘THE WHOLE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM is so underfunded that we should have serious doubts about our nation’s eco- nomic survival. We treat our prisoners better than we treat the students in some of our schools. Those students are forced through school systems that leave them bitter, angry, and un- educated. Small wonder that those stu- dents become counterproductive forces in our society. Ernest Kimme Vacaville, California THE UNITED STATES SPENDS MORE per student than do the countries you laud in your articles. Yet you repeatedly point to Washington for more funds for support or training or research. But our public schools cannot even teach the basics of reading and math. Seven hun- dred thousand high school seniors graduated this year as functional il- literates. Dennis Hogenson in Reading Failure and Juvenile Delinquency has identified that only reading failure re- lates to juvenile crime, not race or eco- nomic status, not age, family size, num- ber of parents present in the home, rural versus urban, religious preference, and so on. Do we need more training for teachers to teach kids to read? No, we need to see results from what we are already spending. Roy Blocher Germantown, Maryland ‘THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY unit in our society is a direct contribu- tor to computer apathy and illiteracy in the classroom. No million- or billion- dollar educational program will moti- vate our children. Our children need traditional families with values and committed fathers. Frederick Rusko Menlo Park, California IT IS FAR TOO LATE TO SAY “WAKE up” because nobody is listening any- way. The great and sovereign State of Illinois has made its choice, and public education is not it. Education deals with a lag time of roughly 13 years: anything you do now at the kindergar- ten level will not be effectively felt un- til that person has graduated and making his or her way in the world. All the manufacturers’ and the “schools of the future” programs do is provide plenty of grist for the six o'clock news, to convince Mr. and Mrs. America that something is really being done somewhere. It’s not. At best, the present system is creating a tiny, privi- leged minority of students who happen to live in Park Forest, Illinois, a C! cago suburb where teachers are paid $60,000 a year and can do anything they can reasonably imagine. At the other end of the spectrum are districts like Beardstown or East Saint Louis, Illinois, which might as well be on the dark side of the moon from Park For- est. In between are the majority of school districts, like ours, muddling along with some computers, but with few trained in their use. Jobn Avelis, Fr. White Heath, Ilinois OUR KIDS WILL NOT LEARN EFFEC- tive technological skills until state and national policy makers transform national priorities toward education. In order for our kids to learn the com- puter skills needed for survival in the twenty-first century, schools require computers and teachers require train- ing, all of which translates into money. Won't it be nice when schools have all the money they need and the Air Force needs to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber? Sheldon Smith San Luis Obispo, California JERRY BORRELL'S COMMENTARY WAS particularly objectionable because his attack on George Bush was overtly po- litical. A balanced perspective would have noted that the inner cities have been under Democratic control for the past half century and they have deterio- rated relentlessly during that time as middle-class families fled their schools by the millions. If Borrell must involve the federal government somehow, let him do it through vouchers good at all public and private schools so the families who want their children educated in technology can direct their money to schools that offer it, thereby retaining the same prin- ciple of subsidiarity that drove the de- velopment of the personal computer. Martin Barrack Burke, Virginia YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY ON TAR- get with your commentary about the creation of an educational underclass. This underclass will include persons of both sexes, all colors, all levels of physical ability, and other differentiat- ing characteristics. ‘There are an estimated 37 million Americans who lack even basic health insurance. If they can’t buy insurance (in Maryland, about $1500 per person per year), where do pie-in-the-sky prog- nosticators expect the money to come from to provide computers at home so that members of the computerless underclass can practice for themselves? Thomas K. 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"Joe Byers Lansing, Michigan CHARLES PILLER’S ARTICLE, “Separate Realities,” provided a bal- anced and insightful look at com- puting in public schools. To be honest, I had expected to see yet another manifesto claiming that the federal government had sacrificed our future by not providing a Mac- intosh on every desk. Several of your other articles took this all-too- familiar tone. ‘The classroom is a wonderfully complex place where many things come together in the hope that learning will occur. Piller’s contri- bution is to remind us that the key to effective use of computers is the human element—teachers who re- ally want to help their students, stu- dents who respond to being treated as intelligent human beings, and administrators more concerned with excellence than conformance. Ifyou want the kind of changes in education that are necessary for effective computer use, you don’t have to wait for the government in Washington to do something. 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