MacWorld 9402 February 1994

s i 2 ; Special 101n Anniversary Issue EE BR UA RY 4905" ! THE. MACINTOSH® MAGAZINE Fe ae $3.95 Canada $4.95 SRee 8 ee we IMAGINE WAKING UP ONE DAY WITH THE INFINITE POWER TO CREATE. YOUR MICROSOFT FOXPRO FOR THE MACINTOSH IS HERE. g FoxPro 2.5 is new for Macintosh, completing the FoxPro family and allowing full cross-plat- form development. $99°* for a limited time *PileMaker Pro cannce por ma Talk about a bright new day. Everything you’ve dreamed of ina database is finally at your beck and call-in the form of new Microsoft’ FoxPro relational database manage- ment system 2.5 for the Macintosh: For the first time ever, you can develop an endless array of ultra- fast custom database applications. You have powerful tools for both developers and users, and full cross- platform capabilities. Big time. FoxPro is built with a unique technology we call Rushmore* query optimization. Bottom line? Ir’ the fastest way to retrieve infor- mation. No other database for the Mac’ comes anywhere close to it. What makes this database so far- reaching in its creative potential is the host of development tools it puts at your fingertips. Use the Screen Builder to graph- ically create detailed screens. Or click on the enhanced Report Writer to design complex business reports. And with the Project Manager, it’s easy to manage and track all the parts of your new creation. The FoxPro database program- ming language has such breadth and depth, you'll never run out of ways to develop robust applica- tions. It even supports Apple’ events, XCommands, XFunctions and QuickTime” video. ‘The ieMaker top ance foes The Fo i nt ‘icitosh nd Mac are vepered ademas and Quek Times tademaik o Ape Conner In leSoket ia eeu wademarkol Cars Cononaion, th Dane 1th Dimers ps What’ more, you dont have to change a thing to run FoxPro for the Mac applications in FoxPro for the Windows” and MS-DOS’ operat- ing systems. Or vice versa. This marks a new era of incredibly easy cross-platform development. Query multiple tables at once using Relational flash, (LEFT) On average, new FoxPro 2.5 for the Macintosh is 13 times faster than FileMaker’ Pro and 4th Dimension: FoxPro even inspires your users. Now relational database power is well within their grasp. Especially since our helpful wizards make gen- erating screens, reports and graphs so effortless. The price will make your day, too. Only $99” for a limited time. For the name of your local reseller, or to order by phone, call (800) 434-3977, Dept. KY9. And see why there’s no end to how you can give form and substance to all your visions with new Microsoft FoxPro for the Macintosh. Micresoft mance indices are based on both snge a map table ets rt fram Micronof, Ress pics may very Ofer expes June ermaton onl In Caras cal (80) 863908; outset US. rtadcmaks of Misono Com. Apple, nsaretered trademark of ASTUVACI The new NEC'S Our new personal Mac" laser printer lets you say what you want to say, exactly the way you want to say it. That's because it's a true laser printer with 300 dpi resolution, along with our pat- ented Sharp Edge Technology and Microfine toner, for crisper characters and richer, darker blacks. And because it comes with 17 resident Adobe” Type 1 fonts, 35 professional TrueType™ fonts, and built-in TrueType and Type 1 rasterizers. It's loaded in other ways, as well. It has Adobe PostScript” Level 2, so it works beautifully with any application. NEC’s 6ppm print engine. 3 MB of stan- dard RAM. And an AppleTalk® interface, for quick and easy connectivity with one or several Macs. It also gives you what no one else does: a 2-year limited warranty that will get you a replacement printer overnight, if anything goes wrong. All for about $800. For more information, call 1-800-NEC-INFO. Or, for information via fax, 1-800-366-0476, document #79640. Thank you. And: ou. And you. Amd you. And you. And you, Andyou. And Circle 17 on reader service card SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #1937 contents. MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1994 Special 10th Anniversary Issue As the Macintosh reaches this important milestone, Macworld celebrates a decade of the Mac’s pioneering spirit, innovative design, and memorable accomplishments— and envisions its future direction. ON THE COVER 21 State of the Mac Photo by Hans Neleman, i 2 eee BY ADRIAN MELLO Taking stock of the Mac’s past, present, and future. glass computer-model by Brooklyn Model Works, Py se backetrop by 86 Macintosh Innovations Matereen Pullan > esd: nee BY GALEN GRUMAN AND Jim HEI From the beginning, the Mac’s rad- ical design transcended prevailing PC technology—transforming the way we perceive computers. Now, with the PowerPC, its evolution continues. 102 PowerPC Preview ey LON PooLE This RISC-based processor is poised to break through the Mac’s current performance ceiling. Here’s what to expect from the first generation of the Mac’s new family of CPUs. 112 Macintosh Mystique BY CHARLES PILLER It was designed as a powerful but easy-to-use tool for creative communication, but did the Macintosh deliver on its other big promise—to empower the individual and change the world? 199 The Desktop Critic BY DAVID POGUE Atthe ten-year mark, who are the software survivors? 205 The Iconoclast ey steven Levy Honoring the Macintosh: its influence reigns supreme. 312 Wise Guy sy cuy KAWASAKI. How Apple could have vanquished its arch-rival. Page 102 124 34 41 25 134 138 142 150 160 169 Features Workgroup Printers BY GENE STEINBERG Mac- world Lab rates 16 models for fea- tures, price, and performance. MacBulletin News Apple’s Mac/DOS sys- tem * Native PowerPC apps, 3 more New Products Letters Conspicuous Consumer BY DEBORAH BRANSCUM dustry saints and sinners: In- Graphics News Star's Photoshop automation * Leafs digital cam- era/scanner, and more Expert Graphics By CATHY ABeS Graphics pro- fessionals share their secrets. Make Great Scans BY steve ROTH How to cap- ture the sharpest scans and turn them into high-quality output. Ai Work News FoxPro for Mac ® Per- suasion upgrade, and more Working Smart BY Jim eID Practical graph- ing techniques. Integrated Software BY JOSEPH SCHORR all-in-one programs. The best Quick Tips BY LON POOLE and shortcuts. Tips, tricks, 180 182 191 217 221 245 14 Page 124 Networks News ARArevamped * Afford- able SMDS ¢ DaVinei’s cross-plat- form E-mail, and more SNMP Revealed By JOEL snyDER How Mac networks can benefit from the Simple Network Management Protocol. PowerBook Notes By CARY LU Printing on the road. Buyers’ Tools Editors’ Choice Top picks from our comparative articles. ‘Star Ratings More than 350 product-review summaries. Streetwise Shopper Hardware and software bargains: discounts, bundles, upgrades. How to Contact Macworld 67 _Delrina FaxPro for Macintosh 1.0 Miacinterior: MACWORLD February 1998 5 They put a big red crayon in you nana. Now what? Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff. Again and again. Is it K or N? May I go to the bathroom, please? Reeeecess! But slowly letters became words, words became sentences, sen- tences became paragraphs, and paragraphs became a report on Gems of the World. C+. Later, you tried $10 words. Sometimes they worked. Sometimes you were accused of malapropism. Mala-what? But somehow after four years of English Comp and a million term papers, you finally got it. And nothing can keep your writing more articulate and concise than the new WordPerfect’ Mac 3.0. Twenty-seven innovations make it the most comprehensive, most Macompatible’ word processor anywhere. Class dismissed. (s00)526-7820' WordPerfect Test Drive the new WordPerfect 3.0 macintosh AnthroCarts! AnthroCarts will knock your socks off! Imagine how great itll be when you find the perfect furniture for your equipment — just the right size, tough as nails construction and dozens of accessories. And you'll find our service so real and responsive, you'll get a kick out of ordering direct! Call for a free catalog! Jira g Adjustable for all sizes lifetime Warranty. Lots of choices. a. GSA contract no. GSOOF-5040A. Available for OEM applications. Prices from $159.00 Anthro, AnihroCan and Technology Furniture are registered trademarks of Anthro 800-325-3841 3221 NW Yeon St Portland, OR 97210 Fax: (800)325-0045 PRESIDENT/CEO AND PUBLISHER MACWORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. James E. Martin ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT Leta ©, Fisher MACWORLD MAGAZINE Colin Crawford ASSISTANT TO THE COO Yuen Yeh DIRECTOR OF FIANCE Vicki Peilen DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES Shelly Ginenthal DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Walter J. Clegg CORPORATE BUSINESS MANAGER Christina W, Spence ACCOUNTING/OPERATIONS MANAGER Pat Murphy /ACCOUNTING/FACILITIS MANAGER Michelle Reyes SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST Madeleine Buckingham MACWORLD is publication of international Data Group, the world’s largest publisher of computer-related information and the leading global provider of information services on information technology. Intemational Data Group publishes over 194 computer publications in 62 countries. Forty milion people read one of more International ‘Data Group publications each month. International Data Group's pub lications include: ARGENTINA'S Computerworld Argentina, Infoworld ‘Argentina; ASIA'S Computerworld Hong Kong, PC World Hong, Kong, ‘Computerworld Southeast Asia, PC World Singapore, Computerworld ‘Malaysia, PC World Malaysia, AUSTRALIA'S Computerworld Aus- tralia, Australian PC World, Australian Macworld, IDG Sources, Reseller, Network World; AUSTRIA'S Computerwelt Oesterreich, PC Test; BRAZIL'S Computerworld, Mundo 18M, Mundo Unix, PC World, Publish; BULGARIA'S Computerwvorid Bulgaria, Ediworld, PC & Mac World Bulgaria; CANADA'S Direct Access, Graduate Comput ‘erwotld, InfoCanada, Network World Canada; CHILE'S Computer word, Informatica; COLOMBIA'S Computerworld Colombia; CZECH REPUBLIC'S Computerworld, Elektronika, PC World; DENMARK'S, ‘CAD/CAM WORLD, Communications World, Comp ‘mark, LOTUS World, Macintosh Produldatalog, Macworld Danmark, PC World Danmark, PC World Produktguide, Windows World, ECUADOR'S PC World; EGYPT'S Computerworld Middle East, PC World Middle East; FINLAND'S MikroPC, Tietovikko, Tieloverkko FRANCE'S Distributique, Golden Mac, InfoPC, Languages & Systems, Le Guide du Monde Informatique, Le Monde Informatique, Tele- coms & Reseaux: GERMANY'S Computerwoche, Computerwoche Focus, Computerwoche Extra, Computerwoche Karete, Information Management, Macwelt, Netzwelt, PC Welt, PC Woche, Publish Unit; HUNGARY'S Alaplap, Computervroid SZT, PC World; INDIA'S ‘Computers & Communications: ISRAEL'S Computerworld stael, PC World Israe; IFALY'S Computerworld Italia, Lotus Magazine, Mac: ‘word Italia, Networking Italia, PC Word Italia; JAPAN'S Computer world Japan, Macworld Japan, SunWorld Japan, Windows World; KENYA'S East African Computer News; KOREA'S Computerworld Korea, Macworld Korea, PC Werld Korea; MEXICO'S Compu Edi ‘ion, Compu Manufactura, Computacion/Punto de Venta, Comput: ‘erwotld Mexico, MacWorld, Mundo Unix, PC World, Windows; THE NETHERLANDS’ Computer! Totaal, LAN Magazine, MacWorld: NEW. ZEALAND’S Computer Listings, Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand PC Word; NIGERIA'S PC World Africa; NORWAY'S Com puterworld Norge, C/world, Lotusworld Norge, Macworld Norge Networid, PC World Ekspress, PC World Norge, PC World's Product Guide, Publish World, Student Data, Unix World, Windowsworld, IDG Direct Response; PANAMA'S PC World; PERU'S Computerworld Peru PC World; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S China Computerworld China Network World, PC World China, 1OG Shenzhen's Computer News Digest, Electronics International, IDG HIGH TECH Beijing's world Dan New Product World; PHILIPPINES’ Computerworld, PC World, POLAND'S Computerworld Poland, PC World/Komputer; PORTU- GAU'S Cerebro/PC World, Correio Informatico/Computerworld, ‘Macin; RUSSIA'S Computerwotld-Moscow, Mir-PC, Sely; SLOVE NIA‘S Monitor Magazine; SOUTH AFRICA'S Computing S.A SPAIN'S Amiga World, Computerworld Espana, Comunicaciones World, Macworld Espana, NextWorld, PC World Espana, Publish Sunworld; SWEDEN'S Attack, ComputerSweden, Corporate Com puting, Lokala Natverk/LAN, Lotus World, MACAPC, Macworld, ‘Mikrodatorn, PC World, Publishing & Design (CAP), Datalngenjoren, ‘Maxi Data, Windows World; SWITZERLAND'S Computerworld Schweiz, Macworld Schweiz, PC & Workstation; TAIWAN'S Com= puterworld Taiwan, Global Computer Express, PC World Taiwan; THAILAND'S Thai Computerworld; TURKEY'S Computerworld Mon. itor, Macworld Turkiye, PC World Turkiye; UKRAINE'S Computer ‘world; UNITED KINGDOM'S Lotus Magazine UNITED STATES" AmigaWorld, Cable in the Classroom, CO Review, ClO, Computerworld, Desktop Video World, DOS Resource Guide, Electronic News, Federal Computer Week, Federal Integrator, Game Pro, IDG Books, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Direct. Laser Event, Mac ‘world, Multimedia Word, Network World, NeXTWORLD, PC Games, PC Letter, PC World, Publish, SunWorld, SWATPro, Video Eve VENEZUELA'S Computerworld Venezuela, MicroComputerworld Venezuela; VIETNAM'S PC World Vietnam. acworld, Sunworld When It Comes To CD-ROM, We're for Multiple Choice. Chinon’s Complete Family Of Quality CD-ROM Drives. Chinon has just the CD-ROM drive you need—from basic of the line. They offer dual speed performance, are multisession to state-of-theart. Photo CD and XA compatible, and have a huge 256K data buffer. The 431 series offer unbeatable price/ performance in an Double doors and a sealed mechanism protect your data from dust. entry-level drive. All Chinon drives have a reputation for rugged construction The 435 series drives are fully MPC and Quicktime compatible, __ and rock-solid reliability. And Chinon quality always comes at a with a 64KB data buffer and single-session Photo CD capability. very competitive price. So call today for the reseller nearest you— They are multimedia performers that won't bust your budget. and make the right multiple choice. The new 355 series of 314” drives are XA compatible, and will ce CHINON Our exciting new 535 series drives earn their place at the top The Drive to Succeed SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #2343 Chinon America, Inc, 615 Hawaii Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503 Toll-free (800) 441-0222 _ In California (310) 533-0274 ‘Sony and Data Diseman are trademarks of Sony Corporation Circle 64 on reader service card As far as Apple is concerned, only one table can support the family. BEES work tre sturdy, ergoromc and carctlyceigned around ZZ Apple's modular footprint to fit the Mac family plus peripherals. Call today for a free catalog of our complete line. | MacTable. "B® 800-722-6263 or 206-481-5434 in WA state ©ScanCo P.0. Box selee Reng ong: Me 98073-3217, om i‘ Mactblearadorark of Scanian Constr THE ADIs arin of Ape Corte re 9540 Clip Art Images 720 Brand Name Fonts 2630 Stock Photographs’ 50 Design Tips & Tricks (all Tota § BN TS 66 M0 Call or write for your free Image Club Software Catalog today! t cao Ss ea a ee ee eae ah SM ee wi | Name | Gy State 4 1 Address =a | | ! 1 He ip Phone — wor Yee a ee Image Club Graphics, Ine. 729-2fth Avenue Southeast Calgary Alberta, Canada T2G1P5 VW Phone (405) 262 8008 / Fax 403) 261 7015 / Orders (600) 6619410 SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #1945 Appleink CDSO573 /Gompuserve72560:283 / AOL Lmage Gib Youcanoy the onsets for tp (fonts 29); aya fot) Carman Conese ens 3). *Caalghtoe reprnentae ples procs 994 age Gab Capi ne Circle 50 on reader service card 10 February 1994 MACWORLD ‘Macworld eoroRn-cnier EDITORIAL execurive torror Deborah Branscum Dan Muse Carol Person Lauren L. Black Jane Lagas Senor eomron FEATURES SENIOR EOMTOR/REVIEWS tas manacer DIRECTOR OF fOITORAL OPERATIONS SeMOR ASSOCIATE EOTOR/ FEATURES Galen Gruman James A. Martin Charles Piller Cathy E. Abes SEMIOR ASSOCIATE EOITOR/ORAPHICS SuMOR ASSOCIATE ECITOR/ FEATURES ASSOCIATE EDITOR/ GRAPHICS ASSOCIATE EDITORUALVIEWS ‘Marjorie Baer ASSOCIATE EDITORINETWORKS Elizabeth Dougherty ASSOCIATE EOITOR/LAB Mark Hurlow ASSOCIATE EDITOR/AT WORK, Dan Littman ASSISTANT EOITOR Suzanne Courteau ASSISTANT EDITOR/HEW PRODUCTS Cameron Crotyy Wendy Sharp Matthew R. Clark, Danny Lee, Tim Warner EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Jim Feeley, Joanna Pearlstein AADINSTRATIVE ASSSTANTS Lyn Taylor, Marisa DeFay ASSISTANT 10 THE EOTTORIN-CHIEE nP, Grant-Marsh ‘conraisurnc orroRs Jim Heid, Guy Deke McClelland, To Lon Poole, Steve Roth, Charles Seiter, ‘Negrino, David Pogue, INTERWATIONAL EDITORS Alan Jones, Australi, OH 61 2439-133: ‘Marianne Fajstrup, Denmark, 011 4536 44 28 00; Jean Cassagne, France, 011 33 149 0479 00; Stephan Scherzer, Germany, O11 49 89 3 60860; Giulio Ferrari, Italy, 011 39 2 58 011660; (Osamu Honma, Japan, OM 81 3 5276-05415, Paul Molenaar, Bernhard Steen, Alvaro Ibariez, Spain, O11 34 1319 4014; Nicklas Mattsson, Sweden, 011 46 8667-9180; Roger Bataillard, Switzerland, OLL 41.1 55 1077, al Balei, Turkey, 011 90 1 279 1180, red Kingdom, O11 4471 831-9252 COPY EDIT AND EDITORIAL PRODUCTION ManacinG tortor Charles Barrett ASSISTANT MANAGING DITOR Ruth Henrich Jeff Sacilorto Katherine L. Ulrich D, Jacqueline Kan, Paul Michael King Lisa Brazieal, Doreen. FDATORIAL PRODUCTION MANAGER Seton cory eotror PRODUCTION EorToRS ygelmann ART AND DESIGN ESIGN DIRECTOR Dennis MeLeod ART DIRECTOR Joanne Hoffman semor Desicne Leslie Barton SENIOR DESIGNEW/INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS Ame Hurty ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Kent T ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Sylvia B esicner Hae Yuon Kim ASSOCIATE DESIGNEE Tim Johnson stnion oesian asscciaTe Martha Katt DESIGN ASSOCIATE Belinda Chlouber Asanté Print EtherPrint Ether ° Write Introducing the new EtherLAN Print from FOCUS Enhancements. Developed to provide you with instant Localfalk printer capability for your Ethernet network, At $279 i's the easy winner for your print routing needs The EtherlAN Print is a self configuring, plug-and-play printer solution that lets your LocalTalk printer keep up with the rest of your thin or 10Basel Ethernet network You upgraded to Ethernet because it was faster, You needed increased network speed to keep your people. productive. ind happy. What you didn’t expect. was hay- ing to pay for an expensive Localfalk to Ethemet router, or an expensive print router, At only 8279)" the reasons to buy EtherLAN Print really stacking up. $509 $499° $695" Power and Act keep you informe Auto sensing thinnet AND 10BaseT connections, Supports two Locaifatk devices BtherLAN Print Plus supports up to stx Localfalk devices. With the new EtherLAN Print you now have the most economical way to keep that investment in your Apple LaserWriter or HP LaserJet. The EtherLAN Print will support two print- ‘The EtherLAN Print Plus will support up to six. Both include thinnet and 10Basel' connectors. - EtherLAN BUGILAN TE TtherdAN 1 ier AN. or any two LocalTalk devi Wes 30d days a week. FOCUS Enhancements has a complete line ind behind our technology with a five year warranty, Money Back guarantee, and tech support seven. of Ethernet products from boards to transceivers to SCS] Wullor y uy, x) Ethemet devices. If you've been in the sy ~ dark over Ethernet, our solutions: are stacked In your favor. FOCUS To Order And Get Your Free Catalog: 800-000-4080 How to Order Our custom visors will help you Monday thru Friday 8am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to Spm EST We accept Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover, Cashiers Clrecks, and Mon FOCUS Eniane Inc. 800 West Cummings Park, Woburn, MA 01801 (617) 938-8088 fax 998-7741 You can also contact us at the following electronic address 262 on CompuServe, ine, FOCUS on AppleL.ink or fecus@applelink apple.com on Interne, (0198 Fors Batons Ine evs seme. AOL PSone poate reed mars ol FIS Enders Ie Mes Res oe sab anally lpi anes are rena ote especie tlds. supe etal ces. oes yer om 142040 bere spr up a Lak devces ‘eperLAN Pmt Pos $10.9 Bay Taye Tomar ny apis to Ystack tems orders mst be placed hy pm UST, Manta Turse Circle 163 on reader service card UPDATE TO VERSION 2.5 SO YOU CAN PRINT ON COLOR PRINTERS LIKE CANON'S BJC-600 OR HP'S DESKJET 550C! YeOm eA Vee A NE Wea Ce YOUN VE AN OLD PC PRINTER. WAN. be YOU HAVE BETTER J TO SPEND SS MONEY ON THAN A NEW PRINTER. YOU NEED QexeRA:8:5 a: anise Now you can print from your Macintosh” to over 1,000 PC-compatible printers. PowerPrint provides you with everything you need to print on almost any PC-compatible printer. Using our cable-and- software package, you can access just about any laser, inkjet; dot matrix, or portable printer. PowerPrint features include built-in spooling, reduction, enlargement, and custom paper sizes, as well as compatibility with TrueType™ and Adobe Type Manager™ scalable fonts. All for under $150. So why spend hundreds of dollars on a new printer when all you need to print anytime, anywhere, is PowerPrint? ced Highway PowerPrint is also available in Network Versions: PowerPrin/LT™. Print from your Mac to PC-compatible printers onany LocalTalk™ network. Includes software and hardware to network and access just about any printer. For $399. PowerPrint/NW™. A software package that allows you to print from your Mac to over 1,000 printers via Novell® Net Ware® printing services. LaserWriter™ like control of your networked printers for under $500. Call 800-663-6222 today to order direct, or to talk to our technical staff about your printing needs, dee corded 4 ops Moc Home Journal THE MACINTOSH PRINTING SOLUTION™ Macworld ADVERTISING SALES Shannon D. Dolan (415/243-0505) Shawne Hightower-Fisher (18974-7344) Cherie La France ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDONT/ NO. CALIFORNIA (AN JOSE, SOUTH) (415/974-3276) NNO. CAUFORNIA (CAST ANO WEST MAY), Suranne Young S: IDANO, MONTANA, WYOMING GIST: SALES ASSOCIATE Christine Wong, NO. CALIFORNIA (MARIN), WASHINGTON, Stephen Mi OREGON, WESTLRN CANADA Gas/o7 SALES ASSOCIATE Edward Ramirez. SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MANAGER Nancy Coy (7142250-1307) 50, cAUFORNIA CathiT. Bledsoe Molly Shank SAU ASSOCIATE Rachel Gillis [ASTERN/MIOWEST REGIONAL MANAGER Joan Kelly (508/872-8600) NEW ENGLAND, LORIOK Paul Bona SALES ASSOCIATE Luanne Newman mip west Texas Lisa Ladle (708/827-4477) SALES ASSOCIATE Kathy Poppenhagen to. ATLANTIC/ SOUTHEAST As Dsnos (201/587-0090) SALES Associate Cathy Langhoar MANAGER DIRECT RESPONSE SALES hneider Bove (415/978-3138) Marsha K. Bowers (415/974-7413) ‘Wendi A. Smith (415/978-3117) Niki Stranz (415/978-3105 Carol Johnstone (415/971 ‘Shannon Siuith (415/974-7414) ACCOUNT MANAGERS/MAIL ORDER MACWORLD GLOBAL PRODUCT SUPPORT CENTER DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Kimberlee A. Luedee TECHNICAL MANAGER Chip Carman, MARKET RESEARCH ‘VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Gary L. Rocchi MARKET RESEARCH MANAGER Linda Lawrence MARKETING MARKETING DIRECTOR Cynthia Kora MARKETING MANAGER Anne Nichols PROMOTION MANAGER Lisa MeKeon MARKETING COORDINATOR Rhona Hi CIRCULATION DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION Angelina Beitia SINGLE-COPY SALES DIRECTOR George Clark CIRCULATION MANAGER Lori Hitchcock NEWSSTAND SALES MANAGER Martin Garchar SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER Elizabeth Jensen DIRECT MARKETING MANAGER Jenifer Carini PROMOTION MANAGER Kelvin Gee NEWSSTAND COORDINATOR Dalia Schwartz sunscriprion cooRoMMAToR Deirdre Dogan SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES 800/288-6848 PRODUCTION VICE PRESIDENT/OIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING Anne Foley PRODUCTION MANAGER Cynthia Mazzola ‘ong Yip {AD TRAFFIC COORDINATOR Shellie Anderson TF COORDINATOR Clayton Haberman MOVING BENCHMARKS BEYOND THE BENCH. THE POWER TO ACCELERATE YOUR ENTIRE WORKFLOW. In benchmarks conducted by MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacUser, SuperMac is consistently judged the best. But when you buy acolor graphics card, display, or printer, you're interested in what it can do in the real world, not just on the test bench. Now, SuperMac offers an integrated publishing system that accelerates your workflow from display to output — from start to finish. THUNDER" Il GX° 1360 PRESSVIEW"21 DISPLAY SYSTEM PROOFPOSITIVE™ PRINTERS *+ 1360 1024 resolution 24-bit graphics + 21" viewing area with up to 1360x1024 + Full-bleed, one- and two-page lution © -percent more work a sublimation printing + Accelerates CMYK-to-RGB color a ES conversion in Adobe Photoshop™ + Software controls to customize, secure, + Adobe PostScript” Level 2 6 times faster than other cards. Lets save, and restore display settings you work as quickly in CMYK as RGB ie res + EfiColor™ color-matching technology + True 5,000" Kelvin viewing + 80 MHz dual DSPs for faster and SuperMatch” Calibrator Pro “Adobe Charged” image-processing ; i acceleration + Designed exclusively for SuperMac by Hitachi Special limited-time offer! FREE nd ¢ fi For details on the special offer or the name of an Authorized Reseller near you call: (800) 334-3005 For product information via fax, call: (408) 541-7680. dL, Adobe PostScRIPT” Severe om Abe SUPERIMUAC. ‘The SuperSource for Color 11995 Supra Tsbolgy In. The Super the 1 the deb charged ge are Treg Ad inept led ey he recon alan spetioe ales Circle BS cnreadanservice card SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #1015 EMPOWER YOUR POWERBOOK 14 OUT HERE, YOUR POWERBOOK NEEDS MORE THAN A BATTERY. There are times when you should not be concerned about your PowerBook’s battery. LIND AuxILIARY POWER PACKS Lind Power Packs | With Lind Auxiliary Power Packs, you can are part of the complete Lind tine x i sadist extend your PowerBook run time by up to accessories. four times THE Lin FaMiLy OF JOOK-RELATED AccESSOniES vePower Adapter PB-2 $79.95 that of the internal battery. i Automotive Power Adapter PB-3 (Duo) $99.95. Perfect for the long flight seas "988 ‘Twin Traveler-Charger $69.95 home, or anytime you need SuperCharges Conditioner $139.95 ry Power Pack (Rechargeable). $169.95 extended use. The rechargeable jaty Se Cal Rowen bse S2e APP-2 is designed for PowerBook models 140 thru 180c, The APP-3 provides a non-rechargeable emergency power source for all but color units. Call us today at 800-659-5956 or order through your dealer, _ Lind Electronic Design, Inc. 6414 Cambridge St, Minneapolis, MN 55426 PowerBook is a trademark of Apple Computes, Inc. Phone: 612-927-6303, Fax: 612-927-7740, Circle 82 on reader service card February 1994 MACWORLD “ODARRELL JONESALLSTOCK Macworld HOW TO CONTACT MACWORLD SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS ‘Mainland USA 800/288-6848 All other locations 303/447-9330 Subscription Services P.O. Box 54529 Boulder, CO 80322-4529 MACWORLD ON AMERICA ONLINE ‘Macworld subscribers can contact Macworld editors online via the Macworld area on America Online. The area features reviews, news, new-product announce- ments, version information, a database of products, and Macworld sponsored message boards and con- ferences. Several of our editors log on regularly. To obtain a free America Online software kit, call 800/227-6364, extension 5254. MACWORLD IN MICROFORM ‘Macworld is available on microfilm and microfiche from UMI, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Mi 48106- 1346; 313/761-4700. BACK ISSUES OF MACWORLD Write to Back Issues of Macworld, c/o Snyder Newell, Inc., P.O. Box 7046, San Francisco, CA 94120-9727; $6 per issue ($20 overseas). Prepay- ment in U.S. funds necessary. Make checks and money orders payable to Macworld Magazine. MACWORLD EDITORIAL MAIL OR COURIER Macworld Communications, Editorial Dept., 5th floor, 501 Second St., San Fran- cisco, CA 94107; 415/243-0505, ‘AppleLink: Macworld’ CompuServe: 70370, 702 Fax: 415/442-0766 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR All written comments, qu uestions, and suggestions regarding any aspect of ye magazine are read by our editor. We reserve the right to edit all submissions; letters must include your name and address. Direct all correspondence (by mail or electronically) to Letters to the Editor. QUESTIONS AND QUICK TIPS Direct questions or tips on how to use Mac computers, peripherals, or software (by mail or electronically) to Quick Tips, Lon Poole. Please include your name and address. CONSUMER ADVOCATE Been burned? Really steamed? Direct your concems (by mail or electroni- cally) to Conspicuous Consumer, Deborah Branscum. NEW PRODUCTS AND UPDATES Direct press releas- es and product announcements (by mail or electron- ically) and shrink-wrapped software upgrades (by mail or courier) to New Products Editor. BUGS & TURKEYS Mail in descriptions of turkeys (flaws in conception or design) or bugs (defects or flaws in execution); copies of correspondence with vendor or telephone contact notes (if any); and your telephone number, mailing address, and T-shirt size. STREETWISE SHOPPER To obtain an application for inclusion of special product promotions in Streetwise Shopper, vendors and resellers should contact Charles Barrett (by mail or electronically) REPRINTS AND PHOTOCOPY PERMISSION Permis- sion will be granted by the copyright owner for those registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to photocopy any article herein—for person- al or internal reference use only—for the flat fee of $1.50 per copy of the article or any part thereof, Specify ISSN 0741-8647 and send parnere Steet to the CCC at 27 Congress St., Salem, MA 01970. Address requests for reprint orders and for permis- sion to copy editorial for other purposes to Reprints and Permissions, Editorial Dept. WRITING FOR MACWORLD Do not send us unso- licited manuscripts. If you're interested in writing for Macworld, send a stamped, self-addressed enve- lope along with a request for our writer's guidelines. Direct (by mail) to Writer's Guidelines, Editorial Dept Founoen David Bunnell FOUNDING tOrTOR rew Fluegelman 1943-1985 ‘Macworld isa publication of Macworld Communications, ne isan independent journal not affiliated with Apple Comput world, Macworld Interactive, Macworld Shoppe, MW, MW Lab, MW Shopper, Desktop Critic, Quick Tips, and Conspicuous Consumer are registered trademarks of international Data Group, Inc. Power PC World and Star Ratings are trademarks of 10G, Inc APPLE, the APPLE LOGO, IMAG, and MACINTOSH are registered trademarks, and MACLETTER and POWERBOOK are trademarks of Apple Computer, Ine. Printed in the United States of America. Copyright © 1994 Macworld Communt- tations, Ine. All ights reserved. Macworld is a member of IDG Commu- rieations, the world’s largest publsher of computer-related information, ‘Vsea @1DG _ The drive to satisfy. : AtLa Cie customer satisfaction is the driving force behind everything we do. From our innovative product design to our capable, courteous customer support, La Cie goes the extra mile to assure you quality, service and value. La Cie award winning chassis, The sleek and portable Tsunami drive is the only Macintosh Quantum power under the hood. Were a Quantum company, makers of the most popular 3.5" _ drive in the world, We are the ONLY supplier that engineers the drive mechanism and delivers the storage solution directly to you, When you call La Cie, you're calling a Quantum company, with all the service, support and security that only a Fortune 500 company can offer. We'll he there for you when you need us. storage product to win an Industrial Design award. Its quality Ready fora drive. construction is made to last. Its small footprint and portable design requires very little of your precious desktop space and makes it easy to transport data. Our switchable active Our drives come ready to plug and play, with a No Risk 30-Day Money Back Guarantee and lots of free extras. So don’t let the quest for the right mass storage solution drive you wild. Call us. termination provides maximum data reliabiliry and allows you Our friendly, qualified staff will gladly help you select the to easily terminate the SCSI chain with the flip of a switch. perfect device to suit your needs and budget, LIMITED & QUANTUM COMPANY To order ot for more information, call toll-free 00-999:133 “Whensi size really counts. nly a Fortune 500 company can offer, State-of-the-art technology. Superior value. And, the assurance of long-term support, We'll be there for you when, youneed us, Desktop docking. With La Cie’s PocketDrive, you can enjoy the convenience of our exclusive T-connector or PocketDock, the desktop accessories that make connecting and disconnecting your PocketDrive a snap. La Cie's PocketDrive comes with our unique T-connector which allows you to snap it to almost any Mac. Our optional PocketDock gives you quick, instant desktop connectivity. Our “T” and dock have built-in active on/off SCSI termination, SCSI ID and a pass through SCSI connector, so you can leave them in your SCSI chain, even when your PocketDrive is on the go. : As a Quantum Company, LaCie offers customers the advantages LaCie PockerDrive : Portability in the palm of your hand. Pack itin your pocket, purse or briefcase. At just under 1002, and storaze up to 340MB, La Cie's PockerDrive isan easy and convenient way to transport data, For power, speed and portability, this little performer will take you far. Callus now and order the complete PocketDrive system. “Tn now taking Quantum 2.5” Drives the safer eine Size PowerBook PocketDrive of buying from {ternal corporate-oumed 40MB companies stich as Quantum-backed ee LaCie...” I20MB_ 929° MacWeek 256MB_ 340MB. PockedDnves Jess thin [0% }40MB mectianssm make by Tess Cao ets on tm eens, ited money back guarantee, sarc ae rots. Camparons ray not apy oa vendor sects check spacicatons. SJston 7.01 otmarictuted ony wahcrt congas. ZFP+ Ores do nexhave ietratoral arbvien. swichabatomton. Pros 6 ot neha wig and oy apy products eveped win tn cortrent Unie Stee, Pass eats La Gi Stesepa, Shertin Sing Ce. Pa la Gels ge vaserarts 1 Or iso Oar Corgony. FORTUNE tts od ane te Ter: Megs Careery ‘sales tx whore opoicabl, 2FP,2FPs, Tamara Pocus, Pokaock, ‘A ober vademat ve he propery of ie tespoctve pes speciatons rns, waranses descriptors, prosuct nd servces hen ae sibel ic change witout nis or reeosé. < Copa 1304 La Ge, Lit. 8700 SW Creeks Pac, Beavers, OF STODS Prone (5s) 522000, crpanes Al Fox eon Sasi. Airs esonee Praed wUGA Were proud of our image. Agfa Arcus (Factory default settings) Image is everything. We believe quality is.a priority. Our image as a company that produces quality products is well known. We're so confident in the quality of our scanner image that we are willing to compare it to other scanners right here. Compare for yourself. Great color the first time. ‘The single-pass Silverscanner Il gives you clean, bright scans with excellent detail in those hard-to-get areas and don’t require difficult adjustment like other scanners. This can mean substantial time savings when every second counts. Lay it on the line. ‘When it comes to line art, the Silverscanner [I really shines! At 1600 dpi you get what amounts /) LaCie Silverscanner Il 1600 dpi at 100% Silverscanner II All Silverscanners come with our powerful Silversean softsware, Color It! image editing software and Read-It O.CR. Pro, $1599 to.an electronic stat. Basic Bundle HP Scanjet llc (Factory defaulr sertings) LaCie Silverscanner II (Factory default settings) Software to die for! We're proud of our image when it comes to quality software, too. La Cie has always had a reputation for powerful, well-written software. LaCie’s exclusive plug-in modules have been hailed by MacWeek as “Top-of-the-line ... close to the ideal of push- button scanning.” Enjoy features like fast dynamic color previews, independent color/brightness controls, nine scan modes, savable scan settings, color dropout, magnified previews, proof scans, up to 400% scaling in 1% steps, and up to 1600 dpi in | dpi steps—all in one pass. And with new advanced features like a densitometer, white and black limit, colar histogram and auto image adjustment, Silyerscanner Il is unsurpassed. Easy for the beginner, yet plenty of power for the advanced user. Improve your image, order one today, ‘_ (Silverscanner) can deliver color performance that surpasses anything else in the less-than-$2,000 price range, including the popular Scanjet Ie MacWeek, May 1993 from Hewlett-Packard Co,” Ta Gee Silverscanner Il *599 $1899 $1999 $999 $699. Basic Bundle Plus Cachet Bundle Plus Cachet & ColorStudio Optional Transparency Attachment Optional Sheet Feeder Attachment To order or for more information, call toll-free 800-999-1332 [dl o Mon.-Fri. 5 a Sat, 8a.m. -noon PST Ine LACIE LIMITED ‘QUANTUM COMPANY from La Cie, a Quantum company is ~ made to last, Switchable active termination and our award-winning Silverlining hard disk management software is standard. sa 3.5” Drives Internal Tsunami anon $179 $239 270MB 69 $329 340MB 299. $359 540MB 549. 1080MB 59 $919 1800 1199 $1259 ¢ FREE Silverlining™’ Disk Nason Software * Unlimited TOLL-FREE Technical Support FREE Switchable Active Termination * 30 Day Money Back Guarantee © Thesleck ahd pombe biaane tee ; oe oS un cable makes ensporing data quickly between locations a real snap.” FORALIMITED, TIME ONLY Quantum 2.5” Drives Size (Formatted) Internal External i PowerBook PocketDrive Barracuda 1 1350MB 699 $1759 2000MB_—_- $1899. $1959 20s0MB $2199 $2250 Blite-3 (5.25") 2750MB $2499 $2550 ‘One year waranty om Seagate eves, 340MB 59 $759. ° eal Drives Burned In and Tested ¢ Ready to Plug and Play * Double Shielded SCSI Cables * FCC, UL, TUV, VDE & CSA Approved "cal fr dela tsa, conor, fmtod oro back quarto, waranty and fies eter. Comparisons may not apply allend prods chock epeceson. Sytem 7.01 sohware rua nly wit conan conigutions, ZFPs Os bo not ave Sailchablaleminaton. cos o fot ude tpg and only oppo products shipped win Be canal Und Stas. Passe covact ta Ge for rierateral dsrbson, Add Als in where accheabe. ZF, Z-Ps,Tunami PaketDme, PocketDock ‘Sthescamer,Sbescan Siverning, La ead La Cie ogo are radars of i Co, Li, a Cuatum Company. FOATUNE 20 sa reisere vaceravs cle Tens Ine Magan Conpary. Aflcter ademas we te prpecy cf ok respecte umpenies. Alpes, spectcatons, ems, bares eserghons, posts and serves hari are sects erange tht ret o excuse. © Copy 194 La Ce, is. 8700 SW Crosksla Place, Gaavertn, OR STU, Phare: 50 $20.90, Fax: (60) S208N00, Alrgrisresoned. Flas USA of our value. NOW FROM LACIE! CD-ROM! Drive External ~ Toshiba DualSpeed $499 Tnchides CD-ROM Driver Softiare 128MB Optical Drives Size Intemal External 128MB $949 $049 128MB Cartridge $45 Size Internal External 44MB $309. $349 88CMB___ $449 $489 ASNTWAOVA SNOT NOWEROMLACIE! SOFTWARE! Disk utilities and desktop publishing. Norton Utilities for Macintosh V2.0 $99 Norton Essentials for Powerbook VI.1 $89 Now Utilities V4.01 $79 iuick Time Starter Kit (Apple Computer) $109 Macintosh PC Exchange (Apple Computer) $59 DOS Mounier Plus (Dayna Communications) $49 Silverscanner IT Silverscan If makes scanning as quick, ” painless and productive as possible. With features like dynamic color preview (16 sec.), magnify in preview, proof in preview, savable scan settings, up to 400% scaling in 1% steps and upto 1600 dpiin I dpisteps—allin one pass. It’s easy for the beginner and powertul for the advanced user. And it’s Maeworld’s Editor's Choice. “Past and a pleasure to use. S _, Produced hich-quaicy ied tages with sood 10sMB 9 6549 sih5g9 = i oe eran en OnuniPage V3.0 (Caere) $459 Macwid, Ne sine SyQuest $69 $99 69 Onunipage Professional (Coere) $669 Cartridges Omnipage Direct (Cacre) $199 s Albee lliater V0 gg. Silverscanner II ‘ Adobe Photoshop V25 $552 Silverscammers come with our powerful DA ape Drives Adobe Streamline W22 $129 Silverscun software, Color It! image editing Size Internal External _—_—Aldustreetland V3 $359) softure und Reudlt O.C.R, Pro Aldus PageMaker V5.0 $589 BaicBune «$1509 13GB oar $999 $999 icserPainev35 49 Basic Bundle Canvas V3.5 (Dericha) $269 Basic Bundle Plus Cache $l acho SU ee ee Painwer V2.0 ( ) 5 ; Turbo par $1299 $1299 dws vz0 (bike Source) 4269 Bundle Plus Cachet & ColaStutin 31999 150MB Ta 44g Cost VOD ecrnisTrlmati) SW) pat rapareneyAtachnent. $999 ei See _UF1 7 FiColor(lectronies for Imig) $139 GOUMB Tare $649 $649 OuakxPresvi2 $63) Optional Sheet Ponder Attachment 9099 VALUABLE WARRANTIES! La Cie offers a FREE FIVE YEAR warranty on 1080MB Quantum drives or larger and a FREE TWO YEAR warranty on Quantum drives under LO80MB. We also have an optional 5-year warranty available for drives under 1080MB. (ONLY $19.95 FOR LIMITED TIME!) 800-999-1332 Mon. To order or for more information, call toll-free i. 5a.m.-7 pam, & Sat, 8am. -noon PST I vi Circle 52 onreader service card THE MACINTOSH WAY HE AWARD WINNERS JUST GOT Es TOUCHBASE™ AnD DATEBOOK™ Have TURNED PRO. FINALLY, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR=-A CONTACT MANAGER THAT PROVIDES POWER AND EASE-OF-USE AND A TIME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS THE FLEXIBILITY TO TRACK ALL YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES. BEST OF ALL, TOUCHBASE PRO AND DATEBOOK PRO ARE TIGHTLY INTEGRATED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST IN PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. AVAILABLE FOR STAND ALONE OR NETWORK USE! AVAILABLE NOW! FOR YOUR COPY OR UPGRADE JUST CALL ®@ 1-800-888-6293, ext. 2 OR VISIT YOUR FAVORITE SOFTWARE DEALER NACWORLE relies A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH TOUCHBASE PRO | MANAGE YOUR CONTACTS EASILY CREATE LETTERS WITH A BUILT-IN LETTER WRITER DIAL YOUR TELEPHONE AUTOMATICALLY PRINT ADDRESS BOOKS, LABELS, & ENVELOPES @ KEEP FILES CURRENT WITH FILE RECONCILIATION “A FEW THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH | KEEP TRACK OF YOUR APPOINTMENTS & TO-DOs ™ POST MEMOS TO YOUR CALENDAR PRINT CALENDARS: POPULAR FORMATS & WALL CHARTS SET ALARMS AND REMINDERS TO JOG YOUR MEMORY FUN ICONS & BANNERS PERSONALIZE YOUR CALENDAR SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #937 Aldus Corporation Consumer Division 5120 Shoreham Place |ALDUS| San Diego, CA 92122-5926 ‘Aldus and the Aldus logo are registered trademarks and DATEBOOK and TOUCHBASE are trademarks of the Aldus Corporation. Circle 145 onreader service card EN YEARS AGO, ON JANUARY 24, 1984, Apple unveiled the Macintosh. The arrival of the Mac was one of the two most important events in the last 15 years of personal computing. The other event was the ap- pearance of the IBM PC about two years earlier, which legiti- mized personal computers and inaugurated the widespread DOS operating system. The Macintosh has offered the only viable al- ternative to DOS computing. In an indus- try distinguished by fast-paced innovation, the Mac has been the key force of techno- logical progress. Consider the now wide- spread adoption of the graphical user in- terface, the drive toward plug-and-play computing, and other concepts popular~ ized by the Mac. On the same day that Apple unveiled the Macintosh, Macworld magazine ap- peared alongside the new computer— making Macworld the only major com- puter magazine that debuted on the same day as the system it covers. From the very beginning, Macworld has been committed to the Macintosh and the intelligence of its approach to computing. As the Macin- tosh moves forward into the next decade, Macworld is more committed than ever to the Mac and to keeping you informed of all its significant developments. We mark this anniversary by taking stock of the machine’s accomplishments, its missteps, and its impending future. We start with “Macintosh Innovations” by se- nior associate editor Galen Gruman and contributing editor Jim Heid, which chronicles the Mac’s evolution while an- swering many key questions. In the last ten years what has made the Mac unique? When has the Mac been successful and when has it gone astray? What has the Mac contributed in the way of technol- ogy? In what ways does the Mac need to transform as it enters the next decade? Planetary Alignments Often an anniversary is only « mathemati- cal eventuality. But the Mac’s tenth birth- day is surrounded by portentous events, as if all the planets were lining up for some STATE OF THE MAC BY ADRIAN MELLO Into the Next Reckoning the Mac’s momentum defining moment. Last summer began with an eclipse casting a long shadow on Apple’s future. Disappointing financial returns, changes in top management, and the layoff of 2500 workers darkened con- fidence in Apple’s long-term prospects. Another more ambiguous planet fell into alignment at the Newton’s introduc- tion last August. The Newton is Apple’s first major new computing device since the introduction of the Mac. The Newton has been justly criticized as a promising technology that was prematurely offered as a product. Apple called on its own past to rationalize the Newton’s lack of prac- tical application by comparing it to the original 128K Mac. This comparison was unfortunate because the 128K Mac was a more useful machine from the outset (you could easily create written and graphical documents with it). Furthermore, with this statement Apple inadvertently admit- ted its failure to learn the Mac’s ten-year- old lesson of why a product should not be introduced without all the features re- quired to make ita useful product. A more propitious sphere orbited into view with the fall introduction of three new low-cost models, the Quadra 605, the Performa 475, and the LC 475. Basically the same machine with three different la- bels, this new low-cost family is a remark- able achievement. After three years of re- Decade structuring to become a low-cost pro- ducer, Apple has finally reached (and per- haps exceeded) price/performance parity with comparable DOS computers. Apple’s new machines are as fast as the Quadra 700, which was Apple’s fastest model when it was introduced a mere two years ago, but the 700 went for six to eight times the price of the Quadra 605. It’s taken ten years, but new Mac models offer nearly the same price/performance as PCs. PowerPC's Sphere of Influence The greatest planet is hovering on the horizon. The Mac’s tenth anniversary falls just before the dawn of PowerPC-based Macs. PowerPC lies at the very heart of a new high-performance Mac hardware platform that will replace the decade- old 68000 processor family. Contribut- ing editor Lon Poole, who ten years ago introduced Macworld’s readers to the original Mae, shows you in “PowerPC Preview” how this powerful new proces- sor family lays the founda- tion for the Macintosh computers of the next decade. (Macworld Com- munications also recently introduced a newsletter called Power PC World that provides the industry with coverage of the PowerPC.) One of the most im- portant aspects of the PowerPC chip architecture is that it is scalable, which means that it offers tre- mendous potential for im- provements in processor speed. Although the chip’s initial performance will be im- pressive, this is only an inkling of the per- formance of future versions. PowerPC will give birth to a revitalized incarnation of the Mac platform, and its speed will support exciting future technologies and applications. The Macintosh Mystique The Macintosh has always been more than just another computer. Even before continues MACWORLD February 1994 24 STATE OF THE MAC the Mae’s debut, the bold “1984” Super Bowl TV commercial suggested that this was no ordinary computer but an agent of social change, striking a blow against conformity and authoritarianism. From that moment on, the Mac’s proponents have championed its cause with ardent conviction. No examination of the M life would be complete without consider- ing the expectations that have built up around it. In “Macintosh Mystique,” se- nior associate editor Charles Piller exam- ines the extent to which Apple delivered on its promises about the Mac. He points out that some of Apple’s claims have not served the Mac’s best interest because they have alienated potential users who might otherwise have profited from the machine’s inherent virtues. On the other hand, in The Iconoclast, contributing editor Steven Levy, who has covered the Mac from its very beginnings, concludes that the Mac has really changed the world. | IMAGINE PROJECTING AFULLCOLOR PRESENTATION DIRECTLY FROM YOUR COMPUTER Operational Costs Ifyou want to have impact, your ideas have to be big. Slides and overhead film just won't do. Large images, brilliant color, crisp data, beautiful video. Display your presentation—directly from nearly any computer or video source—with the n VIEW projection Spectra C “VIEW Lotus” Freelance Graphics FREE with every ViewFrame* product that is right for you. Award-winning presentation solutions which are easy to use and com- pletely portable. nVIEW. The leader in high- performance projection displays. For more information call 1-800-736-8439 or 804-873-1354. panel. ‘SEE US AT MAcWoRLD Expo BOOTH #3961 VISIONARY DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES 5 sun wa aca Ones Circle 117 on reader service card | 22 February 1994 MACWORLD Contributing editor David Pogue provides a more humorous assessment in The Desktop Critic; he looks at programs that have weathered the test of time, and those that have withered. Members of the original Mac team saw themselves as rebels and, in an incident that is now a mainstay of Mac mythology, hoisted a pi- rate flag above their quarters to demon- strate their rejection of the computing sta- tus quo at Apple. In his Wise Guy column this month, contributing editor Guy Kawasaki tells how Apple might have swept away the IBM PC and made the ‘Macintosh the status quo. Giving the Mac Its Due It’s clear from any thoughtful examination that innovation has been and will be the key to the Mac’s success. Apple and the Macintosh development community must continue to innovate to maintain the Mace’s charter and remain true to its spirit. However, another lesson of the last ten years is that even innovative computers must be priced competitively and inte- grated effectively into customers’ existing work environments. In most respects, Apple appears to have learned from its mistakes. Witness the fact that there is now little or no price penalty for purchasing the extra level of quality that a Mac offers. Recent state- ments from Apple’s leadership indi that the company no longer views the Mac’s technological advantages as a way to increase profit margins, instead seeing them as a tool for building market share. Apple still wants to offer unique advan- tages to Macintosh users, but without shutting them off from the rest of the world. The recent introduction of the Quadra 610, DOS Compatible version, a Mace with a 486SX processor board, is one indication of Apple’s new willingness to help customers share a workplace with DOS and Windows applications My reading of the planetary signs is that, as Apple emerges from the shadows of last year’s difficulties, the Macintosh will resurge with vitality. It’s ironic that industry observers continue to speculate about the long-term survival of the Macintosh. While most computers and their makers come and go faster than failed television series, Apple and the Mac have survived and prospered. (Other than IBM and Compaq, most of today’s recog- nized makers didn’t even exist ten years ago.) After ten years everyone should ac- knowledge that, although the Mac has not taken over the world, it is an abiding suc- cess by any reasonable measure. From our vantage point at Macworld, we will con- tinue to follow the Mac’s course as it ex- plores—and creates—new realms, m To Backup 50 Single: Cascade: Mirroring: Drives can Data automatically writes Writes the same data operate to the second tape when to both tapes independently. the first tape is full. simultaneously. GB, Two Recording Heads Are Better Than €. Striping: Writes data to two tapes at ‘once, in alternate blocks, doubling capacity and speed. Introducing the dual drive CY-8505 with the Advanced SCSI Processor. Working independently, each drive can store up to 25 GB, at speeds of up to 90 MB per minute. So it's perfect for unattended backup. But performance really hits the ceiling when the drives work together. Four selectable recording modes, plus offline copy and verify, give you the flexibility to write 50 GB of data any way you need to. Rock Landing Corporate Center + 11846 Rock Landing + Newport News, VA 23606 * Fax: (804) 873-8836 TRUE COMPATIBILITY WITH Consider it a data storage management tool, a solution that will solve the problems you encounter every day. The need for higher capacity and speed; the need to make duplicate tapes for off-site storage and data exchange; the need for real- time status information-and the need to save resources and boost productivity on every level. Each tape drive offers the most advanced in data recording technol- ogy. Our hardware data compression Aliant Convergent DEC Unibus IBMS88. «NeXT. Pertec STC ‘Alpha Micro —-DataGeneral —GouldiEncore. «ICL Novell PICK Stratus Atos DEC SCSI HP Intergraph —-OS/2. Plexus Sun Apollo DEC BLBus: IBMAS400 Macintosh PS/2 Prime Texas Ar DECDSSI IBM Mainframe McDonnell Parallel Port Pyramid Instruments ATET DECHSC IBMRISC/ Douglas PC 386/x Sequent, Unisys Basic-4 DEC O-Bus 6000 Motorola PCMS-DOS Silicon Utimate Concurrent = DEC TUTAS1— IBMAT NCR PC XenixUnix Graphics Wang—and more Circle 188 on reader service card option is the fastest available. And it’s switch-selectable, so you can read and write uncompressed data for compatibility with other sites. Add accelerated file access to locate a single file in an average of 85 seconds. And we even offer a data encryption option that lets you control access to sensitive data. All this, and the proven reliability and price performance of 8mm helical scan tape storage. We back this turnkey solution with a two year warranty that in- cludes responsive service and technical support from our in-house engineering group If you need a data storage solution that means business, call today for more information at: (804) 873-9000 CONTEMPORARY New DMA/Asynchronous High Performance Disk Arrays Designed for the Quadra 840av New Systems That Support SCSI-DMA and Asynchronous Transfers Using SCSI Manager 4.3 Quadra 840av —_—-MicroNetis first to offer high performance disk for the Quadra 840av, These new Disk Arrays Gk arate SCSI Manna a t0y. Vaby ie ac an Ea DDL y eat ae SCSI-DMA and asynchronous transfer features, They areas much as six times fasterthan astandard factory drive, Raven-840’s use a matched pair of fast spindle drives connected in parallel to the native SCSI port and one of our SCSI-2 NuBus host adapters. The Raven-840 creates a true 16-Bit data path with sustained transfers as high as 7.6 MB/sec and access times as fast as 4 ms. Capacities range from 1030 to 5560 MB. Audio/Visual Our RAVEN: DV Series are special disc arrays for digital video recording and playback. Storage Systems These systems offer ‘agent sustained, ae transfers rates aay CGAL) thermal calibration control. The RAVEN-DV eliminates video flicker and pee audio leer by use of two drives in a true 16-Bit disk array. They are specifically use with the Quadra 800, 840av, and 950. Capacities range from 2020 to 5560 Award Winning The Sgt ors ot Mag se: Mepie ne UKE MI CIONGS Raven Disk Array as best storage Disk Arrays device of the year. Apple picked a disk array to bundle with the Quadra 950 as a publishing solution. Ravens are used all over the world to elevate the performance of , VideoVision, and other disk intensive work. Free On-Site Our products have been qualified by IBM for GSS On-Site Service. GSS is included free Service by IBM _ fora year. Additional years are available at a nominal cost. Service is as easy as calling 1-800-IBM-SERV. We complement this with our superior 24-hour technical support. Configuration One of our sales engineers will be glad to assist you with configuration information Assistance and the name of your nearest authorized Reseller. Quality You Can Count On Since 1988 MicroNet Technology, Inc. * Irvine, California 92718» Sales Telephone: (714) 453-6100 Sales FAX: (714) 453-6101 * AppleLink: MICRONET.SLS * Compuserve: 76004,1611 he, Aber propery Circle 139 onreader service card ‘wan seMunanen = Letters Unhand That Keyboard | DISAGREE WITH DR. TESSLER’S largely negative view of the Apple Ad- justable Keyboard (“The Apple Adjustable Keyboard,” November 1993). I'ma fairly fast touch-typist, and I find the keyboard’s flaws to be relatively small and its advan- tages to be great, particularly in view of the fact that it costs the same as Apple’s extended keyboard. Most of the complaints that Dr. ‘Tessler cites are exactly the kinds of things people would complain about if they used the keyboard for a two- or three-week period, which is how much he said his test audience used it. Keyboarding is a ha- bitual activity, and the whole point is that you don’t have to think about it—it’s sup- posed to be unconscious. Any change, even a small change, in layout is uncom- fortable because it disrupts your fingers’ knowing where to go. I found that it took me a month to get used to even a Y4-inch split in the keyboard. ‘The criticism that the palm-rest pads come off too easily is trivial. It’s true that they come off easily. They also go back on easily. If you want them to stay put, fas- ten them with a piece of duct tape, or that gummy stuff for getting candles to stick inside the candleholder. ‘The alternatives that Dr. Tessler de- scribes sound excellent, but I’m not ready: for one that costs 2000 bucks and takes 200 hours of training to adapt to. Lorin Roche Venice, California OUR ARTICLE CONFIRMED MY experience with the keyboard eight months ago, when Apple loaned me one to test. First, it is not as good a key- board—ignoring ergonomics—as Apple’s own extended keyboard. Second, its atten- tion to ulnar deviation (bending the wrist toward the little finger) may be marginally helpful, but it amounts to a hill of beans. CTDs (cumulative trauma disorders) re- sult from a host of factors ranging from table height to chair support to keyboard force. Third, it’s just too expensive. Is Apple profiting on CTD fears? Fourth, there are almost 20 third-party key-input devices, not to mention voice-driven sys- tems, including the key-“chording” mod- els you described. Many are more effec- tive for reducing CTD risk factors. To give Apple its due, your article didn’t give Apple credit for the ergonomic mouse it introduced earlier this year with the ergonomic keyboard. The mouse is a model of good ergonomic design. I love it. Mark A. Pinsky Yardley, Pennsylvania LIKE THE WORD ERGONOMIC. IT’S | like the word organic in that it’s mu- tated into a catchall for use wherever one likes. When I read Dr. Franklin ‘Tessler’s article in the November Macworld, I was surprised and a little miffed at his negative approach to reviewing Apple’s Adjustable (not Ergonomic) Keyboard. Tused the keyboard for the first time at the 1993 Macworld Expo and knew right then that I wanted one. I spent a week not just using it, but pretzeling it into all the different positions and con- figurations I could twist it into. That’s what I thought adjustable meant—if you don’t like it one way, change it! Make it work! Did we forget what the B in ADB means? It means Bus—electronic connec- tion! Put those input devices anywhere you want them, in any order. Reassign the keys, use your imagination! Kelly Gates Twin Falls, Idaho Faxmeister Kawasaki EGARDING YOUR NOVEMBER FAX- etiquette column (Wise Guy), I thought I’d send you a few tips for good faxing that you missed. * Watch the edges! Most fax ma- chines don’t print on a %-inch or more margin on each edge. If the paper skews or is off center, you'll lose even more. I often get faxes missing notes because they were written in those margins. Also, the machine’s imprinted header may obliter- ate the top 4-inch of the page. * Don’tuse a pencil, and be careful of what color pen you use. When I first got my fax machine, I wrote out a test sheet with every pen I could find in my studio, and then faxed it to myself using a friend’s machine. The results were illuminating. * For tints and halftone images, use a coarse screen. Using a dithered bitmap instead of a normal halftone screen for photo images is also effective. In the past, I have sent clients lists of faxing recommendations. It seems so silly to have to follow up a fax with a phone call to decipher the fax. James Needbam Canoga Park, California U SUALLY I AGREE WITH GUY Kawasaki, but I do have a couple of bones to pick with him about fax etiquette. We use our fax machine extensively to communicate with clients and vendors, and our logo and border have become a recognized trademark. The recipients of continues MACWORLD February 1994 25 Payroll: For Quicken.? Cea BS CheakWritsr froe™ MacMone ‘Me, and more! PayCheck's new v7.0 instantly calculates your paychecks and automatically exports to your favorite accounting program like Quicken®, M.Y.O.B.@, Managing Your meneye. or Aatrix's CheckWriter Pro™-MW 6/93 Editor's Choice (now with customer invoicing), and others for a complete accounting solution. PayCheck includes Federal and all state tax tables. It instantly calculates Federal and State taxes, FUTA, SUTA, SDI, SS, Med., Worker's Comp, etc. - up to ten customizable deductions and employer paid contributions. PayCheck even prints W2's and payroll checks on any style check, using any printer. It's all so simple! PayCheck v7.0 uses a new command toolbar that even a novice user will understand. In fact we're so sure that you'll love it, we have a 30 day money back policy. Aatrix Software...a Macintosh payroll developer since 1985. There isn't a payroll situation Aatrix can't handle! For more complex payroll situations consider Aatrix Payroll, Ultimate Payroll and Multi-Co Ultimate Payroll for payroll services. For all your payroll needs: PayCheck, Payroll and Ultimate Payroll! Circle 159 on reader service card 26 February 1994 MACWORLD LETTERS u Inthe “Workflow Automation: One Use for AOCE? sidebar (“AOCE—Apple’s Plan for Groupware,” November 1993), we did not state that Shana Corporation’s In- formed Manager 1.4 actually ships with Shana’s Informed Foundation 1.4. The package lists for $495, and also includes In- formed Designer 1.4, Informed Number Server 1.0, and Informed Revision Dis- tributor 1.0. a The “New PowerBook Duos” feature (December 1993) incorrectly identified the SCSI port on Apple’s Macintosh Duo Dock asa DB-25 port instead of an HDI-30 port. Also, Global Village Communication’s PowerPort/Duo fax modem should have been listed at $399. wm In December's “New 040 Maes” fea- ture, in the table “Apple’s Current Desktop Macintosh Lineup,” we should have indi- cated that there is no option for built-in Ethernet on the Quadra 605; a PDS card (available from several vendors) is required. Also, the maximum RAM that can be in- stalled on a Quadra 650 is 136MB, not 132MB. Finally, the base price of the Performa 550 is $2000, not $1200, and the Quadra 660AV runs at 25MHz, not 33MHz. = December's review of Mr. File 2.0 should have stated that the product uses 200K of RAM, not 20K. our faxes know immediately who they are from. The same is true of some faxes that we receive—we can recognize them from across the room. ‘There’s also one thing that Guy left out. Do not under any circumstances send a cover sheet unless it contains useful in- formation. A full sheet of paper stating that 17 more pages follow is an insult to the recipient. Duane Oleson Cheyenne, Wyoming Loopy Levy? (Mostly) AYBE STEVEN LEVY SHOULD tune in to a more earthbound set of voices (The Iconoclast, November 1993). Better yet, he should go find something more productive to do with his Mac than kiddie games and multimedia gimmicks. For us grunts in the real world, the CD-ROM is fast becoming an indispens- able tool. The fact that I have gobs of clip art and stock photos on the shelf lets me service customers that I couldn’t other- wise touch (the “I want it cheap and I want it now” crowd). In addition, desktop scan- ners are OK, but in terms of cost and quality, they can’t approach a Photo CD. Erie P. Otto Charlotte, North Carolina RITICIZING A CD-ROM FOR BEING slow is like criticizing a Ferrari for not being able to carry six full-size adults. A CD-ROM’s reason for existence is its capacity, noncorruptibility, and low pro- duction costs. Which would you rather have: five high-density disks with an ap- plication and ancillary files that take for- ever to decompress and install, or one CD-ROM that transfers the entire appli- cation and files to your hard drive in a minute or so? And have you ever had to reinstall an application for some reason, only to find that one of the installation floppies had become unreadable? George Graves Mountain View, California TEVEN, I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR columns, as they are thought-provok- ing, even if I don’t agree. T’ll even keep looking for you, hidden in the middle of the magazine. T agree with you about CD-ROMs; they are too slow. But what I find more annoying is that you can never tell what’s going on. Searches on my Centris 610’s CD-ROM do not seem to cause the stop- watch icon to appear, and the drive is so quiet that you can’t hear when it is going. Often when I click on an icon in a program running from the CD-ROM, I can’t tell if it is searching or if some- thing went wrong. All that said, I’m glad Thave my drive. There won’t be any ac- ceptable substitute for several years, and Td rather have the multimedia now, slow though it is, than sit it out and wait for a better implementation. Larry Rosenblum via CompuServe Reinventing the Mac A PPLE SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED licensing its operating system ten years ago, not today (State of the Mac, No- vember 1993). While Apple has played it safe by milking the Mac for all it could, no vision existed for a next-generation oper- ating system. The rest of the computer world is poised to blow right past the old Mac OS, and Apple will be left in the dust. A dozen years ago, Apple bet the farm on the Mac and profited tremendously. ‘The company should make its mission to reinvent the personal computer, again. Bruce Fraser Alamo, California continues Just look at E-Machines. You'll find we offer the best value in 24-bit color, large-screen color displays, and color presentation graphics for the PowerBook-~ Our Futura” graphics cards deliver 24-bit color graphics in a wide range of display resolutions, up to 21 inches. And you can even get them pre- configured with on-board Ethernet’ — perfect for use in a corporate environment. Or choose a 1,500% performance boost for QuickDraw” graphics, and 1,100% boost for image processing by selecting Ultura” LX to use with (©193Sope ie Techlagy In. Alghs re teleare of Ap Co Al SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #1015 QuarkXPress; Adobe Photoshop,” or any of your desktop-publishing applications. Look at the T16 II, E20, or T20 large-screen color displays and you'll see brilliant color that leaps off the screen. When you go on the road, the E-Machines Presentor’ makes it a snap to plug your Apple PowerBook Duo™ into any di yu have handy —Macintosh; VGA-compatible displays, or even a regular TV. And our brand-new Simply TV™ makes it simple to plug your desktop Macintosh into a TV, too. So you can view a big screen for a small price. If you've been looking for the best value, then you should look at E-Machines, Simply put, E-Machines delivers the best value in color around. For the location of the nearest Authorized Reseller, call: (800) 344-7274 For information via fax, call: (800) 541-4787, SS ~E-MACHINES. BEST VALUE IN COLOR. ok Dal QD Tae Circle 136 on reader service card Relax, it’s iM CONTROL. | IN CONTROL" is the only To-Do List Manager that can organize and print all your activities . . . as outlines + as prioritized lists and as calendars! Only IN CONTROL combines an outliner and calendar fo get you organized fast Use IN CONTROL to: Organize all your activities quickly. Powerful outliner rearranges your activities easily Auto Enter and Pop-up menus speed data entry cage, Categorize information the way you want. GOD Unlimited cotumns handle any size project Drag and drop to rearrange your plans quickly Prioritize important activities. Ig. Match and Sort just the activities you want 3, Automatic Reminders make sure nothing slips by Scripts automate sorting and other common actions ea Schedule effortlessly. Instantly turn your list into calendars Drag listed events to the calendar days you want Accomplish more than ever before! Al Checkboxes record and archive done Items Print professional outlines, priorities, calendars, Creates pages for Day-Timers and other planners Link documents, share files, and much more! Ke —Macworld Ooo —MacWEEK $ter — MacUser, Available from your favorite software dealer For more information, call Somerville, MA 02144 USA 800: “925-5615 SRNR, GIT TTE-I0 SIF TT6AE2S FROM THE ORIGINAL CREATORS OF FILEMAKER? Attain Corporation 48 Grove Street Circle 6onreaderservice card LETTERS NCSA Secures FTP = ON NETWORK- ing products for the Macintosh (“Glo- bal Connectivity,” October 1993), Joel Snyder writes that NCSA Telnet doesn’t require a password for FTP access. NCSA Telnet’s built-in FTP server can either require a valid user name and password or not, depending on how you set it up. Granted, the interface for con- figuring this option is not straightforward, but that has been corrected in NCSA Telnet 2.6. im Browne Head Developer NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh Champaign, Iinois You're right, Jim, NCSA Telnet for the Macintosh can be set up to require a password. Our real con- cern (mangled in the writing and editing process) was that the out-of-the-box configuration allows essentially unlimited access to local Mac files if the “FTP server is activated. Users simply loading NCSA Telnet might not realize that they've left themselves open for anyone to access their hard disk —Ed, Rotating Scans N THE ARTICLE ON OCR PROGRAMS in the November 1993 issue, you state, “TypeReader cannot rotate scans, which means that you can’t work with text doc- uments printed in landscape mode unless you use an image editor” (“OCR: The Recognition You Deserve”). This is wrong. To scan landscape doc- uments, you just click the plainly labeled, hard-to-miss landscape button on the floating window. If you have a prescanned ‘TIFF file that is in landscape mode, you will have to use another program to rotate the image, but I’ve pushed many land- scape documents through TypeReader without using an auxiliary program, Edward Reid via Internet Edward, you said what we meant; tiny gremlins must have rearranged the words after they left our of- fices. No, wait. We are the tiny gremlins that re- arrange words. There's still a problem with TypeReader's ap- proach in that if you have a large batch of prescanned documents, rotating them requires another appli- cation—and many more steps.—Ed. Checking Up on Grammar AVID POGUE'S PIEt ON GRAM- mar checkers is still correct, even af- ter all these years (The Desktop Critic, No- vember 1993), In most respects the job 28 February 1994 MACWORLD seems to be too complicated and subdle for rule-based software to accomplish accu- rately and usefully. Used another way, though, some of these checkers can be quite helpful. Correct Grammar and Grammatik 5 for Macintosh, and maybe some other programs Pogue mentioned, can calculate readability scores, including indicators of the grade level at which you are writing, as well as the average length of sentences and words, percentage of sen- tences in passive voice, and other such general measurements. I often run the Microsoft Word ver- sion of Correct Grammar with all the rules turned off when I think I’m about ready to go to press. Turning off the rules avoids all the false alarms and obtuse and arcane warnings the rule-based checker usually throws up, but the general scores let me know when I am writing sentences that are too long, copy that requires a 14th-grade education to read comfortably, words that may confuse a general-audi- ence reader, or too many passive-voice sentences. Then, using the scores I get, I go back to the original copy and shorten my sentences, remove passive voice, and put in a two-cent instead of a ten-cent word here and there. While the programs often get it wrong on a sentence-by-sen- tence run with rules turned on, as Pogue described, they give useful feedback when used as I describe. It really helps get me to that seventh-grade level most people find easy to read—but it lets me do it in- stead of schoolmarming me to death. Jim Upchurch Montgomery, Alabama 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. We reserve the right to edit all letters. All published letters become the prop- erty of Macworld. IS NOW SHIPPING. mail your original program disk to the address bel ith your eredit card information or check drawn in US dollars on 2 US bank. Ofer limited tothe US and Canada. offer change or term out notice nace Cea WOULD YOU BELIEVE THIS WAS DONE WITH MACDRAW’ PRO? Poor ciaris, Once again, Canvas™ is running circles around MacDraw® Pro. In fact, they are still trying to catch up to Canvas 3 while we've added dozens of new features and enhancements to create Canvas 2.6. Like 3-D extrusions of text and graphics, enveloping of text and graphics, smart lines, fine kerning, fractals, automatic concentric circles and spirals, and a tool loader that allows you to add tools as you work. There's even a versatile pressure-sensitive freehand Bézier pen tool, And Canvas 3.5 has really outdone itself with new improvements including object blends, binding of text to shapes and curves, Beziér text conversions, and macro windows. Which is just the beginning, because Canvas also includes all the great features of 3.0 like custom parallel lines and curves, our unique SmartMouse™, and more. Comparing Canvas to the competition is like comparing a superbike to a tricycle. And only Canvas is self-upgrading, allowing you to add new tools, effects and file translators at will. Last but not least, while MacDraw Pro is idling some- where back in the Dark Ages, Canvas features seamless file sharing with its recently released Windows version. Add itall up, and it's easy to see that it’s time to-shift gears to NEITHER WOULD WE. Canvas. For the ultimate in value and performance, Canvas CANVAS 3 gives you the ride of your life. So go ahead and hop on. Nm THE HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAWING ENVIRONMENT FROM SOFTWARE i 3s. For more information about Canvas and Canvas ToolPAKS™, call vadematts of Dene Stems, ne 4 or fax (305) 273-9069. Deneba Software, 7400 Southwest 67th a registered trademark of Claris Corporation. lu a is ct ones uaerawieo tn DBC HAT you could meet anyplace on the planet...without traveling. Just use a standard phone line. Anywhere. Suppose you could work together on the same application. Share audio, video and document files in real-time. Suppose you could show them what you mean...without waiting for a FAX. Draw, paint and type in an interactive Whiteboard. Suppose they could see what you see...in true 24-bit color. Just point the camera. Suppose you could transform the way your Mac does business. To learn more, call 1-800-998-1000. ShareView™ 300 and ShareView™ 3000. Desktop Video Communications. Ez | ShareVision” ‘A subsidiary ol Ceaive Technology id Sharevisionis 8 regatered (©1993-1994 ShareVision Te and ShareViow fs # trademark of ShareVision Technology ne, Al other trademarks are the property of theit respective helders, EON Re Keo SEE US AT MACWORLD EXPO BOOTH #4254 Circle 51 on reader service card See us at Macworld Expo, San Francisco Booth #407. Charger Delivers More than Acope Perlormance! NEW TOOLS, MORE SPEED, BETTER COLOR For discerning imaging professionals who need more than blazing performance, the Charger Family of accelerators is the only solution. Charger accelerates cover 20 Adobe Charged” Photoshop functions and even accelerates the new Apple PhotoFlash| And withDayStar$ Charger Suites software, Charger provides additional acceleration options. MORE PHOTOSHOP FUNCTIONS & FILTERS SQ ~~ Charger Suites Vol. 1 goes beyond Adobe 0 ar Photoshop’ standard functions and filters to z accelerate Image Size, Arbitrary Rotate, Free Rotate, Crop with Resample, Scale and Unsharp Mask. Even supercharges Find Edges, Feather, Despeckle and High Pass! Volume Jis included with every Charger, and also works with any Storm DSP compatible accelerator in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere” and Fractal Painter’. Charger Suites Vol. lalso includes PowerPreview”, a unique interactive display. PowerPreview uses high resolution thumbnails which allow you to view variations of a filter$ effect in “real-time.” ACCELERATE KODAK'S DCS 200 CAMERA Charger Suites Vol. 2is the only solution for accelerating the Kodak DCS 200 acquire function up to 300%. It includes Iron Mike captioning software which easily allows you to save captions and keywords with Photoshop files. NEW COLOR ACCURACY., FAST AND EASY! dt eua Charger Suites Vol. 3 accelerates DayStars ColorMatch Suggested Fetal Family or any color management system based on the vy Kodak Precision Color Management System (KCMS), Sp Charger including a future release of Apple ColorSyne. Volume Sipercharges images vp to 3isa complement to DayStars Charger, Charger Plus or pF 600% faster thona Quadra 950. Charger PFS acceleration cards. Upgradable to even more speed ‘and quality. Make your choice today! Theres no need fo wait because all DayStar products are backed by a 30 day money back guarantee. And, our Swap-Up program lets you upgrade to the top of the line for just the difference in current list price. You simply can’t go wrong with DayStar... We Make Color Publishing Easy. DAYSTAR CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE FAX BROCHURE! 1-800-972-8711 bahiGaiiait aA & DIAL 4 THEN CHOOSE BROCHURE 2001 Flowery Bronch, Gh 30542 + (408) 967-2077, Fox: (404) 967-3018 + Also ovalol ter eds ed pad aes oe edemarks registred tedenarsof hit espctve bolder. Ade, the debe Schedule #6SAOOKYSAGS629O be Caged Iga od Ade Posy wort of Mob Systas, a Pod spcifcatos subject fo charge wt 993 DoSter Digital, Ie Circle7 on reader service card jc epase MacBullelin System 7 for PowerPC Goes Beta At Comdex in mid-November, Apple announced that it had begun final testing of System 7 for PowerPC, perhaps its most crucial product ever. The company said it expects to ship the first PowerPC Macs with the new operating system on schedule, sometime in the first half of 1994. (See "Developers Back PowerPC," News, in this issue.) New AppleScript, New HyperCard Apple recently announced new versions of AppleScript and HyperCard that work together to create multiple- application environments, among other functions. The $189 AppleScript Scripter's Kit will help automate tasks that require several applications by linking functions between standard application programs modified to work with AppleScript. Available through Apple dealers and APDA, the product includes AppleScript 1.1, an enhanced script editor; and Frontmost Interface Proces- sor, a front end for launching scripts. HyperCard 2.2 now supports up to 256 colors and is scriptable, so it can be used as an environment for launching AppleScript-aware apps. It comes with Addmotion II for adding animations. HyperCard 2.2 will list for $249; its introductory street price is around $100. Upgrades from HyperCard 2.0 and 2.1 will be $89. Apple expected to ship AppleScript Scripter's Kit and HyperCard 2.2 by the end of 1993. High-End Accelerator from RasterOps At press time, RasterOps released more details of its 24- bit image processing accelerator called the RasterOps Horizon 24 Graphics Subsystem (see the Graphics news section in this issue). Due in mid-December, the Hori- zon 24 will work with any existing NuBus Mac that can hold a full-size card. A future 7-inch version will work with the first PowerPC Macs. The initial version will list for $4999 with 4MB of RAM, $5799 with 16MB, and $12,499 with 64MB. A 256MB version is due in spring at approximately $25,000. RasterOps, 408/562-4200. DeBabelizer Lite Lite is a streamlined, easier-to-use version of its DeBa- Equilibrium’s DeBabelizer belizer graphics file-translation and batch processing util- ity. Lite doesn't let you customize translation settings or translate animation files, but it does automatically handle basic tasks such as mapping color palettes, resiz- ing images, and applying preconfigured filters. It rec- ognizes over 55 graphics and animation formats, includ- ing DOS, Windows, SGI, and Amiga, as well as Photoshop plug-ins. Due by the end of 1993, Lite’s street price should be under $100. Equilibrium, 415/332-4343. Apple Licenses Radius Accelerator Apple will offer a 24-bit graphics accelerator based on Radius’s PrecisionColor Pro 24x board, according to Radius. Apple confirmed the agreement, but at press time the company declined to give details of its version of the board or say when it will be available or at what price. Capable of supporting two-page monitors, the PrecisionColor Pro 24x lists for $2495 from Radius. RAM Doubler Connectix has introduced a $99 system extension called RAM Doubler, which com- presses part of the contents of 040 Macs' system RAM, effectively increasing the RAM's capacity by nearly a factor of two. Slated to ship in January. Connectix, 415/571-5100. Apple Tests Its Home Shopping System Apple, EDS, and Redgate Communications Corporation have launched En Passant, a pilot version of a CD- ROM -based, interactive home-shopping service that will include 21 catalogs from well-known companies. Apple and its partners are sending the CD-ROM mostly to home users of registered Mac-compatible CD-ROM drives. The pilot program will be evaluated after it ends on January 31, 1994. m MACWORLD February 1994 33 IN THIS ISSUE EDITED BY TOM MORAN p- 37 Portable Floptical Drive p. 37 Video E-Mail p- 35 Support for PowerPC p. 36 Tax Software p. 36 Low-Cost 20-inch Monitor p-37 17-inch Radius Monitor p. 38 Color Thermal-Fusion Printer p. 38 40MHz 040 Accelerator Apple Ships Its First Mac with DOS aying that its basic Macin- tosh platform strategy has not changed, Apple recently announced the company’s first computer to come with DOS installed. The Quadra 610, DOS Compatible version is a vanilla Quadra 610 with an Apple-designed 486SX pro- cessor card bundled in and DOS 6.2 on the hard drive along with System 7. Apple sees this machine selling to home offices where there are several users; to schools; and to individual professionals and small businesses. One scenario is a user who wants the Mac’s ease of learning and use, but needs to run one critical DOS application that’s not available on the Mac. Apple doesn’t expect this system to appeal to the corporate market because the current version has no net- work connection on the DOS card. Orange Micro sells a series of similar DOS add-in cards that offer a variety of networking options, but these are more expensive than Apple’s solution, which has a preliminary price of “less than $500 more than a Quadra 610,” according to Apple. Apple will sell its DOS Compatibility Card separately 34 February 1994 The Quadra 610, DOS Compatible version runs DOS 6.2 and System 7 concurrently. The system can support two monitors, one for DOS. With one monitor, users can toggle between the environments. as an upgrade for existing Quadra 610s and Centris 610s; its preliminary price is “around $500.” The card contains a VGA display chip set, a single 72- pin SIMM connector that supports up to 32MB of RAM, and a 25MHz,486SX chip that can run concurrently with the MACWORLD Mac’s processor. Designed to support a second monitor, the card lets you attach one mon- itor that displays the Mac interface and another with DOS or Windows running. In that configuration, the cursor moves between the two screens in the usual way. Ifyou only have space or a budget for one monitor, you can toggle between DOS or Windows and the Mac by hitting a hot key. You can set up the system so that the DOS add-in card and the Mac share the RAM on the Mac motherboard, but if you add RAM to the single SIMM connector, the DOS module can no longer use the motherboard RAM. The two operating sys- tems share the same I/O and the hard drive. Apple has set up some clever ways of trans- lating file names, and it has also supported cut-and-paste between the environments (so far, only for text and PICT files). Apple said it will include software that will convert Epson printer-control char- acters to QuickDraw, so you can use a standard Mac print- er to print your DOS files. The company said that con- verting the widespread HP PCL printer-control language to QuickDraw is more diffi- cult and that the capability may be added later. The Mac's built-in SuperDrive (Apple’s standard floppy disk drive for some time now) can read and write standard DOS disks and will appear to DOS as the A: drive. Apple said it does not plan to include Microsoft Windows anytime soon, but that the card can run it with- out problems after the user installs it. The card comes with a PDS adapter designed espe- cially for it and a split cable to support the two monitors. It also has a built-in game port, but no support for Sound- Blaster as yet. Both the DOS Compatibility Card and the Quadra 610, DOS Compati- ble version should be available in the first half of 1994. Apple, 408/996-1010.—T.m. Developers Back PowerPC APPLICATIONS GO NATIVE ven the most powerful hardware platform is use- less without application soft- ware. The thought of Apple’s upcoming PowerPC D-day could easily bring back bad memories of the Mac’s nail- biting first year sans soft- ware—except for two things. First, the PowerPC Macs will run existing Mac applications in emulation mode; and sec- ond, third-party developers are enthusiastically working on native PowerPC applica- tions that will be much faster on the new machines than existing applications, because the former are designed for the new architecture. Major Mac software de- velopers are responding to the PowerPC’s seductive songs of speed and power, promising that their native PowerPC applications will appear eitl at the same time as Apple's i tial rollout (expected some- time in the first half of 1994) or within 4 to 12 weeks after- ward. This fall at the Seybold San Francisco exposition, sev- eral developers showed most- ly stable beta versions of pop- ular Mac applications ported to the new platform. Adobe demonstrated Photoshop for the PowerPC, with the same feature set as its Mac and Windows siblings. Aldus proved just how powerful the PowerPC is by demonstrating a native version of FreeHand that reacted in something approaching real time. Fractal Design demonstrated the next generation of Painter (code- named Painter/X3), showing real-time application of com- plex, liquid brush effects. Specular showed off a Power- PC version of Infini-D sched- uled to ship just as Apple is rolling out the new hard- ware—according to the com- pany, its new image-composi- tion program, Collage, won’t be far behind. All of these early applications will depend heavily on the two things the PowerPC chip and system software excel at: QuickDraw calls and floating-point math calculations. Other developers haven’t actually shown applications yet but have publicly commit- ted to supporting PowerPC with specific products. Claris, being a wholly owned Apple subsidiary, can be expected to vote early and often with its software development dollars. Tts stated goal is to have ClarisWorks be the first native PowerPC application to ship. It is also currently examining the rest of its prod- uct line, especially MacDraw Pro and FileMaker Pro, with an eye toward expanding its PowerPC offerings. With Canvas 4, Deneba is taking an approach shared by companies such as Microsoft. They’re developing platform- independent core code, and then building Mac, Windows, and PowerPC front ends onto the basic instruction set. Speaking of Microsoft, look for PowerPC versions of Excel 5, Word 6, and Works 4.0 (even though Works isn’t part of the Microsoft core code program) in the first half of 1994. PowerPoint should follow soon after to complete the Microsoft Office suite. HSC Software has prom- ised native PowerPC versions of Kai’s Power Tools and Live Picture. Wolfram’s Mathe- matica will also appear in PowerPC form in 1994, ac- cording to the company. Desktop publishing res- cued the Mac from an early grave, and PowerPC early adopters can count on native continues MACWORLD In Briel DayStar Cuts Accelerator Prices Claiming economies of scale, DayStar has announced it is dropping the list prices of most of its accelerator boards for Macs. The cuts range from $70 on a 50MHz Universal Power- Cache without FPU (now $679), to $300 on an Image 040 graphics accelerator with 40MHz 040 and twin DSPs (now $2399). (See News, Macworld, November 1993.) 401/967-2077. SyQuest Ups Warranty to Five Years . . . SyQuest Technology recently increased the warranty on its 44MB and 88MB removable cartridges for its 54-inch SyQuest drives to five years. The new warranty policy covers all cartridges shipped after December 31, 1992. The company's warranty on the 5Y4-inch drives continues at two years, 510/226-4000. . « » And Radius Goes for Life If you own a Radius add-in board of any kind, it’s now guaranteed for life if you're the original owner, you have your receipt, and you registered the product within 30 days. Radius says it will replace any defective board within 24 hours at no cost. 408/424-1010. Claris CAD Discontinued Claris has confirmed that it will discontinue Claris CAD and will continue to offer technical support for the product only through September 30, 1994. Claris and Ashlar jointly announced that Ashlar will offer Claris CAD owners a $399 upgrade to Ashlar Vellum 2D (normally $2495) and a $499 upgrade to Ashlar Vellum 3D (normally $2995). DesignCAD is separately offering a $99 upgrade to DesignCAD 2D/3D Macintosh (normally $299). Ashlar, 408/746-3900; DesignCAD, 918/825-4848. February 1994 35 | News Native PowerPC Software Company Product Availability* ACI US AD Server 3-6 months 4th Dimension months Object Master concurrent ‘Adobe Systems ‘Adobe Photoshop. 2-6 months Adobe Dimensions months ‘Adobe illustrator 26 months ‘Adobe Premiere 26 months ‘Aldus Corporation ‘Aldus Persuasi 3-6 months Aldus FreeHiand 3-6 months Aldus PageMaker 3-6 months ‘Aladdin Systems "Stuffit SpaceSaver Asthalf 1994 Stuffit Deluxe concurrent Stuffit Expander ‘athalt 1994 Canto Software Cirrus 2.0 concurrent Cumulus 2.0 concurrent Central Point Software AntiVirus for Macintosh summer 1994 MacTools summer 1994 Claris Corporation ClarisWorks 2.1 concurrent Bantz Development Retrospect concurrent Corporation Retrospect Remote eoncureent Dayna Communications Pro Files concurrent Deneba Software Canvas 4 60-90 days Fractal Design Painter2.0 ———_coneurrent Painter/X2 ‘concurrent Frame Technology FrameMaker 4weeks ‘Great Plains Software. Dynamics C/S+ Q2 1994 Dynamics Release Two | 21994 HSC Software Kal's Power Tools concurrent Live Picture concurrent Insignia Solutions SoftWindows for the concurrent ‘Macintosh with PowerPC ‘Microsoft Corporation Excel Ast half 1994 Word Ast half 1994 Works ‘st half 1994 Now Software Now Compress NAPT Now Contact NAPT Now Up-to-Date NAPT Now Utilities NAPT Pixar Showplace concurrent Pixar Typestry concurrent Ray Dream Ray Dream Designer 3 concurrent Specular international Collage 60 days Infini-D _____ concurrent Logomotion 60 days Strata "Strata StudioPro_——_coneurrent StrataVision 1994 VideoFusion VideoFusion NAPT Wolfram Research ‘Mathematica 30 days WordPerfect WordPerfect 3.0 concurrent NAPT = Not available at press time. *After Apple's Introduction. May depend on last-minute changes to PowerPC architecture. versions of Aldus PageMaker and Frame Technology’s FrameMaker 4.0 to be avail- able in relatively short order. QuarkXPress, on the other hand, will not be in the DTP lineup. At press time, Quark was hedging, quoting engi- neering costs and doubtful 36 February 1994 MACWOR customer demand as reasons to hold off on development. Perhaps one of the most important native PowerPC software products on the way is Insignia Solutions’ Soft- Windows for the Macintosh with PowerPC. The product, developed in partnership with LD Microsoft, is based on the Windows source code and runs Windows and MS-DOS ap- plications at 486 PC speeds, while supporting PC networks such as Novell NetWare and Microsoft LAN Manager, according to In- signia. Informal observations of beta versions seem to bear out this claim, giv- ing Apple a powerful weapon in the fight to attract Win- dows and DOS users to the new platform. As for Mac developers creating native PowerPC ver- sions of their applications, the question is no longer if they will, but when. The roster is growing rapidly; many devel- opers using Apple’s porting tools report usable first ports from clean Mac code in a matter of days. Admittedly, its a big step from ported code to final product, but even so, Apple has assembled a formidable cadre of software support. If all goes as planned—and so far it seems to be—the PowerPC jugger- naut will be hard to stop. —CAMERON CROTTY Little Big Monitor LOW-COST 20-INCH DISPLAY itsubishi is shipping the Diamond Scan 20 Plus, a high-resolution 20-inch monitor. Mitsubishi is posi- tioning the $2699 Diamond Scan 20 Plus as a lower-cost alternative to its Diamond Pro 20 and Diamond Pro 21FS. The display offers a maxi- mum resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels at a refresh rate of 74Hz. It supports resolutions as low as 640 by 480. Having an antiglare coating on the CRT glass instead of a bond- ed panel reduces the cost by about $300. Mitsubishi says The 20-inch Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 20 Plus offers resolutions up to 1280 by 1024. the coating reduces glare and magnetic static. The monitor meets the Swedish MPR II guidelines for ELF emissions. Mitsubishi, 714/220-2500. —JOANNA PEARLSTEIN In This Vale of Taxes THIS YEAR'S MACINTAX | that time of year again— time to start thinking about your taxes. This year ChipSoft has two new tax-planning products, MacInTax Tax Planner and MacInTax Tax Savings Guide. The company has also upgraded MacInTax itself, and now offers a total of 20 separate state-tax editions. MacInTax Tax Planner is a $29.95 tax-forecasting and -analysis program. It uses ChipSoft’s Easy Step inter- view to guide users through tax planning, and shows how actions such as buying or sell- ing a home will affect future tax liability. The MacInTax Tax Savings Guide, $19.95, is an interactive tax-strategy guide with more than 250 tips. In upgrading MacInTax, ChipSoft has stressed ease-of- use. The interview feature has been revised, and a new deduction finder helps you spot deductions you might have missed. Printing should be faster and more reliable with the added TrueType fonts, and improved memory management speeds up scrol- ling. MacInTax will have a list price of $69.95, and state ver- sions will cost $29.95 each. Four different products for taxes may seem excessive, but ChipSoft offers a coupon-in- the-box promotion, so buying one product gets you a coupon for money off anoth- er. ChipSoft, 619/453- 8722.—WeENDY SHARP. First 17-inch Monitor trom Radius FILLING OUT THE LINE cknowledging the popu- larity of 16- and 17-inch color monitors, Radius has troduced the PrecisionColor Display 17. The 17-inch mon- itor, the first such from Radius, is intended to broad- en the company’s product line in smaller monitors. The Trinitron-based, micropro- cessor-controlled Precision- Color Display 17 will be priced above the Radius Preci- sionColor Pivot Monitor, the 15-inch monitor that turns from portrait mode (vertical) to landscape mode (horizon- tal). The list price was not set at press time, in part because Radius expects the display industry to undergo price cuts late in 1993 and will price the monitor then. Shipments should begin in January. Radius, 408/434-1010.—T.m. Floptical for PowerBooks IOMEGA'S BATTERY- POWERED DRIVE owerBook users on the run have yet another stor- age option available to them: Tomega’s _ battery-powered floptical drive. Weighing slightly over 2 pounds, the $399 PowerBook Floptical is about the size of a paperback book, It stores up to 21MB of data on a 3.5-inch disk, has a TREND MEIN MY MEMO irst there —_ was AppleTalk, then there was E-mail. First there was PowerTalk, and now there’s video mail. Axion is offering the iSpy Bundle, a $799 combination of vid- eo camera, board, and AOCE-savvy soft- ware that lets you view your boss’s next memo. The iSpy color video camera contains a unidirec- tional microphone for sound capture, mounts on your monitor or on an optional stand, and plugs into any digi- tizing card using standard NTSC or PAL inputs. The 7-inch iMovie video-digitizing board fits into any NuBus Mac and grabs motion video at up to. 320 by 240 pixels in 16-bit color at 24 frames per sec- ond, depending on the speed of the host Mac. The data-transfer rate of 1.6 Mbits per second, and includes a built-in HDI-30 SCSI cable. Like other floptical drives, the PowerBook Floptical uses a combination of magnetic and optical technology, reads and writes to 21MB flop- tical and 1.44MB standard floppy disks, and is up to three times faster than normal floppy drives. stores 21MB and lists for $399. The ISpy Video Bundle includes a desktop video camera and video E-mail software. board also simultaneously captures 16-bit stereo audio at up to 44.1KHz. ‘The software guts are in the iMail video-mail package that works with the AOCE-to-video mail- box; users can record, edit, play back, send, and receive QuickTime movies over a network. The software, board, and camera can be purchased separately and work independently with other components. Axion, 408/522-1900. —CAMERON CROTTY The drive runs on a spare battery designed for any PowerBook 140 through 180, or on most PowerBook AC adapters. Additionally, Io- mega’s Power Pass Through cable (included) allows non- color PowerBooks to share the same AC adapter with the PowerBook Floptical drive. Color PowerBooks and Duos require an additional Power- Book AC adapter; the PowerBook Duo AC adapter’s voltage is incom- patible with the Tomega product. Tomega is sell- ing the PowerBook Floptical only through the Apple Catalog. Yomega, 801/778-1000; Apple Catalog, 800/ 795-1000.—0ANNA PEARLSTEIN MACWORLD In Briel Low-Cost Hammer Drives FWB has introduced the low- cost Hammer PE series of Mac hard drives and removable- cartridge drives. The hard drives range from 170MB to 545MB, with list prices from $529 to $1139. An internal 128MB removable-optical drive lists for $1269, or $110 more for an external version. FWB will offer a 44MB SyQuest drive for $559, an 88MB SyQuest for $745, and a 105MB SyQuest for $899. All are shipping. 415/474-8055. Speeding Up LCs and LC I's Harris International is bringing out the PerformerPro LC, a 32MHz 68030 accelerator board for the Macintosh LC and LC II. The $349 accelerator has a socket for a $100 FPU. Available now, it improves system. performance by up to 300 percent and meets Apple's power budget for LC and LC I add-in boards. 612/482-0570. Focus Enters Display Market Fo