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7 The Vision Thing
ANDREW GORE Apple needs
to lear how to listen to its
customers.
24 Feedback
Readers respond.
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ANDY IHNATKO Sure, it's fun to
cheat. But when does chang-
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his is a historic moment.
For the first time, Mac
users have a chance
to try an entirely new
Macintosh operating
system. More than a face-
lift, update, or collection of
enhancements, Mac OS X is
the future. It represents the
best Apple has to offer—the
latest thing in stability, per-
formance, and human inter-
face. And history teaches us
that we will be living with
this new Mac OS for a long,
long time.
And we Mac users have as
much responsibility in helping
to ensure Mac OS X's great-
ness as Apple does.
This is a call to action. It is
the duty of all Mac users who care, really care, about
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Hear and Now
Apple doesn't always have the
best track record when it comes
to listening to its users. Take the
introduction of the original iMac
mouse. While reaction to the
round mouse was almost univer-
sally negative, it took Apple two
years to redesign its standard
input device. But while users
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puck mouse, it was a problem
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of a few dollars. It wasn't really that big a deal.
But an operating system is forever. Whatever
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The operating | oom is pee the Mac is all
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the devil is in the details. It's up to
us to communicate how Mac OS X
could work better for us
We will have no one to blame
but ourselves if this new Mac OS
doesn't offer the best user experi-
ence in the computer industry.
OS X Test Track
Apple is already showing signs
that it's prepared to listen to its
customers when it comes to Mac
OS X. When the company showed
off the new OS at its Worldwide
Developers Conference in May
1999, the Finder had been
replaced with a Next-style file
browser. As you'll see in the Mac
OS X public beta, the Finder is
back in all its glory. Even interface
idiosyncrasies, such as placing
files on the desktop (and not being
able to tell which volume they
actually live on) will be main-
tained. And you'll still have the
ability to view files in a browser.
But what about the Dock? Does
it behave the way you expect it to?
How could it be better? How’s that
Classic-application compatibility?
Do Classic Mac apps do every-
thing they're supposed to? How's
that legendary Mac OS X stability?
Is it really crash-proof? Apple
wants to know the answer to these
questions as much as you do.
Otherwise, why bother doing a
public beta at all?
It's really a bit like getting the
keys to a new experimental racing
car and being told, “Sure, take it
for a few laps around the track.
Knock yourself out and let us know
where it tops out.”
You, Macworld's readers, are
the best test drivers Apple could
ever hope to have. Macintosh
users are in large part the reason
the Mac has always embodied a
better way for people to use com-
puters. It's true, we're very loyal—
but we're also very demanding
of our computing platform. It's
time to put our critical natures to
work, no holds barred, and help
Apple build the best possible
Mac OS it can
Mac OS X is the riskiest move
Apple has made since Steve Jobs
came back to run the company.
But, as with most bold and risk-
filled ventures, the payoffs are
enormous. If Apple succeeds, it
will have delivered what others
have only talked about—a fully
modern operating system that can
be used by anyone from kinder-
garners to rocket scientists. Not
even Microsoft has managed to
achieve this goal, and not for lack
of trying.
Apple knows that with your
help, it stands a much better
chance of achieving this goal
And I, for one, want the company
to achieve it—because | want to
use that operating system: an
operating system built by the
most innovative computer com-
pany in the world and hundreds
of thousands of the world’s most
demanding, nitpicky, and loyal
computer users. m
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in chief. To comment on this column,
please visit the Vision Thing forum
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inflammatory tactic. To be fair, the
article inside is fairly evenhanded.
However, how would you like it if our
organization published a newsletter
with a cover tease about "stealing"
copies of Macworld? For the record,
we represent the professional musi-
cians of St. Louis, Missouri. Our
members’ skills and talents make it
possible for the students you men-
tion in your article to have music to
enjoy in the first place. If you starve
the golden goose, you will have no
golden eggs to enjoy,
Nancy R. Schick,
The Board of Directors,
Musicians’ Association of St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
bout “Steal This Song” (August
2000): the real issue is a cre-
ator's inherent right to receive
fair compensation for her creation.
The fact that technology provides
the means to acquire something
without paying for it doesn't make
doing so morally acceptable or eco-
Feeding the Mouths That Sing
We are concerned with your August 2000 cover.
nomically wise. In an information-
driven economy, everyone must
support and protect the value of
intellectual property, or ultimately
all of us will be out of work.
Bill Anderson
Atlanta, Georgia
You've Got an Upgrade
Ithough I hesitated before
upgrading from America Online
4.0 to 5.0 (Reviews, August
2000), I ultimately decided to give it
a try. I connect every time I log on. |
can send pictures in e-mail mes-
sages, | can "sign" my e-mail, and
most importantly, | can retrieve
e-mail that I've deleted within the
past 24 hours—a feature I've used
a number of times. | have no use for
the My Calendar, My Places, or
You've Got Pictures features found in
5.0, so I don't use them. But I wish
AOL had put separate history trails
in the tool bar for each user.
David Lubin
Tampa, Florida
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The word steal is highlighted in red so as to catch
the reader's eye. We understand your wish to sell
more magazines, but we object to your willingness
to propose outright stealing by the use of such an
never thought I would say anything
in favor of America Online, but
your giving AOL 5.0 a score of
$812 failed to acknowledge one of
its strongest features: reliable, world-
wide TCP/IP Internet access. AOL is
the only Internet access provider that
could connect me in Barcelona,
London, and all of Latvia. The AOL
5.0 client is clean and reliable and
allows me to bypass its own Internet
tools in favor of Eudora Pro and
Netscape Communicator. Further-
more, people have lured me into
using AOL Instant Messenger, a per-
fect tool for making Europe seem
only a few miles away.
Michael Dexter
Portland, Oregon
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Speedmark 2.0
sing Speedmark 2.0 sounds like
a good idea (Reviews, August
2000). Sure, the new PowerBook
is faster, but does speed make a dif-
ference to me? It sounds as though
Speedmark will be able to answer
that question
Can you explain Speedmark
scores as you did MacBench scores
(include a blurb in the tables with
Speedmark measurements and
scores)? And could you print a
review of the software and let us
download and try it?
via the Intérnet
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of real-world commercial applica-
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Thanks
just read "Create a Barrier-Free
Web Site” (Create, August 2000).
Thanks for such a helpful piece. |
run a Web site for a nonprofit that
helps many people with disabilities,
but [ hadn't seen a good how-to for
improving the site's accessibility. Our
clients will thank you, too, once I
implement some changes.
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Error: 404?
fter reading “The Dawn of a New
Error” (Desktop Critic, August
2000), | had to come to Apple's
defense. Although | agree that
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seems that the company is at least
trying to change the relationship
between its hardware and the user.
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new iBook power supply over and
read the bottom!
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Yes, the new iBook's power
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assembled in Thailand."—Ed.
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Feedbag
There may be few guarantees in life, but we've
stumbled upon one: people just love arguing about
Napster. After our cover story on Napster ("Steal This
Song,” August 2000), our mailbox and message
boards were filled with comments about the music-
sharing service.
But one reader took it upon himself to attack the
true evil: libraries. “[They] take artists’ copyrighted work
and distribute it for free—despite never having received
permission to do so,” he writes. “They wrest control of
valuable work out of the hands of artists—libraries are
nothing more than greedy thieves.”
Another astute reader offered a revelation about
downloadable music: that Todd Rundgren is, “as usual,
a visionary.” True, “Hello It’s Me” is a personal favorite
of ours, but we'd rather work than listen to “Bang on
the Drum All Day” all day.
Other readers had pessimistic outlooks on the ideo of
downloadable music. One remarked that today’s Napster
is tomorrow’s disaster for movies, TV, and anything you
can digitize. We couldn’ agree more. When we start see-
ing digitized versions of The Love Boat, the end is nigh.
On another note, Mac users are often questioned
about why we love our Macs so much. University student
Jason Hackworth wrote us boasting about the looks
people give him when he totes around his tangerine
iBook, but he asked, “How can | justify my love for
Macintosh?” Well, you could always take the Madonna
approach: wrap your iBook in leather and dance with it
in the quad (until the campus police drag you away).
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SHOP TURNS
There is no greater glory than
becoming a verb. Font maven
Kathleen Tinkel bestowed that honor
on me after I gave her the world’s
best garlic press: she later told me
she no longer presses garlic, she
“Blatnerizes” it,
It happens with products, too
People xerox important papers, even
on Canon copiers, and later Fed Ex
ew products are as important to the Mac as Photoshop.
them, even if they use Airborne or
It helped drive the desktop publishing revolution, and ‘i
another overnight delivery service.
it's been a valuable tool in the emergence of Web design
As Photoshop 6.0 hits the streets—the $609 package should.be
Only one application in the world
of publishing has enough distinction
a Fs to earn its own verb, and it’s worth
available when you read this—it's time to look at how Photoshop wary anselada: Adshe Photoatiog
has evolved in the decade since its debut, and what As far as I'm concerned, every
sg program as ithearittb Mac users picture you scan needs to be Photo-
PHOTOSHOP THROUGH THE YEARS:
News,
Views, and
Chatter from
the World of
Macs
Think back to February 1990. A fol-
low named George Bush was in the
White House, An all-boy band
named New Kids on the Block was
Adobe
Photoshop:
Photoshop 1.0
Shipped February 1990
Feature:
creating images from scratch, as
well as for editing, altering, and
enhancing existing artwork
What We Said Then:
“Photoshop is easy to use.
Considering the vast number
of features and tools involved.
‘Adobe has done a good job
of keeping things organized
and simple.”
Full palette of tools for
No Rating
30 November 2000 www.macworld.com
tearing up the pop charts. Nobody
could find Kuwait on a map. And
Photoshop 1.0 had just arrived.
Now flash ahead ten years to fall
2000. Another fellow named George
Bush is trying to get into the White
House. An all-boy band named ‘N Sync
is tearing up the pop charts. Nobody
Adobe.
zs Photoshop”
Photoshop 2.0
Shipped June 1991
Features: New and enhanced
features for black-and-white image
editing, prepress color-separation
work, and importing rasterized
Illustrator-compatible files.
What We Said Then:
“With version 2.0, Photoshop has
grown up fo become a graphics
standard, with a whole host of
third-party developers offering
dedicated support.”
No Rating
Photoshop 2.5
Announced November 1992
Feature:
Dodge and Burn tools,
masking feature, support for Kodak
Photo CD, JPEG, PCX, and BMP
files
What We Said Then:
"Version 2.5 builds on its
predecessor's wide range of
capabilities; it also ignores some
minor weaknesses that have begun
to peek through the chinks in the
great program's armor.”
Rating: «ke *
shopped. Images headed toward the
Web need Photoshopping. People
Photoshop files in design firms, video-
production houses, animation studios,
and ad agencies all over the world
Physicians and scientists Photoshop
their X rays, MRIs, astronomical data,
and stuff I've never even heard of.
Uncle Vernon didn't make Thanksgiving
last year? You know what to do: just
Photoshop him into the snapshot later.
Adobe Photoshop is easily the
most life-changing program in pub-
lishing history. It is the cornerstone of
print and Web publishing—its power
matched only by its elegance—and
plug-ins and page-layout programs
dance around it.
Today, fine artists add finishing
touches by Photoshopping their art-
work, and pornographers would have
nothing but reality to offer if they didn't
Photoshop every one of their images.
Photoshop means that a schmo like me
can create brilliant graphics for an
astonishing variety of media. And if |
don't like what I see, I can Photoshop
it some more.
But what truly amazes me is that while
I write what sounds like an oversweet-
ened eulogy for a poor, dead product,
Adobe is releasing a new version—
Photoshop 6.0—that'll let me Photoshop
my pictures even better than before
God bless the United States of
Photoshop.—DAVID BLATNER
ED
Photoshop isn’t the only
image-editing software for the
Mac—"Darn right,” says
Fireworks maker Macro-
media—but it certainly ranks
as the most enduring. Rival
products have come and gone
over the past ten years, and
Photoshop is still standing tall.
Here’s a list of some of the
competing image-editing
applications that Photoshop
has left in its wake.
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can find Kuwait on a map. Still.
At least some things change—
for example, Photoshop. Version 6.0
adds vector tools, expands Web-
design capabilities, and incorporates
many changes aimed at making the
program easier to use.
To show you how Photoshop
NePY
.
Adobe Photoshop’ 5.0.
has evolved over the years, we've
listed major additions to each
upgrade, os well as what Macworld
had to say about the software at the
AdobePhotoshop's5
time. (Back in the days of Photoshop
1.0 and 2.0, we didn’t even give
ratings—another thing that’s
changed.)—PHILIP MICHAELS
Photoshop 3.0
Announced June 1994
Photoshop 4.0
Shipped November 1996
Features: Introduction of
layers, new color-correction
tools, new Commands
palette, new drag-and-drop
feature.
What We Said Then:
“Photoshop 3.0 both
broadens its range of capo-
bilities ond simplifies the
work environment in ways
that will actually change
how you work.”
Rating: *x a
Rating: ****
Features: Addition of
Actions and Adjustments
layers, Digimarc technology
for “watermarking” images
with copyright information.
What We Said Then:
“Version 4 is ultimately more
logical and more stream-
lined than its predecessor,
which is saying quite a bit
But it comes at o cost.”
Photoshop 5.0
Announced April 1998
Features: Iniroduction of
undo capabilities, History
palette, and Vertical Text and
Magnetic Lasso tools,
What We Said Then:
“Photoshop has long been
the best image editor for
the Macintosh, and version
5.0 is the best upgrade to
Photoshop by o mile,”
Rating: $9599
Photoshop 5.5
Announced June 1999
Features: Many Web tools,
including Web-safe color
palette; integration of
ImageReady 2.0.
What We Said Then:
“Photoshop 5.5's extraction
fools and minor enhance-
ments add up to a worth-
while package, but they fall
short of justifying the price of
‘admission. What gives the
update an edge is its Web
copobiliies.”
Photoshop 6.0
Announced September 2000
Features: Integrated vector
drawing fools, new tool bar,
expanded Web too! kit,
tighter integration with other
Adobe programs, enhanced
layer management.
What We Say:
You'll have to wait,
Rating: $655
iMac accessoxes—the iMan. Standing 45 inches
based iXicom (www.ixicom.com/iman-e.htm) touts
its creation as the ideal iMac-presentation stand for
Internet cafes, exhibitions, museums, and kiosks. It
holds an iMac, a keyboard, and peripherals—while
hiding all unsightly cables in its curved backbone.
The iMan comes in the six original iMac colors—
ruby, sage, snow, and indigo are on the way. And
it’s yours for just 555 euros (about $500 and
change depending on the conversion rate). Sadly,
no iMac is included.—ANTON LINECKER
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and the von Trapp family singers comes the latest in
tall, with a spine made of
silver steel, the iMan
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Dial | for IP
Pity the telephone, the thick-skulled Neanderthal of the digital
world, It plods along on its own isolated branch of the evolution-
ary tree, without an Ethemet jack or an IP address to call its
own. But VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol, is about to change
all that. VoIP devices such as those from e-tel Corporation
(www.e-telcorp.com), IPStarPhone (www.ipstarphone.com), and
Super Phone (www.super-phone.com) transform your voice into
Intemet-compatible data that can be shuttled to any standards-
compliant device on the planet—all without phone-company
fees or analog circuitry. VoIP phones require a high-bandwidth
connection, but that primitive chunk of plastic on your desk is
finally ready to step into the modern world.—GrEG KNAUSS
Ciick HERE
Everything Old Is New Again
To discriminating Web surfers, something five years old is practically prehistoric.
So how has Zeldman.com managed to stay as fresh and relevant as the day it
was born in May 1995? Credit design guru Jeffrey Zeldman and his keen take on
Web trends for making his site a must-read for design pros. Features such as “Ask
Dr. Web" and “A List Apart” offer better writing than the typical holier-than-thou
design dirges that clog the Web. Not a designer? Sections such as “The Ad
Graveyard,” devoted to rejected advertisements, will keep you entertained. And
Zeldman’s collections of icons and pictures can make the look of your desktop as
distinctive as the appearance of your Mac. It's proof that some things get better
with age—even on the Web—MaTHEW HONAN
More Info:
www.macworld.com/2000/09/how-to/reconcilable.html
Jeffrey Zeldman has plenty to say about Web design, including
advice on how to build sites that look good on any platform.
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That's what happened to Victor Navone, a San Francisco-area artist
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produce Alien Song. Relying on Adobe After Effects for compositing,
Navone did most of the texturing work on a Mac so he could take advan-
tage of his Wacom AnZ ADB tablet (800/922-6613, www.wacom.com)
He tapped the Mac version of Hash’s Animation Master (360/750-0042,
www.hash,com) to create some of the actual animation.
Aiter doing design work for video games, Navone parlayed his Alien
Song success into a job on the movie Titan A.£. He's since moved on to
Pixar. Still, the popularity of Alien Song puzzles him. “I look at it today
and just see the things that aren't perfect and still need tweaking. But
people send me e-mails saying they loved Alien Song, and it made their
children laugh. That's very satisfying."—GREGG WRENN
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THIS iMAC ae
dependable:
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WITH MY SHIRT Vative type who is willing
.
to go with some change,”
says Budny. “Too much blue
can create a depressing
chi,” adds Long.
The Boss here at Macworld likes to say that the
iMac changed the question "Do | need to buy a
Professional, neat,
pi
pure white have a fastidious
side. They are very self-sufficient
and uncompromising,” Eiseman
says. “Too much white can cre-
ate a sterile, unsettling envi-
ronment,” adds Long.
computer?” to "What color computer should |
‘ ry: "Those who love
buy?”. While processor speed and memory size
used to be a computer buyer's main concerns, the
SAGE
Stable, contented,
quiet: "It’s the color
of hope, vitality,
spring, and health"
GRAPHITE
Sophisticated,
practical, serious:
“Unlike lovers of red,
they, never crove real
iMac's latest rainbow of colors has raised a trou-
bling question the average technophile is ill-
equipped to tackle: Am | a ruby or an indigo?
We've convened a panel of gurus—color psycholo-
Xenftieeys, Stain ts jiement Ustconten',
gist Leatrice Eiseman, Dreamlife.com feng shui someone with a heavy meni,” Eiseman says
expert Seann Xenja, Indianapolis interior designer workload who needs "Too much gray con
their environment to
be relaxed,”
Budny soys.
Ron Budny, feng shui consultant Ailsa Long, and Art
Institutes International design instructor Tom
Glass—to field tricky color calls. As for processors
and memory, that’s still our turf.—ADELIA CELLINI
www.macworld.com November 2000 35
PRO FILE
Direct to Video
It's not often that a movie's
camera gets more attention
than the actors, but that's
what happened on the set
of the independent film
Nicolas. Director Peter A.
Shaner shot the movie with
an innovative camera sys-
tem (called the Sony 24P)
created by Sony and
Panasonic, making Nicolas the first U.S. feature to be
produced in the 24 frames-per-second (fps) High-
Definition TV (HDTV) standard. This camera inte-
grates video, which normally records at 30 fps, with
the 24-fps film standard. HDTV is cheaper than
shooting on film, and it saves time in the editing
process. George Lucas asked Sony and Panasonic to
develop the system for the next Star Wars installment,
but Shaner got to take the camera out for a test spin
before it's used on Jar Jar Binks.—nat
36 November 2000 www.macworld.com
Do you have any sense
that you're making HDTV'S
The Jazz Singer?
A: I've said that to the crew
to get them motivated,
because God knows we're not
paying them enough. There
are probably things in this
movie that, 60 years from
now, people will look at and
be horrified, because we
crossed some line that hadn't
even been drawn yet.
Q: One of the things that
came with Technicolor cam-
eras back in the 1930s was
a consultant. What comes
with HDTV cameras from
Panavision and Sony?
A: I'm not even sure if
there’s an instruction manual
for this camera yet.
Q: Has there been any-
thing that you have not
been able to do with HDTV
that you were able to do
with film?
A: The only thing that we
can't do, so far, is any kind of
true slow motion. When you
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high-definition camera could change the way movies are made.
over-crank a camera and run it
at 60, 75, or 100 fps and play
it back at 24 fps you get a true
slow motion. This camera will
not do anything except 24, 25,
or 30 fps, so you don’t get
true slow motion with it
Q: What are the first dif-
ferences you noticed
between this and 35mm?
A: It took a while to get into
the groove of knowing what we
were going to do with the
comera. Then there's having
the HDTV monitor on the set,
which is a huge plus. The other
thing is, tape is cheap. On a
film set, when you yell “Cut,”
something | call “the bomb
burst” happens: everyone who
has been very focused and
quiet all during the take, scat-
ters. It seems to take five min-
utes to corral everybody back
into doing another take. But on
this, Ill roll the tape and some-
times even have discussions
with the actors while the tape
is rolling—because everybody
is so focused.
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PAYING THE PIPER?
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says services
such as Napster—which lets you download MP3 files from other
users’ hard drives—hurt record sales.
4 But should the RIAA be singing the
Napster usetswho blues? A Jupiter Communications
created susie aiciites survey of 2,258 online-music
. fans found that Napster users
72% ~ = are 45 percent more likely to
3
increase their music purchases.
Still, don’t expect that figure to
change the music industry's tune
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who decreased ,
music purchases
28%
about Napster.
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE WORLD OF TECH
1. Cobalt Networks threatens to sue Apple over
new G4’s cube shape. Jittery Professor Rubik retains
legal counsel “just in case."
2. Apple blows away critics by meeting deadline
for releasing OS X beta. /f OS X beto isn’t out when
you read this, please delete everything between “blows”
and “deadline.”
3. Publishing world convenes at Seybold confer-
ence in San Francisco. Highlights include Steve Jobs
keynote, Adobe-Quark steel-cage match.
4, Adobe Photoshop 6 ships. “Now we can doctor
photos more convincingly,” exult tabloid publishers.
5. Apple ranked No. 36 in World’s Most Valuable
Brand survey. But it’s sure to move up after Mickey
Mouse (No. 8), Nike Swoosh (No. 30) found in illicit tryst.
Product WATCH
ANNOUNCED
@ Multifunction
@ A lawsuit by Apple
peripherals from Hewlett: (800/692-7753,
Packard (800/552-8500, — wwmapple.com): The
wrmhp.com): The $499
OfficeJet G55 and
$799 OfficeJet G85
should ship in November.
Both MFPs include an
integrated 36-bit, 600-
dpi flatbed scanner and
printing engine. The GB5
doubles os a stand-alone
computer maker is suing
‘anonymous Web posters
whom it accuses of
violating trade secrets.
Apple charges that the
defendants posted pic-
tures of products such as
the dual-processor
Power Mac G4 and the
Apple Pro Mouse on
the Internet before they
color fax machine
@ ADV camera from
iRez (480/922-0044,
www.irez.com): The
KritterDigital can
were announced.
®@ A preview version of
Netscape 6 (650/254-
1900, hitp://home
netscape.com): The
process uncompressed
digital video on any
FireWire-enabled Mac.
The FireWire-bosed
companion to iRez’s
Kritter USB cameras
sells for $200.
second preview edition
of Netscape 6 includes
skins to customize the
interface, new side-
bar tabs, and support
for multiple e-mail
‘accounts
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@ Quicken by Intuit
(800/446-8848,
www.intuit.com):
Quicken 2001 Deluxe
features simplified
searches, new reminders
and alerts, more online
banking options, and
tighter integration with
the Quicken.com Web
site, The software sells
for $60, with a $20
rebate for Quicken users
who upgrade.
@ Flash by Macromedia
(800/457-1774,
www.macromedia.com):
Flash 5 sports a
redesigned interface that
will appear in other
Macromedia Web
applications. Flash users
can upgrade for $149.
The vector animation
tool sells for $399.
© Eudora by Qual-
comm (800/238-3672,
www.eudora.com):
Eudora 5 adds e-mail
usage statistics and a
sharing protocol for
groups of users. The free
version of the e-mail
client contains banner
ads, while the ad-free
version sells for $40.
Compiled by PHILIP MICHAELS
In THE Curps
GRAPHIC CHANGES
AWAIT YOUR MAC
When it comes to graphics chips,
Apple and ATI have been run-
ning mates for some time. Now
several companies are trying to
usurp ATI's place at Apple's side.
But it's always hard to unseat
an incumbent. ATI cards sit in
new Macs’ only AGP slot; many
cards that also use the AGP
interface won't work unless users
remove the installed ATI card.
@ ATI (905/882-2600, wwwaati
.com) offers the $279 Radeon
chip. The AGP version should be
out by early October, with a PCI
card to follow later in the fall.
The Radeon has 32MB of DRAM,
carries VGA and DVI connectors,
and supports Apple DVD Player.
m 3dfx (888/367-3339, www
.3dfx.com) has already debuted
its dual-chip VoodooS 5000 and
will focus now on delivering its
lower-cost, single-chip Voodoo4
4500 to customers. The cards are
come only in PCI versions.
@ Formac (925/251-0100,
www.formac.com) has slated its
ProFormance 4 for release later
this year. You can configure the
card so the two chips work in
tandem or split them apart to
drive separate displays.
w Appian’s (800/727-7426,
wwwaappian.com) $749 Jeronimo
2000 AGP-only graphics card
features two VGA ports and 32MB
of video RAM, 16MB per display.
m Nvidia (408/615-2500, www
.nvidia.com) says it will release
a Mac version of its GeForce2
MX AGP card sometime next
year —JEFFY K. MILSTEAD
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modem operating system.
But perhaps most importantly,
Apple also gets the Mac's
most serious, hard-core users
to put OS X to the test before
it's officially released. Apple
has created a detailed Web
site where beta users can
leave their feedback. Pre-
sumably, the OS X team will
use this information to iron
out the kinks before the new
Arrives
ac users, take note: as of September 13, 2000,
operating system's final
release in early 2001,
The Mac OS X beta costs
$30 and can be purchased
the next-generation OS has landed. Sort of.
Apple may not be finished yet,
only via the Apple Store
(http://store.apple.com)
The public beta will stop
working on May 18, 2001,
and Apple says it currently
but it’s taken its first big step
with the public release of an
early version of Mac OS X.
has no plans to offer owners
Mac OS X's built-in mail pro-
gram, Mail, features full support
for HTML mail, rules, and other
advanced e-mail features.
A triangle indicates that on application
is currently running. All applications
that are running appear in the Dock.
40B November 2000 www.macworld.com
This is a “public beta,”
meaning that Apple is letting
us get our hands on a version
of Mac OS X that's definitely
not fully formed.
0 what does Apple gain
by/teleasing this early version
offMac OS X? The release
fr tangible proof to all
lac users that the company
is working toward a stable,
of the public beta any dis-
count toward purchasing the
final version of Mac OS X.
Who Can Try It
If you don't have a Mac that
shipped with a G3 or G4
processor inside, your
chances of using the Mac
OS X beta are not very good.
Apple says Mac OS X sup-
ports only Power Mac G3s
When you move your cursor
‘over a part of the Dock, icons
get bigger (and therefore
more readable) and pop over
the Dock’s top edge.
You can see
the time from
within the Dock.
A
Mac OS X comes with native versions of
Sherlock (for finding items on your hard
drive or on the Internet) and Stuffit Expander
(for decompressing downloaded items).
Music Player is Mac OS X's
combination CD and MP3 player.
(beige and blue models),
Power Mac G4s, iMacs,
iBooks, and black PowerBook
Gs, The company also rec-
ommends a minimum of
128MB of RAM.
If you're planning on
using Mac OS X's Classic
mode, which allows you to
run Mac OS 9 applications,
you also need to own a copy
of Mac OS 9, OS X's prede-
cessor isn’t included in the
beta package.
The good news is that the
Mac OS X installation proce-
dure is very straightforward.
You will not need to cross
your fingers as you erase the
previous operating system
from your primary machine
When you install the public
beta on the same hard drive
as your existing Mac OS 9
system, a new control panel
named System Disk will
appear. It lets you switch
back and forth between OS
9 and OS X at will. As a
result, giving Mac OS Xa
test drive is much less trau-
matic (and much easier to
back out of) than previous
Mac OS upgrades.
What's in There
Once you install the beta,
OS X will radically transform
your Mac. It's a completely
new operating system, not
merely an impressive revision
of the existing Mac OS. That
much is clear the first time
you boot up the system: you
must type in your user name
and a password.
Once you get to the desk-
top, you'll find that it's a radi-
cally different place. At the
bottom of the screen is a row
of icons called the Dock. If
ighlight color; Yellow
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Mac OS X replaces the Control Panels folder with the new
System Preferences application, which lets you customize your
operating system settings within a multipaned interface.
you're familiar with Microsoft
Windows, your first reaction
will probably be one of recog-| JMAWEM EM stoi ietts
nition—the Dock looks similar
to Windows’ Taskbar, and all
minimized windows appear
in our hands
for a long time
there (see “Inside X").
The Finder is also differ-
ent yet familiar. There are
Starting today,
we want you to
icons sitting in a window, but have it in
by default that window has a
Web browser-style tool bar, a
back button, and a pop-up
list that shows you where your
current folder stands in the
file hierarchy. If you like, you
yours.”
can view your drive's con-
tents in a new multicolumn
ems to the left of this
line ore applications;
items to the right aren't.
You can also click on this
line and drag it up or
down to make the dock
larger or smaller.
Apple has created an OS X-native ver-
sion of the QuickTime player and
replaced Apple CD Audio Player with
‘new combination CD and MP3 Player
(quirks: no ID3 tag support and inabil-
ity to look up CD track info via the
Internet’s CDDB database),
Any document you drag
to the Dock appears
down here, as do any
windows you minimize
by clicking on the yellow
button with the minus
symbol in it
Although Oscar the
Grouch would be
mortified, this wire
basket is the new Mac
OS's Trash Con.
This icon represents a Web
Tink; elick on it, and you'll
be sent to a Web page.
Classic is a Mac OS X applico-
tion that runs Mac OS 9 inside
it. Once Classic is running, you
Instead of a Control Panels folder,
Mac OS X offers an application
called System Preferences, from
which you can control various
ospecis of Mac OS X's behavior.
can run Mac OS 9 applications
inside Mac OS X.
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Reasons to Install the Mac OS X Beta
One day, all Macs will work this way.
You'll get a chance to try out new features
and complain to Apple about the ones you
don’t like before they're set in stone.
3. It’s easy to switch back and forth between
Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, so you can always
just return to OS 9.
4. You'll get to try out a slew of new Mac OS
X-native applications that will be in beta test-
ing at the same time as Mac OS X.
5, PowerBook users will marvel at how quickly
Mac OS X wakes up from sleep—in only a
few seconds.
) Reasons to Avoid the Mac OS X Beta
1. It’s a beta. Parts of it aren't going to work
right, some features aren't working at all
(AirPort, for one), and there's always a
chance it could do something to your data.
2. You have to pay $30 for software that’s
unfinished and expires next May. Apple may
not even let you apply that money toward the
purchase of the final version of Mac OS X.
3. Classic mode allows you to run all your Mac
OS 9 applications, but in practice it’s a bit
unstable. You'll probably need to switch back
to Mac OS 9 whenever you need to do a lot of
heavy work in a Classic application,
4. Most applications are not Mac OS X native,
and most of the extensions and utilities
you use to enhance and personalize your
Mac aren't there yet, either.
5. Got something other than an or
G4 Mac? Got one of the original PowerBook
G3s? Well, forget it. Mac OS X isn’t made to
work with your system at all.
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From its high-quality icons to its multicolumn Browser view, the new
Finder lets you know that you're not in Mac OS 9 anymore.
Browser view. Also, your hard
drive icon appears not on the
desktop but at the "Com-
puter” level of the Finder.
Text and icons are also
very different. Icons can be
much larger than they can
in Mac OS 9, and you can
change their size via a
slider. Text everywhere is
antialiased, with smooth
edges that make it much
easier to read
Classic Compatibility
Few applications have OS X
versions yet, so for most Mac
users, the most important Mac
OS X program is Classic, the |
program that provides com-
patibility with Mac OS 9 ap-
plications. Once Classic is up
and running (it loads automat-
ically when you launch any
Mac OS 9 application),
it acts as a virtual Mac OS 9.
Classic is a remarkable
achievement, but its imple-
mentation can be confusing.
What's Missing
Some important items aren't
working in the Mac OS X
public beta, and if you rely
on them, you're out of luck
AirPort does not work with
this beta. Classic applica-
tions can't print to USB
printers. You can’t boot Mac
OS X off of a FireWire drive,
and many peripherals won't
work until their manufac-
turers release new, Mac
OS X-compatible driver
software. You can't mount
any AppleTalk-based file
servers—only ones that use
TCP-IP based file sharing.
But of course things
aren't working fully in Mac
OS X right now. That's why
they call it a beta. It may
not work quite right, and
it may have its share of
bugs, but Mac OS X is
the future of the Mac
And, finally, that future has
arrived.—IASON Sh
More Info:
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Special Report: Get the latest information about Mac OS X and
discuss it with other Mac users.
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WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF POWER MACS,
ARE TWO PROCESSORS REALLY BETTER THAN ONE?
BY
STEPHAN
SOMOGYI
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK JOHANN
44 November 2000 www.macworld.com
macworld November 2000 45
DOUBLE VISION
here are a few things we Mac users take for granted.
As sure as two plus two equals four, new Power Macs
from Apple will come with faster processors and (if we're
really lucky) entirely new processor designs.
But with the release of Apple's new round of Power Mac
GAs, our world has gone askew. These new Macs boast the
same speeds as their predecessors . . . but they now house
two Gé chips instead of one. Apple's upgrade formula has
changed, and even simple math prob-
lems have taken on new meaning.
Sure, two plus two still equals four. But
what happens when you multiply a
S5O0MHz G4 processor by two?
The answer is more complicated
than you might think. It depends on
whether you plan to upgrade to Mac
OS X, which will use that second
processor far better than Mac OS 9
ever will. And it depends on the pro-
grams you use regularly—because
if your bread-and-butter applications
aren't written specifically to take
advantage of a multiprocessor Mac,
you'll find that these new Power
Macs are no faster than their single-
chip predecessors.
Is the new Power Mac G4 less
than the sum of its parts? Come with
us as we work the problem and
come up with some solid answers.
Multiprocessor Math
This isn't the first Mac with more than
one processor to come from Apple.
Back in 1996, Apple introduced the
dual-processor Power Mac 9500 MP
But since then, we've been without
multiprocessor Macs. That's because
the G3 processor that supplanted
the 604 didn't work well in multiple-
processor systems. During the G3 era,
Apple put multiprocessing on hold.
How things have changed.
Today's G4 processor is fully capable
of working in tandem with others of
its kind, allowing Apple back into the
multiprocessor game,
But having two processors inside
your Mac doesn't automatically grant
you twice the performance of a
single-processor machine. The hard-
ware alone isn't enough: both the
applications and the system software
must be explicitly designed to take
advantage of multiple processors. If
you spend most of your time using
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MAC OS X
G4 Sharing: How Multiprocessing Works
In Mac OS 9 (left), most applications run on the primary processor, which bears the bulk of
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second G4 chip, providing a bit of a speed increase. In Mac OS X (right), non-multiprocessor applications can run on either processor—
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applications that don’t support multi-
processing, you won't see much
immediate benefit from the second
processor in your Mac.
The Traffic Cop In any com-
puter, the operating system doles out
processor power. To that end, the OS
contains a piece of software called a
scheduler, which determines how
much processor time your software—
including applications and many of
the OS's components—can use at any
one time. In multiprocessor machines,
the scheduler also determines which
processor performs specific tasks
Critics of the Mac operating sys-
tem have long cited its lack of pre-
empltive multitasking, a system that
gives the operating system complete
control over which tasks get processor
priority. (Mac OS X will offer this fea-
ture.) In contrast, since the days of
MultiFinder the Mac has used coop-
erative multitasking, a sort of honor
system that allows any program to use
the processor until it’s ready to let go.
That means a misbehaving task can
hog the processor, causing all the
other programs to slow to a halt
Although the core of the current
Mac OS doesn't do preemptive multi-
tasking, you can find this feature
if you know where to look. It's tucked
away in Apple's multiprocessing soft-
ware, built into Mac OS since version
8.6 (and seriously updated in Mac
OS 9, paving the way for these new
multiprocessor Macs). This compo-
nent holds the key to making dual-
G4 Macs work with today’s Mac OS
until Mac OS X becomes available.
Today’s Multiprocessing Problems
Apple didn't create multiprocessing
on the Mac; that honor goes to now-
defunct DayStar Digital, which devel-
oped system software to enable its
own multiprocessor hardware. Day-
Star's software add-on, nPower, let
as application-specific accelerators.
ir MOU
This concept
ity that Apple adopted it
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most apps run on a single processor
while a few specific apps take advan-
iage of other available processors.
The term describes the imbalance of
the load on various processors: in this
PLENTY OF APPLICATIONS DO CRY OUT FoR
SHEER NUMBER-CRUNCHING, PROCESSOR-
BASED PERFORMANCE: MPEG ENCODERS,
IMAGE PROCESSORS, 3-D RENDERERS, AND THE LIKE.
Since Apple didn't design the
classic Mac OS to do its work on mul-
tiple processors, it can't take advan-
tage of them. The only ficiaries
of additional processors are pieces of
software that take advantage of
preemptive scheduling in Apple's
multiprocessing software.
Going It Solo
as the Finder) not designed to that
Programs (such
specification can't use the second
processor at all, and some types of
programs wouldn't really benefit
much from multiprocessing
The speed of your hard driv
k-repail for ex
network speeds, as well as the drive,
limit file transfers.
But plenty o! s do cry out for
sheer number-crunching, processor-
IPEG encoders,
based perform:
Greene's Soundjam MP Adobe Photo-
shop, and Maxon's Cinema 4D XL, to
name three—are most likely to benefit
from multiprocessing technology (as
well as other performance-boosting
systems, such as the Velocity Engine
subprocessor on the G4 chip). (For a
list of MP-
"MP-Sawvy Softy
The current incarnation of Mac
able apps. see the table
ware.”)
OS supports asymm
cessing, a system in which the OS and
configuration, the second processor
often remains idle instead of speeding
your Mac up (see “G4 Sharing: How
Multiprocessing Works’)
Factor of Ten
When Mac OS X arrives, today's
dual-processor G4s will really come
into their own, because Mac OS X
supports symmetrical multiprocessing.
This means it treats the available pro-
continues
Here's a list of some of the Mac
applications that currently take
advantage of multiprocessing in
Power Macs:
PRODUCT COMPANY
Final Cut Pro Apple
After Effects Adobe
Photoshop Adobe
Premiere Adobe
Soundlam MP —_Cosady & Greene
MPEG Power Heuris
Lightwave 6 NewTek
Media 100 Media 100
Cinema 4D Maxon
Media Cleaner Terran
Pro Interactive
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Power Mac G4/450 Dual Processor
and Power Mac G4/500 Dual Processor
Two-Processor Macs Are Polished—but Not Twice As Fast
POWER MAC G4/450
DUAL PROCESSOR
Rating: 6696
Pros: Stable; fast.
Cons: Mac OS 9 doesn’t natively
support second processor.
List price: $2,499
Company: Apple Computer,
800/692-7753,
www.apple.com
POWER MAC G4/500
DUAL PROCESSOR
Rating: tiidd
Pros: Stable; fast; generous
amounts of RAM.
Cons: Mac OS 9 doesn’t natively
support second processor; rela-
tively expensive.
List price: $3,499
Company: Apple Computer,
800/692-7753
www.apple.com
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The new Power Macs are stable,
speedy machines based on a
time-tested design. They won't
fully utilize the second processor,
however, until Mac OS X is avail-
able—unless you use one of the
handful of multiprocessing-
enabled applications. The other
improvements to the systems—a
new mouse and keyboard, plus
gigabit Ethernet—are incremental
but welcome. The Power Mac
G4/500 Dual Processor is a
faster computer, but you'll pay a
premium for a relatively small
improvement.
re two heads really better
than one? In the case of
Apple’s new multiprocessor
Power Mac G4 systems, the answer
is a definite maybe. Although some
applications do currently use two
processors, don't expect these dual-
processor computers to perform
twice as fast as previous G4s.
These systems offer a new wrinkle
with truly exciting potential: gigabit
Ethernet—the Ethernet port on these
new systems now supports 10BaseT,
100BaseT, and 1000BaseT over cop-
per cable. However, at $700 a port,
1000BaseT switches are prohibitively
expensive for most schools and
offices and rarely perform at more
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than twice the speed of 100BaseT.
The new G4s and the G4 Cube are
the first models to include the Apple
Display Connector (ADC), Apple’s
modified DVI (Digital Visual Interface)
connector, which adds power and a
USB signal to the monitor cable. But
fear not—the G4’s built-in ATI Rage
128 card also has a standard VGA
connector, so you won't need to spring
for a new monitor.
How Fast Is Fast? Until all of
Mac OS supports multiprocessing,
users won't see a speed improvement
when they run applications not specifi-
cally written for multiple processors.
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Speedmork 2.1 scores ore relotive to those of an iMac 350MHz, which is assigned a score of 100 for each test. Photoshop results are in seconds. Cinema 4D XL and SoundJom |
minutes:seconds. We tested each system with Moc OS 9.0.4, « default system disk cache, and Virtual Memory disabled for all application tests. We set displays to
resolution and 24-bit color. We performed Speedmark testing with original memory configurations: 128MB of RAM for the 450MHz systems ond 256MB for
the SOOMHEaytems. For Photoshop len, we used 256MB in oll stems, For Photoshop toss, we used @ SOMB fle. We sl Photothops memory portion to 150MB and
History to Minimum. We allocoted 80MB of memory to Cinema 4D XL, We rendered o model ot a resolution of 680 by 480 pixels with oversampling set to 4 by 4, For our MP3
‘encoding test, we used an oudio-CD track thot was 9 minutes and 25 seconds in length and converted it using default setfings of 128 Kbps in Soundiam 2.1.1. For more infor- |
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of multiprocessing (symmetrical), but
Mac OS X will. Even when the operat-
ing system does offer proper multi-
processor support, not every action
doubles in speed; your Mac’s hard
drive, graphics card, and interface
buses can still create bottlenecks.
When performing everyday activi-
ties such as booting the computer,
encrypting a file, and performing
an Excel calculation—parts of our
new Speedmark test suite—the dual-
processor systems performed the
same as older, single-processor sys-
tems with the same clock speeds.
More surprisingly, we discovered a
conflict between iMovie and the oper-
ating system's multiprocessor software;
Apple has released a 2.0.1 update,
which is available at www.apple
.com/imovie. (As a result of the prob-
lem with iMovie, we updated Speed-
mark to version 2.1, which features
tests with iMovie 2.0.1.) What is clear
from our tests is that multiprocessor-
enabled applications such as Photo-
shop, SoundJam, and Cinema 4D XL
are remarkably fast—although not
quite twice as fast—when compared
with the same apps running on single-
processor Power Macs.
Polish the Apple Multiprocess-
ing aside, the new Power Macs also
include the recently refined optical
Apple Pro Mouse ($$$%; Reviews,
October 2000), iMovie 2 (66$$1/2;
Reviews, October 2000), and new
Apple Pro Keyboard ($$ 91/2;
Reviews, elsewhere in this issue).
With this new keyboard, Apple
came up with a fix for a USB-related
problem—namely, that a keyboard's
power button works only if plugged
directly into the computer, and not
connected via a USB hub. Apple’s
peculiar solution: take the power
button off the keyboard altogether.
Now you'll find the power button on
the Apple ADC monitors—you can
force a reboot by pushing com-
mand, control, and the monitor’s
power button (or the power button
on the front of the Mac). Pushing the
power button alone simply puts
these systems to sleep.
The Power Mac G4/500 comes
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standard with a DVD-RAM drive that
can use the newest 4.7GB DVD-RAM
media. This drive is also available as
an add-on to the Power Mac G4/450
for an additional $300.
Final Verdict
multiprocessor Macs before it has
In shipping
shipped an operating system that
can truly utilize it, Apple has put
the cart before the horse, but it’s a
pretty nice cart. The new Power
Macs are stable, fast computers,
even if you can’t yet take full advan-
tage of the second processor.
Luckily, Apple isn’t charging extra
for these premature features—the
new systems cost the same amount
as the old ones. If you've been want-
ing to buy a high-end system with
PC slots for expansion and room for
additional drives, the Power Mac
G4/450 Dual Processor is a good
value that will offer dividends when
Mac OS X arrives. The Power Mac
G4/500 Dual Processor is a faster
computer, but you'll pay a hefty
price for a relatively small improve-
ment.—KRISTINA DE NIKE
November 2000 53
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cessors equally, balancing the load of
your system over the whole array.
By virtue of its internal design,
Mac OS X is natively multiprocessor
aware, and all of its functions can run
on multiple processors, unlike those
of the classic Mac OS. In day-to-day
use, multiprocessor machines run-
ning Mac OS X should feel snappier
than single-processor machines.
Applications written to Apple's
Carbon specification will appear in
the new Aqua theme, and should offer
much better stability (thanks to Mac
OS X's new protected-memory model,
which prevents a crashing app from
bringing down your system), Carbon
apps will also take advantage of multi-
processing in ways that current Mac
OS applications can't.
Those Carbon apps specifically
written to take advantage of multi-
processing will have complete access
to the processors. The OS can assign
each individual task these apps
undertake to a different processor,
balancing the load and using proces-
sor power as efficiently as possible.
MP Loophole But even if a Mac
OS X program wasn't written with
multiprocessing in mind, it will bene-
fit, The operating system can still
assign different programs to different
processors, meaning that program A
can mun on one G4 while program B
toils away on the other. In addition,
programs don't work in a vacuum—
they're always working in conjunction
with the operating system. And since
Mac OS X will be multiprocessor-
savvy, it will balance all of its own
work (such as moving windows and
scrolling) across processors.
Apple says multiprocessor-savvy
Mace OS 9 programs will still be able
to take advantage of multiprocessing
when running in OS X's Classic com-
patibility environment. This means any
of today’s multiprocessing apps that
don't attain Mac OS X-native status in
time won't have to give up their multi-
processing abilities—they can use
Classic mode.
Finding the Answer
If you're wondering whether you need
a multiprocessor Mac today, it's a
simple decision. If you primarily use
apps that support multiprocessing,
there's no reason not to buy a multi-
processor Mac. But if your most-used
apps aren't constrained by the proces-
sor, you don't really need a multi-
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cations for graphics, 3-D, and video
will appear, using Mac OS X and
multiprocessor systems as a plat-
form. Apple's future hardware-and-
software one-two punch will make
the Mac a much more viable plat-
form for hard-core, processor-
intensive applications.
The Last Word
These days, Intel and its competitors
are releasing chips with speeds meas-
ured in gigahertz, not megahertz, The
clock speed of the PowerPC has
lagged behind, and though Apple
THOUGH APPLE AND MOTOROLA ARE LOATH
TO ADMIT IT, THESE DUAL-PROCESSOR POWER
MACS MOST LIKELY EXIST BECAUSE COMPARABLY
FAST PROCESSORS BEARING A POWERPC BRAND
JUST AREN'T READY.
processor machine. In fact, you won't
see any benefit from multiple proces-
sors until Mac OS X ships.
Multiprocessing is already quite
commonplace on other hardware and
OS platforms. Linux, for example,
supports symmetrical multiprocessing.
Apple's new dual-processor machines
should provide a perfect platform for
PowerPC-based Linux systems, offer-
ing many of the server features we're
looking forward to in Mac OS X, well
in advance of its arrival.
Once Mac OS X hits the scene,
multiprocessing will open up areas
where the Mac previously couldn't
compete. Many server-based Web
applications are very processor-
intensive, and the availability of
multiple processors in a single Web-
server machine will make those apps
respond much faster.
It’s also possible that new appli-
and Motorola are loath to admit it,
these dual-processor Power Macs
were created most likely because
faster G4 chips just weren't ready.
Still, adding second processors to
the Power Mac line is a way for Apple
to boost speeds without cranking up
the megahertz—and if you're using a
multiprocessor-enabled application,
you'll get major speed boosts from this
pair of chips, Otherwise, these new
Power Macs won't run much faster
than their predecessors . . . until Mac
OS X arrives, that is. Once that hap-
pens, the power of the dual-processor
Power Mac G4 will multiply, and
Apple's multiprocessor math should
finally add up. m
Contributing Editor STEPHAN
SOMOGY!I has written about Macs
and their processors for years. His pro-
cessor-to-computer ratio remains 1:1.
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