MacWorld 9307 July 1993

HE MACINTOSH® MAGAZINE C | Apple’s Price Performance Leader REVIEWED PAGE 134 Is Privacy Obsolete? ELECTRONIC PERILS TO PRIVATE LIFE CD-ROM NEW GENERATION OF HIGHER-SPEED DRIVES TESTED Photo GD | HOW WELL DOES IT WORK?) y Color PowerBook 165¢ REVIEWED PAGE 152 July 1993 $3.95 Canada $4.95 G docnwst te HBXBGGBP******2%5-DIGIT 76105 #DN01201N093 24691716 OC 690-04 MICHAEL T DIXON JUH 94 TEXAS WESLEYAN UWIVERSIT EEJO 1201 WESLEYAN HHVO7 FT WORTH 1X 76105-1536 File Edit Uiew Insert Format Shorteut to bullets. Your most important points are clearly featured in one speedy step. Shortcut to tools. Now it takes the least amount of work to use Shortcut to envelopes. Address the the functions you need most. outside from the inside, Automatically. pas to Microsoft Word 5.1 for the Macintosh. The path to easier This powerful Toolbar features one- computing just got short- step bulleting and automatic envelope er, with the great 5.1 ver- addressing. Two great new ways to get sion of Microsoft Word. into the fast lane. Or hit the typecase Now youcan speed _ button to quickly select cases. You can through your work with even personalize up to 30 buttons to our intuitive new Toolbar. It puts allof — shorten the trip through repetitive tasks. the functions you use most into short We've especially shaved time off and easy reach. With a click. your work on long, complex documents. {© 206 Mira Carpathian Pram the USA, Ngee of Wo i tae Moe ii ode ot cf J ras, Bir ena ise 0 Ute St cuttowork. | ee OO AY 4 Lea oe Jord nea be [Il 3.1 Hui Shortcut to findings and Shortcut to font sizes. Modify fast with this big litte feature. Shortcut to finding files. Manage files by name, keyword, author, date, folder, drive or network, Eusily. Shortcut to borders, Frame your ideas in a variety of ways. Now its possible for you to easily create charts and tables or insert and edit your own text annotations. Your ideas look great in no time. Microsoft Word 5.1 comes with spe- cial installation features and a new bat- tery indicator for the Mac’ PowerBook? Italso has QuickTime” support, which allows you to add full-motion video as easily as inserting a simple graphic. In short, we've made word process- replacing. Search with a click. Shorteut to print preview. See the overview of your work without aside trip to the pull-down menu. Shortcut to customizing. Personally assign up to 30 buttons to make your most common tasks easier. ing easier than ever before. Thanks to you. Because we got there by listening to your comments and suggestions. If youd like to know more about where we've taken Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, just call us at (800) 323- 3577, Dept. HY3. And we'll show you the direct route to easier computing. Micresoft Making it easier xt 1% Cutomersin Came, eal BOW 689M. Micra anya trderark af Miers Corporation. Macintosh ad Maa mined admis aad Palio ind uc are nears Ags Computer @he best inventions make you won MultiSpin™ from NEC. Thanks to pioneers like Thomas Edison, you don’t remember what it was like to read by candlelight. And thanks to NEC's MultiSpin” CD-ROM readers, you won't be able to remem- ber a time when you couldn't transfer data at a rate of 300 KB/second We revolutionized CD-ROM. NEC was the first company to suc- cessfully bring dual-speed technology to market, and now has a complete family of readers designed to fit your needs. From our external MultiSpin 74 and internal MultiSpin 84, to our lightweight, portable MultiSpin 38. The Refrigerator 1913 der how you Built for the future, All of our readers support Kodak's Multisession Photo CD” technology, so you can view photographs on CD and work with those images on your computer. All in 1985 NEC rede- fined monitors with the invention of MuttiSync” technology. Now there is MultiSpin. are SCSI 2 compat- ible, which increases compatibility across The technology multiple platforms. that has redefined CD-ROM readers. And both the MultiSpin 74 and 84 have a 256 KB continuous flow cache that allows them to transfer encyclopedias of NEC MultiSpin CD-ROM Reader 1992 ever lived without them. data at high speeds and play back video without any pauses in motion. And the MultiSpin 38 gives you the power of portability. Best of all, they all come with a two-year warranty, Multimedia’s never been so easy. What's more, all of them are QuickTime™ compatible and meet the Multimedia PC (MPC) standards for Multimedia com- puting. Once you check out the high-performance CD-ROM readers from the pioneers of Circle 17 on reader service card MultiSpin technology, you'll find every- thing else about as primitive as travel- ing by horse and buggy. To find out more, call 1-800- NEC-INFO (in Canada 1-800-343-4418). Or, via fax, call NEC FastFacts™ at 1-800-366-0476, request #23766. Because t is the way you want to go. Contents. oe SPECIAL REPORT MACWORT LOT On the Cover WITH ITS REASONABLE PRICE AND SPEEDY PERFORMANCE, THE LOI May BE APPLE'S GEST. BARGAIN MAC YET. OUR COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW BEGINS ON PAGE 134. (PHOTO BY PAUL FRANZ-IMOORE: SCREEN IMAGE BY JIM LUDTKE. Page 110 4 july 1993 MACWORLD Bosses with X-Ray Hyes.......118 BY CHARLES PILLER How prevalent is electronic monitoring of employees? Macworld examines the state of digital surveillance in the workplace, Privacy in Peril. AD4 BY CHARLES PILLER Computer tech- nology’s power to instantly access huge volumes of personal data has seriously eroded our protection against invasion of privacy. FEATURES Hands-On: Photo CD. BY JAMES A. MARTIN IsKodal useful application or just a flashy gimmick? We put the Photo CD process through its paces 92 <l digital photo technology a to see for ourselves, Double-Speed CD-ROM Drives... 98 BY JAMES A. MARTIN The growing popularity of multimedia and Photo CD has spawned a new generation of CD-ROM drives that promise greater speed. But will you really notice the difference? Macworld Lab tests nine mechanisms to find out. Desktop Calendar 104 BY FRANKLIN N. TESSLER Weevaluate 18 calendar programs to help you find the best one for handling your busy schedule, Rating Routers... 110 BY MARGIE WYLIE LocalTalk-to-Ethernet routers are getting easier to install, configure, and manage. Macworld Lab tests 1 routers to help you find the one that’s right for your network, REVIEWS 134 Macintosh LC Ill Macintosh computer 136 Fractal Design Painter Color paint software 438 PrintPartner 10W ‘Multiplatform printer 140 Apple Color OneScanner; Ofoto 2.0 Flatbed scanner and scanning software 146 7th Heaven 2.5 _ System 7 utilities 448 MacWrite Pro Word processor 150 Apple Adjustable Keyboard Keyboard 152. Macintosh PowerBook 165¢ Color portable Mac 158. Alias Sketch 1.5 3-D illustration and rendering program VideoFusion 1.0.1 Effects for QuickTime movies Blueprint 4.0 Drafting program 164 Virtus Walkthrough 1.1.3 Interactive 3-D modeling 166 BestBooks 1.1 Small-business accounting 16! S 16: 8 166 Voyager Il Astronomy software 468 DynoPage 2.0 Printutility Billy Steinberg’s PBTools 1.0.1 PowerBook utilities 170 Wingz 1.1ae Spreadsheet 171 o 172 Helix Express 1.0 Relational database 172 Alki Seek 2.1 File-finding utility 174 Spyglass Dicer 2.0 Scientific 3-D visualization 174 Hi Rez Audio Volume 1.0 Background music for multimedia presentations 176 FutureBASIC 1.0 Programming language 176 PG:PRO1.5 BASIC programming tools 478 Object Logo Student Edition Educational programming language Decimal & Fraction Maze 1.2 ‘Math education 180 Easy Color Paint 3,0 Color paint program Millie's Math House Early-math-education software 17) CS 181 5 Page 92 20 23 25 31 45 57 65 71 75 183 Page 75 187 19: 20. a 21 a 22 = 316 DEPARTMENTS How to Contact Macworld MacBulletin State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Avoiding premature obsolescence Letters Art Beat BY CATHY ABES The Iconoclast BY STEVEN LEVY Digital wiretapping Conspicuous Consumer BY DEBORAH BRANSCUM ‘Troubleshooting software problems Lab Notes BY MATTHEW CLARK News BY DAN LITTMAN AND TOM MORAN Includes business best-sellers and used Mae prices The Desktop Critic BY DAVID POGUE Tcon-editing madness New Products How To/Quick Tips BY LON POOLE How To/Getting Started BY. JIM HEID PostScript printing techniques PowerBook Notes BY CARY LU Power presentations Star Ratings Wise Guy BY GUY KAWASAKI Mac versus jet fighter tinal possge A $1 pe yar lor sosage ft Caada Sr ele subserbers Ad $69 er yeirtorforsan poageto dt other counties, Second des portage paid t San Franco, Ca forne-arit aditonelmebng ote: Postmaster: Send acess changes to Macworld FO ix 54529, oie, CO 324-4329 tral ans bor ren oees 501 Send Se, San Fran Shen, CABHIOT 418/285-0505 MACWORLD July 1993 5 Improving the scanner that MacWorld Magazine' called “the best value around” and that Byte Magazine’ called their “top pick" took some help from ont friends. QuickTime Savvy QuickTime is the centerpiece of Apples imaging technology. Mirror recognized that no Q new scanner would be complete without leveraging this powerful new tool. Introducing the worlds first QuickTime-savvy color scanners. Stop wasting disk space! By using QuickTimes JPEG Compression, images scanned on your new Mirror scanner can be saved at 1/50th their normal file size!” Images that used to fill up a $75 cartridge can now fit ona diskette that costs under a buck. Total Control with MirrorScan™ To control this bot new technology we created MirrorScan, which com- bines full-color previews (high or low rez), white/ black point tools, custom selection options and integrated JPEG compression Whether you use the application, desk acces- sory or Plug-in, you get stunning scans every time, ina powerful, easy-to-use package. Choose 600 or 800 dpi We improved our top-rated 600 dpi scammer by adding dual SCSI ports, bardware gamma a correction, and ant optional : transparency adapter. Theres | also an 800 dpi version that incorporates the same great fea- Tf ANDY) tures for just a few dollars more. yi 7} | Mirror Scanners 600 dpi 800 dy wi MirorScan software $999 $1299 i ) sv/ MirrorScan & Photoshop (fullversion) $1199 $1499 ww/ Pro oplion (IPEG accelerator) $1399% $1699" r i " $1599* $1899" ) Transparncy Option —-$ 599 $ 599 J ‘Bt u q | Transparencies | ATT or Flat-art! With the optional transparency adapter, either Mirror Color Scanner can accept transpar- encies up to 84x11" (the competition only does 5x7). Perfect for desktop publishing systems, No Dealer Markup Its one thing to design a scanner with more features and performance than any- one else, But delivering them without dealer markup, at savings of up to 40% makes them unquestionably the best value on the market. All Mirror products include lifetime technical support and are q backed by our 30-day ya \ “love it or return it” 1 satisfaction guarantee, “Agol es ny 992, epi anal Nfl st Stein sry peabag ow ly gh ‘Aljrcainbete che Pro fo IS oye fr esti rics Ces bl Taba %) mi iY The best thing next to your Mac” } St PMN 35112 1USA plow ot fi taco be136 inher 613-639-3108 A New Expansion Concept So Radical, Nothing Else Stacks Up. Introducing SmartStack” from Envisio, the world’s first modular SCSI expansion system, Connect up to seven interlocking SCSI SmartModules' to the SmartSource” power base to handle even massive storage needs with ease. * Mix and match modules to suit your needs. Choose hard drive modules from 127 MB to over 1 GB, a 128 MB optical, as well as a 2 GB DAT module, 4 Envisio’s award-winning design team has taken the mystery out of expanding your system. Start with the base and a single drive mod- ule; when your needs grow, simply snap on another module and you're ready to go. 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Abes ASSOCIATE COITOR, FEATURES Elizabeth Dougherty ssscaare worronsreatunes Galen Gruman ASSOCIATE DITONLAN Mark Hurlow ASSOCIATE DITORS/NENYS Dan Littman, ‘Tom Moran ASSISTANT EOITORS/REMIEWS Marjorie Baer, Wendy Sharp ASSISTANT FOlTOR/EW PRODUCTS Cameron Crotty ASSISTANT KOTOR Suzanne Courteau assisranrtomonsrias Matthew R. Clark, Danny Lee, Tim Warner EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Jim Feeley, Joanna Pearlstein, Gideon Yaffe ADWINUSTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Lyn Taylor, Marisa DeFay Assistant To THE DITOR-WMcHIEF Susan P, Grant-Marsh courmaurinc eorrars Robert C, Eckhardt, Exfert Fenton, io Heid, Guy Kawasaki, Steven Levy, Cary La, Joe Matarzoni, Deke McClelland, ‘Tom Negrino, David Pogue, Lon Poole, Steve Roth, Charles Seiter, Suzanne Stefanae, Franklin N. Tessler, Bruce F, Webster INTERNATIONAL EDITORS Alan Jones, Australia, O11 61 2439-513: ‘Marianne Fajstrup, Denmark, O11 45364 28 00; Jean Cassagne, France, O11 33 149 04 79 00; Stephan Scherzer, Germany, O11 49 89 3 60860; Giulio Ferrari, Italy, O11 39 2 58 011660; Osamu Honma, Japan, O11 81 03 5276-0541; Shin Cho, Korea, 01 82 2 579-8031; Paul Molenaar, Netherlands, O1 31.23 354554; Bernhard Steen, Norway, O1 47 2.647 725; Alvaro Ibariez, Spain, O11 34 1 3194014; Fredrick Landergren, Sweden, O1 46 8667-9180; Roger Batallard, Switzerland, OM 41 1 55 1077; Cemal Balei, Turkey, Peter Worlock, United Kingdom, 011 4471 831-9252 COPY EDIT AND EDITORIAL PRODUCTION MANAGING EOITOR Charles Barrett ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS Luis A. Camus, Ruth Henrich stmion cory to1ToR Katherine L. Ulrich, corr eprrons D, Jacqueline Kan, ORDER DIRECT: Paul M. 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Vier server management is easier, its also less expensive, The ease of use of AppleShare Pro lranstates: into dramatic cost savings over time — in both single-server and multiple-server environments’ Workgroup strength. Zhe Workgroup Server 95 isa new machine, oplimized for workgroups. Its based on the Macintosh Quadra 950, with performance boosted by a processor-direct card with memory acceleration and up to a S12KB cache. High performance made affordable. Appleshare Pro software exploits the bardware acceleration and high-performance A/UX of the Workgroup Server 95 to deliver up to four times the performance of a Macintosh Quadra 950 running Appleshare 3.0. Grows with the group. //5 easy’ fo keep up with the workgroup as it gets bigger and more demanding. Memory is expandable to 256MB, and theres room to expand disk storage up to 20 gigabyles. When Apple introduced the first Macintosh’ computer We | proved that making a desktop computer easy to use could have dramatic effect on an individual's productivity. Now wele going to repeat that demonstration on a much larger scale; Introducing th Apple’ Workgroup Server 95. It an easily expanded, high-performance server designed to boost workgroup productivity in data-intensive environments, In typical Apple fashion, it’ also designed to be very easy to use — demanding much less attention from you as a network manager. The Workgroup Server 95 is built for speed and optimized to help large groups of users work together better: Starting with our most powerful Macintosh Quadra’ system, we added hardware Pe Nirkymay Sor Os nol oy wi hari on la coping ie acceleration, half a megabyte of high-performance cache memory, sure and retrieve large documents in a matter of seconds, : aad od ok om fonnn nn ho aii as ep yar eat at cad eins 0 cara rg hig Ldn Bim: Pun men pr an 83 itr ba tear Bs Debate en yap cota hares en ene a IE eta Sprain aa a oso] ee Raa Built-in network support. With Ethernet, Locallalky TCPAP and Appletale’ software built in, ihe Workgroup Server 95 fils into just about every office environment with a minimum of effort. Built-in backup. 7he optional built-in DAT 4mm tape backup drive lets you store gigabytes of information. Dantz Retrospect Remote automated backup software (bundled with the server) lets you safeguard system and data files in UNIX and Macintosh formats. Database power. 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Apple-Microsoft Suit: A U.S. district court judge further weakened Apple's “look-and- feel” suit against Microsoft by reducing the num- ber of screen items that can be examined for pos- sible infringement. Initially, Apple had claimed infringement on over 200 items, but the recent decision has left Apple with only 3 possible items. Apple posted a 15 percent increase in net earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 1993 versus the same quarter in 1992. Net income, how- ever, fell to $110.9 million from last year’s second- quarter mark of $135.1 million, Apple's gross mar- gin percentage dropped because of price cuts and new product introductions, according to Apple. m MACWORLD July 1993 23 The new generation HP LaserJet 4M printer. At last. An HP laser printer built specifically for the Mac—the new LaserJet 4M. A laser printer with every- thing Mac users need. From built-in PostScript™ Level 2 software from Adobe™ to standard LocalTalk and optional EtherTalk. 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Owners who had just purchased Mac Ilvx’s felt betrayed by the turn of events. Not only had the Ilvx moved from the top to the bottom of the midrange, it had de- preciated by more than a third of its pur- chase price overnight. I agree with many of our readers, whose letters propose that Apple offer a more reasonable Centris 650 upgrade for those who bought a Elvx early on. Instead of asking them to pay $1599 for a 650 system board upgrade, Apple should soften the blow by meeting them alfway with an upgrade rebate of $800. T have witnessed many passing gen- erations of Macintosh models, and each new generation of Macs is greeted with the sorrow of buyers who had recently purchased what they had thought was the latest Mac. These buyers pay a financial and psychological price for the cruel march of technological improvement. But the IIvx’s is the most bitter passing that I recall—both for its buyers, and for the magazines like Macworld that recom- mended it. All of us thought it was a good deal at its introduction. Now, most of what's likely to be its short life will be spent in death throes. Once the LC IL and the Centris 610 and 650 were introduced, the [vx really didn’t offer a competitive mix of price, performance, and features. ‘The early no- tion was that users would have a choice between the Ilvx’s expandability and the Centris 610’s performance. Although th sounds reasonable in theory, most users who are serious about expansion also want an extra margin of performance to grow into as they buy more in peripherals, memory, and boards. For all practical pur- poses, expansion capability and perfor- mance go hand in hand. The problem of the Ilvx is that it should never have been introduced at its original price, considering how rapidly the LC II and the Centris models followed. Obsolescence is unavoidable if you buy personal computers. Every year you can get a better, faster personal computer for less money than you could the year be- fore. Inevitably, some buyers get caught purchasing a new Mac that soon seems less than a bargain as newer models are introduced. Users can, however, strive to. avoid premature obsolescence, by looking ahead as much as possible. How do you spot models on the verge of obsolescence? Here are some simple rules. Think of them as the Five Ignoble ‘Truths. As with all things, take them with a grain of salt, and proceed cautiously. Truth 1: Life Is Short BEWARE OF MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN on the market for more than a year, some- times less. Having the brief life span of a butterfly, most Mac models are quickly replaced by their offspring. Witness the Classic, which was replaced by the Clas- sic II, which in turn was outmoded by the Color Classic. Likewise, look at the quick regeneration of the LC platform. In less than two and one-half years both the LC and the Classic lines have undergone three permutations. In each case, you can buy more for less than when the product line’s progenitor was born. But for the first time that T recall there was a true abomi- nation in the land, The IIvx was alive only four months be- fore it proved unviable at its original price. The irony is that the [vx passed truth test number 1, The quick price drop of the [yx led to suffer- ‘There’s pressure on any model that has ‘one or more comparable models selling for within $500 of its base price. Ironi- cally, the Ilvx passed this test too, The Tlvx appeared to be delivering a death blow to the IIci and Isi. No one—outside of Apple—suspected that the [vx would get blown away by the Centris series and the LC III within a mere four months. Under this truth test, the Classic II is looking suspiciously wan. The Power- Book 145 also seems to fit into this cat- egory because the 160 offers built-in ex- ternal video support for only a few hundred dollars more. Finally, the Centris 610 is a question mark, hovering a mere $500 above the LC II. Truth 3: The Meek Perish Quickly .., BEFORE THEY CAN INHERIT. BE- ware any model that does not provide a serious boost in performance over the model it is apparently replacing. The Iivx fit here. This would have been the only criterion, in fact, by which to avoid ir, since the Centris line had not been an- nounced at the time. ‘The Ix was another example of a ma- chine that didn’t offer that much more for its speed. Should buyers have known bet- ter? Not necessarily; the Classic was no faster than the Mac SEs that it replaced, although it was much less expensive. The Color Classic is no faster than a Classic T—even though its cousin, the LC II, has been superseded by the LC IIL. Despite having a flashy color monitor and conve- nient expansion drawer, the Color Clas- sic needed a dose of Geritol upon introduction. One corollary to Truth 3 might be Processor Numerol- ogy Reveals Fate. This corol- lary states that any model sporting a processor more than one generation older than the most recent proces- sor will soon perish, Once the ing and a feeling of betrayal for The fifth-generation 68040 pro- otherwise prudent buyers. cessor was introduced in the Five Ignoble first Quadras, the first-genera- Truth 2: Each Model Must tion 68000-based Classic and Have Room to Breathe Truths of the second-generation 68020- IF YOU PUT TWO OR THR! Macintosh models in th price envelope, at least one of them is bound to suffocate. me Obsolescence based LC were soon replaced by 68030 versions, namely the Classic Hand the LC TI. continues MACWORLD July 1993 25 * Ergonomic * Adjustable Height * Strong * Many Configurations i (800) 688.2446 VAR INQUIRIES WELCOME A G i © 503.690.1400 FAX 503.690.1444 ‘co vqncvarsvacu BEAVERTON, OREGON Mac amnesia insurance for sale. You pay thousands for insurances. Doesn't matter how many computers . « you have - only one (Retrospect) or a Fire, life, property, comprehensive, whole network (Retrospect Remote). auto, medical, Just in case. Your system will be backed up nightly, But what happens if your computer gets amnesia? Crashes. Goes dumb. So, while you relax away from the office, it insures your business future What insurance covers that? nightly, Automatically. Forever. If you had invested in Retrospect Remote, you'd look like a hero. 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An outstanding example is the Macintosh Portable, which was simply too big and heavy. The PowerBook 165¢ seems doomed under this corollary be- cause of its sad, passive matrix screen tech- nology. Don’t be surprised when Apple introduces an active matrix color display that makes the 165¢ obsolete even though the 165c may still cost significantly less. Truth 4: Death Wears an Old Robe ANY MODEL THAT DO: T REFLECT the current state of industrial design is in danger. Macs are style-conscious. This ’s Macs are wearing a matrix of small holes, small pachyderm feet, overhang- ing front bezels, and occasionally, high monitor collars. An exception is the LC TH, which still wears last year’s industrial fashion but, like an oxford cloth shirt, is in no danger of becoming obsolete be- cause it provides tremendous value, The Classic IT, however, is clearly passé. Truth 5: The Moment of Death Passes Unseen BECAUSE WE’RE ALL MORTAL, WE all no doubt asked the question What's it like for an obsolete Mac at the moment of death? It’s not glamorous—obsolete Macintoshes usually just fade away. They certainly never get a 21-gun salute. Oce: sionally, Apple announces quietly that it is killing off the machine. Other times the machine is “repositioned” —almost always a prelude to impending doom. This is the likely fate of the TIvx, which quickly mi- grated to the bottom of the Centris line without even being given the nameplate of its adoptive family. Obsolete Maes are expected to slide discreetly off Apple’s price list into oblivion. Many distinguished Macs have gone this route, including the venerable Mac II, the SE, and the Ici. The Mac Ilvx, the LC II, and the Classic II are bound to follow the same ignominious path to the Macintosh graveyard. Of course, out of the ashes will come new life. 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It will, regrettably, be my last use of the best DTP program around. Tama newly homeless person in south Dade County, Florida. My house took a direct hit from Hurricane Andrew, de- stroying all but the four outside walls and a small portion of the roof. After replac- ing our Macs and assorted peripherals, my wife’s first call was to Quark to replace her favorite program. She was devastated by their attitude and response, which was, in essence, “You have insurance—go out and buy a new copy.” What happens to our registered, serialized copy? Are we purged from the files of legitimate owners? “Oh, no,” she was told, “We will be glad to send you an update, for $95.” My wife capitu- lated and purchased the update, which turned out to be four disks and a manual addendum. These, of course, are totally useless as our original disks are some- where in the Everglades. At the same time as my wife was suf- fering this ludicrous injustice, I was call- ing Symantec customer service to replace Norton Utilities. ] explained our plight, and the lovely person who took my infor- mation queried her computer, found that I owned three Symantec products, asked if I was able to receive mail at my current address, and told me that new disks and documentation for all three programs would be shipped the following day! Philip and Brenda Mitchell Miami, Florida HEN MY SUPERVISOR SHOWED me the letter from Aldus requiring the purchase of a technical-support plan, T felt resentful of the policy change, but grudgingly signed the purchase form. Weeks later I discovered, upon calling Aldus technical support, that our agree ment had not arrived. It could have been a panic: my bosses leaving for a presenta- tion in Geneva, their slides half-finished, and our support agreement missing. While gently reminding me that a support purchase was required, the Aldus support tech provided the information I needed to complete my files. ‘This brings me to QuarkXPress. In- cluded among the documentation is a technical-support purchase agreement that a new user can send in, if they see it. I discovered only upon calling Quark technical support that a support purchase agreement was required. I provided the support tech with our fax number to re- ceive the necessary forms, and was subse- quently floored by Quark’s refusal to an- swer even one question in the interim. My work ground to a screeching halt and re- mained there for a lengthy hiatus. I under- stand that charging for tech-support re- covers costs, but there are many examples of professional cooperation that make the system work better for everybody. Donna Odle Galveston, Texas Quark responds: “To handle situations like Ms. Odle's, Quark has a $25 one-month service plan, which can be charged over the telephone—tech- nical-support questions may then be answered immediately. Ms. Odle elected not to purchase this plan, and instead signed up for our one-year service plan two weeks later. “In the case af the Mitchells, Quark does not have a replacement policy covering hurricanes. Other QuarkxPress users who have lost hardware and software though natural disasters have had both replaced through insurance claims. Did Apple Computer provide free replacement for their lost hardware? Did IDG provide free replacements for their back issues of Macworld?” Keek! An Aardvark! ENJOYED READING JAMES MARTIN'S article “Top 10 CD ROMs” in the March 1993 issue, particularly the review of Arthur’s Teacher Trouble. But James, you called Arthur an aardvark! 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Those results are for the SuperMac Spectrum/8e24 PDQ. There is no pigeyback op tion for either display board. In “Building an Expandable Network” (May 1993), Underwriters Labo ratories (UL) was incorrectly iden- tified as United Laboratories. The May review of MicroTouch Systems?’ UnMouse incorrectly recontmends the product for use with a Power- Book. The UnMouse is not a low- power ADB device and therefore will not draw sufficient power from the PowerBook’s ADB. ‘Mioro'Touch provides ant auxiliary power supply for such situations. In the table “Find the Right Feature Mix” (“Ink-Jet,? May 1993), the C710 color copier was incorrectly listed on Computer Systems The C710 is made by Canon 's Graphic Systems Division (316/488-6700). think that the Senior Associate Editor/ Features for Macworld would know a mouse when he sees one! Tony Nunex Kemesers, Georgia After weeks of painstaking research (and a couple of phone calls to Broderbund) we have determined beyond a shadow of a doubt that Arthur is, in fact, an aardvark.—E4. Macworld Interactive OMPLIMENTS, MACWORLD (AND David Pogue), on uploading actual sound recordings of the Yamaha TG100 MIDI sound module (Reviews, April 1993). I signed on to AOL, downloaded the sound file, and got more information on the sound quality than Mr, Pogue (even with his outstanding writing skills) could ever communicate via the magazine. ‘This is the kind of interactive infor- 32 July 1993 MACWORLD mation that computers were supposed to give everybody several years ago. Keep up the good work. Michael Val Hietter via America Online Image Piracy HAME ON YOU FOR ALLOWING THE Epson advertisement to appear in the March 1993 issue [pp. 26-27, 29] that states, “Everything you see in your office you can see in your computer.” I’m sure that all the photographers and illustrators whose publications appeared in the ad will be thrilled to learn that open season has been declared on scanning their work. Photographs and illustrations are protect- ed by copyright at the moment of creation. Gabe Palmer West Redding, Connecticut ‘Macworld would be impossible without the contri- butions of many talented artists, photographers, and writers, all creative individuals whose work is pro- tected by copyright law. We also depend on that law to protect our publication as a whole. Readers should not infer from the Epson advertisement that the ability to scan material into one’s computer means that anything is free for the taking. As you point out, that's simply not the case —Ed. Call My Agent AG (WHICH IS NONETHE- less in my Startup Items folder) is even worse than you make out, morally speaking (The Iconoclast, May 1993). It’s not just that it makes mistal it often outright refuses to obey explicit orde! For your own good, of course. In my case, it usually refuses to back up to a floppy more than once. If you're continuously updating your floppy backup, as Nisus does in paranoid mode, Magnet will refuse to overwrite the older file on the floppy, even when that’s precisely what you’ve or- dered it to do. No Hands says that Magnet is merely being cautious and tries to keep both back- ups. But unless there is room for both the old version and the new version, Magnet decides that you want the older backup instead of the newer. Flash Sheridan via CompuServe According to No Hands Software, Magnet won't overwrite a file if it's been modified since the last backup.—Ed. 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At least until MB Programmable Font COMPAQ PAGEMARQ your client sees them. com Corpora Reed US rent and Trademark Of PAGEMARG and Compaicone Pan iodactacenes me tome herein may rtdarstisoui/oreqictere ta LETTERS emerging agent category in Steven Le May 1993 Iconoclast column, Unfortu- nately he implies that agent technolo; and Magnet 1.0 are unreliable. To set the record straight, Magnet didn’t throw away files because they began with an uppercase letter, Magnet is not ci i Tt is particularly ironic that M: ked the product for moving files to ry difficult to create a magnet that automatically moves files to the trash—warning users ertently moved to the sh, but he did not lose any data. We will be adding another warning dialog to address Mr. Levy’s situation. As Franklin Tessler pointed out in his February 1993 review of Magnet, his “magnets always triggered reliably,” and “anyone who routinely works with mul- tiple disks will find Magnet invaluable.” Tony Stayner President No Hands Software While Steven Levy's speculation about the cause of Magnet's unfortunate behavior—moving files to the Trash without warning—may have been incorrect, Print & Send Faxes from your PC or Mac f hin ve Features Send & Retrieve from ‘any Fax in the World Sele Tv esp Fond =o ye Ue ce Su ce Wel ing as rea — Keep in touch with Voice Mail 36 July 1993 MACWORLD xa ] c that behavior did happen. He created one agent, which he didn't like, to move many files. He tossed the agent into the Trash Can—which he did not empty—and then created another agent to move the same files. The files moved right on time, but into the Trash Can where the first agent existed. No warnings or dialogs alerted him to that move. As a result, users could unwittingly delete files they didn’t know had been moved to the Trash_—Ed Sketch Defense ER YEARS OF DEVOTION TO Macworld, U'm chagrined to be com- plaining the first time I write you a letter, but it needs to be done. In Star Ratings (May 1993), you rate Alias Sketch with three stars, citing its “quirky navigation” Sketch’s interface is the only inspi- ration in the genre. Itactually encou wholesale editing of any element or of the whole design at any point in the process. It’s the only modeler where pencil pre- liminaries may actually hinder the direct flow of ideas in three dimensions. My other comment concerns your re- view of Kai’s Power Tools (May 1993). Despite an undeserved shot at a truly quirky interface (which is a complete hoot VOMAX “Does it all” YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Circle 71 on reader service card to use), you say that KPT “puts previous filter collections like Aldus Gallery Effects shame.” Well, that’s like comparing apples to jeeps. 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Gabe Sbarglia via Internet PowerBook War Story AVING BEEN THE GLAD OWNER OF fl a PowerBook 140 as of almost the first minute, I am glad to share some good experiences that may help ease the pain of some who are dropping their hopes in its reliability and long-term durability. Tam an airline captain, The Power- Book has been a part of my crew bag right from the start and suffers all the banging, checking, scanning, and radiation/tem- perature/humidity/weather changes that everything else does. Once, on a Maldive island, tiny live bugs crawled happily about inside my n (and probably got eaten by my hard drive). In Lagos, Nigeria, my foot got hung in the charger cable and pulled the PowerBook off the table. After that, several keys would not print when I punched them, so I slapped the machine. Hard. It has worked ever since. Once, we entered a thick cloud over Sri Lanka in which someone had hidden a thunderstorm. I was spending time on the HF to Bombay, drinking a late-night fifth coffee and writing a report on my PowerBook when we saw little blue, very cute flames dancing over the front shields of our cockpit. The loudspeaker crackled in that way that announces lightning and strong—very strong—static electricity nearby. My PB had just announced that its battery was running low and that the screen would be dimmed when it gave a bright, dreamy flash and shut itself down. “Uh-oh,” I thought, and brought the plane down in Colombo in a heavy, hot rain. We had busted a hydraulic line, and while the engineers were busy fixing it I crossed my fingers and decided to find out what had made my faithful PB shut itself down. “Dsooonng.” There it was, spelling through all those silly utilities. I checked in the bulging Trash Can and found “Items rescued from recent crash.” My entire file, complete with illustration, was back, and intact. Contrary to all warnings my PB 140 flies well and never disturbs any aircraft instruments. It just seems to smile at air- craft scanners. It has countless times for- given me the hefty shove out of my lap and way to the left, when the aircraft needed handling, ‘My PowerBook 140 (4/40) has been, so far, a good and faithful travel companion. John Twinkeys Anabeim Hills, California Can anyone beat this? Send your outrageous (but true) Mac survival stories to Letters, Macworld, and we'll print the best ones—Ed. m Letters should be sent to Letters, Macworld, 501 Second St., San Francisco, CA 94107, via fax, 415/442-0766; or electronically to CompuServe (70370,702), MCI Mail (294-8078), America On- line (Macworld), or AppleLink (Macworld1), or via Internet (70370.702@compuserve.com). Include re- turn address and daytime phone number. Due to the high volume of mail received, we can't respond personally to each letter. 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