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The Mac OS logo is registered in the Unted States PowerTower, PowerCenter, PoworBase and Powertron ae trademarks of Power Computing Cory Nactines Comp. ais se under eens. Al tor rad and product names are the poy ‘and specifications are valid in the U.S. only and are subject change without notice, eesti: ip 7 pees app con pe press rases 71997 [et 970902 pr Felpovees Rin [inatanew?] [entecer] [Destinations] Lrwtsnwray ][_ Pepe _][_soteore ) find é mal Press Release Apple to Acquire Power Computing for $100M CUPERTINO, Calif.--Sept. 2, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. announced today thet it will ecquire Power Computing Corporation's core essets in a deel valued at $100 million in Apple common stock. Included in the key assets Apple will acquire are the right to retain key employees with expertise in direct marketing, distribution, end engineering; Power Computing’s customer detabese; end the license to distribute the Mec OS operating system. “Power Computing hes pioneered direct marketing and sales in the Macintosh market, successfully building a $400M business, * said Steve Jobs, Apple Board member. “We look forwerd to leerning from their experience, and welcoming their customers back into the Apple fomily.” “Power Computing is grateful for the tremendous support and encouragement we have received from the entire Macintosh community,” said Stephen Kahng, Power’ Computing founder and CEO. “We believe that in our small ‘way, we have helpad to make the Macintosh stronger, and ‘that the spirit of Power will live on.” Power Computing will retain the Power Computing name end hiss stated it will sell Mac OS compatible computers through Dec. 31, 1997. Apple will provide ongoing Mac OS support to Power Computing customers and Power Computing will continue to provide hardware and warranty service to its customers. wean] [pee ove] [aeetvoew] [a] [teat] [conmcta] [hota] sin | Pape One| hats New | Angle Computer, Ine. | Find | Contact Us| Hel, PR Library | Corporate information | Speeches | Aole Soapbox | Exerutive Profties | Contoots | PowerComputing Snap It 87 89 November 1997 ‘Tweak It Scan It Features 145 Digital imaging Superguide Snap or scan a picture, fix it up, and print it out. 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Thumbs up to all the women and men who make Macworld magazine a top-notch pleasure to read. In a few weeks, I will have my first Mac, specifically a PowerCenter Pro 180. The exciting part is that I was a Wintel user (I can’t believe I typed that!) and still am, until my system gets here. Basically, after researching the Mac- intosh for six months, reading various reviews and opinions on the Web and in articles, and having numerous problems with my current PC, I decided to convert to the “good” side of the force—er, I mean computing. Chalk up one more Mac convert on the board. It’s a pleasure to be with the winning team. Joun DowninG via Macworld Online It's pleasure to have you. Welcome aboard. For those of you who aren’t enjoying the benefits of Macworld, as Mr. Downing points out, ‘you can subscribe via Macworld Online (www -macworld.com).—Ed. Notable, Portable, and Storable ‘TORAGE TO GO” WAS VERY INFORMA- tive and loaded with detailed specs to back it up (August 1997). However, using most of these drives on a daily basis has brought to my attention other issues that were not mentioned in your tests. I rrealize that lab tests indicate that Zip drives have half the speed of some other media types, but in the real world I can pull a large photo off a Zip and have the Zip back on the shelf faster than most other types can even be mounted. Rik HOCKING Aliso Viejo, California Rhapsody for Bil NEVER THOUGHT APPLE WOULD BE marketing its operating system to the Wintel world. It seems rather odd to me. However, it is going to happen. What astonishes me even more, though, is the huge emotional response coming from Mac OS users. The same people who are supporting Apple one day are having a fit the next—all because Apple has made a decision to broaden its target market. Think about it from a business point of view. Apple pays a little more money for the Windows compatibility than what it was already going to pay to develop its new OS. Subsequently, it'll have a prod- uct that will cover 99 percent of the com- puting market, as opposed to 35 percent or so. Yet I still see people in newsgroups proclaiming Apple Computer a traitor to its own kind. These are strong words. We have all seen the reports. Apple was, and still is (though not to the same extent), in some economic trouble. By producing a product that could be the biggest-selling piece of computer soft- ware since DOS, Apple is not turning its back on its supporters, but rather looking out for them. One might speculate that the contin- uation of the Mac OS depends on its being popular in the PC universe. Jon Craig Bowling Green, Kentucky ‘THINK THAT RHAPSODY FOR INTEL IS A bad idea. Its existence would be dan- gerous to all Mac makers. Why would PC users want to switch to Macs if they can use all of the new Mac software on their Wintel platforms? The Blue Box isn’t the answer because if that was the case, Win- dows wouldn’t be ahead in market share. The hardware isn’t the answer either, for the same reason. I understand why a cross-platform operating system would be useful to developers, but the Windows 95 and NT versions of Rhapsody would allow devel- opers to create Rhapsody applications for PCs without the need for the additional Intel version. Apple should drop the Rhapsody for Intel project and concentrate on the rest of Rhapsody. Rhapsody programs would still work on Intel-based machines, but Rhapsody for Mac would have the per- formance advantage. Gartu Watace via Macworld Online continues www.macworld.com November 1997 17 CLEMENT MOK Information Architect Studio Archetype, Inc. Clement Mok is an idea guy. a warehouse full of big ideas, and t! 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Al ather trademarks se property of thelr cespective BECAUSE IT’S YOUR STUFF.” LETTERS © Shockwave movies made in Macrome- dia’s Flash do not stream as they doxnload (Reviews, September 1997). © The G3 Arthur CPU, also called the PowerPC 750, is made by IBM (2 lz: Mac Powerhouse,” Sep- tember 1997). © APS Technologies can be reached at 816/483-6100, and DayStar Digi- tal’s phone number is 770/967-2077 (Mac Superguide, September 1997). © The NT module, Services for Macin- tosh, must be turned on via the NT server's network control panel (“Macs Can Thrive in an NT World,” News, July 1997). Two Modems Are Better than One | N ‘THE AUGUST 1997 ISSUE, YOU LISTED 4“Ten Ways to Recycle Your Mac.” Number five was to connect a group of modems together and attach them to a Mac to handle overnight downloads from the Internet. You called this multiplex- ing. Can you give me some more infor- mation on multiplexing? Some instruc- tions on how to do it would be helpful, including what hardware-software combi- nation I need. Zack M. Brock Hilliard, Florida You need three things. First, your Mac must sup- port multipoint PPP. You can find out by check- ing the documentation that came with your machine. Second, you need two or more phone lines. Each phone line must have a dedicated modem. Third, you need an ISP that supports multipoint PPP. You can call your ISP directly to find out. If it doesn't support it, you may be able to get a UNIX shell account (many ISPs offer these) and pair it with a freeware solution called Slirp to create the same effect. For more information on Slirp and how to multiplex, check out ucnet.canberra.edu.au/slirp/, www _phoneboy.com/slirp/, and www.56k.com/ reports/bonding.shtml.—Ed. Insanely Great Ads from 15-Year-Olds | JUST SAW THE WINNING ENTRIES OF ‘Apple’s “Making Dreams Come True” contest. The contest centered around Mac owners’ using their Macs to create 30-second spots showcasing the advan- tages of the Macintosh platform. After seeing all nine of these winners (three winners each in three categories: under 15, amateur, and professional), I have to conclude that Apple has done a terrible job of advertising. Any one of these nine ads was infi- nitely superior to any ad I’ve seen from Apple (with the possible exception of the “1984” ad). These ads show real people using the Macintosh in real-world appli- cations, and are done exceptionally well, even the under-15 ads. Why doesn’t Apple clean these ads up and start using them for TV spots? Just think of the headlines: “A Computer So Easy to Use, a 15-year-old Created This 30-Second TV Ad with It... .” With all of Apple’s advertising woes, an ad cam- paign like that could save a lot of money and get a lot of good exposure. Tep Lee Norcross, Georgia eMate Expansion Explained HE EMATE 300 DOES PROVIDE USERS Tee a way to expand its memory by adding SIMM RAM to its internal RAM slot (Reviews, August 1997). You can buy this kind of special SIMM from Newer Tech (316/943-0222, www.newertech.com). This way, you don’t have to sacrifice the only PC Card slot the eMate 300 has. WEN-Yu CHANG San Jose, California Take a News Break with Macworld REALLY ENJOY YOUR NEWS-BREAK I broadcasts. I know they must cost some money to produce and maintain, but if you could increase the content through more interviews with your staff or other guests it would be appreciated. I love to listen to them while paying bills or surf- ing, and they seem to have become short- er recently. Anyway, I appreciate them. Thanks for the effort! Jay BONNER Eustis, Florida If you baven’t visited our Web site recently, you've been missing out on the newest feature of Macworld Online. 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Just leaf through the pages of this issue — or any issue of Macworld. Wherever you see Editors’ Choice, you can be sure the product has passed the most rigorous tests for performance and quality in its class. And comes out a winner. Our reviewers scrutinize just about every Mac product that hits the market. If it wins us over, you can’t go wrong. THE ESSENTIAL MACINTOSH® RESOURCE 20 November 1997 MACWORLD LETTERS Hear the latest about the Mac market, new tech- nology, and developments at Apple from the peo- ple who know the most about it, at www -macworld.com.—Ed. Of Upgrades and Utility Vehicles READ WITH GREAT INTEREST DAVID I Pogue's recent article “The Software- Upgrade Paradox” (The Desktop Critic, August 1997). He asserts that Microsoft's move to a gargantuan Word version 6.0 divided users into two camps. Literary brevity is a necessity, but I’m sure Mr. Pogue recognizes that there are actually three camps: those who upgrade, those who don’t, and those who switch. The subtext of the article is very clear: Microsoft knows that it can act with impunity, and the masses must follow. I am very sorry to say it, but it seems that with Communicator Netscape is on the same road. Faced with the choice he noted (step up to the lane-wide, road-hog, RAM- ling 6.0, or continue to cruise in my utilitarian 5.1 model), I did what many consumers do. I shopped, and ended up buying a foreign model, WordPerfect, and I'll never go back. KrLLy M. McDaNiet Austin, Texas AVID POGUE SAYS, “WHY ARE WE BUY- ing [all-terrain sport-utility vehicles]? Don’t tell me it’s just in case a flash flood washes out the road to the grocery store.” jell, I drive a Toyota Rav4, a mini sport utility vehicle that gets excellent mileage, handles like a dream, and incidentally was the only vehicle to weather a flood and make it to work with myself and every- one else whose cars were underwater. Oh yeah, it sports a Mac sticker too. 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Apple's Choice The Vision Thing by Andrew Gore FACED WITH TWO UNPLEASANT ALTERNATIVES, APPLE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE F SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME A month ago that I'd be writing the editor in chief's column for Macworld, I would have nodded and asked, as nonthreateningly as I could, how long they’d been off their medication. Of course, rapid and im- probable change seems to be the order of the day. Take, for example, Apple's decision to buy back Power Com- puting’s Mac OS license. While not exactly unexpected, this move was none- theless a shock for Macintosh users who have come to view Power Computing as a singular force for good on the Mac plat- form. In a few short years, Power Com- puting has built a reputation for offering innovative products at a reasonable price, and offering them with the unabashed showmanship of a carnival barker. With Power Computing, the Mac OS wasn't just good, it was the best, no excus- es and no apologies. The company did wonders restoring Mac customers’ faith in the platform and in their own decisions to stand by their Macs. And while much of this could be attributed to the gonzo marketing the Power Computing name became synonymous with, in a very real sense styl¢:kecame substance as Power Computing “helped Mac users realize there was nothing so seriously wrong with their Macs that a little positive PR couldn’t help make better. However, despite all the positives Power Computing brought to the table, there was an unpleasant reality just below the surface that few of us wanted to face. Sometimes I think we Mac advocates are like the managers of a hotel where a skunk has died in the crawl space. Instead of just fessing up to the guests that their rooms smell like something just died because in fact something has, we point out the amenities, the restaurant's five-star menu, or the lovely view. The fact is, Power Computing has done little to expand the market. Worse, due to a series of mistakes made in how Apple constructed the Mac OS licensing program in the first place (see our story in News, page 30), Power Computing was taking business away from Apple, business that represented the most profitable part of Mac sales—the high-end—that Apple relies on to pay the bills for Mac OS development. And for all that, Power Computing wasn’t making money; and we all know about Apple's economic fortunes over the last year. This wasn’t Power Computing’s fault. The company competed effectively based on the rules spelled out by Apple. It was just unfortunate that Apple didn’t foresee how the market would evolve, and build a sustainable licensing program. Whatever mistakes were made, in the end Apple was faced with a “Sophie's choice”: either con- tinue licensing in a market climate that couldn’t support it, or end licensing and face the wrath of customers who were promised choice and were now having it away. believe Apple made the right deci- sion, Like it or not, Apple is the Mac, and as improbable as it may sound, if the com- pany doesn’t make some hard choices to shore up its financial performance now, Apple could easily take the Mac OS down with it, And that, I think we can all agree, would be a very bad thing indeed. Now under Construction Which brings me back to, well, me, and the improbable place I find myself in. Many of you reading this, I know, are devotees of MacUser; still others are part of Macworla’s loyal contingent. The ques- tion I imagine both publications’ readers have is what exactly is happening to your favorite magazine. Here’s the scoop. After more than a decade of fierce competition for the hearts and minds of Macintosh users everywhere, Macworld and MacUser have decided to join forces to create the most comprehensive, most authoritative Mac monthly ever. The new magazine, which will be called Mac- world, combines the best elements of both publications, plus a liberal sprinkling of new ideas, to create the greatest single source of inspiration and information on the Macintosh experience. What you hold in your hands is the first issue featuring the editorial of both magazines—although rest assured, it is only the beginning. The new Macworld is now officially under construction. And I firmly believe that with the combined skills of the two best editorial teams to ever work in the Mac market, the best is yet to come, I just want to thank Mac- world’s and MacUser’s outgoing editors in chief, respectively Adrian Mello and Pamela Pfiffner. Thanks, guys, for help- ing to create a great foundation for us to build our new Macworld on. An Open Invitation And that’s what we at the new Macworld are dedicating ourselves to: building the best publication possible from the con- siderable assets of two great Macintosh magazines. We know we can’t do that alone—to be our best means to serve our audience's interests in the best ways poss- ible. To that end, we want you, our readers, to be our partners as we move forward and start building this great new publication, that just happens to have a familiar name. To that end, we’ve set up an e-mail address to which you can send your sug- gestions and observations. Is there some- thing you've come to depend on in the pages of Macworld or MacUser that you just can’t live without? Let us know. Is there something we haven’t done that you always wished we would? Well, now’s your chance. Just e-mail us your com- ments at visionthing@macworld.com. 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Power Computing has also canceled a planned ini- tial public stock offering and halted construction on a new $25 million headquarters near Austin, Texas. Competition No More The acquisition eliminates Apple’ stiffest Mac systems competi- tor, one that claimed nearly 10 percent of the Mac market in 30 November 1997 the second quarter of 1997, according to Dataquest. Apple also stands to benefit from Power Computing’ expertise in direct marketing and build- to-order manufacturing; Apple currently sells almost all of its systems through dealers, but plans to step up its own direct- marketing efforts. First Licensee Power Computing was founded in 1993 by PC-industry veteran Stephen Kahng, who anti MACWORLD ed that Apple would soon be open to licensing the Mac OS. In September 1994, Power Computing and Radius became the first Mac OS licensees (Radius later sold its Mac sys- tems business to Umax Com- puter). Power Computing shipped its first Mac system in May 1995, but it wasn’t until spring 1996 that the company began shipping systems in sig- nificant volumes, eventually growing to $400 million in annual sales, according to Apple estimates. Power Com- puting systems consistently outrated competing Apple sys- tems in Macworld, MacUser; and MacWeek re Power Computing’ trou- bles began early this year when Apple signaled that it would take a hard-line stance with its licensees, seeking to charge considerably higher licensing fees and impose other condi- tions. On June 18, Power Computing and Apple reached a tentative agreement that was included in a document filed with the Securities and Ex- change Commission (see “Mac OS 8 Ships with No License Deal,” News, October 1997). But the deal was never final- ized, and after Gil Amelio’ July 9 resignation as Apple CEO, de facto chief executive Steve Jobs began an effort to eliminate or seriously curtail the licensing program. Events crested at the August Macworld Expo in Boston, where Power Com- puting president Joel Kocher tried unsuccessfully to rally attendees into a mass protest of Apple’ licensing policies. In mid-August, Kocher and sev- eral other senior Power Com- puting executives resigned over the licensing flap; Kocher wanted to sue Apple for breach of contract, but the company’s board of directors chose to continue the negotiations that led to the acquisition. Now that it has sold its Mac assets to Apple, Power Computing will continue to sell Mac systems until the end of the year. Public Relations Manager Mike Rosenfelt says the systems will ship with Mac OS 8, and that Power Com- puting will likely offer dis- counts as it clears inventory. Ironically, Power Computing’s demise may mean even more price pressure on Apple, at least in the short term. Power Computing says it will provide all technical sup- port for hardware and system software until December 31. Beginning January 1, 1998, ‘Apple will be the primary tech- support contact. If your prob- Jem is with the Mac OS, Apple tech support will handle it, but if you need hardware or war- ranty support, Apple will trans- fer you to Power Computing’ tech-support facility. Additional reporting by HENRY BORTMAN. N NALYSIS Why Apple Pulled the Plug SERIES OF APPLE, CLONER MISTAKES LED TO UNPROFITABLE SYSTEM by Galen Gruman ow quickly the dream died. In December 1994, Apple ended its Macintosh monopoly, giving Power Comput- ing and Radius licenses to make their own Macs. With Windows 95 on the horizon and the success of an Intel/Microsoft duopoly clear, Apple’s leaders and the indus- try saw a chance for the Mac market to gain a new level of competitiveness, flexibility, and innovation. Almost a year later, Apple and IBM put aside a yearlong rivalry and unveiled a partner- ship with Motorola to create the Common Hardware Refer- ence Platform (CHRP), which would remove Apple’s burden of designing Mac hardware and let the entire industry fund the Mac platform’ development. “We believe that an openly licensed Mac OS running on top of an open, industry-stan- dard RISC hardware platform represents a broadside against the reigning Wintel platform, and will play a key role in our ongoing efforts to greatly increase the presence of Mac- intosh in all markets,” then Apple CEO Michael Spindler said during the November 1994 CHRP introduction. “We believe today’s announce- ment is good news for anyone who believes in innovation, competition, and responding to customer needs.” Second Thoughts Fast-for- ward to summer 1997: After months of complaints by Apple officials. that licensing was hurting the company, Apple and the Mac OS licensees hammered out a new agree- ment that apparently satisfied Apple’s financial concerns and let the licensees stay in busi- ness. “My position on the clones was that we had to sup- port them,” former Apple CEO Gil Amelio told Mac- Week of the tentative June agreement. ‘Then Steve Jobs took over Apple in July and sent strong KEVIN CANDLAND successful competitor, Power Computing (see story at left). At press time, it appeared that IBM Microelectronics and Motorola Computer Group were preparing to abandon their Mac businesses. Umax Computer was finalizing a deal with Apple that would largely restrict Umax to designing and selling Mac systems in the Far Apple withheld support for the CHRP architecture just as the first CHRP systems, such as Motorola's StarMax 6000, were coming to market. signals that he wanted licens- ing dead. In a mid-August fil- ing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Apple said, “The benefits to the com- pany from licensing the Mac OS to third parties may be more than offset by the disad- vantages of competing with them. The company is cur- rently in discussions concern- ing the nature of such licensing arrangements going forward, including whether or not to extend such arrangements.” On September 2, Apple essentially ended the licensing program, buying out its most East, and selling or making for Apple sub-$1000 Mac systems, which Apple has been unable to profitably make itself. Apple says it will honor current licensing deals, which limit licensees to shipping their current systems. Apple also says it will consider licensing companies that target markets Apple does not want. This seems to mean small or nascent overseas markets, such as China and Korea, not proven markets like the United States. Essentially, the foray into an open Mac market is over. continues www.macworld.com November 1997 31 Kill or Be Killed How did the promise of fall 1994 devolve into the bitter frustrations that plagued Apple and the licensees in spring and summer 1997? Simply put, Apple found itself with a do-or-die decision: unable to compete with the licensees’ faster, cheaper sys- tems, and bleeding large sums of money due to lost sales (par- ticularly in its high-margin systems), Apple decided it must end licensing or go out of busi- ness. “If we continued losing money, we would have disap- peared,” says Apple marketing chief Guerrino De Luca. “Power [Computing] and the others were not ina position to carry this [market] forward if Apple died.” Late Delivery Eroded Profits In the second quarter of 1997, about a fourth of all Mac sys- tems were sold by compenies other than Apple. A huge per- centage of those were high-end systems from which Apple tra- ditionally made its real profits. And because Apple usually lagged behind the licensees in introducing new technologies, by the time Apple had new sys- tems out, its target customers had already bought elsewhere. Although CHRP would allow Mac cloners to pay for their own research and devel- opment, Apple was unable to deliver the technology until spring 1997, a year later than originally planned. This kept the Mac makers tightly linked to Apples own designs and forced them to compete for the same customers, since their products could not be signifi- candy different from Apple’. By this summer, the situa- tion had only gotten worse for Apple: several market re- searchers predicted that by the end of 1997, Apple would have less than half the market for new Mac sales. Technology Missteps De- spite Apple’s crowing about its technology leadership, its ac- tual technology delivery fell 32 November 1997 | News behind that of the licensees. Umax introduced in-line cache first, Power Computing made the first Mac to use the Power- PC 750 and 1:1 backside cache, and Motorola had the first Macs to use the CHRP archi- tecture. Apple instead adopted the new Mach 5 version of the PowerPC 604e and slightly modified its existing systems. ‘The result was another round of Apple Macs that cost more and ran more slowly than licensees’ Macs. Macworld Lab tests this summer showed that Apple’ 350MHz Power Mac 9600 was no match for even a 266MHz Motorola Star- Max 6000 XL. Apple lik won't match the StarMax 6000% speed until early 1998 when Apple integrates CHRP technology. Given its technology dis- advantage, Apple's refusal to certify competing systems smacked of an effort to hold back competition it knew it could not beat. (Apple has denied such an intent.) In the early 1990s, Apple systems were _routinely trounced in performance by PCs, and that trend began again in the mid-1990s, only to be reversed by Power Computing and the other licensees. Given Apple’ inability keep pace with a handful of licensees, its an open question whether the company will keep pace with the PC industry now that it has eliminated its competition. A Shrinking Pie Since 1995, Apple’s Mac sales had shrunk from about 4.5 million per year to about 1.8 million. ‘The licensees accounted for about 600,000 units in 1997, up from a handful in 1995. Rev- enues per system also dropped, as Apple was forced to reduce prices to be more competitive. Power Computing, which accounted for about 10 percent of all Mac sales in 1997 second quarter, went for Apple’s jugu- lar earlier this year. The com- pany developed several fast, MACWORLD inexpensive Macs—based on Apple’s. own. technologies— that outperformed anything from Apple. Power Computing also deemphasized its lower- performance systems, which tilted Apple’s sales even more to low-profit (or even money-los- ing) low-end Macs. Motorola and Umax, which each held about 5 percent of sales in that period, targeted a broader mix of users. When Apple inaugurated its licensing program, it did not anticipate a declining Mac market or such stiff competi- tion for its core customers. It did not expect management chaos; expensive, spectacular product failures, such as the Copland OS and eWorld; or such disappointing _ invest- ments as OpenDoc and the Newton, all of which caused Apple to lay off thousands of people and lose more than $1.6 billion over 18 months. No Expansion? Worse, from Apple’s viewpoint, the licensees did little or nothing to expand the Mac market. In- stead, they focused on existin Apple customers, advertising in Mac publications almost exclu- sively. The lic argued that they needed to get a large- = enough share of the market to pay for growth. Ironically, it appears that Apple came to a similar conclusion about its own prospects when it decided to end licensing. The licensees also complained that Apple did not market the Mac to new cus- tomers and would not cooper- ate in joint marketing efforts to new customers. It is clear that neither Apple nor its licensees were working together to signifi- cantly expand the overall Mac market. Compare the lack of cooperation there with the PC market, where Intel subsidizes most PCs (something Motoro- la and IBM do not do for PowerPC systems) and where Microsoft aggressively markets continues on page 36 Display Tablet Lets You Draw on LCD Screen ALSO SUPPORTS WACOM'S NEW PENTOOLS PLUG-INS by Cathy Abes ot content to deliver standard graphics tab- lets, Wacom (360/750- 8882, warw.wacom.com) has moved into a new dimension by introducing what it calls a video display tablet. Combining a tablet with an LCD panel in one trim, 5.4- pound package, the $2699 PL-300 Display Tablet lets you draw and paint on screen via Wacom’s pressure-sensitive eraser pen. 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ATI Technologies (905/882-2600, www.atitech com), Matrox Graphics (514/ 969-6000, www.matrox.com), IXMicro (408/369-82! .ixmicro.com), and ‘Tecl (512/794-8533, www.techworks -com) have all announced graphics boards that support Apple’s QuickDraw. ATI's Nexus ATI ‘Tech- nologies announced the Nex- us GA, using its own 3D Rage graphics chip, with support for 1920-by-1080-pixel reso- lution. The base version in- cludes 8MB of windows RAM (WRAM), a type of memory that offers higher bandwidth than the VRAM used in many other graphics boards. Sched- uled to ship in September, the Nexus GA is priced at $599; an additional 8MB of memory costs $349. Three from XMicro IXMi- cro is offering three boards in its new $659 IX3D product family, all based on the com- pany’s TwinTurbo 128-bit 3- November 1997 MACWORLD | News D graphics controller, The high-end $659 IX3D Ulti- mate Rez features 8MB of VRAM and supports up to 1920 by 1080 resolution. The midrange $349 IX3D Pro Rez comes with 4MB of syn- chronous graphics RAM (SGRAM) and supports reso- lutions up to 1600 by 1200 pixels; video out is also avail- able as an upgrade option. SGRAM is less costly than VRAM or WRAM but offers faster graphics acceleration than standard RAM chips. Finally, the $249 IX3D Mac Rocket supports MPEG video and QuickTime play- back at resolutions up to 1152 by 870 pixels. New Millennium Matrox Graphics has introduced its Millennium II graphics accel- erator, using its own 64-bit MGA-2164W processor, with support for resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels, Support- ing QuickDraw 3D and MPEG-1, the Millennium IT costs $269 with 4MB of WRAM and $369 with 8MB of WRAM. TechWorks The Power $249 Power3D from Tech- Works features 4MB of RAM and a Voodoo Graphics 3-D SS chip from 3Dfx Interactive. Targeting computer-game users, it supports the standard 14-inch monitor resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. The PCI board does not accelerate 2-D graphics, but includes a pass- through cable that allows use with the Mac’s on-board accel- erated 2-D video circuitry. Stopping Junk E-Mail WILL LEGISLATION STEP IN WHERE TECHNOLOGY FAILS? by Cameron Crotty nsolicited commercial e-mail provokes a hos- tile response from just about every Net citi- zen. Users and Inter- net service providers (ISPs) have found it nearly impossible to construct effective technical defenses, so they are turning to the courts and legislation for more-effective weapons. Meanwhile, direct-marketing companies are battling enthu- siastically for your right to receive junk e-mail. Can't Block It Out Ever since junk e-mail appeared, network administrators and technically savvy users have sought ways to eliminate it. But they are handcuffed by the Internet’ primary function of encouraging, rather than pre- venting, the transmission of information. As part of its optional Pre- ferred Mail services, America Online will automatically block incoming messages from hundreds of Internet domains that are known sources of junk e-mail. But the list grows daily, and AOL admits that it’s tech- nically powerless to eliminate the problem. “As soon as we figure something out, they {junk e-mailers] stay five steps ahead of us,” says Jill Lesser, AOL deputy director of lw and public affairs. ISPs that block e-mail also run the risk of interfering with legitimate traffic. Earlier this year, Netcom officials blocked transmissions from the domain of e-mail provider Hotmail because a Hotmail user had flooded Netcom’ servers with undeliverable junk e-mail mes- sages. Netcom’s action pre- vented its servers from crash- ing, but it also angered users who could no longer receive e-mail from Hommail accounts. Hotmail has since placed limits on the number of addresses to which users can send a single message, but the larger problem remains. Harris Schwartz, information security administrator at Earthlink, a Southern California ISP, says that some ISPs are still block- ing messages from Earthlink in response to previous junk e-mail incidents. Legal Action Frustrated with the ineffective technical weapons available, some ISPs—including CompuServe, America Online, and Earth- link—have turned to the legal system. While the details of the cases vary, these companies have successfully argued that current methods of sending junk e-mail constitute trespass or “use exceeding consent” on their network resources. As far as Earthlink cocoun- sel Pete Wellborn is con- cerned, its high noon on the Internet, he’s wearing the white hat, and it’s time to get it on. “We're at a crossroads,” he says. “The Internet can either become a glorified infomercial or a useful tool for communi- cation and education. 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A second bill, sponsored by Senator Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, would require that commercial e-mail be specially labeled, presumably making it easier to track or avoid. The most dra- matic legislation, proposed by Representative Chris Smith, R-N]., adds e-mail restrictions to an existing law that makes it illegal to transmit unsolicited commercial faxes. All of this legislative action, especially the Smith Dill, scares the daylights out of ISPs and direct marketers. Few ISPs support the legislation, and those that do give luke warm lip service—at best—to either the Torricelli or the Murkowski bill. Tony Kelly, director of corporate market- ing for PSInet, states that PSInet is opposed to “anything that smacks of censorship on the Internet.” Meanwhile, AOLs Lesser says that her company isn’t completely 36 November 1997 [ Mews happy with any of the proposed legislation, even though AOL helped draft the ‘Torricelli bill. Dmas View The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is a trade association for busi- nesses interested in what it terms “database marketing.” Not surprisingly, President Bob Wientzen was emphatic in rejecting any legislation, claim- ing that “everyone will best be served by self-regulation.” The DMA currently runs successful telephone- and _mail-prefer- ence services, through which you can request that your name be removed from the databases of member companies. This is known as an “opt- out” system, where it’s pre- sumed that you want market- ing information unless you take action to remove yourself from mailing lists. Wientzen says the DMA is working ona similar system for e-mail, which he expects to be active this fall. He says the DMA is also talking with the Internet E-Mail Marketing Consortium (EMMC), which includes some of the best- known junk e-mail distributors. User Reaction While the computer industry generally opposes junk e-mail legisla- tion, groups of users, such as the Coalition Against Unso- licited Commercial Email (CAUCE), have thrown their weight behind the Smith bill. CAUCE spokesman Scott Hazen-Muller scoffs at the DMaA%s proposed opt-out sys- tem. “If I spent half an hour, I could probably find ten differ- ent remove lists, so what good is one more?” CAUCE supports “opt- in” marketing methods, by which a consumer must first request information before a business can send anything. Hazen-Muller also questions whether junk e-mailers would even bother to join the DMA. Hazen-Muller also questions whether junk e-mailers would even bother to join the DMA, MACWORLD NEWS ANALYSIS “WHY APPLE PULLED THE PLUG" continued from page 32 ey Windows (Apple rarely mar- kets the Mac OS). High Design Costs Apple officials began complaining this spring that the licensees were not paying their “fair share” of Mac development costs. Apple had been charging a license fee of about $50 per Mac system for the Mac OS and another $50 to $75 for use of Apple’ hardware designs. (CHRP sys- tems did not require a separate hardware fee.) Apple now be- lieves these fees were too low: “The bet that low licensing fees were sustainable was made based on a growing Mac OS, which turned out not to be true,” De Luca says. ‘After months of negotia- tions, Apple and the licensees agreed in June to anew Mac OS fee of about $150 to $350 per system, depending on speed. (Compare that with about $50 to $65 for Windows 95 and $90 to $100 for Windows NT.) The licensees also pay about $5000 for certification by Apple for every system vari- ant they make, in addition to an annual certification fee, according to sources. Despite Apple’s protests to the con- trary, the licensees were paying Apple real money. While unhappy with the new fees, the clone makers accepted the June deal. But a few weeks later, Steve Jobs forced out Amelio and backed out of the agreements. Even after the June agree- ments, Apple officials com- plained that the licensing fees were too low, and some hinted that Apple would need $500 or more per system to cover Mac OS and Mac hardware devel- opment costs. Why so much? According to industry analysts, Apple’s cost structures are extremely high, given its need to pay for both Mac OS and hardware development. This means the overhead per Mac is more than any licensee would reasonably pay, and is one reason why Apple’s Macs are so much cost- lier than PCs. The licensing program magnified Apple’ historically high costs because Apple could no longer recoup its software development costs through its own Mac sales. By contrast, Microsoft pays for Windows development while Intel pays for most PC motherboard development—and both com- panies sell about 16 times the volume of products that Apple could hope to. However, IBM and Motorola have paid most of the costs for CHRP, and practically all the costs of the PowerPC CPUs. Microsoft also makes tre- mendous revenues from its Office programs, which helps subsidize the company’s R&D, much the way Apple hard- ware sales have subsidized OS development. Crown Jewels Although Apple has portrayed the licens- ing failure as a recent econom- ic decision, the reality is that Apple, or at least parts of it, has never been comfortable with sharing the Mac crown jewels. ‘That, plus the constant sniping by Apple officials on licensing for the last six months, has cre- ated a fundamentally negative relationship between Apple and the licensees. Despite some thaws in the relationship and an occasional positive working arrangement, the basic Apple/licensee part- nership was not based on trust or respect, merely on financial opportunity. 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MacUser sub- scribers will automatically receive Macworld, Colin Crawford, formerly president and CEO of } world Communications, holds the same post in Mac Publish- ing. The new venture is led by a board of directors consisting of Crawford and two repre- sentatives each from IDG and Ziff-Davis. The company’s operations are headquartered in San Francisco, Crawford named former MacUser editor Andrew Gore as editor in chief of Macworld to replace Adrian Mello, who resigned after the joint ven- ture was announced. Crawford also named Macworld coexecutive editor 38 November 1997 | Mews Galen Gruman as editor. Mello, who had served as editor in chief of Mac- world since 1992, announced his resignation in a message sent to the magazine’s edi- torial employees: “I write to let you know that I am resigning as editor in chief. I feel like I've com- pleted my work at Macworld and current conditions make it the logical time for me to move on to the next phase in my career. “Throughout my time at Macworld 1 have always had the deepest respect for the staff and contributors. A few of you who have been here as long as I will testify that it has always been a special place Macs for the Gallery with exceptional people. I feel fortunate to have worked over the years with an editorial staff that was uniformly com- mitted to quality, integrity, consideration of others, pro- fessionalism, and general excellence. I know that along the way, all of you have given many extra hours of effort to ensure that Macworld was the best product it could be. Without you, none of my per- sonal success or the compa- ny’s success would have been possible. “Macworld editorial’s de- signers, administrative staff, editors, online staff, copy edi- tors, lab staff, contributors, art directors, and production editors are the best in the NEW BOOK CHRONICLES APPLE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS Mac fanatics know that Apple has produced the most stylish computers ever sold—most recently its limited-edition 20th- anniversary Mac (see “The 20th Anniversary Macintosh," March 1997). But few realize that some of Apple's most inno- vative industrial designs never made it to market. AppleDesign, a new book by Paul Kunkel with photographs by Rick English, chronicles the evolution of the Apple Industrial Design Group and the award- winning machines it has developed, includ- ing many that never got past the prototype stage. Examples include the Paladin, an all-in- one computer, telephone, fax, and answering machine; and the PenMac (shown above), a handheld, stylus-controlled com- puter with a CD-ROM drive and infrared data terminal. Other noteworthy designs include the Nautilus series, sub- notebooks wrapped in leather and brushed or polished metal, and the Domesticated Mac, an update of the discontinued Color Classic. AppleDesign is available for $50 from Graphis (212/532-9387, www.graphis.com).—ANDREA DUDROW MACWORLD business and I am proud of the work that we have com- pleted together. Macworld has been the standard of excel- lence among all computer publications precisely because we have always tried to be a great magazine, not just a great computer magazine. “I especially appreciate the strength of character within our community, which has meant that Macworld has always been a place of mutual care and consideration. The greatest gift you could give me is to continue in this same spirit of devotion to quality and concern for others. I thank you all for everything you have done to contribute to my fulfillment and I wish you all the best.” Be Bops On with New Software RUNS BEOS ON INTEL AS NEW APPS ARE UNVEILED by Howard Baldwin s Apple celebrates strong sales of Mac OS 8, Be (650/462- 4100, www.be.com), developer of one of the other operating systems for PowerPC CPUs, continues to bop along with new releases of its software. In July, the company shipped its BeOS Preview Release for PowerPC, fol- lowed by an update that adds AppleTalk printing and improves video drivers and IDE support. 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