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MAC BEAT 20 { ott 80 MOBILE MAC The Virtual CD > The iPhone, the Apple TV, and new movies: We take a look at the big announcements from Macworld Expo and talk to analysts about what it all means for Apple. > In Breen’s Bungalow, we highlight some of the cool gadgets you may not have heard about at Expo. > We also have the latest Macworld Podcast, online reviews, software updates, and the Best of Macworld.com, http://cd.macworld.com/2007/03/tricky-45 6 MACWORLD March 2007 10, Best of Show wir and remembe 20 MAC BEAT yiRTUAL SECRETS WORKING MAC Pry Windows Files Open CHRISTOPHER BREEN 74 PLAYLIST Doing the iTunes Shuffle KIRK McELHEARN Who ni a unes’ Party 76 DIGITAL PHOTO Stop Seeing Red LEE VARIS Sometimes our photos need e cleaned up or earn how t Adobe Photoshop t ven skin tones. 78 CREATE Get Your Web Site Noticed DAVID SAWYER McFARLAND sign your ention of search engines and re 80 MOBILE MAC Reclaim Hard-Drive Space JOE KISSELL a c, photos, and videos, 82 GEEK FACTOR Resize Partitions On-the-Fly KIRK McELHEARN a hidder mmand tha’ 84 HELP DESK Mac OS X Hints ROB GRIFFITHS Learn how to cor asily install and uninstall app 88 Mac 911 CHRISTOPHER BREEN SyncA k without .Mac, find missing Phot ts in Te id an Ethernet h to an AirPort BACK PAGE 120 Hot Stuff Check out our favorite new stuff Base Station, and more www.macworld.com LACIE d2 QUADRA HARD DRIVE: pesicn ay NEIL POULTON Fully loaded with all the best interfaces — eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 — the new d2 Quadra delivers a fast burst transfer rate of up to 80-90MB/s, a 16MB cache, and 3-level power management. 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BOLD fordvehicles.com/edge NEC NEC Display Solutions OS Ronn |23N. a SS SS Rid eh Mae RR , i> — Sat S oF sia;+—i_Ee Ei nl se aa ES f \ Se ¥ PORTRAIT BY PETER BELANGER ROM THE EDITOR’S DESK EX@a/-ASSOxESN Sam Apple Isn’t Waiting Steve Jobs’s keynote address at this year’s Macworld Expo was unlike previous keynotes in so many ways, from his revelation that Apple was removing Computer from its name to the complete absence of new Mac announcements. And the one product he did announce (see “Hello, iPhone,” page 54) was unlike anything Apple’s done before. Clearly, everyone at the company—from Jobs on down—thinks that the iPhone is going to be a trans- formative product, one that doesn’t just thrust Apple into a new and highly competitive market, but also makes it a serious player, if not a leader, in that mar- ket overnight. Still, there’s a connection between the iPhone and all the other Apple products that have come before it. Changing the World At its core, Apple has always been about using tech- nology to change the lives of everyday people. Start- ing with the iPod and continuing with the iPhone, Apple has proven that it’s really much more than just a computer company. It’s a technology company whose goal is to make great devices that people will use in all parts of their lives. ‘The iPhone isn’t the only example of this that ca to light at this year’s Expo. The reannouncement of Apple TV (formerly iTV) fits the we're-more-th computer-company theme, too. (For more de on Apple ‘TV, see “Inside Apple TV" Mac Beat.) Apple is pushing its technolog its relentless integration of me into all sorts of new places. Yes, some computers may be concerned about the company’s ame—but they really shouldn't be. This isn’t some new Apple they'll need to get to know. Rather, this is the company that made the Mac great, apply- ing the same product philosophies to a slew of new -omputer market needed a and fractured world of cell new reas. Just as the persot Mac in 1984, the complex phones could really use an iPhone. Will Apple become the dominant cell phone maker in the world? I doubt it. But I think it'll be a credible competitor, and I think its presence in the market will force everyone else who develops cell phones to take fresh look at their design that some of their phones’ fe enough for consumers. nd realize ssumptions 3 atures simply aren't good Plenty of Questions Perhaps the most shocking thing about this y xpo keynote was the depth of the iPhone announce- ment. Steve Jobs was on stage for about two hours, weorw.macworld.com and he devoted almost all of that time—barring a brief Mac update and a short Apple TV update—to the iPhone. This was perhaps the most exhaustively detailed Apple product rollout I can remember. Yet for every piece of information we got about the iPhone that day, | found myself adding half a dozen questions to the list | was keeping in my head for my follow-up briefing with Apple. According to Apple, the iPhone runs Mac OS X. Will Mac developers be able to develop programs that will run on the iPhone? What about the iPhone’s “widgets”: are they Dash- board widgets or something else? Why does the iPhone’s SMS text-messaging program look like iChat, when it won't let you connect to the real AIM chat network that your desktop iChat client uses The list went on. We asked Apple as many of those questions as we could; you'll find many of the answers starting on page 54. But the length of that list clearly demonstrates that the iPhone is a much more com- plex product than the iPod. The iPhone is, indeed, more akin to the Mac than to the iPod. We'd proba- bly call ita handheld computer if we weren't calling it a phone instead. Whither iPod? The comparison between the iPod and the iPhone raises still more questions. An iPod with a wide screen like the iPhone's would be great for watching videos. Yet this new wide-screen iPhone has only as much stor- age as the iPod nano. Is there a higher-capacity iPod waiting in the wings—one that looks a lot like an iPhone, with more storage space but no phone fe: tures? Clearly, there’s much for us to learn about how the iPod and iPhone product lines will coexist; I suspect it'll take months before we start to get answers. But I’m not waiting around in the meantime. I've alr ordered my Apple TV, and I fully expect that [ll be moving on to an iPhone in the ver ar future. As the singer and songwriter John Mayer pointed out as the keynote event ended, five months sure is a long time to wait for a new Apple gadget. At least I'll have an Apple TV to keep me company in the meantime. ‘What do you think of the iPhone? Of Apple TV? Come over to macworkl.com/ forums and let me know. 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But for those of us who use third-party plug-ins for Apple’s Logic Pro or Pro ‘Tools or for other professional applications, the Mac Pro presents a problem don’t yet run on Intel-based Maes. “ plug-in vendors say the come up with Universal versions for the new Macs, but most are behind schedule; several companies have failed to deliver announced updates. Please let your readers know that the speedy new Maes won't get much done if U favorite plug-ins I versions of their n't available. AARON WOLSKE Es} About your ongoing coverage of Intel Macs: We went rs with only three generations of PowerPC chips (not count- ing clock-speed increases). Now, barely a year into the Intel transition, we've already seen three new chips (the Core Solo, the Core Duo, and the Core 2 Duo). The former stability of the Mac platform ensured that our software would remain usable for extended periods of time. Has that era of stabil ended? JAKE PURCHES (ey One of the reasons I /iked PowerPCs was that Macs didn’t change all the time. Now, two weeks after you shell out your money for the latest machine, you find that it’s been superseded by something newer. [t's depressing. I deliberately bought the last, most powerful Power Mac, the G5 Quad, because I run a lot of apps tha are built for the PowerPC or even for OS 9, I can’t do what I need to do on an Intel Mac. This quick progress isn’t necessarily a 16 MACWORLD March 2007 good thing for Mac users, even though it may be great for retailers. Take Them with You IAN WELLS [have a suggestion for a follow-up to your article about portable applications (“Your Apps in Your Pocket,” Mobile Mac, Novem- ber 2006): [run two Macs at work and two at home (a desktop and a portable at each location). [ try to keep the same versions of Mace OS X and my applications on all of them. ‘To do this, | currently synchronize my Home folders and sections of my Library folders between cach desktop- portable pair of Macs. Now I’m trying to figure out how to take that one step further, y keeping wor copies of the support- ing files for Address Book, and Mail ona USB drive sssible from any of my systems to which it is attached. We may have a solution for you. Check out macworld.com/2410 for a way to take that next step.—Dan Miller By the Books ROBERT SUMMERS | I enjoyed your article “Beyond Apple’s Photo Books” (Digital Photo, December 2006). But please note that you cannot upload a Pages-created PDF file to Lulu; it will be automatically rejected. This has been a problem for a long time, and there’ no resolution in sight. You can find the details on the Pages forum at www .apple.com and the discussion forum at www.lulu.com. I’ve published two books on Lulu. I wrote both using Pag: then used Pages’ Export To Word f to create a .doc file. After touching up those files in Word to get the same look I had in Pages, I created PDFs from and FEEDBACK The Intel Deluge (Continued) When Steve Jobs said that Apple would convert its entire line of computers to Intel chips by the end of 2006, he wasn’t kidding. The past year has seen a flood of new Intel-based systems. These unremitting waves of new machines have overwhelmed some Mac stalwarts accustomed to waiting years between generations of PowerPCs. Our advice: Don't sweat it. So what if the Mac you bought a month ago is no longer the latest and greatest? As long as it runs your software, it’s still a positive move. Word and uploaded those to Lulu, which accepted them without a problem. TONY TRIOLO N In your December 2006 Digital Photo col- umn, you explained how to create a photo book without iPhoto and Aperture. You cited two online services in particular Blurb and Lulu—but ed to mention the latest offerings from Shutterfly (www .shutterfly.com) and AsukaBook (asuka book.com). Shutterfly’ recent improve- ments make it the easiest, most intuitive, and most flexible service out there. For people who will accept only the best AsukaBook is hard to beat. Its boo on a par with the slickest coffee books, complete with dust jackets, pres tation boxes, and spine printing. One caveat, however: You have to be a profes- sional photographer to use AsukaBook. | Spot the Serif LEE GRAVES About the letter from Michael Myers (Feedback, December 2006): I, too, miss the WYSIWYG fonts we had in OS 9. I continues CORRECTIONS We ran the wrong picture next to our descrip- tion of Timbuk2’s Artist's Canvas Bag in “Macworld's Gear Guide” (December 2006). That picture was of Timbuk2’s Single Speed Laptop Courier. In “Troubleshooting MacBooks” (Mobile Max, January 2007), we implied that you could reduce processor speed on the Mac- Book and MacBook Pro by using the Energy Saver preference pane. While that option was available on the PowerBook, it isn't on the MacBook and MacBook Pro. weww.macworld.com wits ive FUT) your © Graphire4 gives you the control you need to quickly and easily edit your digital photos. Draw, paint, and create artwork for slide shows, scrapbooks or craft and hobby projects. Enhance Your Photos Dress up your memories by correcting color and lighting and removing image imperfections and flaws using your pen with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 3 (software included). Apply Color and Light Enhancements Intensify early-morning light, soften skin tones, or brighten dim areas of your photo using creative color effects and filters applied by your pen in Nik® Color Efex Pro 2 GE (software included). Visit | Call www.TabletPhotoFun.com | 1.800.922.2589 Draw and Paint Try any one of over 50 pressure-sensitive brushes and a mix of papers, nozzles, and patterns to create artwork from your digital photos using your pen and Corel® Painter™ Essentials 2 (software included). When used with a Wacom pen, Painter Essentials 2 looks and feels like just about any natural art tool your heart desires. Pressure Sensitivity Control your software tools like exposure, brush size, opacity and more by simply changing how hard you press the pen tip to the tablet. FEEDBACK haven't the time to open Tiger’s font window to see what each font will look like. Please, Apple, just list type in WYSIWYG style. JEFF MAO I want to respond to Michael Myers’s wish fora WYSIWYG font menu in OS X. Many people may not realize that in applications that use the Font palette (-T), you can expand that palette to dis- play the actual font. Above the Style pull- down palette is a dot. Drag that dot down to open the font-display area. Select a font, and you can sce how it looks. This WYSIWYG menu, but [ actually like it better, because isn’t the same as a font it allows you to create your own collec- tions of type styles visible in all applica- tions that use the Font palette. Getting in Gear JOHN DOYLE : In “Macworld’s Gear Guide” (December 2006), you mentioned the JBL Go + Play and provided a link to the JBL Web site. But when I went to that site, I couldn't ricoh-usa.com/itchannel 1-800-RICOH-43 2006 Ricoh Cerperatise 6A Adobe Petit 3 find that product. Is there somewhere else | should try? The Go + Play was originally scheduled to be available by the time that story was pub- lished. But according to JBL, the product bas been delayed. We're sorry for the confu- sion. —Dan Frakes BILL GALLAGHER In response to your December 2006 story, “Take Your LPs for a Spin,” you don’t yattery of equipment” to digitize your records. If you already have really need a a turntable, the stereo equipment, and a computer, all you need is the Griffin iMic, which costs less than $40. The iMic plugs into your sterco with audio jacks and into your computer using the USB port. You import each song with G Band, then export to iTunes. No problem! Which Library? ALESSANDRO PEDICELL M Regarding your tip “Use Sereen-Saver Images as Desktop Pictures” (Mac OS X Hints, December 2006): L thought this tip Every time I get near a Ricoh color printer, 1 feel just like an artist. sounded really cool and tried it myself, but L encountered a problem. The first step is to find the screen-saver files. You said to go to the /System/Library/Screen Savers folder. When I opened that folder, it was empty. I tried this process on both my Intel iMac and my G+ tower, and both times encountered the same problem. Was I doing something wrong? More than likely, you % looking in the Library folder in your Home directory or in the /Library folder; but not in the /System/Library folder. I guarantee that that folder isn't empty.—Rob Griffiths Post comments on our forums (www -macworld.com); send them by mail to ‘| Letters, Macworld, 501 Second Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107; or send them by e-mail to letters@macworld.com. ‘ess and daytime pho e of mail we ch ers letters and forum ty of Macworld. gh vo! comments Decome th Easy there, Rembrandt. Ricoh dependability moves your ideas forward. RICOH iKaraoke Karaoke for Your iPod iKaraoke . iTrip auto iTalk Pro FM eS and Car Charger for iPod CD-Quality Stereo Microphone for iPod : EEE! iPod Accessories good iPod Cases a Mac/PC Accessories ogoo PSP Accessories seas buy now at www.griffintechnology.com Inside Apple TV What We Know and What’s New Since Last Year’s Announcement BY JASON SNELL Apple’s Macworld Expo announcement of its new set-top box, the Apple ‘TV, wasn't really unexpected; after all, the company had alrea ly previewed it in September 2006, when it carried the code name of iTV. But almost four months after we got our first glimpse, and just weeks before the product hits store shelves, we've about the device that n learned a bit mors Apple designed as the bridge betwe your Mac’s library of digital content and the TV in your li Ing room. What We Knew First, a recap: The $299 Apple TV i small de inches square and 1.1 inches high) that’s destined for your living room. It’s meant to attach to a wide- a ice sereen digital TV (and to get digital audio output, you can hook it up toa home the- 20 MACWORLD March 2007 ater sound system). With an Apple TV hooked up and your T'V turned on, you'll see a menu of options similar to those you'd find on an iPod or in Apple's Front Row software for the Mac. able to your TV, the Apple TV connects to your home net- work, most commonly via 802.11 wireless networking. (Yes, it has an Ethernet port on the back for those of you who have a ‘To make content ava wired network.) Once that’s done, it can act as a bridge betw n your computer with its movies, TV shows, music, and photos—and your TV. You control the Apple ‘TV with an Apple Remote. The Apple TV software has an iPod-style interface—but instead ing the interface on a small iPod of se screen, you get a larger-than-life view of it on your TV screen. The Apple TV software also lets you access movie trail- ers and 30-second previews of popular iTunes songs. And just as Apple said back in Septem- u'll need a wide-screen TV v digital or component inputs in order to be use the Apple TV. It doesn’t have to be an HDTV set, but it does need to have at least an enhanced-definition (EDTV) dis- play that’s capable of displaying at 480p, or 480 lines of progressive-scan resolu What We Learned Beyond its new name, the biggest piece of new information about the Apple TV is that there’s a 40GB hard drive inside. Last year, we speculated that the Apple TV might have only a small amount of and would be forced to ste wage spa stream all audio and video data over a network connection; the hard drive changes things considerably. wwew.macworld.com APPLETV PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BELANGER: AIRPORT PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF APPLE You load data onto the Apple TV's hard drive by synchronizing it with a computer (a Mac ora PC) running iTunes. The Apple TV on your local network will appear in your iTunes Source list, and you'll be able to configure synchroniza- tion features, just as you can with an iPod. unes then automatically copies movi TV shows, music, photos, and other dat across your home network and onto the Apple TV. (Apple estimates that the hard drive is big enough to hold about 50 hours of movies and T'V shows, 9,000 songs, or 25,000 pictures.) one computer in your house, don’t worry—w the Apple TV will syne with only one copy of iTunes, it can connect to as many as five other computers and m content (including movies, TV shows, and music) from them, The only difference is that it won't store the content from those com- puters on its hard drive. (And the Apple TV can’t connect to iTunes libraries a without explicit permission—as it tries to a PIN code on the ‘ou have to type that s to connect.) code into Tun Apple us more details about he little box will play. sions of videos av Store). But it'll also play high defini content at 1,280 by 720 pixels, or 720p in HDTV terminology, on both 720p and 1,080i HDTVs. Other tidbits we've learned include the unspecified Intel processor; includ 100BaseT Ethernet port (not abit); and supports 802.11 wireless networking, including the ultrafast draft 802.11 specification (see “Apple Releases New AirPort Extreme Base Station”). What We Don’t Know Although the Apple TV is coming into focus, we still have a lot _— Per- 96 @ this: Ata time when uch as YouTube popular, would i Internet-connected ‘TV product that doesn’t have the ability to browse such services? Apple has never demonstrated such a capé , but it has shown off the Apple ” to browse and view movie trailers streamed from Apple.com; presumably, browsi such as You'lube would work si haps the biggest one i Internet video serv formats. ‘The Net is littered with video— uch as DivX, Xvid, WMA, nd live video streams in Win- ind Real—that doesn’t appear in tidy MPEG-~4 bundles. If Apple TV t support many f , it will be unable to k of the video content a - Wouldn't it be great if the Apple ‘TV were able to play back Major League Baseball’s live MLB.TV streams (which are currenth able only in Windows Media and Real formats), CNN's Pipeline (Windows Media), or Apple board mem- ber Al Gores Current TV (Flash video)? This isn’t to say that intrepid program- mers won't find ways to make video Apple TV-friendly—but even the most elegant workaround is still not as good as the built-in, “it just works” simplicity we've come to expect from Apple. The good news is that even if the Apple TV doesn’t have the ability to play such videos right now, it may be able to someday. Under Apple TV's Extras menu is a prominent Update Software com- mand—suggesting quite clearly that the Apple TV is a young dog that can be taught numerous new tric There's one final mys! said what the Apple TV's USB connector is for. Maybe it'll let you add external storage via a USB hard drive, directly connect your iPod, or maybe even add ona high definition DVD player. For now, all we can do is guess. JASON SNELL is —_ editorial director. Modern Times The back of the Apple TV has connections for power @, USB 2. net @, HDMI video and audi , component video @, analog audio @, and optical digital audio Apple Releases New AirPort Extreme Base Station While Steve Jobs was showing off the iPhone and the Apple TV, Apple quietly introduced a new AirPort Extreme Base Station that sup- ports 802.11n, a networking standard that works up to five times faster and at up to twice the range of the previous version. The new base station will be available around the same time as the Apple TY, for $179. The new AirPort Extreme Base Station marks a radical design departure from its predecessors. While the older Base Stations had a squat, teardrop-shaped design, the new model features a beveled square shape similar to that of the Mac mini and the new Apple TV. It measures 6.5 inches square and 1.3 inches tall. Based on a draft specification of the 802.11n standard, the new AirPort Extreme Base Station is backward-compatible with the earlier 802.11g standard and works with 802.1 1b- and 802.1 1a-based devices. 802.11n uses a technique known as multiple- input, multiple-output (MIMO) to achieve faster performance and a longer range. While 802.11n offers seamless connectivity with older products, the performance of an 802.11n network will slow down if you con- nect slower devices to it. Newer Macs— specifically Core 2 Duo iMacs (excluding the 17-inch 1.83GHz model), Core 2 Duo Mac- Books and MacBook Pros, and Mac Pros— include compatible hardware, but it must be enabled through software that’s included with the new Base Station. The Base Station also lets you share USB-based printers and hard disk drives with the network, and it can support a hub, so you can attach multiple devices. Soft- ware included with the device lets you cre- ate password-protected accounts or limit access to certain files and folders. The device itself can support as many as 50 users at once.—PETER COHEN March 2007 MACWORLD 21 MAC BEAT APPLE TV AND iPHONE ARE AMONG WINNERS Best of Show Every January, the editors at Macwor/d scour the show floor at Macworld Conference & Expo and pick the coolest products for Best of Show honors. The products must be recent releases or make their debut at Expo. This year, we chose 11 products that stood out in a crowded field. (For a Best of Show video podcast featuring our editors talking about our picks, go to macworld.com/2487.) Toast 8 Titanium, from Roxio: dise-burning appli ‘he venerable tion has a long list of new features, and a few really stand out. ‘Toast 8 is the official provider of” iVo- ‘ToGo video extraction for the Mae, is the first to offer Blu- reading, and adds professional audi y burning and features from the company’s Jam appli- cation ($100; www.roxio.com). Parallels Desktop for Mac Release Can- didate (Build 3120), from Parallels: The virtualization program that let users run Windows, Linux, and other operating sys- tems from within OS X has long-awaited support for USB 2.0 devices, a floating Coherence mode, and true drag-and-drop capabilities ($80; www.parallels.com). Adobe Premiere Pro, from Adobe: Dropped from the Mac in 2003, Premiere is back—this time as a Pro version that will run only on Intel-based Macs. It'll also be part ofa larger Adobe Production Studio suite that will include Adobe Encore DVD and Adobe Soundbooth: the former brought over from the Win- dows side to compete with DVD Studio Pro, the latter a new cross-platform sound app (pricing not yet set; www.adobe.com). Adobe Photoshop CS3, from Adobe: The free December 2006 beta release of Adobe's flagship imag iting appli tion had people buzzing as they were 22 MACWORLD March 2007 heading into Macworld Expo. Adobe Photoshop CS3 adds Intel-native support (see “Photoshop Be ests Are In,” page 28). Equally significant, the updated soft- ware adds a number of features, from a new palette look to a Quick Selection brush to a new Refine Edge palette, that are sure to impress longtime users. This first- person shooter tells the story of Tommy, Prey, from Aspyr Mec a Cherokee garage mechanic who must face an alien menace that has abducted his people and his girlfriend. Prey fe: tures the ability to walk on walls; Death Walking, in which ‘Tommy fights spirits y before to regain health and spirit ene returning to his own body; and Spirit Mode, in which ‘Tommy can leave his body and sneak up on enemies in spirit form ($50; www.aspyr.com). George, from Chestnut Hill S This new iPod clock radio f ound: atures a detachable face that doubles as a remote control, which provides full access to the iPod’ navigation menu on an LCD screen, The system has a patent-pending “bandless” tuner and station presets that you can assemble by category. The cloe! radio is also designed to support the addi- tion of new digital audio sources, such as the upcoming HD radio tuner upgra ($549 to $599; www.chillsound.com). IntelliScanner mini, from Intellis A tiny, portable scanner-and-softw: package, the IntelliScanner mini helps you organize collections and home assets, using bar-code technology. You scan and store a list of books, DVDs, wine, comics, and other possessions and then transfer the info to the IntelliScanner software apps on your Mac ($299; www.intelliscanner.com). ModBook, from Axiotron and OWC: Rather than wait for Apple, Axiotron developed an aftermarket hard- ware modification to turn a MacBook nto a tablet computer running OS X. The ModBook replaces the top of the MacBook with a 13.3-inch wide-screen LCD with Wacom touch-screen tech- nology. There's even an optional GPS module available sium top shell (star -macsales.com). MultiSyne LCD2690WUXi-BK. from NEC; A 25 inch wide-screen dis- play with 1,920 by 1,200 pixels, the LCD2690WUXi-BK features a Horizontal n Plane Switching module for superior all in a tough magne- $2,279: color representation, has an 800:1 con- trast ratio, and includes a detachable stand that is height-adjustable and can pivot, swivel, and tilt ($1,700; www -necdisplay.com). Apple TV, from Apple: The Apple TV is the missing link between your and iPhoto libraries and your TV. You unes can syne the device with iTunes to store content on the Apple TV's 40GB hard drive or stream content wirelessly from a Mac or a PC to the Apple TV. For more on Apple TV, see “Inside Apple TV,” page 20 ($299; www.apple.com). iPhone, from Apple: One of the most highly iPhone brings together iPod, smart anticipated Apple products, the phone, and portable-computing features in one device. It has a wide-screen dis- play and an innovative touch-screen input method. See “Hello, iPhone” on page 54 for complete coverage of the iPhone (4GB model, $499; 8GB model, $599; www.apple.com). werw.macworld.com We have solutions to improve any creative process. (Imagine what we can do for yours.) 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In addition to Intel compatibility, Office 2008 will sport plenty of new features. Microsoft says that Office 2008 for Mac will share some technologies with its Windows counter- part—Office 2007— for seamless compat- ibility between the different versions. Both Office releases will support the Office Open XML Formats. Office 2004 users aren't being left out of the new file formats, though. Microsoft plans to release a free beta of the file-format converters {possibly by the time you read this) so users of older versions of Office can read and write the new Office Open XML Formats. Final versions of the converters should be available six to eight weeks after Office 2008 for Mac ships, Office 2007 for Windows includes a new user interface feature called the Ribbon, which gives users quick access to specific tools. The INTERNET BEAT Fetch 5.2, from Fetch Softworks (www-fetch softworks.com): File-transfer program intro- duces WebView, a new way for viewing files in a Web browser and copying Web addresses ($25; upgrades, free for Fetch 5 users and $15 for Fetch 4 users). Sandvox 1.1, from Karelia Software (www -karelia.com): Visual Web page editor adds eight site designs and features more thorough built-in help, among other changes (Standard, $49; Pro, $79; upgrades, free). Zend Studio 5.5, from Zend (www.zend.com): New version of Integrated Development Environ- ment for PHP adds support for PHP 5.2, anti- aliasing, Web services code completion that sup- ports URLs in SoapClient constructors, and Intel Macs (Standard, $99; Professional, $299). 24 MACWORLD March 2007 Mac version will include similar features called the Elements Gallery and Document Parts, which can automate some common tasks, such as adding a table of contents or headers and footers to documents. “We really worked hard on the user interface of Office 2008 for Mac,” says Sheridan Jones, group market- ing manager for the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit. “But we worked just as hard on enhancing the usability.” Other new fea- tures of Office 2008 for Mac include a Publishing Layout view, which lets users create layout-rich docu- ments in Word (title pages, for example), and Excel Ledger Sheets, which provides templates for common financial-management tools such as budgets, invoices, and check registers—without fequiring users to whip up complex formulas, Another smaller application that will be included with Office 2008 is called My Day. The stand-alone app lets users track priorities and stay on top of Entourage Tasks without launching Entourage. Microsoft did not announce pricing for Office 2008.—11m DALRYMPLE IMAGING BEAT Geophoto, from Ovolab (www.ovolab.com): Photo-browsing application displays pictures by location instead of by date. It places images on a three-dimensional globe, showing where in the world pictures were taken, and it lets you share with others ($50; preorder price, $40). ImageWell 3, from XtraLean Software (www -xtralean.com): Image-editing software adds support for secure FTP uploads, graphical water- marks, and batch processing for multiple images at once ($15). Snapshot 2.0, from Stunt Software (www.stunt software.com): Photo-printing utility formerly known as PhotoBooth features a new interface; photo borders; and the ability to add date stamps, speech, and thought balloons to photos ($30; upgrade, free). NEWS IN BRIEF Intel Releases Core 2 Quad Pro- cessors During the Con- sumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel added three quad-core pro- Cessors to its lineup. The high-end Core 2 Quad runs at 2.4GHz and is designed to alleviate the processing bottlenecks encountered with high-definition video entertainment and multimedia. Intel is Positioning two other new chips—the Quad-Core Xeon 3200 series, which comes in 2.13GHz and 2.4GHz speeds— based on their power efficiency for entry- level server applications. There's a good chance you'll see at least one of Intel’s quad-core processors in a new Mac— most likely Apple's high-end Mac Pro or Xserve—in the near future, Apple Drops Computer from Its Name Near the end of his Macworld Expo key- note address, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company is changing its name from Apple Computer to simply Apple. The name change reflects the com- pany's newfound emphasis on consumer electronics, and it came after a presenta- tion that featured no new Mac computers. “The Mag, iPod, Apple TV, and iPhone. Only ‘one of those is a computer,” said Jobs. “So we're changing the name.” iTunes Store Adds Paramount Movies Before spending the bulk of his keynote talking about Apple TV ma the iPhone, Steve Jobs announced that Para- Mount Studios would be joining Disney in offering feature-length movies for sale on the iTunes Store. The addition of more video con- tent from a second major movie studio brings the iTunes Store’s number of movies to more than 250. Included in the Paramount offer- ings are dassics such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and Chinatown, comedies including School of Rock and Zoolander, and the entire Star Trek saga. Jobs also told the audience that Apple had sold 1.3 million movies on the iTunes Store in the four months since its launch. werw.macworld.com BEAT ICONS BY PAUL HOWALT Turn your old iPod into your new toolbox. Protogo “4 Do you have an old iPod lying around? Or perhaps a small portable hard drive or flash drive? Why not turn it into the ultimate Macintosh diagnostic, repair, and maintenance tool? With TechTool Protogo it's easy. Protogo allows you to quickly create a bootable diagnostic device that contains Micromat’s most powerful tools as well as any of your own utilities you may wish to install. You can then use this device to boot, check, maintain, and repair Macintosh computers as needed. Like our award-winning product, TechTool Protege, you will have a device that allows you to carry all the tools you'll need in your shirt pocket. 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Bruce defined himself as a “color geek,” and that he was. L any of us were paying att ng before a few weeks shy of his 53rd birth- n to RGB, CMYK, or ColorSyne, Bruce was knee- deep in it, largely a result of his frustra- tion and fascination with the first gener- anners for the Mac. He turned his passion for color into his pro- ation of s fession, advancing from product reviewer and user to book author, lecturer, and guru. Later in his career, as one of the cofounders of PixelGenius, he became a software developer of a sort, helping create a suite of Adobe Photoshop pl ins because no one else was making the tools that he needed to use in his own work. Over the years, we joked about the rise of “Bruce, Inc.,” but he never lost interest in helping one more person GAME NEWS Avernum 4 Goes Universal Spiderweb Soft ware has announced the release of Aver num 4 1.1, an updated version of its fantasy role-playing adventure game for the Mac. The new version runs natively on Intel and PowerPC based Macs. It's a free update for registered users. Avernum 4 is the latest installment of the long-running series that puts you in a subter ranean kingdom. Monsters from the lower tun nels have returned, and gigantic beasts are ravaging the cities of Avernum. Feral Releases Imperial Glory At long last, Feral Interactive is releasing more Mac games, including Imperial Glory—which was developed by Pyro Studios, makers of the Commandos series. Imperial Glory is a strategy game set during the Napoleonic era, in which you try to achieve economic, diplomatic, and military domination over your rivals. A demo ver sion of the game, available soon hich is Universal, should be World of Warcraft Adds Multithreaded OpenGL Blizzard Entertainment has released an update to World of Warcraft. Among other things, the 2.0.1 update now supports multithreaded OpenGL on Intel-based Macs running OS X 10.4.8 or later. Much of what OpenGL does is dependent on the Mac’s CPU, not its graphics hardware. Multithreaded OpenGL distributes the processing of complex 3-D-graphics scenes between multiple proces- SOrs, OF cores, on Intel-based Macs. Blizzard says that multithread ed OpenGL can double the performance of World of Warcraft, depending on your Mac's hardware capabili ties and the settings specified. Up until now, it's been available only in beta builds of the Burning Crusade expansion pack.—PETER COHEN www. macworld.com overcome some problem with Photo- shop or digital photography By the time I became Macleek’ reviews editor in 1990, Bruce was one of our pri- mary contributors, turning out review after review of scanners, digital imaging applica- tions, color-management tools, and digital cameras. He was fair in his reviews but was never afraid to call a product bad when it was. ‘Td him, software and hardware devel opment was a process that was never fin- ished. Something could always be made a litle bit better—and to the developers who were willing to listen, he often provided valuable feedback. He was one of Photo- shop’ first big champions, and he regularly spurred Adobe, in print and behind the scenes, to make the program better. Bruce worked as hard for Macleek’s sis- ter publication, MacUser, as he did for MacWeek, and when those publications went away, he brought his talents to Mae- world. Unfortunately for us, the demands CREATIVE BEA AdForce 5, from Managing Editor (www.maned com): Ad-layout software adds Universal binary Support to run natively on PowerPC- and Intel- based Macs, as well as an integrated search function that supports Tiger’s Spotlight (contact Managing Editor for pricing). Posterino 1.0, from Zykloid Software (www zykloid.com): Composing application creates Life Posters, postcards, greeting cards, and contact sheets from digital pictures. The app includes an automatic-placement feature for putting dozens of photos on a poster, and it lets you export your poster or postcard as a TIFF or JPEG, ready to be processed via the iPhoto Kodak print service ($25). SOHO Business Cards 2, from Chronos (www chronosnet.com): Business-card—design software features a revamped interface and more than 15 feature additions such as a smart inspector, a business-card wizard, and a favorites bin for reusing design elements ($40; upgrade, $20). ViaCAD, from Punch Software (www.punchvia cad.com): Design software due out in March automatically creates 2-D details from 3-D designs and offers interoperability with Google SketchUp, AutoCAD 2007, Adobe Illustrator, and other common 3-D formats ($99). wewrw.macworld.com on Bruce’s time, as well as the conflicts inherent in his relationship with Adobe and his role asa software developer, meant that we weren't able to use him as much over the past few years, but he never ceased to act as an advisor and mentor to many of us at Macworld. The undulating circumstances of life brought me further away from both reviews and San Francisco, and, as a result, I saw less of Bruce in recent times. But every time [ ran into him—in the lab, at Maeworld Expo, or randomly on the street—he greeted me with warmth and concern for my general well-being. That's the kind of guy Bruce was. He had his prickly side (I did mention that he was hi hly opinionated), but at heart, he was a xd man. Bruce, Inc. might be no more, put there are thousands upon thousands of people who were touched in some way by the things Bruce did. Peace, my friend.—RICK LEPAGE PRODUCTIVITY BEAT 3D Weather Globe & Atlas 2.0 Professional Edition, from Software MacKiev (www.mackiev com): Upgraded version of global atlas soft- ware features higher resolution, real-time weather visualizations, and the ability to tilt the horizon (with one year of free weather reports included, $60; upgrade from standard version, $30). Billings 2, from Marketcirde (www.billings2 com): Time- and finances-management software for small and home businesses includes cus- tomizable templates for estimates, envelopes, and invoices; a menu-bar timer to control the app; and Universal support for Intel Macs ($59; upgrade, free). docXConverter, from Panergy (www.panergy software.com): Utility enables Macs to open and use files created in Microsoft Word 2007's new .docx format ($20). Indigo 2.0, from Perceptive Automation (www perceptiveautomation.com): Updated home-control and -automation server includes support for Intel Macs and the ability to graphi- cally create Web pages that are capable of con- trolling all devices ($180; existing customers are eligible for a $90 credit toward the upgrade). “NoteBook is a must-have if you're using your computer asa true digital hub.” Tera Patricks, Mac360.com “NoteBook is now openon my desktop all the time.” Shawn King, Host/Exec. Producer, Your Mac Life CIRCUS PONIES NOT organization for a creative r py §=—- Macworld Macworld UK March 2007 MACWORLD 27 MAC BEAT CS3 SHOWS PERFORMANCE BOOSTS ON INTEL MACS Photoshop Beta Tests Are In As soon as we got our hands on the beta most. I've definitely noticed an improve- Adobe continues to tweak Photoshop's version of the Intel-native Adobe Photo- ment on my MacBook Pro, especially code until the program is released, we shop CS3, Macworld Lab ran three basic when running operations like complex can expect performance to improve even tests on a few Intel and some PowerPC sharpening tasks on big images. As more.—RICK LePAGE Macs: launching Photoshop CS3 with a 5OMB file; running our standard suite of d ponctat Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe Adobe 14 scripted tasks on that SOMB file; and Macworld Photoshop Photoshop Photoshop Photoshop Photoshop Photoshop running a batch suite that executes three G3 Beta CS2 Cs3Beta —CS2 Cs3 Beta Cs2 tasks (rotate, resize, and save) on 100 STARTUP STARTUP SUITE SUITE BATCH BATCH stock photo images, We also ran the 15-inch MacBook Pro 026 mm 0:42 05) my 1:26 225 4-42 same tests in Photoshop CS2. Core 2 Duol2.33GHz Photoshop CS3 showed significant 15-inch PowerBook (NS 0:32 NS 0:32 1:43 1:52 4:24 4:14 speed increases running on Intel Maes, Gal1.67GHz as opposed to CS2 running in Rosetta ian m 015 mm oz 0:31 1:02 2:11 4:04 on those same systems. In all the tests, Xeon2.66GHz the Intel Mac (a Mac I ro ora MacB 0k Power Mac G5 me 019 mm Oslo O45 Mm OO:S4 231 2:22 Pro) beat its corresponding PowerPC Quad/2.SGHz cousin (a Power Mac G5 or a Power- eatin hater ates Better ehalias <Better Book G4), but the four-core Power Mac G5 kept pretty close in overall speed to che Blac Pets All tests were run in Adabe Photoshop C3 Beta and Adabe Photoshop CS2 version 9.0.2. All systems were running Mac OS X 10.4.8 with 1GB of . RAM, with processor performance set to Highest in the Energy Saver preference pane when applicable. The Startup te Laptop users will probably feel the with & SOMB file. The Photoshop Suite test isa set of 14 scripted tasks using a SOMB file. Photos! - uae +63 «10 Minimum. 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An MEP combines print, copy, scan, and sometimes fax functions in one occasionally large or odd-looking package. ‘This combi- nation—long a staple of the PC universe and increasingly common in the Mac market—is especially attractive for personal use, small or home-based businesses, and even busy satellite or executive offices. loday’s MFPs perform better than ever, and they're becoming more acceptable for atile, and ated printer, scanner, copier, and fax people who want a graceful, ver integ machine but who don’t have the money and space for separate single-function machines. Macworld looked at some new sub-$1,000 color laser MFPs and a selection of their all of these multifunctions can print, copy, scan, and (in lower-cost, ink-jet counterparts some cases) fax in color. (For a review of the color laser MFPs, see “Color Laser MFPs: Speedy, Precise, and Pricey.”) When you shop for an MFP, keep one thing in mind; What an MFP provides in convenience, it sometimes lacks in capabili Brother MFC-665CW RATING: $9¢ PROS: Full-featured color fax; built-in Ethernet and 802.1 1g wireless net working; ADF. CONS: Sluggish print speeds. PRICE: $200 OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10: COMPANY: Brother, wy ther,com MORE INFO: See macwe corr 34 MACWORLD March 2007 472 for a longer review. ties. A particular MFP may excel at faxing but may offer only lackluster printing, or vice versa. In any case, color is the way to § Ink-Jets Ink-jet MFPs represent the largest and most popular category of all-in-ones on the mar- ket. They cost less initially—the models we review here cost between $100 and $400 and until recently, they were the only option for color output in this price range. They're compact and easy to move around, which RATING: PRICE: $400 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) COMPANY: Canon, MORE INFO: See Canon Pixma MP960 PROS: Large LCD; duplex printing; trans- parency scanning; large paper capacity, CONS: Expensive; limited connectivity options. OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 is useful for the small office-home office crowd. Print quality has improved over time as well; you can print crisp text (though spe role) cial paper usually plays a supporting ages. And ink-jets can produce lab-quality photos, something laser and nice-looking im printers can’t quite match. However, ink-jets MFPs tend to print slowly, and quality often suffers when you print lower-resolution images through the fax functions. Also, the cost copy, sean, of replacement inks can quickly overtake 1/2473 for a longer review. www. macworld.com 34 Multifunction Printers | 42 17-Inch MacBook Pro | 48 Mac Gems | 52 Top Products REVIEWS YOU CAN TRUST Macworld rates only final shipping products, not prototypes. What we review is what you can actually buy. the cost of the unit, making an ink-jet best suited for lower-volume use (say, for an individual or a very small office). Lasers Color laser MFPs may cost more, but they address many of the shortcomings of ink- jet multifunctions. They're generally faster ind have better print quality overall, espe- cially on copies and prints of scanned . They're also designed to handle higher volumes—thousands of pages per month, as opposed to hundreds on an ink- ima . While these machines cost more up front, replacing toner and other consum- ables usually costs less over time. But even if price is no object, space or logistics might be. Color laser MFPs are much bigger and heavier than ink-jets, and they could easily overwhelm a closet-size office or a cubicle. However, for high-volume use, they are the better choice. Function, Not Price Because MEPs vary widely in how well they handle certain tasks, decide which are most important to you and then shop accordingly. If you need the absolute best and most fully featured printer or scanner, for example, you may be better off getting a stand-alone unit. All MFPs print capably and accommodate standard paper sizes (letter and legal, as well as envelopes and other small pieces). ‘Two- sided printing, or duplexing, features vary: Some printers handle it manually; some, automatically; and a few, not at all. If you print documents that have more text than images, or roughly a fifty-fifty mix, you might be better off with a laser printer. Its text qual- ity will be better than that of an ink-jet, and its image quality, while not quite on a par with what you'd expect from a photo lab, will probably be quite pleasing. An ink-jet may Epson Stylus Photo RX580 RATING: $466 PROS: Superior photo quality; smudge-, water-, and fade-resistant prints. CONS: Limited connection options; no fax. PRICE: $200 } OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.3 (Panther), epson.com /2474 for a longer review. werw.macworld.com ive you better-quality photos, but ink-jets are slower at this task than lasers. Volume is the final factor; the more pages you print per month, the more you need a laser, When it comes to copying, irs about letter versus legal, as well as volume. Most MFPs come with a flatbed scanner that takes only letter-size docu (the machines with legal-size flatbeds are wider), but some models have head that works with an auto- matic document feeder (ADF), so you can make a copy of a legal-size contract, say. If you make only occasional low- volume, letter-size copies, then you can probably do without an ADE. nents, a second scanner Pay for What You Need ‘The typical office scanner’s functions—sean- ning to fax, copy, or e-mail, or to send through an OCR (optical character resolu tion) app to get editable text—involve reso- lutions ranging from 200 dots per inch (dpi) to 600 dpi, well within the opti tions of most MFPs’ scanners. What's more, some of these scanners’ interpolated resol tions are sometimes as high as 19,200 dpi (though 9,600 dpi is more common), which is more than enough for scanning photos, maps, and other detailed images. All the MEPs offer some variety of scanning, OCR, or photo-editing software, ranging from rudimentary to full-fledged, Don't base your purchase on the bundle; you can always buy your own applications. E-mail and the Web have into fax traffic. Even though you might talk into wanti case you need it someday, think seriously about whether you'd use it enough to justify al resolu- ertainly cut yoursel ga fax machine just HP Photosmart C7180 Your Call, Pleas The Brother MFC- 665CW lets you get rid of your office telephone. the cost. If you'd use it only for faxing signed documents a few times a year, you might be OK visiting a local copy shop and paying a dollar or wo per page. If you know that you need a fax, then you're in luck: many MFPs, especially laser ones, are highly fax-capable and usually offer an abundance of features. Conveniences include programmable speed dial—some machines will let you store dozens or even hundreds of numbers. For businesses that rely heavily on faxing, fax transmission dur- ing off-hours can save time and phone charges, while polling (one fax machine asks or polls—another fax machine to send ita fax) and forwarding (that is, sendi coming faxes automatically to another fax machine) make manag traft ax storage capacity lets you hold faxes until you want to print them, prevent- ing incoming faxes from spilling all over the place. Color faxing is a fairly new and fun fe ture, but of course it works only if the recipi- ing incoming and outgoing fax ent has a compatible color machine. Photo-Card Support Many of the ink-jet MFPs, and some color ital laser models, come with slots for ¢ RATING: $666 PROS: Ethernet and 802.1 1g wireless net- working; memory-card slots; transparency scanning; color fax machine; large LCD. CONS: Expensive; quirky software; no ADF. PRICE: $400 OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tig COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard, www. hp.c m MORE INFO: See macworld.com/2475 for a longer review. March 2007 MACWORLD 3S REVIEWS camera memory cards. ‘These slots simplify the transfer of digi computer, where you can use softwar (bundled with the MEP) to fi images. Some models even have control- al photos to your e-tune your panel LCDs so you can preview and print photos without your Mac. If you're really picky about your photos, choose an ink- jet MFP, which will give you better over- all results. Color MFPs are even more enticing now that laser models are available, While many people might be content with a smalle: simpler ink-jet machine, the speed and higher-volume capabilities of lasers ing busy offices better options than they've ever had before.—MELISSA RIOFRIO Ink-Jet MFPs Are for Photos When we decided to review a selection of ink-jet MFPs, we kept the filter wide open: we asked the vendors to send us the viv- model of their choice, as long as it was an ink-jet, included a flatbed scanner, and was Mac-compatible. The five we ended up with vary quite a bit: the very affordable Lexmark X5470 ($100); the fax-focused Brother MFC-665CW ($200); the photo- centric Epson Stylus Photo RX580 ($200); and two photo ink-jets that incorporate slide and film scanning, the Canon Pixma MP960 and the Hewlett-Packard Photo- smart C7180 (both $400). And even though all the models we looked at have their merits, we found that the best bet for photographers, while the HP was the best all-around ink-jet MFP of the bunch. “pson was the l’ve Been Set Up! Four of the five MFPs have the same color silver and black. The Lexmark is unique, with a white and silver case. And although the Brother and Lexmark look smaller than the others at first glance, all of these printers take up roughly the same amount of space when their paper guides are extended and scanner lids are scheme opened. If space is an issue, the Brother actually does take up about four less inches of horizontal space with the scanner lid open, and it isn't as deep as the other MFPs. Lexmark X5470 All of the MFPs we looked at connect to your Mae via USB. This is the easiest con- nection, and in some cases the fastest, but if you need to share the device on a network, it would be best to geta model that includes Ethernet. The networked models we looked at—the HP and the Brother—offered 10/100 Ethernet as well as wireless 802.1 1g transceivers. The Lexmark offers 10/100 Ethernet and 802.11 g wireless connectivity as options that cost $129 and $149, respec- tively, but we did not test them, Of the wo ink-jet MFPs that shipped with built-in net- working, the HIP was far easier to set up than the Brother, which had P instructions for the wireless and less-than- intuitive instructions for the wired Ethernet connections. Once set up, both worked as advertised, allowing us to scan from the uni to our Mae and print from our Mac to the printers without a problem, Interestingly, n 2-specific the Brother was slower when conne over the network, especially when scannir while the HIP performed the same or faster when connected in that way. Fax Facility ‘Three of the ink-jet MFPs, the Lexmark, the HP, and the Brother, feature built-in color fax machines, meaning that they can fax in color. However, the color capability is nec- essary on the receiving fax machine for this function to work properly. The Brother takes its telephone features the furthest, even allowing you to ditch your office phone by offering built-in voice mail, a telephone handset, and a speakerphone feature. RATING: $99 PROS: Inexpensive; color fax; ADF. CONS: No individual ink cartridges; must swap cartridges for photo printing; no LCD; slow; lines in some images, PRICE: $100 OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) COMPANY: Lexmark, wvyw.lexmark.com MORE INFO: See macworld.com/2476 for a longer review. 36 MACWORLD March 2007 Brother MFC-9420CN Living Color The Canon Pixma MP960 gives you a large LCD monitor to see the photo you're printing with its six inks. While these MFPs were able to send and receive faxes, the Brother and the Lexmark feature ADIs, making it easier to fax a small stack of documents. The HP, on the other hand, requires that you sean each sheet indi- vidually; you must lift the lid and lay each sheet on the flatbed. one who has a lot of faxing to do. a tedious task for any- Camera Cards All of the ink-jet MFPs we looked at have card slots to fit most camera memory cards, but their photo capabilities var ) All but the Lexmark offer preview LCDs, which make choosing, editing, and printing photos from your memory card much eas- ier, Without a preview LCD, the Lexmark requires that you print out a proof sheet containing small circles (like the ones image of each photo on your card. You fill on standardized tests) under a thumbn: in the proof sheet with a pen or pencil to specify the photo(s) you'd like to print and the size and paper type. Once you've filled out the sheet, place it on the scanner bed, and the unit reads it and “fills” your order. Three of the printers—the Canon, the Epson, and the HP ks to print photos, adding light magenta and light cyan to the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks that the Brother and Lexmark use. The downside to having more inks is that the cost use Six i of replacing your ink tanks is higher, so if you don’t plan on printing photos on your MFP, you might want to consider a four-ink model. All but the Lexmark use individual continues on page 40 RATING: $66 PRICE: $700 1044 (Tiger) PROS: Very fast; extensive fax features; ADF. CONS: Middiing image output quality; networking-soft- ware problems; confusing controls; no duplexing; noisy. OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), COMPANY: Brother, www.brothercom MORE INFO: See macworid.com/2477? for a longer 1 weww.macworld.com PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BELANGER Color Laser MFPs: Speedy, Precise, and Pricey Your MFP choices used to be pretty simple: you chose a monochrome laser MFP for nice text and copies but boring everything else; or an ink-jet MFP for a welcome splash of color—but diminished speed and copy qual- ity. Ink-jet MFPs have proliferated, offering some nice advantages for a lower price. Now that color laser MFPs are available for less than $1,000, ink-jet MFPs have some seri- ous—if pricey—competition. Two of the three color laser MFPs we tested, Brother's MFC-9420CN and Epson’s AcuLaser CX11NF, occupy the high end of the sub-$1,000 category, offering a fairly wide range of print, scan, copy, and fax features. HP’s Color LaserJet M1017 MFP costs the same but weighs a little less than these two; it also lacks fax functionality but adds some nice photo features. More for the Money If you're shelling out roughly $700 for a color laser MFP (compared with $200 to $400 for an ink-jet model), you'll naturally expect to get more for your money. We looked for faster print times, cisper text, and comparable graphics quality (ink-jet pho- tos tend to look smoother than laser photos). We also expected scans and copies to look better-— ink-jets tend to exaggerate the flaws of lower- resolution images, Here's what we found: With laser MFPs, you're definitely getting more machine. Prepare to clear some space in your office for these taller, heavier units, and indude clearance for raising the scanner cover, opening various access doors, and letting air Tun across the vents that cool the oven-hot unit. The HP model requires some additional clearance to accommodate the output tray that extends from its front. Setting up the machines via USB is as simple as setting up any printer: you install the drivers from the CD and then plug the printer’s USB cable into a free USB port on your Mac. The CD that we received with the HP didn’t work with Macs, so we had to down- load the drivers from HP’s Web site. According to HP, this problem was detected before any units were shipped to stores, and units purchased today should include the proper software in the box. Installing to an Ethernet network generally involved simply following the directions, but the process was a bit trickier in some cases. The Brother network installation, for instance, includes an automated polling feature that set off alarms on our network. Doing Everything, Succeeding Sometimes Epson's AcuLaser CX1 INF is the best color laser MFP we've tested, combining strong speed with good overall output quality and ease of use. While the Brother is sometimes faster, and the HP is sometimes easier to use, neither was as strong overall as the Epson. The Brother was often the fastest in our timed tests, but the output it produced was not always the best. It churned out a ten-page Word docu- ment in just 33 seconds and a 22MB Photoshop image in 38 seconds—noticeably faster than the Epson. But while it managed to print plain text very well, its photographs and other images lacked sharpness and color saturation. Its scan speeds A (62 seconds to print an 8-by- 10-inch photo at 600 dpi, and 91 seconds to scan a 4-by-6-inch photo at 1,200 dpi) lagged behind the Epson’s, but the prints generally looked equally good. Running the same tests via Ethernet actually made the unit slower, because the printer divides its available memory among all the functions instead of devoting it all to the task at hand. The HP machine's output quality is as good as or better than its Brother competitor's, but it’s so slow that it might as well be an ink-jet. It comes with an 8-ppm (page per minute) engine, com- pared with 31 ppm for the Brother and 25 9 ppm for the Epson. Not surprisingly, the HP needed 93 seconds to print our ten-page Word document and over three minutes to print our 22MB Photoshop image. The HP's scan times followed suit, taking up to three times as long—and in the case of our 1,200-dpi scan, an agonizing 6 minutes and 42 seconds. Printing and scanning the same documents via Ethernet took less time, but the HP was still the slowest laser MFP overall. at's too bad, because its print quality is nearly as good as that of the Epson. - Copy ’til You Drop Everyone likes color copies. All the color MFPs we tested offer the usual host of features and copy fairly well (though copies were somewhat fuzzy and off color compared with the originals); the big difference lies in how they handle the docu- ments. Both the Brother and the Epson have automatic document feeders (ADFs) with their own scanner heads, so you can copy multipage documents and even legal-size ones. Those two models could easily handle the demands of a busy office. The HP has no ADF, only a letter-size scan- ner platen (which the Brother and the Epson also have), so it’s limited to occasional, very light- volume copying. Early MFPs evolved from fax machines. Even though e-mail and the Internet have supplanted faxing to a large degree, both the Brother and Epson units still offer a full array of fax features {although we wish their control panels were better organized). Both offer 33.6-Kbps modems. The Brother offers a broader array of fax features continues on page 40 Sas HP Color LaserJet CM1017 MFP RATING: $66 PROS: Good output quality, easy to use; memory-card Sots; useful photo features; inexpensive. f CONS: Slow; no fax or ADF; can cop egal pape. | ad PRICE: $700 OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) | COMPANY: Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com MORE INFO: See macworld.com/247) fora iB longer review. Epson AcuLaser CX1INF RATING: $46¢ PROS: Inexpensive; speedy; ADF. CONS: Large; tricky network setup; some PC-only features. PRICE: $700 OS X COMPATIBILITY: 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger) COMPANY: Epson, wew.epson.com MORE INFO: See rnacwvorld corny’ 1669 for a longer review, (Printer has been retested since the Web site review.) SAVOAAA > MACWORLD 37 March 2007 weorw.macworld.com REVIEWS ——— SSeS MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS: TEST RESULTS AND SPECIFICATIONS TOP Product Brother Canon Pixma Epson Stylus HP Photosmart Brother Epson AcuLaser HP Color Laser- MFC 665CW MP960 Photo RX580 7180 Lexmark X5470 MFC-9420CN CXTINF Jet CM1017 MFP 10-page Word document 3:32 1:10 3:15 1:45 3:59 0:33 0:56" 133 1-page Word document 0:34 0:09 0:21 0:16 0:29 0:15 0:32' 0:28 22MB Photoshop image 6:24 1:40 2:04 4:15 5:35 0:38 1:05 315 4-page PDF 3:03 1:54 1:54 1:52 423 1:04 139° 334 8 x 10-inch, 600-dpi scan 0:45 1:43 1:07 2:03 1:50 1:02 0:40' 135 4 Ginch photo, 1200-dpi scan 0:48 2:15 3:31 2:40 1:07 131 0:29" 6:42 Graphics-fine lines, gradients Good Very Good Good Very Good Fair Fair Good Good 22MB Photoshop image quality Good Very Good Superior Good Good Fair Very Good Good Text quality Very Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Good Very Good Very Good Very Good Scan (photo image quality) Good Good Good Good Good Good Very Good Good Scan (resolution chart) Good Good Good Very Good Fair Good Good Good Copy (copy quality) Good Very Good Very Good Good Fair Good Good Good Print resolution 6,000 «1,200 9,600 2,400dpi 5,760 1,440dpi 4,800 1,200dpi 4,800 1,200 dpi 2,400 x 600dpi 2,400 2,400 600 x 600 dpi dpi (color); 600 x 600 (color); 1,200 dpi (color); 1,200 x dpi dpi (black) (black) 1,200 (black) Optical scan resolution 600 dpi 4,800 dpi 1,200 dpi 4,800 dpi 600 dpi 1,200 dpi 600 dpi 1,200 dpi Maximum scanning bit depth 24 bit 24 bit 48 bit 48 bit 24 bit 24 bit 24 bit 24 bit (output) Connection USB 2.0, Ether- USB 2.0, IrDA, USB 2.0 USB 2.0, Ethernet, USB 2.0, PictBridge high-speed USB USB 2.0, USB 2.0, net, wireless, optional Blue- PictBridge, wire- optional Ethemet 2.0, Ethernet Ethemet Ethernet PictBridge tooth less, Bluetooth and wireless 10N00BaseT Paper sizes (in inches) A4,AS,exeau- 4x64%8,5x7, inkjetprintable 4x 6,5x7, 4x6, legal, etter, A4, legal lette, upto85x14 executive, legal, tive, legal, letter, 8x 10, credtcard CDs and DVDs let- 8x 10,borderless upto85x17, upto8Sx14 letter, Monarch photo (4 x 6, (2.13 x 3.39), ter, photo (border- panorama (4x 10, U.S.No. 10 envelopes, U.S. 3.5x5,5x7, legabletie, US fess4x6,5x7, 4x 11,4x12), envelopes No. 10 envelopes 5x8) No, 10 envelopes 8x 10,8511) legal, letter Installed RAM/Maximum 32MB NIA NA 64MB NIA 64MB/S76MB 128/576MB 96MB RAMP? Cost to replace ink and toner $50(S19for $102(S16for $120 (S20each $68 (S18 for $67 (S20for $583(5149 $275 (S76for $324,575 for cartridges ® black $10each _ pigment black; for black, cyan, black $10 black, $25 for for black; $145 black; $66 black; $83 for cyan, $14 each for magenta, yellow, each for cyan, photo color $22 each for cyan, each for cyan, —_—each for cyan, magenta, and —_ black, cyan, light cyan, and magenta, yellow, for color) magenta, and magenta, and = magenta, and yellow) magenta, yellow, light magenta) _ light magenta, yellow) yellow) yellow) photo cyan, and and light cyan) photo magenta) Weight (in pounds) 17.7 265 183 26.0 14.0 76.7 73.0 49.0 Dimensions (height x depth x 71x 146x 89x169x186 11.2x193x 85x 183x154 76%126x179 210x202x 262x184x 21.3 x 20.0 width, in inches) 18.4 18.2 19.0 181 172 Paper capacity 100 sheets 300 sheets 120 sheets 100-sheet input 100 sheets 250 sheets;530 180 sheets; 250 sheets tray; 20-sheet sheets optional optional 500- automated 4 x 6 Paper capacity sheet cassette photo-paper tray Special features 25-inch color Duplex printing; Claria HtDefinition 3.6-inch LCD; ADF for copier; Backlit LCD (16 Duplex printing; — Flip-up screen; LD; color fa; 35-inch TFT dis- Ink (smudge-, transparency proof-sheet scan- characters by 2 ADE duplex printing. phone; answer play; easy scroll. «scratch, watter,, scanning. ning for photo lines); ADF. ing machine; wheel; trans- and fade-resistant); prints; color fax. wireless printing. parency scanning. prints on CD/DVDs. N/A = not applicable. *Measured in minutes: seconds, Best results in bold, "Scores are for reflective media only. Measured in minutes: seconds. Best results in bold. ‘Scale is Superior, Very Good, Good, Fai, and Poor Best results in bold. °Many ink-jet manufacturers do not report installed RAM. ‘Yields may vary. Times and jury results have been updated since this printer was first tested. For original results, go to macworld.com/1 669. 38 MACWORLD March 2007 www.macworld.com @ Bluetooth’ | BluePin. Mable Phone with Bluetooth wireless technology iLuv 1199 It’s all about Give & Take Send your favorite tunes wirelessly to the 1199 or receive them wirelessly from it If your audio device, cell phone or computer is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology, the i199 can play music through its jAura speakers. If you have headphones with Bluetooth wireless technology, you can listen to music from your CDs, MP3 CDs, AM/FM radio or iPod. How can this be? 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All the MFPs we tested can hold at least 100 sheets of plain, letter- per. The Canon uses two trays—a top-loading sheet feeder and a paper tray beneath the unit. ‘Together they can hold up to 300 sheets. With two trays, you can either load them with paper and not worry about running out for a long atime, or use different types of paper in each tray—for instance, plain paper in the sheet feeder and photo paper in the tray. This allows you to switch between document types without having to swap p: The HP also has a second tray, but it i: ited to just 20 sheets of 4-by-6-inch photo paper—not quite as flexible as the Canon but still handy. Plan to Scan A printer with a flatbed scanner gives you more versatility in terms of what you can scan—magazines, books, or other objects such as leaves or hands. But the auto- matic document feeders on the Brother and Lexmark models make scanning multi documents much easier. The HP and the Canon, being more photo-oriented, include an integrated transparency adapter built into the scanning lid. And although these units don't support a large variety of film formats, they do allow you to scan multiple 35mm slides or negatives at 4,800-dpi resolution. Speed It Up In terms of print speed, the clear winner was the Canon, which posted the best times in three of our four speed tests. It was able to print our one-page Microsoft Word docu- ment in just 9 seconds; the closest competi- tor was the HIP, which spit out its one-page Word document in 16 seconds, followed by the Epson, the Lexmark, and the Brother at nd 34 ‘The Canon also took first plac pting when pi our 22MB Photoshop image and in the ten- page Word document test. ‘The only print- speed test it didn’t win was the four-page PDF document; at 1 minute and 54 seconds, the Canon was just two seconds behind the HP, which took home the gold in that con- test. The Brother was the slowest printer in the one-page Word and the Photoshop image tests. It came in second to last in the ten-page Word test and the four-page PDF contest, with the Lexmark trailing it in both of those tests. However, the Brother was the USB scan- ning speed champ, taking under a minute to scan both an 8-by-10-inch photo at 600 dpi and a 4-by-6-inch photo at 1,200 dpi. But