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=| 24-Bit Accelerators. = Photoshop Accelerators . = Photoshop Filters , . . Mac LC 97 040 Speed in an All-in-One Design, ' Page 36 Save Time, Save Money Tips and Tools HE ACINTOSH® MAGAZINE =$3.95 Canada $45 ABNBGEDPARAARAARS-DIGIT 57783 HSBACNO00NS4. 54671852 OC 851-07 BLACK HILLS STATE UNIV FEB 9544 MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE BALB USB 9512 #REOS SPEARFISH SD 57783 IMAGINE WAKING UP ONE DAY WITH THE INFINITE POWER TO CREATE. YOUR MICROSOFT FOXPRO FOR THE MACINTOSH IS HERE. FoxPro 2.5 is new for 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? It’s 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 What’ more, you don't 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. 7] Query multiple tables at once using Relational >) Query By Example. Then ‘see the answers in a 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 Macintosh, completing the FoxPro family and all your visions with new Microsoft allowing full cross-plat- ways to develop robust applica- tions. It even supports Apple” events, XCommands, XFunctions and QuickTime” video. FoxPro for the Macintosh. Microsoft “FileMaker fro cannor perform multtable ts. 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Especially if you're one of the growing number of Mac users looking for software compatibility and better price/performance. At Intel, we know computer users can get pretty attached to their software—yould prefer to keep using it even if you buy a new PC. That's why we've always made sure our PC processors run yesterday’s PC software as well as the latest ©1993 Intel Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc, * Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners, This is a document created ona Macintosh. This is a document created onan Intel-based PC. releases. And today, more software devel- opers are writing new programs for Intel- based PCs than any other architecture. And because every year our processors get faster, your programs will run faster. Thus, an application that runs on our speedy ing ina magazine like this? Intel486” DX2 processor will perform even better on our new Pentium” processor. As for price/performance, we can offer you more for your money than Macintosh can. That’s because hundreds of companies worldwide bring you com- puters based on Intel’s processor technology. (Microsoft Excel” [Adobe Photoshop” [oulenene se Microsoft Office* ClarisWorks* QuarkxPress* ° ° . Microsoft Word* ° . Adobe Illustrator* . ° With an Intel-based PC, ‘you can still anal your favorite ‘Macintosh applications. Now you may be wondering, how does knowing all this about Intel help you, a Macintosh user? Simple. The more you know about Intel processors, the more you'll wish we were in your computer instead of just in this magazine. To learn more about what Intel compati- bility and price/performance can mean to you, call 1-800-395-7009, extension 83. intel. Hl nents. 92 102 110 Fealures Fast Track to 24-Bit Color BY DEKE McCLELLAND It does not cost a bundle to get accelerat- ed 24-bit color—Macworld Lab tests 8 video cards for graphics and DTP professionals to find where the real performance lies. Troubleshooting Tips and Tools BY GENE STEINBERG Howto recognize—and how to fix—com- mon and not-so-common prob- lems, from software incompatibil- ities to hard disk errors. Top Utilities BY ROBERT C. ECKHARDT From incredibly useful to just plain fun, we pick the 16 best util- ity programs from stacks of choic- es and leave you wondering how you ever did without. 35 36 43 45 MacBulletin News First all-in-one 040 LC * Apple offers video/media bun- dles * Clock-doubling accelera- tors, and more PowerPC News More appli- cations go native * Fully compat- ible video accelerators, and more New Products Page 54 ON THE Cover Photo by Robert Perry. Screen image by Diane Fenster and Jim Sugar. MAGAZINE 21 27 175 181 183 268 APRIL 1994 State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO upgrade strategies. PowerPC Letters The Desktop Critic BY DAVID POGUE back up more often. Enjoy life— The Iconoclast By steven Levy Worldwide Owners of Ripoff Macs—on tar- get or just whiners? Conspicuous Consumer BY DEBORAH BRANSCUM Computing on a shoestring. Wise Guy By Guy KAWASAKI Why 1995 will be a great year for Apple, but 1994, the worst. Page 120 120 124 138 141 146 153 Graphics News Apple’s new digital cam- era * Custom textures and animat- ed 3-D logos * Three new color- management systems, and more Expert Graphics BY CATHY ABES Graphics pro- fessionals share their secrets. Photoshop Accelerators BY CHARLES sSeiTER Mac- world Lab tests five DSP boards that increase the speed of Photo- shop filters and finds cost-effective acceleration for under $1000. Making the Most of Photoshop Filters BY DEKE McCLELLAND Get more from Photoshop without expensive add-ons using these five techniques. At Work News 4D adds tools, simplifies * Collaboration over the network * Business translation software for the Mac, and more Working Smart BY JIM HEID Strategies on minimizing catastrophe with timely backups. FileMaker Workshop BY RICH COULOMERE AND JONATHAN PRICE From auto- mating data entry with lookups to calculating deadlines and auto- mating with scripts, these tech- niques show you how to optimize your database. Quick Tips BY LON POOLE and shortcuts. Tips, tricks, 162 165 185 187 199 14 Page 126 Networks News Apple tunes its Work- group Server * Dial-in access-in- one for Mac, PC * ARA security products, and more Linking AppleTalk Work- groups over TCP/IP BY JOEL SNYDER Tunneling through a TCP/IP network can connect workgroups over a wide area, but will it work for you? We look at four methods for a variety of needs, PowerBook Notes By cary LU What’s new on the Newton. Buyers’ Tools Editors' Choice Top picks from our comparative articles. 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I’m not always an early adopter (I passed on the Newton), but PowerPC is clearly the Mae’s future, and it will be accompanied at introduction by some swift new soft- ware. Ifyou don’t already have a Mac, you should probably buy a PowerPC machine unless you are on a really tight budget. Within a couple of years Apple will com- pletely convert its computer line to use PowerPC chips, so you might as well be on board as applications are redesigned to take advantage of the performance offered by the PowerPC’s RISC technol- ogy. From everything I have heard and seen, software compatibility should be excellent, so you will have all the variety of the Mac software base to choose from as soon as the PowerPC machines arrive. Apple has also promised aggressive prices, so it’s likely that there will be little, ifany, price premium for a PowerPC Mac ver- sus current midrange and high-end Macs. Buyers who must squeeze every penny should consider the lower-priced 040-based Macs. People with limited per- formance demands will still save quite a bit of money by purchasing models such as the LC 475 and 575, the Performa 475 and 476, and the Quadra 605. Software Is the Key If you already own a Mac, deciding whether you should upgrade it is a more STATE OF THE MAC BY ADRIAN MELLO Upgrading to PowerPC Mapping a route to new Macs complex process. Software is the most important consideration. Unless you work in an area where faster computing means big benefits, you may not need to upgrade right away. The initial benefit of a PowerPC Mac is that software written specifically for it, called PowerPC native software, will run much faster than cur- rently possible. This is important i work is in a field such as publishing, graphics, mathematics, science, or engi- neering and demands a lot of processing power. Although existing applications written for the 68000 family of proces- sors will still run under emulation on PowerPC Macs, at first the new systems won’t be faster than today’s comparable models. Apple says that in most cases the emulated performance will range from that of a fast 030 to a slow 040—say, somewhere between a ITfx and a Quadra 700. That’s great if you own a slower Mac, but it’s a step backward if you already own a fast model such as the Quadra 800. ‘The point is, if you need an immedi- ate performance improvement, you should find out ifand when native Power- PC versions will be available for the appli- cations you use the most. A number of vendors expect to ship native versions of their software on introduction of the PowerPC models; others will ship later (see “Developers Back PowerPC,” News, Macworld, February 1994). For example, FrameMaker 4.0, Fractal Painter, Word- Perfect, and Mathematica will be avail- able when the PowerPC Macintoshes come out. However, the full native ver- sion of Adobe Photoshop won’t be avail- able until summer. If you spend most of your time in QuarkXPress or Photoshop, you won't see a speed improvement from a PowerPC at introduction. To keep you up-to-date on software introductions and other developments important to the transition to PowerPC-based Macs, in this issue we introduce a new section called PowerPC News. Software Installation Conundrum As vendors make native applications available, they may offer new and unfa- miliar ways of packaging and installing them. Some vendors might sell separate versions of their software, one for existing 680X0 Macs and another for PowerPC Macs. Vendors offering separately pack- aged PowerPC versions are likely to charge more for a PowerPC Mac _ version than for a 680X0 Mac ver- sion. If in addition to your PowerPC Mac you will use a PowerBook or a 680X0 desktop Mae, you'll need to keep separate versions of software for the two types of machines. Separate ver- sions are the least likely method of distribution because they are inconvenient. Another option, called a fat-binary application, contains PowerPC native code and 680X0 code all in the same pro- gram. Whether you run the program on a 680X0-based Mac or a PowerPC Mac, it runs the appropriate code. ‘The fat- binary approach lets you move your hard drive between different machines and lets network users access a server application without having to install two different versions. But fat-binary applications are continues MACWORLD April 1994 24 STATE OF THE MAC called fat for a reason. Although notas big as two separate versions combined, a fat- binary application is quite a bit bigger than a single-platform version. That means a fat-binary program will probably require more floppies in the box it ships in, and will definitely take more room on your hard disk. 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Lakeview Ave., Anaheim, CA 92007 | (714) 779-272 Circle 33 on reader service card 22 April 1994 MACWORLD Apple has also announced an upgrade board that fits into an 040 PDS slot; Apple claims that the board will run native PowerPC applications two to four times as fast as an 040 Mac with current versions of the same apps (see “Apple Unv. irst PowerPC Product,” News, Macworld, March 1994). The board will ed ines as the ible for the same ma logic-board replacement, except for the AV Maes and the Centris and Quadra 610. The board will also work with the Quadra 700, 900, and 950, for which there are no announced logic-board up- grades. At under $700 this board is expected to cost less than a full-blown logic-board upgrade, but it may not be as fast, depending on the machine you are upgrading. The PowerPC processor on the add-in board runs at double the clock rate of the logic board in the Mac in which it’s installed. For example, in a 20MHz Centris 610, the add-in board will run at 40MHz, and in a 33MHz Quadra 650 it will run at 66MHz. A third option: DayStar Digital (404/ 967-2077) has announced upgrade boards that take a different approach even though its boards use the same (licensed) ROMs as the Apple board. Instead of clock-doubling, DayStar’s boards pr serve the speed of their PowerPC chip regardless of the speed of the upgraded machine. Clock speeds on the first Day- Star boards will be 60MHz, 66MHz, and 80MHz. You'll pay more for the speed of the DayStar boards—they will start at under $1500. DayStar PowerPC up- grades for the Quadra 650, 700, 800, 900, and 950 and the Centris 650 should ship when Apple introduces its PowerPC models. Versions for all color Macs are due sometime this yeai Whatever hardware upgrade strategy you choose, before you buy, check whether the software you rely on will be available. If it won't be, you might as well wait until the native versions are ready. 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T dare you to compile a compre- hensive list of current software that makes use of an FPU. You'll find yourself in the company of many Photoshop filters, spreadsheets from ClarisWorks to Excel, data-analysis packages, 3-D modelers and renderers, and QuickTime-editing pack- ages. These aren’t obscure, niche software products—they’re best-sellers, and the reason many people bought their Macs in the first place! The brain-dead LC040 (or 486SX for that matter) breed of FPU-disabled CPUs was a concept driven by manufacturing- yield problems, not by consumer needs. When called upon, an FPU provides breathtaking improvements in calculation speed for anyone who has one in their Mac. Apple deserves kudos for providing FPU options and for moving from sur- face-mount CPUs to swappable sockets. Calla truce between your writers and all the math chips in your lab Macs. Shawn Smith Minneapolis, Minnesota FPUs are helpful, but because Apple has made so many models without them, most software is based on integer math for compatibility. The few applica~ tions designed to support Macs both with and with- out FPUs—like Microsoft Excel!—usually see only a small overall boost in performance because the de- velopers focus on the few calculations that would benefit most from a floating-point chip rather than engineer the entire program to support both inte- gerand floating-point calculations. Perhaps Apple's move to the PowerPC chip will provide a large enough base for developers to really use the advan- tages of floating-point math —Ed. Presentation Madness MAKE SLIDES. LOTS AND LOTS OF | slides. So I read Jim Heid’s “Planning the Perfect Presentation” with interest, until I came across the following remark, “if you’re shopping for a presentation pro- gram, consider PowerPoint first—it’s a better program than Persuasion” (Work- ing Smart, January 1994). I've been using Persuasion success- fully and happily for the past two years. When I’ve been asked to help others in my organization with PowerPoint, I have found the program to be slow, clunky, and lacking in options. I haven’t seen the lat- est version of PowerPoint, but maybe you ought to more clearly qualify your re- marks rather than making product recom- mendations apparently based on one fea- ture like color selection. Also, PICTs and graded backgrounds can significantly slow print times on a film recorder. Beth Saltzman San Francisco, California IM HEID’S COLUMN ON PRESENTA- tions contains many good ideas, but he didn’t really explain the function of com- puter-generated pages with visuals on them—they’re for use as speaker’s notes. Speaker's note pages do have one visual per page, but the blank space below is not for “doodles.” This space is where the presenter can add notes and reminders. I’m a Persuasion user and find this feature very helpful. While the content of slides or overheads must be concise, the memo function allows me to enter notes to my- self. When giving my presentation, 'm guided by my speaker’s notes, each page of which holds a reduced copy of the slide, followed by my notes. Barry-Craig Jobansen Red Wing, Minnesota T HANKS TOJIM HEID FOR ANOTHER helpful column full of common sense and practical advice. But seriously—I have always pre- ferred wearing a skirt when I give presen- tations. Does he really recommend that I wear slacks? Cindy Greene Los Alamitos, California ‘My recommendation that users consider PowerPoint first was based on more than just color selection, At the time the column was written, Persuasion was showing its age and was well behind PowerPoint in many areas. (The new Persuasion 4.0 looks much stronger.) As for Cindy Greene's, um, query: Ill al- ways choose skirts over slacks. Except for myself —Jim Heid Happily Seeing in Color DRIAN MELLO MISSED THE JET IN his “Choosing a PowerBook” col- umn (State of the Mac, January 1994), He maligned the 165c as a battery hog com- pared with the black-and-white 165. I'm typing this on a 165¢, aboard a jet. To ex- tend the battery life, just turn off the color with the Monitors control panel. Slowing the processor and carrying an extra bat- tery gives you a machine that is perfectly acceptable for word processing. His sug- continues MACWORLD April 1994 27 elax, youre IN CONTROL “Best Gevicanal Tool” = MacUser 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 to get you organized fast Use IN CONTROL to: Organize all your activities quickly, Auto Enter and Popup menus speed data entry Categorize information the way you want. 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The correct number is 408/625-6667. = Tom Rielly’s name was incorrectly | spelled “Reilly” in February’s “Macintosh | | Innovations” feature. = Contrary to the January feature “Databases That Work,” Blyth Software is not yet shipping Omnis. = In the January New Products sec- tion, we incorrectly stated that Mantis Development's Living Desktop alters the | System file. gestion that you buy a separate monitor for your office and use a black-and-white PowerBook doesn’t do the trick when you want to take the PowerBook home or use it in a hotel. He also overlooked the fact that the 165c runs at 33MHz (versus the 165’s 25MHz), and has a math coproces- sor. For a minor difference in price, the 165¢ packs more power, and it’s nice to work in color when you land. Kelly Moorhead Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Apple Tech Support Explained HEN THE UPPER MOUSE BUTTON on my PowerBook 170 broke for the second time in six months, I wanted to know if it was something T was doing wrong or something wrong with my ma- chine. I enclosed a note to that effect when I sent the machine in for its second repair. The computer came back fixed, but with nothing to explain the problem. I wrote.twice to people listed as work- ing in Apple Service and requested an answer to my question but received no re- ply. I was becoming irritated with this show of corporate discourtesy when it finally came to me. What if there are no people there? What if Apple Service is simply the name of a department staffed by robots programmed to repair and re- turn machines? To test this theory, I went to my workshop, swept a collection of unsorted 28 April 1994 MACWORLD bolts, nuts, chips, wires, and screws into a box, enclosed a note reading, “It broke,” and mailed the collection to the Apple Repair Genter. Two weeks later, I re- ceived a box with an Apple mailing label. Inside was a device labeled PowerCrib. I had not read about this in Macworld, but knowing how important the education market is to Apple, I guessed at the machine’s use. Sure enough, I could en- ter virtually any academic problem or question into the keyboard, and Power- Crib would write the answer—in cursive with a ballpoint pen—on my shirt cuff. The moral: Don’t send a holiday greeting card to Apple Service. It will come back wired for sound. Edn rd Hartman Moraga, California On Reviews FOUND YOUR RE 3 rating of the AudioVision 14 Display intriguing (December 1993). Although you appear to appreciate the sound- and image-quality of the monitor, you criticize a 14-inch monitor for not being a 16- or 19-inch monitor. That strikes me as a pointless exercise. One hopes that when 16- and 19-inch versions of this monitor are introduced, you will revise this rating and simply compare this monitor against other, similarly sized monitors. P.S. I enjoy Guy’s columns. Thomas G. Diebold Portland, Maine In December, we reviewed the AudioVision 14 along- side the Quadra 840AV in its intended environ- ment—as part of a multimedia workstation. Under these conditions, the monitor simply didn't provide enough real estate to be useful. You can read how it fared against its peers in our January 1994 “Small Wonders" lab feature on 14- and 15-inch color monitors —Ed. JUST READ THE REVIEW OF THE Apple PowerCD in the January 1994 issue. Jim Heid stated in the review that “you can still use the remote control when the drive is connected to a Mac.” I own a PowerCD and cannot use the remote con- trol when it is connected to my Mac and the Mac is on. When it is on, the Power- 2D is in data mode and will only accept commands from my Mac. When my Mac is off, audio CDs play for two to three minutes and then stop when the Power- CD suddenly goes into data mode. Since the software remote control of the PowerCD is so inadequate and the physical remote control will not work when my Mac is on, I rarely connect my continues The Apple Report On PowerPC NUMBER 2 — RISC PERFORMANCE AND CROSS-PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY Many of the most popular | being optimized to take } advantage of the high-perfor- i mance PowerPC processor. } PowerPC chips are faster and # less expensive than Pentium ! chips ~ so are the personal E computers they will run. # A complete Macintosh : system with PowerPC will ! cost well under $2,500, but ! will offer better performance : than higher-priced Pentium- based systems. With SoftWindows, Macintosh with PowerPC will have the ability to run DOS and Windows applications, unmodified. i Macintosh with PowerPC, call 1-800-732-3131, ext. 150, in the U.S. We'll send you a copy of our informative, free } booklet, PowerPC Technol- ! ogy: The Power Behind the } Next Generation of Macintosh | Systems. In Canada, call * 1-800-665-2775, ext. 910. “Aeon Macatee incor karl m ered tears ofp amp x: Pace? aa te aera applications have been or are : puters based on the X86 microproces : SoftWindo For more information about i In the first half of 1994, Apple will introduce a : new family of computers that already has the entire com- : puter industry standing on end. They will offer better performance than com- ssors. They will be extremely competitive on a price basi compatible with Windows and DOS applications, by using s software They will be based on the revolutionary new PowerPC” microprocessor, created jointly by Apple, IBM : and Motorola. For the first time, desktop personal computer will take advantage of RISC chip architecture previously : found only in high-performance workstations. This ad- vance will make possible quantum improvements in the way we manage and work with information. RISC vs. CISC. ‘Tremendous advances have been made in CISC : architecture over the years. However, the physical limita- : : tions of the new, high-performance CISC design mean that : : CISC chips must be significantly bigger and more complex, : and must run at hotter temperatures to perform the same : tasks as comparable RISC chips. Consequently, the newer Figure 1. CISC vs. RISC Performance Evolution RISC Performance: ASC Time Date generation of CISC chips, like the Pentium, are much more : expensive to manufacture. Which means that personal : computers powered by PowerPC chips can offer a signifi- : cant advantage in price as well as in performance, wrk . And they will be : Asyou can see on the chart, RISC : microprocessors offer dramatically greater : potential for growth, leading us well into the next century and increasing the practicality of features like voice recognition, videoconferencing, object- oriented software and multimedia capabilities — functions that will be integral to doing business in the 21st century. More compatible personal computers. Apples new generation of Macintosh’ personal computers built around the PowerPC chip offer the abil- ity to run MS-DOS and Windows applications, as well as Macintosh software. Moving from one environment to he next will be seamless and, even more important will be effortless, PC users who move to Macintosh with PowerPC gain access to the large number of new applications which take advantage of the incredible performance of the new PowerPC chip. Higher-performance optimized applications. When PowerPC microprocessor-equipped Macintosh computers begin shipping, software developers including Microsoft, WordPerfect, Adobe, Aldus and Claris ipping new versions of their most popular soft- applications will offer significantly faster performance than : their MS-DOS, Windows or current Macintosh counterparts. Unprecedented value. i Because RISC-based personal computers cost ? less to manufacture than equivalent systems based on CISC : chips, we will be able to make this technology available for well under $2,500 for a complete mainstream desktop sy tem: Competitive with a lower-perfor- : mance, Pentium-based PC;* Watch for Apple Report #3, coming soon, Lp Carr: A i naar ltl Payroll For Quicken.? Guicke a ae Cheek Mier Pao Mackonsyo, MY Me, and more! PayCheck's new v7.0 instantly calculates your paychecks and automatically exports to your favorite accounting program like Quicken®, M.Y.0.B.©, Managing Your Money®, 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. 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Patrick Delabanty Worcester, Massachusetts To use the PowerCD remote control when the drive is connected to the Mac, start up the Mac with the PowerCD turned off. When the desktop appears, turn the PowerCD on. | don't have an answer for the second problem you describe—my PowerCD plays audio CDs perfectly when the Macis switched off. Finally, you're right—my review should have pointed out that the PowerCD's battery life is about an hour. But | stand by the three stars: no other portable CD-ROM drive supports audio CDs and Photo CDs as well as the PowerCD—or is as cute —im Heid Amazingly Expert Graphics D ARREL ANDERSON AND RICK Berry's graphics in the December 1993 Expert Graphics are amazing. The art itself indicates their exceptional talent and creativity, but what amazes me most is the tools they used to come up with such a rendition. I would imagine that a Mac IL with 8MB of RAM, an 80MB hard drive, and a 13-inch Apple monitor with a $459 RasterOps card would only be good for word processing and Pac Man. They're landing 1000-pound marlin with a 20-pound line. Someone give more power to Darrel and Rick—they must have time on their hands, Antonio Dimalanta, Jr. Tamuning, Guam What Educator Discount? HE LETTER BY TRACY ANNE SENA in the January 1994 Macworld con- cerning educators purchasing LC 520s for their friends triggered a thought. I con- tend that Apple’s heavily discounted Edu- cational Purchase Program is, in reality, dead. I ordered an LC 520 from my university bookstore the day it became available. Two weeks later I saw an adver- tisement in my local paper for the Performa 550. An extra $300 would get you 33MHz instead of 25MHz, a 160MB hard drive instead of 80MB, an internal fax modem, and $1300 worth of software, including ClarisWorks and the Grolier Encyclopedia. 30 April 1994 MACWORLD When I saw this, I knew that Apple was no longer giving educators the tradi- tional good deal. I have canceled my LC 520 order, and will now look toward the Performa 550. Bernard Shapiro Lowell, Massachusetts Powerless before the Cool Factor S TEVEN LEVY'S COLUMN ON THE Newton made me cringe even though it was meant to be funny (The Iconoclast, January 1994), My husband read selected snippets aloud as he chortled through it. He seemed to think Levy had been watch- ing me trying to use my Newton. My col- leagues have already concluded that the Newton is not learning my handwriting, but training me to write to its standard. My two-year-old has a toy called Doodle, which is slightly larger than my MessagePad. When I got one of the first Newtons in western Pennsylvania, my husband quickly christened it “Mommy's Doodle” and put one of the Newton stick- ers on the real Doodle. So why do I still love the thing and carry it everywhere, including to family gatherings and my daughter’s play dates? Is there a 12-step group for early adopters? Linda Sue Boehmer Clairton, Pennsylvania Damning Copy Protection N THE STRENGTH OF YOUR GAME Hall of Fame recommendation (Qanuary 1994), I purchased a Lemmings game for a seven-year-old. Apparently, none of the programmers have children, or if they do, they spend little time with them. The copy protection and level codes are a miserable example of child and product interaction. Copy protection of this magnitude discourages and frustrates younger users and adults alike. 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Adobe and Quark Tell PowerPC Plans At press time, Quark revealed plans to have a native PowerPC version of QuarkXPress 3.3 available by July. The software will be distributed on CD and include a col- lection of utilities, XTensions, and scripts. The PowerPC version will run 680X0 XTensions and any developed just for PowerPC. The price will be $995; that's $100 higher than the 680X0 version, which doesn't include the extra software. Separately, Adobe Systems said that within a few weeks of the introduction of the PowerPC Macs, it will offer a set of Photoshop filters that run as native PowerPC code. The filters will be available on online services or can be ordered directly from Adobe for $10. Quark, 303/894-8888; Adobe, 415/961-4400. Color Ink-Jet Printer The Apple Color StyleWriter Pro is a 360-dpi ink-jet printer that produces up to 2 pages per minute in monochrome, or 1 page every 2 minutes in color. It includes 64 TrueType fonts, Apple's ColorShare driver for printer sharing, ColorSync color-matching software, and a 100-sheet paper feed- er that can feed envelopes. The Color StyleWriter Pro can print on letter- and legal-size plain paper and on transparencies. The QuickDraw printer should ship in late March at a direct price between $649 and $749. Apple to License the Mac OS Michael Spindler, president and CEO of Apple, said the compa- ny intends to license the Mac Operating System to com- puter makers who will use the PowerPC chip. Apple said personal computer vendors showed more interest in doing PowerPC-based systems than Intel-based systems with a version of the Mac OS. Apple has several times said it was considering licensing the Mac OS. Revenues Up, Profits Down Apple announced that revenues for its first fiscal quarter of 1994 reached $2.469 billion—up 23 percent over the same quarter a year ago. However, net income for the quarter fell to $40 million, down from $161.3 million last year; and gross margins were at 24 percent, down from 40.5 percent a year ago. Unit sales rose to over 1 million in a single quarter, a record for the Macintosh. Apple shipped 2.086 million personal computers in the United States in 1993, the most by any vendor last year, according to Dataquest, a market-research firm based in San Jose, California. m MACWORLD April 1994 35 IN THIS ISSUE EDITED BY TOM MORAN p- 37 Apple's Bundles for Video and Media p. 38 040 Accelerators p. 38 PopupFolder p. 38 SuperMac's DigitalFilm 1.5 p. 39 Apple Personal Diagnostics p. 39 Printing TV Images p-40 QuickTime Effects p.40 New HyperCard and AppleScript Apple Ships First All-in-One 040 LG pple Computer has brought the power of the 68040 microprocessor to an all-in-one Macintosh for the first time, in the LC 575. The latest incarnation of Apple’s low-end line looks just like an LC 520, but offers perfor- mance similar to that of the Quadra 800 at a price well under $2000, complete with internal CD-ROM drive. ‘There’s also a brand-new way to add more to the machine. The LC 575 lives in the same all-in-one box that holds the Performa 550, the LC 520, and the Mac TV. But pop off the back panel, and the moth- erboard pulls out like a cookie sheet. A big 33 MHz 68L.C040 CPU dominates the 32-bit bus landscape, complemented by 4MB of RAM (expandable to 36MB), 1MB of VRAM, and an LC-PDS slot. (See the benchmarks on page 38.) So far, the worst thing you can say about the LC 575 is that at first it won’t be avail- able through consumer chan- nels. Don’t pull out your old school bag just yet, though. Apple has said that consumer versions of both the 575 and the LC 550 (see below) will appear later this year; the tim- 36 April 1994 MACWORLD = With a 33MHz 68LC040 microprocessor, Apple's Macintosh LC 575 is the fastest all-in-one Mac ever (see the benchmarks, “How Fast Are the LC 550 and 575?" on page 38). ing will depend on the needs of consumer-channel resel- lers. Until then, dealers may have to keep a sharp eye out for middle-aged “high-school students” looking for a low- cost Mac with a big punch. You can never be too rich or have too many expansion = Ee slots, so Apple designed a new one and tucked it into the LC 575, right next to the PDS. The Communications Slot is similar in design to the PDS. Initially, Apple will offer Eth- ernet cards in three flavors (10BaseT, thin Ethernet, and AAUID) for $84 each, and a PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT PERRY, SCREEN IMAGE BY DIANE FENSTER/JIM SUGAR, $149, 14.4-Kbps fax modem based on the PowerBook Express design. Apple is talk- ing to third-party developers about other possible board designs that would fit into the 2-by-6-inch slot. By the time you get to the accoutrements, you'd think the surprises would be over. Indeed, the LC 575’s monitor is Apple’s standard 14-inch Trinitron display, and the floppy drive is the standard 1.44MB SuperDrive. But the internal, dou- ble-speed (Apple- CD 300i-equiva- lent) CD-ROM drive sticks out a tray for the disc. That means no more disc caddies, and Apple even included an eject button. In the tale of the tape, the LC 575 compares favorably— users will be putting Quadra 800 power on their desktops for a fraction of the cost, as our preliminary benchmarks show. And if that just isn’t enough power for you, Apple has stated that the LC $75 will accept a PowerPC upgrade, for which the company is cur- rently considering both the 601 and 603 versions of the RISC chip. The machine does have minor drawbacks; a single DRAM expansion slot means users who want a lot of RAM will have to buy expensive, single-board SIMM upgrades. Also, the 68L.C040 CPU lacks a math coprocessor. Other difficulties could surface in the Comm Slot modem; _ its Express Modem architecture wasn’t Apple’s most reliable technology when it first appeared in PowerBooks. However, Apple claims that not having to deal with PowerBook sleep cycles and battery-power management has cleared up most of the problems, and that hard work on the software side has elim- inated the rest. Educators can walk away with the 5/160/CD package, complete with keyboard and mouse, for a cool $1699. An 8MB configuration is also available to volume buyers. That kind of pricing on a complete, compact 040 system makes the LC 575 extremely attractive to a wide range of markets. It’s got the horse- power to wade through high- The logic board of the LC 575 includes a new communications slot (on upper right). powered business software and cycle-hungry multimedia, and it’s moderately expand- able. It’s small enough to fit easily on an office, classroom, or home desk; it’s portable; and when it comes time for setup or takedown, there’s one cord and one power switch. Going for speed increases across the board, Apple also replaced the LC 520’s 25MHz 68030 CPU with a 33MHz version. They call the new model the LC 550, and it will replace the LC 520. The LC 550 ships for $1199 with key- board, mouse, 4MB of RAM, and a 160MB hard drive; and it’s upgradable to the new tray-loading CD-ROM drive. Like the LC 575, the 550 is PowerPC upgradable, and an 8MB version will be available to volume buyers. —CAMERON CROTTY Apple Video/ Media Bundles SOLUTIONS FOR CONTENT DEVELOPERS ome assembly required. Three words that strike fear into the hearts of con- sumers everywhere, especially professional Macophiles. Even if all the pieces of a system exist, getting them in one place and working together properly can be a nightmare. Enter the Apple Professional Video Production Solution and the Apple Media Author- ing Solution. These bundles contain all the hardware and software necessary to edit and produce digital video and CD-ROM-style multimedia, respectively. After handing over $10,749 for the Video Pro- duction Solution, video pro- ducers get a system (not including CPU, monitor, and keyboard) that’s based around Radius’s 60-fields-per-second VideoVision Studio product. The bundle also includes a 2GB MacinStor hard disk drive by Storage Dimensions, Digidesign’s Audiomedia II card, and a pair of AppleDe- sign Powered Speakers. Pur- chasers also get the Adobe Premiere Deluxe CD-ROM edition, and VideoFusion video-editing software. For underlying hardware, Apple recommends using a Quadra 800, 840AV, or 950 with 32MB of RAM, a IGB inter- nal hard disk drive, and an Ap- pleCD 300i CD-ROM drive. An appropriately decked- out system will produce video results that will be suitable for corporate sales, promotion or training, and education, according to Apple. Profes- sional video producers will mostly find the system useful only for drafting or prototyp- ing ideas; however, if a video has a multitude of short, quick cuts and busy images, Apple’s bundled _video-production system could be used for final output to tape, according to the company. The Media Authoring Solution is aimed at multi- media developers creating presentations and CD-ROM. content. For $6999 (direct price), purchasers get Super- Mac’s DigitalFilm and Thun- derStorm cards, a set of AppleDesign speakers, plus a slew of software including Adobe Premiere and Photo- shop Deluxe CD-ROM edi- tions; CoSA After Effects; Kodak Shoebox; Macromedia Director, Action, and Macro- Model; and the Apple Media Tool. Apple again recom- mends using a Quadra 800, S840AV, or 950. ‘The company also recom- mends the Sony CDW-900E. continues In Briel Having trouble upgrading the VRAM on your Quadra 605? The data sheet for the 605 lists the wrong part number for the VRAM SIMM upgrade, MO05017LL/A. The correct kit is M1311LL/A, which is also used for the Macintosh Duo Dock. Apple says that dealers will be informed of the mistake, and the data sheet will be changed. Don't Fry Your Fax Modem If you connect your Global Village modem or fax modem to the digital phone lines (for example, PBX installations) found in many offices and hotels, you run the risk of seriously damaging the hardware. The solution is the company’s $149 GlobalSwitch, a bit of hardware that lets you plug your modem into the handset jack of a telephone and get the analog output your modem needs. 415/390-8200. Kills Germs Fast! DataWatch is claiming that Virex 5.0 runs many times faster than previous versions of Virex or any other virus software. For example, the company claims the antivirus utility can search an 80MB hard drive in ten seconds and causes no noticeable delay when searching applications as