MacWorld9702February1997

300MHz Power Mac « Intel’s New Threat ¢ 12 New Macs Rated FeE B RU AGRY 9:97. Special Report The New ¢ PageMaker 6.5 ¢ Photoshop 4.0 ¢ Quarkimmedia 1.0 DR DESIGN, USE IT IN AN OFFICE, HOME D SAY THAT WE'VE GOT THE BEST SYSTEM. PELLING ALTERNATIVES 0.” -WORLD MAGAZINE OCTOBER ‘96 5 PUBLISHING AND DESIGN SYSTEM «ss POWERTOWER PRO 225 VAILABLE, NONE YET MATCHES PERFORMANCE, AND FEATURES.” ACWORLD MAGAZINE DECEMBER ‘96 R’S CHOICE FOR BEST OFFICE SYSTEM ' FOR THE MONEY... IT’S THE am — MACWORLD MAGAZINE JANUARY 97 S SMALL OFFICE/HOME OFFICE/EDUCATION SYSTEM | Tag eS SSA — POWERBASE 240 $9600 (respectively). MacUser Mac OS System of the year. Unanimous MacWeek Magazine also gave both endorsement like this doesn’t come easily PowerTower Pro and PowerBase unprece- -unless you happen to make the best dented five mice ratings. Both TTT Mac OS systems on the planet. i machines garnered MacUser — eo a Eddy-Award nominations for best 2) PowerComputing IF YOU USE A MAC FOR PUBLISHING OR SCHOOL — THE EDITORS OF MACWOR “THE POWERTOWER PROS ARE CO TO APPLE’S POWER MACINTOSH 95 EDITOR’S CHOICE FOR BE “EVEN WITH ALL THE NEW MAC MODELS THE POWERCENTER’S BALANCE OF PRICE,’ EDIT 5 POWERCENTER 150 “POWERBASE OFFERS MORE VALU LOW COST CHAMP!” EDITOR’S CHOICE FOR BES With all the new Mac OS systems on wean Editor’s Choice awards for " the market, it’s easy to get “Best Publishing and Design, 4 confused. Thankfully, the snow Office, Small Office, Home Mac OS experts have sorted it all Office and Education systems” ponte out for you. Macworld Magazine has to the PowerTower Pro, s awarded Power Computing the PowerCenter and PowerBuse xe WE’RE LETTING THE EDITORS OF MACWORLD WRITE OUR AD THIS MONTH. © PowerComputing POWERTOWER PRO: THE FASTEST, MOST EXPANDABLE MAC OS SYSTEM PowerTower Pro 225e Starter Powerlower Pro 200e Starter Powerlower Pro 180e Starter ‘225MHz PowerPC 604e Processor ‘200MHz PowerPC 604e Processor 180MHz PowerPC 604e Processor +16 MB RAM (1 GB Max) +16 MB RAM (1 GB Mox) 16 MB RAM (1 GB Mox) +2.6B 7200 RPM AV Copable Hard Drive +2 6B 7200 RPM.AV Copable Hard Drive 2.GB 7200 RPM AV Copable Hord Drive 8X CO-ROM Drive 8X CDROM Drive 8X (O-ROM Drive TMB Level 2 Cache “1 MB Level 2 Cache +1 MB Level 2 Cache “IMS Twin Turbo 128M grophics accelerator IMS Twin Turbo 128M graphics accelerator «IMS Twin Turbo 128M graphics ocelerator with BMB VRAM with 8MB VRAM with 8MB VRAM “6 PCI Expansion Slots +6 PCI Expansion Slots +6 PCI Expansion Slots Interleaved Memory «Interleaved Memory «Interleaved Memory +9 Drive Boys +9 Drive Bays +9 Drive Boys Du (Fast 10 MB/Sec) SCSI Duel (Fast 10 MB/Sec) SCSI Duo (Fast 10 MB/Sec) SCSI *Connectix Speed Doubler Extended Keyboard ond Mouse Extended Keyboord and Mouse “Extended Keyboord and Mouse ~Add Miro Motion JPEG Video ‘Add Miro Motion JPEG Video ‘Add Sony 20” Trinitron 20sfll $1795 1/0 Card for 495 1/0 Cord for 495 POWERCENTER: THE MOST AFFORDABLE 604s YOU CAN BUY PowerCenter 166 Starter PowerCenter 150 Starter PowerCenter 132 Starter 166 MHz PowerPC 604 Processor 150 MHz PowerPC 604 Processor 132MHz PowerPC 604 Processor “16 MB RAM (512 MB Max) “16 MB RAM (512 MB Max) “16 MB RAM (512 MB Mox) +268 Hord Drive “1 G8 Hard Drive +1 GB Hard Drive Bx CO-ROM Drive ~Bx CDROM Drive +8x CO-ROM Drive 512K Level 2 Coche -512K Level 2 Cache ST2K Level 2 Coche +1 MB VRAM On-Board (4 MB Max) “1 MB VRAM On-Board (4 MB Max) 1 MB VRAM On-Boord (4 MB Max) +3 PCI Expansion Slots +3 PCI Expansion Slots +3 PCI Expansion Slots sExtended Keyboard and Mouse ~Extended Keyboard ond Mouse sExtended Keyboord and Mouse -Minitower Enclosure Low Profile Enclosure sLowProfile Enclosure Add lomega Zip 1OOMB Drive for 145 For Minitower Enclosure Add *100 For Minétower Enclosure Add "100 hdd Power 17” Display (vs. 16.2) for °695 ~Add Labtec Speakers Starting At ‘29 Add 28.8 Modem & Internet Kit *159 -Add Miro Motion JPEG Video Cord for ‘495 Add 28.8 Modem & Internet Kt °159 Add Power 15" (vs. 14.2) Display for ‘379 POWERBASE: THE ULTIMATE ENTRY LEVEL SYSTEM PowerBase 240 Starter PowerBase 200 Starter PowerBase 180 Storter 240 MHz PowerPC 603e Processor 200 MHz PowerPC 603e Processor 180 MHz PowerPC 603e Processor “16 MB RAM (160 MB Max) “Tl MB RAM (160 MB Max) “16 MB RAM (160 MB Max) “1.268 EIDE Hor Drive +1.2 6B EIDE ord Dive “1.2 6B EIDE Hord Drive “8x CO-ROM Drive 8x CO-ROM Drive -Bx CDROM Drive 256K Level 2 Cache “256K Level 2 Cache “256K Level 2 Cache any way you want “30 Graphics Acceleration +30 Grophics Acceleration +30 Graphics Acceleration +2.MB DRAM based video (4 MB Max) 2 MB DRAM based video (4 MB Max) 2 MB DRAM bosed video (4 MB Max) +3 PC Expansion Slats “3 PCI Expansion Slots +3 PCL Expansion Slots -Extended Keyboard and Mouse “Extended Keyboord and Mouse “Extended Keyboord and Mouse “Low Prafile Enclosure “Low Profile Enclosure Low Profile Enlosure -For minitower enclosure odd "00 For mini-tower enclosure odd 100 -For minitower enclosure add "100 *Add Power 17" (vis. 16.2) Display for ‘695 -Add 28.8 Modem & Internet Kit °159 *Add Power 15” (vis. 14.2) Display for ‘379 Circle 151 on reader service card pple, Macintosh and Mac ave rgiteredtademaris, ond th MacOS logo i ademrk of Ap Conperain. ll ober brand andr prodct names or the pope f thee rspcive hada. Pri “sa sma o3N slo “a ea, ron SR iA “RRNA nad ue se pas 8 SCUNPL SN F209 fe IRELAND YP JOH Rg PSN URL MUNN "eTEMMED pe RURPEN pA SSN EXACTLY HOW SHARP IS THE PICTURE ON AN NEC MULTISYNG ONITOR WITH CROMACLEAR? “You’ve never seen sharpness like this!” Familiar words, no doubt. They’re written in pretty much every monitor ad to date. So how can we demonstrate that this elusive distinction belongs to us? Technology. Introducing CromaCuear™ from NEC. A patented, new CRT technology so revolutionary it delivers unprecedented sharpness and image clarity. Of course, this is all easy to say, but as the leader in monitor technology we can show you-right in front of your very eyes no less—that graphics will be more detailed, smaller type will be easier to read, even video will have unparalleled definition. NEC GromaCtear. CRT technology that’s so incredibly advanced it actually is about splitting hairs. NEC MULTISYNE* MONITORS WITH CROMACLEAR MoDEL P70" 700" soo" CRTs! 177156" Ise 1s/3.8 MAX. RES. 1600X1200675H2 1152X870@75HZ | 1024x768@86H2 REC. RES. 1024X768@55-117H2 | 1024X768@55-86H2 | 832X624055-86H2 MASK PITCH 254m 025MM 025MM WARRANTY 3 YEAR LD. 3 YEAR LTO. 3 YEAR LID, For more information, please call 1-800-NEC-INFO. If you'd prefer a fax, try FastFacts™ at 1-800-366-0476 and request catalog #1. Or, visit our Web site at http://www.nec.com. SEE, HEAR AND FEEL THE DIFFERENCE.” NEC Circle 16 on reader service card 122 140 MW 146 155 4 February 1997 Features Time for a New OS? BY GALEN GRUMAN Macworld analyzes the Be OS. Can the buzz about a potential replacement for Copland be true? Expert Guide Photoshop's New Look BY DEKE MecLELLAND Howto get the most out of the latest ver- sion—with the fewest hassles. Color Ink-Jet Jewels BY SUZANNE COURTEAU Mac- world Lab tests eight color print- ers and finds quality kings at pau- per prices. Expert Guide PageMaker Revamped BY GALEN GRUMAN Macworld’s hands-on evaluation of the new Adobe PageMaker 6.5. Expert Guide Quark Goes Interactive BY BARBARA Assadi Get inside QuarkImmedia and see how this new multimedia author- ing tool can work for you. ON THE COVER Photograph by Paul Franz-Moore MACWORLD FEBRUARY GWOr 34 IW 42 It's a color scanner shoot-out in Reviews, page 62. News The New Intel Threat PowerPC goes head-to-head with Intel’s killer MMX chip. Power Computing's 300MHz Dream It starts with a 603e chip and a PowerBase case . . . The Ping of Death How a small loophole in the TCP/IP architecture can ruin your whole day. ‘Spactal Report Read and Write CDs Erasable CDs and 20x drives are coming, but will the new DVD format stop them cold? T9972 19 29 278 14 Opinion Letters State of the Mac BY ADRIAN MELLO Apple’ leadership role: System 8 and beyond. The Desktop Critic BY DAVID POGUE Acro- nyms got you down? Don’t worry—you're not alone. How to Contact Macworld Is PageMaker's new focus on the Web right for you? Find out, page 146. 163 167 173 ‘Might Apple change its tune and ship the Be OS as System 8? The latest develop- ments, page 122. Secrets The Word 6 Survival Kit BY JOSEPH SCHORR ‘Turn this word processing behemoth into a power tool—really. Quick Tips BY LON POOLE and shortcuts. Tips, tricks, NetSmart BY CAMERON The CROTTY down and dirty on cheap and easy news online. See how the Power- Book 1400 rates against other notebooks, in Mac Superguide, page 112. SING‘ 330 079-0647 pblined monty by Mu Franco, CA 94107, 499/28-0805, Subsenpon eds and should be directed to 0/2864 20 yar lo pote for Canada and Menco beers Ad $69 pry for abl, and at ate tees. Postmantr Send addres changes to Macwo, FO, Box 529, Bude, CO 901224529 Prt tine usa 99 112 184 188 Buyers’ Tools Star Ratings Macworld’s ratings for hundreds of hardware and software prod- ucts at a glance. Mac Superguide Macworld’s guide to every Mac system and clone on the market, lab-tested and Star-Rated. Media QuickTime VR Part 2 BY JIM HEID Easy steps to QuickTime VR object movies. Publishing Workshop BY STEVE ROTH Search- and-replace sanity savers. Graphics Workshop BY CATHY Ases Forget Photoshop—how to do com- positing with Painter. Superfast erasable CD-ROMs? It's in News, page 42. 56 58 62 69 70 74 76 76 78 80 82 86 88 90 92 94 Reviews 3e4**/7.9 FreeHand Graphics Studio 7 Graphics package *&%*/7.7 Adobe PageMill 2.0; **/4.2 HoTMetal Pro 3.0 Web authoring programs compared ***/6.2 StarMax 4000 DT604e-160; ***/6.0 StarMax 4000 MT604e-16¢ ***/6.0 StarMax 4000 MT604e-200; ***/6.9 SuperMac J700/180 Mac systems compared *kIK/7.5 Agfa StudioStar; **/4.8 Apple Color OneScanner 1200/31 ****/8.4 Epson Expression 636 High-fidelity scanners compared *k*K/8.7 Quicken Deluxe 7.0 Financial management software *&**/5.7 StarMax 3000 DT603e-160; ***/6.0 StarMax 3000 DT603e-200; *xk/5.5 StarMax 3000 MT603e-160; ***/5.8 StarMax 3000 MT603e-200; *®**/6.2 SuperMac C600/180; **x/6.2 SuperMac C600/200; ***/6.5 SuperMac C600/240 SOHO systems compared **K/5.5 Stingray 4.0; %*/5.2 TrackMan Marble; ****/8.5 Turbo Mouse 5.0 Programmable trackballs compared ****/8.9 Detailer 1.0 Natural-looking 3-D-surfaces painting program ***/6.8 ClickWorks 1.0.2; ***/7.3 mTropolis 1.1 Multimedia authoring programs compared ***/6.7 After Dark 4.0 Web-enhanced screen saver ke mk/8.3 CodeWarrior 10 Gold Programming environment */1.8 Executor 2.0 Mac-on-PC emulator **/4.8 Chromatica; **%/5.7 PhotoTools 1.0; */4.4 Power/Pac 1 Photoshop plug-ins compared ***/6.5 3-D Website Builder 1.0 VRML authoring program %***/6.9 Quicken Business Law Partner 2. k4/7.6 Small Business Legal Pro Deluxe 2.0 Legal reference CD-ROMs compared **K/6.4 SAM4.5 Virus protection *k#K/7.6 CanOpener 3.5 The universal file opener updated */2.7 StellarFax 1.1 Fax-enhancement software **/5.5 MovieStar 1.5 QuickTime authoring software ***/6.5 WorkingPapers OCR and document organizer-in-one ****/7.1 Capitalism Financial simulation game www.macworld.com February 1997 5 Fora Mac lover itsa wish come true Introducing StarMax* Go ahead, pinch yourself. Motorola has launched an entire line of Mac’ OS-based desktops and minitowers running on PowerPC™ technology. Everything from 160 MHz to 200 MHz, 1.2GB to 2.5GB hard drives and starting at about 51,598: So now, you have a Mac OS alternative with an industry-low price. And with the assurance of the Motorola brand, youre getting the quality youd expect from a global company. In fact, we're so sure of it, we gave all of our StarMax systems a five-year limited system warranty—the only one like it in the industry. And PowerPC” with our new board design, Motorola systems running on the PowerPC 603e"/200 MHz microprocessor outperformed other MacOS compatibles running the same chip (even one running at 240 MHz)! Call us if you still think you're dreaming. You can consider it a wake-up call, @) MOTOROLA Computer Group What you never thought possible.” Circle 207 on reader service card AnthroCarts! 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Or just how hard would it be to put a dual-voltage power supply into a Stylus Color 500? I realize that you may not be able to answer the second question, but I figure if any- body can, it’s you guys. Bart JANSSEN Davis, California The power supply you get with your printer will wary depending on what country you're in when you order it. Hewlett-Packard printers, for example, support voltages from 100 to 240 volts depending on the power supply installed (one per printer). According to Epson's ink-jet product manager, replacing the power supply on a $300 printer would be cost-probibitive; you'd be better off buying the printer directly from a dealer Down Under, Be sure to see “Color InkJet Jewels” in this issue for more on ink-jet printers —Ed. Brave New Upgrade HE NIGHT BEFORE I READ “BRAVE New Driver” (News, November 1996), I had looked in vain for 7-up printing in the Print dialog box of LaserWriter 8.4. 1 think n-up printing is the bee’s knees. ‘That's why I decided to stick with a share- ware-modified 8.3.4 driver. After reading the article, I went to the Print dialog box, chose Layout, and found what I was looking for. I now have a rea~ son to upgrade. Thanks, Macworld. Curis HULSE via Macworld Online S$ MICROSOFT PROGRAMMING FOR I Apple now? After reading “Brave New Driver” I wasted half an hour download- ing LaserWriter 8.4. It has got to be the ugliest and most inefficient software I have ever seen from Apple. pler and enhanced? You must be joking! Apple used to put all its printing options in two compact dialog boxes. Now, these options are spread out through no less than nine huge, mostly empty dialog boxes. Sorry, Apple—all that extra mousing around isn’t worth a marginal increase in speed and a few new features. I’m going back to version 8.3.3. Scorr Kirts Willits, California Exclusive News ae NOVEMBER COVERS OF BOTH Macworld and MacUser proclaim “ex- clusive” previews of the new Motorola Macs. It used to be that exclusive meant you had information no one else had. Maybe now it means “this issue only”? Iam send- ing this to MacUser and Macworld exclu- sively. Perhaps one of you will enlighten meas to the current definition of exclusive. Ranpy J. REIMER Sullivan, Missouri Motorola promised Macworld an exclusive on its new systems, including access to a first-off- the-assembly-line machine and full details on price, features, and so forth. Motorola also approached MacUser about doing a technology preview story, where MacUser would be able to talk about an early version of the Motorola Macs but without substantive details. Had Macworld known that the information was not exclusive, ‘we would have presented our story differently; we suspect MacUser would have too.—Ed. All Things Being ISO N YOUR STORY “IS f LIFE AFTER JPEG?” (News, November 1996), Stephen Beale identifies the ISO as the International Standards Organization. The correct name is the International Organization for Standardization. “Oh!” you exclaim. “How can this be?” Well, ISO is not really an acronym. ISO is de- rived from the Greek word isos, meaning “equal.” So we say “ice-o,” not “I-S-O.” Brian Hart Glen Burnie, Maryland Well, what do you know? ISO Online (heep:// www.iso.ch/welcome.html) says, “From continues www.macworld.com February 1997 19 DRAW circles around those other CADs “Now I can design my wa) hob pen Architect You want drawings that look like the ones you've always done by hand—or beter. + Exquisitely detailed. Perfect arrows. Crisp lines. Or maybe a squiggl ketch You don's want i 18 logke like ic was done on a computer. PowerCADD lets you draw like that, and it doesn’t get in your way. Draw floor plans. Machinery. Charts. Sketch a bush. Doodle a cloud. A flower. 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I had an extremely rewarding ex- perience last year using Pro CD’s product. I was one of six men who survived a military plane crash in Alaska in 1954. On February 5 of this year, armed with Select Phone, I started the process of locating the other five men, whom I had not seen for 42 years. Only onestill lives in the area where he grew up, but what would h been a really di was a relativel imple oi one today. We had a reunion last summer in Dayton, where we had many questions that had long plagued us about the crash answered. Without Pro CD’s Home Phone and Select Phone, our reunion probably would not have taken place. Rurert Pratt York Scotia, } Media Watch WAS AMUSED TO READ IN “THE BEST Media Machine” (November 1996) that there are no MIDI synthesis cards available for Macs, when T use one every day. The MacWaveMaker (Morning Star olutions, 508/692-0373) NuBus card uses the same chip set found in Kuraweil’s wonderful and expensive prof level synthesizers and has been reviewed in musicians’ trade journa is my impression that the sound quality of this Macintosh sound card is far supe~ rior to that of most PC sound cards. You can find out more about the MacWave- Maker online at the MacWaveMaker Users Group page, http://members.tripod com/~proclus/urw.btml. Micuacn Love Wialthum, Massachusetts I stand corrected—thanks to orthopedic shoes: Alas, one NuBus-based MIDI card does not a bealthy market make; the Macintosh world still remains well bebind the Windows world when it comes to widespread availability of inexpen- sive MIDI sound cards that also support digital audio recording and playback—something Mac- WaveMaker doesn’t support—Jim Heid ENJOYED “THE BEST MEDIA MA- chine,” but I have one qualification: Jim Heid says “there are no software-only [audio] multitrack programs for Win- dows.” There is an excellent software multitrack program called SAW for Win- dows (Innovative Quality Software, 702/ 433-5668, http://www. igsoft.com) that works with most sound cards. If I were doing intensive audio work on a Windows-based machine, it would be my first choice. Mark Dumas Thousand Oaks, Californin SAW is indeed a fine program, but it isn’t a software-only solution: as you point out, SAW requires a sound card. Programs such as Macromedia’s Deck II work on a stock Mac. —Jim Heid JITH RESPECT TO JIM HEID’S writing, which is ofa very high stan- dard (we even quote some of his best arti- cles in our Mac-dedicated MIDI and audio site, the MMAP, at bttp:/ .euro.net/ecompany), I think this time he has left out an important piece of digital audio software, leading him to a second- best conclusion. Macromedia’s Deck is a professional recording, editing, mix- ing, and postproduction digital audio package, with which we produc in our studios. We never had the urge to purchase a Windows machine and hook it up to a network with our Macs to do the severe editing that—according to Jim—can be done only on the Windows platform. I hope Jim will correct this small mistake and continue the good work he otherwise always does. Perer J BLOEMENDAAL Duiven, Netherlands continues Supra modems deliver 33.6 speed and VIDEO-PHONE features that out-pace the competition. 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But it isn’t a waveform editor: A larger selection of waveform editors, such as Sonic Foundry's awesome Sound Forge, is available for Windows, Regarding the use of my articles on your Web site: can you say copyright viola~ tion?—Jim Heid Ahem. For more information on copyright and the Net, see “Copyright and the Visual Arts,” October 1996, and NetSmart, June 1996.—Ed. ’M AN AVID USER OF ADOBE AFTER I Effects and I thought I’d collected just about every plug-in and filter that has been made for use with this beautiful pro- gram, That was until I came across the illustration in “The Best Media Machine.” There, pictured alongside that famous 1984 footage, is the Effect Controls win- dow for a filter called AgedFilm, Of the multitude of useless filters available, this is one that I truly need and want. Who makes it and how do I get it? Corrie Gorson via Macworld Online AgedFilm is part ofa collection of plug-ins called , 415/563-4318, heep:// www digieffects.com). Watch for the review in ‘an upcoming issue-—Ed, Mac Devotions HIS LETTER IS FROM ONE OF YOUR most devoted readers. I’ve never felt the need to complain or seek further assis tance after reading one of your thought- provoking articles. But after reading your review of Dramatica Writer’s Dream Kit 1,7 in the August 1996 issue, I began to ponder the following quote: “Nonethe- less, Dream Kit blows away the competi- tion in price and power. Most writer- assistance software is $300 or more.” However, I have no idea what the competition is! I live in a city in New York that has one of the highest per capita con- centrations of Mac heads in the United States, However, due to the few “Micro- softs” that live in this town, we do not ea top-quality Mac store anywhere in ight. The “sons of Bill Gates” that do carry Mac products have them in a small closet in the ba f the store. When I ask these “AOLs” if they have any writer- assistance software for the almighty Mac, they give me this “MS Word 6” face as if to say, You're in DOS land, buy a clue! What is a Mac man to do with all these “C> prompts” and “DOS heads” around? Marrnew HuGyecz via Macworld Online Sorry; didn’t mean to be such an “auto.evebat.” Some of the other screenplay-related programs for the Mac are StoryVision (StoryVision, 310/392-5090), Final Draft 4.0 (B.C. Soft- ware, 310/636-4711, http://www. besoftware com), and Dramatica Pro 2.0 (Screenplay Sys- tems, 818/843-6557). Also, check out Script- dude on the Web: hevp://members.aol.com/ thunder69/scriptdude.—Ed. ORGIVE ME, FOR | HAVE SINNED. F Tost data by not backing up. My Vision- eer PaperPort’s software tells me that I can- not fax using PaperPort because I don’t have GlobalFax addresses. And after back- ing up, this is true. My best guess is that I should reinstall my GlobalFax software. Am I right or wrong? And if I’m right, do T need to uninstall GlobalFax manually first? Can you point me to a place in the manual that will tell me about the proce- dure? Ifnot, can you let me know yourself? Don Tews via Macworld Online Yeah, right—like I read my GlobalFax manual. I personally would just reinstall GlobalPax Addresses from the disk. But since L also person- ally believe Liberace is alive and well and how ering above Las Vegas in a yellow UFO, 1 ed with Global Village's tecbnical-support ‘hey recommended doing the same ey weren't sure about Liberace Ek A Hot Question OTOROLA'S HOT NEW MACS" Wetoraste: 1996) states that the Apple Power Mac 7200 and the Power Computing PowerTower Pro use the Catalyst design, while the Power Mac 9500 and the PowerTower use the Tsuna- mi design. Is this correct? I’ve read else- where that the Power’Tower Pro uses the ‘Tsunami, not the Catalyst, design. JULIAN Wan Buffalo, New York ‘The fact that Apple uses the Catalyst design for its low-end Power Macs while Power Comput- ing uses it for some its high-end Macs confuses a lot of people—even us, in a previous article. But “Motorola's Hot New Macs” had it right: the continues —Fred Heidingsfelder, Fred Ask Fred of Fred Heidingsfelder & Associates, a video production company that creates multimedia presentations, and he'll tell you that Canon’s VIZCAM is ideally suited for a wide range of multimedia, animation and video production needs where superior image quality, faster capture time, and ease-of-use are essential “With our VIZCAM and our video digitizer, we are able to import 2-D and 3-D images into our computer for video productions. Capturing images is a snap since we can just move the VIZCAM to any position we want. And, VIZCAM is much quicker and better for us to use than a scanner since the images are captured instantly, can be framed tighter, and require less retouching. We have definitely saved a lot of production time using the VIZCAM. And, for our business, time is money!” VIZCAM's unique 3-axis arm can be moved into any position, even as close as 5/16", for accurate framing (minimizing retouching time) and macro imaging. VIZCAM features 450 TVL (comparable to professional-quality video cameras), automatic or manual operation, a conveniently located control panel for ease of use, a small footprint, and a lightweight, portable design. HE DEALER REAEATYOU) Call 1-800-OK-CANON for a FREE copy of our CALL 1-800-OK-CANON. Multimedia and Animation “Success Stories”. FOR PURCHASE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CALL (516) 328-5960. Website @ http://www.usa.canon.com E-MAIL: vesd@cusa.canon.com VisuAL COMMUNICATION SysTEMs DIVISION Canon is a registered trademark of Canon, Inc. ©1997 Canon USA, Inc. Circle 82 on reader service card LETTERS Power Mac 7200 and the PowerTower Pro use the Catalyst design, and the Power Mac 9500 and the PowerTower are Tsunami-based.—Ed. Electronic Photo Albums IKE MANY PEOPLE, I HAVE A LAG OF about three years between getting photographs developed and putting them in an album. I’ve been searching the Inter- net without success for an application I can use like an electronic photo album. I'd like to be able to catalog the photos, view them, both individually and in a slide show, and preview them as thumbnails. Can you point me in the right direction? ALAN DEAN Houston, 7 I can think of three off the top of my head. Pro- View 1.3 (899.95; E-magine, 212/665-0030, http://www.e-magine.com; demo available) got a four-star review in Macworld’s Novem- MACWORLD 24 February 1997 ber issue. Ther also PictureAlbum ($99.95; Media Minds, 619/453-3133, http://www mediaminds.com; demo available) and Photo- www.connectix.com), Or go the shar route and try Judy Bara’s $10 Photo Album Plus (you'll need FileMaker Pro 3.0 to use it) It’s available from Macworld Online (hivp:// www.macworld.com) or America Online (keyword Macworld).—Ed. StoolieWare “KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY MAC” , November 1996) Joseph Schorr describes two rather tedious methods for hiding files: making them invisible or making them unopenable. Both of these operations may be done much more eas- ily with the shareware control panel Snitch. Snitch expands the display and function of the Get Info command. It shows the File Type and Creator in edit- able windows. And you can make a file imply clicking a box in a dis- play of the file’s other characteristics. B. JErrERSON LE invisible by BLANC Santa Cruz, California Readers can download Snitch 2.1 ($20, Mitch Jones) from Macworld Online (http://www smacworld.com) or from America Online (key- word Macworld) —Ed. Hope Yet for Old Dogs LAN APPLEGATE CAN SOLVE HIS PROB- lem with getting his students to stop using double spaces (Lette 1996) by installing Maurice Volaski’s $15 shareware utility SmartKeys 3.1 (bttp:// www.fluxsoft.com). After 50 years of dou- ble-spacing, these old fingers learned the new trick in a matter of days. IRVING SILVER Ottawma, Ontario, Canada Letter should be sent to Letters, Macworld, 501 Sec- ond St., San Francisco, CA 94107; via fax, 415/442- ly to CompuServe (70370,702), MCI Mail (294-8078), America Online (keyword 1d), AppleLink (Macworld!), or via net (etters@macworld.com). Include return address and 0766; or electroni Macis the Inter- daytime phone number. Due to the high volume of mail re we can’t respond personally to each let- ter. 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Circle 46 on reader service card See Us At The Macworld Expo Booth #333 State of the Mac The Mac’s New Operating System A FIVE-POINT PLAN TO MEASURE APPLE'S SUCCESS BEEN A LOT OF excitement about Apple’s possible adoption of the Be operating system, It’s an interesting story (see our analysis, “Time for a New OS?” elsewhere in this issue), but it’s just part of a much bigger picture confronting the Mac. Apple must now act decisively to clarify the muddied waters of the Macintosh Operating Sy tem and strike out in a direction that re~ invigorates the Mac platform. ‘This will be the first major test of the ability of CEO Gilbert Amelio and his new executive team to craft Apple’s tech- nology agenda. The success of this effort is crucial to Apple’s survival and to all of us who prefer the Macintosh way of com- puting. I’ve outlined a five-point plan to help you put Apple’s OS plans in perspec- tive and judge whether it’s on the road to success in the coming months. 1. Offer a Clear Plan Sometime shortly after you read this, Apple will announce its system software road map. Whether the Be OS plays the key role is less important than that Apple provide a clear and convincing destina- tion, It was painful last summer to see Copland unravel so quickly after we were told of its promise for years. The good news was that it signaled a new honesty and sobriety at Apple about engineering efforts. The bad news was that Copland’s cancellation left customers and develop- ers in limbo, Developers didn’t know what to plan for, and customers continued to worry about the Mac’s future. That can't happen again. 2. Improve Performance The Mac OS is showing its age in two areas. First, it doesn’t have the high-per- formance features like multitasking, mul- tithreading, and protected memory that demanding users require. Many of these applications are traditional strongholds for the Mac, where it often enjoys a ma ket share of 60 percent or more. The a danger that some users will migrate to Microsoft's Windows NT because it has high-performance features missing in the Mac OS. Any new Mac OS must provide advan ear perfor! . Second, the Mac OS is not as reliable as it once was because of an increasing number of system extensions and patch- es. Ordinary users need reliability more than they need performance. After all, any definition of ease-of-use should include being free of the constant intru- sion of bugs, hangs, and crashes, Any new OS must improve the Mac’ reliability 3. Set a Tight Deadline ‘Time is of the essence. Apple must field an improved OS within a year. This is an almost unthinkably tight window for OS development, but I believe it’s necessary to reinvigorate the Mac. It’s unfortunate that so much time was lost developing Copland, but hopefully some of that work can be salvaged to contribute to the next Mac OS. Meeting a tight deadline will by Adrian Mello mean that Apple will have to make many difficult decisions, such as overcoming the not-invented-here syndrome. 4. Keep Compat y in Balance Backward compatibility is a double-edged sword and must be handled carefully. On one hand, few users are likely to embrace anew OS that immediately obsoletes their applications software, and developers require widespread adoption before com- mitting resources to a new platform. On the other hand, the quest for compatibili- ty can add tremendous engineering com- plexity that wastes time and (witness Copland). lly, Apple must pursue a strategy that lets customers: adopt the new OS gradually while the company conserves engineering purces and time. Of course, this is easier said than done. My hope is that Apple can repeat the well- managed transition from 68000-family processors to the PowerPC. But Apple can’t maintain compatibility at all costs—the mistake it made with Copland. If it must er must do so on the side of bold new technology. 5. Herald the Benefits A successful transition to a capable new Mac OS will be a tremen- dous accomplishment. But Apple must go further and make its accomplishments meaningful to customers and the media alike. Any major new Mac OS must cre- ate a strong argument about why the Mac is distinctly superior to the alternatives. Apple should identify those benefits and work hard to make its case. I'm convinced that if Apple accomplish what I’ve laid out in these fi points, it will be more successful than ever. Tell me what you think by dropping me a line at mello@macworld.com. m www.macworld.com February 1997 29 THE QUALITY OF MOTOROLA. THE POWER OF MAC’ OS. = StarMax 3000/180 MAC OS-COMPATIBLE DESKTOP PERSONAL COMPUTER v 180MHz PowerPC 603e v 16MB RAM (EXP. TO 160MB) Includes V 1.2GB INT. HARD DRIVE MEGA v 28.8Kbps EXT. FAX/MODEM = Bi v 8X CD-ROM DRIVE of pomispeteaee and CD titles! 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Plus, only Motorola gives you five worry-free years of exclusive Motorola-Branded service and support. Your comprehensive warranty includes 90- high-performance PowerPC 603e processor, plus up to 32MB RAM, a hard drive with up to 2.5GB of storage, an 8x CD- ROM, 1MB VRAM, and 256K Level 2 cache. You even get a blazing-fast Motorola 28.8 data/fax modem! i he affordable StarMax 3000 series features a The top-of-the-line StarMax 4000 series is based on the day “up and running” telephone support, and PowerPC 604e processor - proven in industry benchmarks tobe unmatched on-site service the next business day for your first 50% faster than the 603e processor running at the same speed. year - you can even upgrade your warranty to get same-day on- The StarMax 3000 and 4000 series are available in two site service for five full years! Copyright OT296 Migro Warehouse ars qe Sara a rademark of Motorola, Inc. PowerPC and the Powe oa trademak of Apple Compute, Ine THE PERFORMANCE OF POWERPC: MOTOROLA STARMAX 3000 MAC OS DESKTOP MOTOROLA STARMAX 3000 MAC OS DESKTOP MOTOROLA STARMAX 3000 MAC OS MINI TOWER 180MHz PowerPC 603e Processor +16 MB RAM [Exp. to 160MB) Internal 1.2 GB Hard Drive “Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive "256K Level 2 Cache +1 MB VRAM [Exp, to 4MB) “Supports 14°, 15%, 17" or 21" Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 [J , kg E=ng Ask for item CPU 0538, << y//, Monitor sold separately MOTOROLA STARMAX 4000 MAC OS DESKTOP IG0MHz PowerPC 604e Processor +16 MB RAM [Exp. to 160MB) ‘Internal 1.2 GB Hard Drive ‘Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive 512K Level 2 Cache ‘2. MB VRAM [Exp. to 4MB) “Supports 14°, 15%, 17" or 21” Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 *3 PCI Expansion Slots “Two ext. drive bays, 1 internal “Five-Year Manufacturer's Warranty “Extended Keyboard ‘and Mouse +3 PCI Expansion Slots Two ext. drive bays, 1 internal “Five-Year Manufacturer's Warranty “Extended Keyboard and Mouse = ‘Ask for item CPU 0451 ‘Monitor sold separately. MOTOROLA STARMAX 4000 MAC 0S MINI TOWER 160MHz PowerPC 604e Processor +32 MB RAM (Ep. to 160MB] “Internal 25 GB Hard Drive “Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive *512K Level 2 Cache 2 MB VRAM [Exp to 4MB] ‘Supports 14", 15" 17" of 21" Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound /0 +5 PC Expansion Slots “Three ext. drive bays, Two intemal “Five-Year Manufacturer's Warranty ‘Extended Keyboard and Mouse — = {sk for item CPU 0452 Joni sold separately 200MHz PowerPC 603e Processor +16 MB RAM [Exp. to 160MB] ‘Internal 1.2 GB Hard Drive ‘Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive “256K Level 2 Cache +1 MB VRAM [Exp. to 4MB} “Supports 14°, 15%, 17" or 21" Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays ‘Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 45 PCI Expansion Slots Two ext drive bays, 1 internal ‘Five Year Manufactures Warranty ‘Extended Keyboard and Mouse w= ‘Ask for item CPU 0449 $= Monitor sod separtey MOTOROLA STARMAX 4000 MAC 0S DESKTOP 200MHz. ihe Processor +16 MB RAM [Exp. to 160MB] ‘Internal 1.2 GB Hard Drive ‘internal 8X CD-ROM Drive “52K Level 2 Cache 2. MB VRAM [Exp. to 4MB) “Supports 14", 15°, 17" or 21” Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 *3 PCI Expansion Slots ‘Two ext. drive bays, 1 intemal ‘Five-Year Manufacturers Warranty C ‘Extended Keyboard ; and Mouse - ee 4 Ask for item CPU 0483, — Monit sold separate, SSG MOTOROLA STARMAX 4000 MAC OS MINI TOWER ‘200MHz PowerPC 604e Processor +32. MB RAM [Exp to 160MB) ‘intemal 2.5 GB Hard Drive “Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive “512K Level 2 Cache 2.MB VRAM [Exp to 4MB] Supports 14", 15", 17" or 21” Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 +5 PCI Expansion Slots “Three ext. drive bays, Two intemal “Five-Year Manufacturer's Warranty “Extended Keyboard and Mouse a Ask for item CPU 0454 ‘Monitor sold separately. I8OMHz PowerPC 603e Processor 32 MB RAM [Ep to 160MB) ‘Internal 2.5 GB Hard Drive ‘Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive “256K Level 2 Cache 1 MB VRAM [Exp. to 4MB) “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 +5 PC Expansion Slots “Five-Year Manufacturer's Warranty “Extended Keyboard and Mouse ‘Ask for item CPU 0537 —s ‘Monitor sold separately. ; STARMAX 3000/00 105 min tower system ‘ — , = Ask or item cP 0450 ——__ Monto sld separate, J MOTOROLA STARMAX 3000 MAC OS MINI TOWER ‘240MHz PowerPC 603e Processor 32. MB RAM [Exp. to 160MB) ‘Internal 2.5 GB Hard Drive ‘Internal 8X CD-ROM Drive “512K Level 2 Cache “4 MB VRAM “Supports 14 15%, 17" of 21” Monitors, VGA and SVGA Displays “Stereo 16-Bit Sound 1/0 +5 PCI Expansion Slots “Three ext. drive bays, Two intemal ‘Five-Year Manufacturer's i ea = ris <= Warranty “Extended Keyboard Ask for item CPU 0548 = Mon sld separate and Mouse Circle 149 on reqilansenwineaenes | | : i & - ‘ a i i B® } | i ct Eo : se i 1 | i Resolution, -24-Bit Color 1,8" Color LCD Screen “Stores 108 Images at 640 x 480 BuiltIn Flash FEBRUARY 1'°9:9:7 stems MACWORLD LAB TESTS SHOW IMPROVEMENT OVER OLD PC's by Tova Fliegel with Jim Feeley y all appearances, Intel’ | 3) MMX Pentium, the P55C, should be one } fierce CPU. Set for an F official release of Jan- uary 8, MMX has already made impressive appearances at trade shows, breathing fire into demos of applications performing image processing, MPEG video, and audio. When Macworld saw a 200MHz MMX machine demonstrated at a high-end users’ conference in front of a predominantly Mac-based audience, we wondered (as we scraped our jaws off the floor) about this chip’s implications for the Macintosh platform, with its stronghold in tradition- al gr and multimedia. In that demo, MMX flew past a 200MHz Pentium Pro- based PC running complex 3-D animations in real time. But how would the technolo- gy perform under real-world conditions and how does it rate compared to the Pow 34 February 1997 Is the MMX P PC CPU, already a fe multimedia performer? Has PowerPC finally met its match? Macworld Lab set out to find the answers. Although our tests are preliminary, to be followed by ocious a more extensive cross-plat- year, the results provide a first look form analysis later this at the systems’ relative perfor- mance (see the benchmark “Has PowerPC Met Its Multi- MACWORLD media Match?”). While MMX appears to be a significant improvement for the Pentium, our assessment is that the Pow- erPC still hold its own. What Is MMX? Originally an acronym for matrix-multi- plication extensions, but changed by Intel to mean multimedia extensions, MMX isa new breed of Pentium pro- cessor optimized for applica- tions that multiply and accu- mulate operations. It also excels at performing highly parallel and computation- intensive tasks. Essentially, MMX uses an enhanced 80x86 instruction set, called single-instruction multiple- data (SIMD), that allows mul- tiple bytes of data to be packed onto one register on a chip and processed in parallel. According to Intel, the pro- grams that will see the biggest boost from this approach are image processing, 3-D video and graphics, and audio. To retain compatibility with existing operating sys- tems, Intel decided against adding new registers to the MMX Pentium, deciding instead to spread MMX and floating-point operations across the same registers. As a result, while executing MMX instructions the Pentium can- not perform floating-point calculations, making MMX best suited to integer-based applications, which do not require a math coprocessor, and to applications that don’t switch frequently between integer-based and floating- point functions. Most programs today rely on integer calculations, so this disabling of the Pentium’s floating-point capabilities while MMX operations are processed shouldn't degrade program performance. In fact, whether or not they use float- ing-point calculations, pro- grams must be rewritten to take advantage of MMX directly or via a software interface revved for MMX, such as Microsoft's Direct 3D. Expect it to be a continues on page 46 The Mac Hits 300MHz POWER COMPUTING SHOWS OFF A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM by Galen Gruman aster and faster—that’s the promise of Power- PC, and it’s a promise that’s being kept. Power Computing has shown a “technology concept” system running a 300MHz PowerPC 603e CPU, and you can expect to see real systems using the newest PowerPC chip by April and probably earlier. Neither IBM nor Motorola has yet an- nounced a 300MHz 603e CPU. Close Call Macworld Lab tests on an unoptimized Power Computing prototype (see the benchmark “A Glimpse Ahead: 300MHz Power Mac”) show that the 300MHz 603e comes close in performance to 200MHz and 225MHz 604e systems. In some tests (not shown), it even beat them. While the Power Computing proto- type had a lower overall score than the PowerTower Pro, keep in mind that on the prototype 300MHz. system, the disk, video, and I/O sub- system were not opti- mized to run with the new PowerPC. Power Comput- ing would most likely replace these components with faster ones to gain stronger overall per- formance—that’s what the company did when it shipped the PowerBase series in late October. Although based on the same mother- board design as Apples Per- forma 6400, the PowerBase systems ran faster, megahertz for megahertz, because Power Computing optimized the video and disk systems. Expect the same optimization for a shipping 300MHz system. Faster Bus One optimization that Power Computing has already made in its technology- demo 300MHz system is the use of a 60MHz bus. Power Computing is the only Mac A Glimpse Ahead: 300MHz Power Mac The prototype system from Power Computing running a PowerPC 603e CPU at 300MHz shows the potential of future Power Macs. If Power Computing were to deliver a system with a 300MHz PowerPC 603e along with optimized system components, i should run as fast as—or faster than— today's fastest Macs, yet cost less Longer bars are better. Results are times as fast as a Centris 650 (Centris 650 = 1.0). Products are listed from fastest overall to slowest overall, by company. Italic indicates the 300MHz prototype system. Overall Score Power Computing, PowerTower Pro 225 (604e) ——_ = — 9,2 PowerTower Pro 200 (604e) $a — 3.5, 300MHz 603e prototype ——— mmm 3,2 PowerTower Pro 180 (604e) tm 7, Powerfase 240 (603e) ——— === 6.4 Apple Power Macintosh 9500/20 (604¢) =a —— 7.7 Power Macintosh 8500/180 (604e) == 6,7 CPU-Intensive ——s 84 5.2 — 79 ms —— 65 — 75 mu — 66 FPU-Intensive —— —-127 —— 122 <3 1 21 ——703 Disk-Intensive ——:, =e 5 29 =e 3 ees 29 25 25 Power Macintosh 7600/132 (604) - =m a = 69 — ——== Behind Our Tests For details on Macworld Lab’s system tests, see Mac Superguide, January 1997 —Macworld Lab testing supervised by Mark Hurlow www-macworld.com A version of the 300MHz technology- demo system from Power Computing could ship this spring for $2500. vendor to have a bus speed of more than 50MHz. To get this faster bus speed, Power Com- puting uses the Catalyst moth- erboard from Apple's Power Macintosh 7200. Although that motherboard was de- signed by Apple to run at up to 60MHz, Apple runs it no faster than 40MHz in its 7200, which 120MHz PowerPC 601. Because the fastest 603¢% clock speed now surpasses that of the fastest 604e, you can expect to see 603e-based busi- ness systems from Power Computing and other Mac makers—Power Computing could easily sell a 300MHz PowerCenter business tower for $2500, compared with the $5000 cost of its 225MHz Power'Tower Pro. The Power- Tower Pro gives you more expansion slots and drive bays, but for most people the Pro's expansion level would not be worth a $2500 premium. Don’t think 300MHz is the end of the line for the 603e. Engineers at Motorola and other companies expect faster versions of the CPU to be developed later in 1997, And then there’s the Exponential PowerPC X704, which can run as fast as 533MHz—Motorola has shown a prototype Mac system running this CPU, although no unit was available for Macworld Lab to test. us February 1997 35 SUZANNE ROADY A Ping to Die For OVERSIZE PACKETS CRASH MACS AND OTHER SYSTEMS by Mel Beckman ast November, Internet users discovered yet another way that hack- ers can attack their net- works, Nicknamed the Ping 0’ Death, this new attack takes advantage of flaws in ‘TCP/IP implementations on a wide range of systems, in- cluding desktop computers, file servers, routers, and other network devices. (A ping is a diagnostic tool whereby a machine sends a packet to another machine, and the re- cipient machine sends a ping back.) A TCP/IP ping packet larger than 65536 bytes caus- es susceptible machines to crash, hang, or reboot. Attackers Can Stay Hidden Maes won't normally generate oversize pings, which exceed the official maximum IP pack- et size. But bugs in a few oper- ating systems (including Win- dows 95 and NT) let their 's generate such pings with e. Death pings can attack any vulnerable machine on the Internet, from anywhere in the world. Sophisticated attackers can obscure their IP addresses to hide their identity. Ch Moser, Web-site manager for Southland Micro Systems, tested several versions of TCP/IP on Macs and PCs, and found that even one killer ping can seta Mac to crash the next time the user tries to do anything with the machine— either remotely or locally. Early reports that Mac TCP is immune to attack were prema- ture. Macworld’s own tests 36 February 1997 | News found that systems running MacTCP also succumb when flooded with a series of ten or so pings, as long as Mac TCP is first activated by running at least one TCP/IP application. In an interesting Kevorkian twist, Windows NT 4.0 machines crash after sending the illicit packets, Apple’s Network Server systems, which run IBM's AIX 4.1.4 Unix operating system rather than the Mac OS, are also vulnerable, as is MkLinux, Apple’ port of the Linux ver- sion of Unix. An AIX patch available from IBM to fix the ping problem won't work on the Apple-hosted version of AIX. A/UX, an older and now de- funct Apple Unix, is immune. No Fixes from Apple Yet As a temporary solution, users may be able to program their Internet routers to block in- bound pings, which has the unfortunate side effect of mak- ing unrelated network prob- lems more difficult to diagnose. The only permanent solution to the ping problem is to install OS patches for each vulnerable system—something that nearly every other computer manufac- turer has done already. Apple says it is working on such patch- es for both Open Transport and MacTCP, and will post them online at bitp:/Avww.apple.com. But at press time, Apple had no information about fixes for AIX or MkLinux. For a list of vulnerable sys- tems and available patches, refer to Mike Bremford’s Ping o’ Death Web page at bttp:// www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping/. KEVIN CANDLAND ASK LCD Projector Uses DLP Technology ASK LCD (201/896-8888) may have to change its name with the introduction of the Impression 8300, its first projector based on Texas Instruments’ digital light processing technolo- gy, an alternative to the LCD technology used in most panels and projectors. The technology's core is the Digital Micromir- ror Device, a semiconductor light switch that offers precise control over the reflection of light used to generate digital images. Priced at $10,995, the projector features a maximum resolution of 1152 by 870 pixels. At SVGA resolution of 800 by 600 pixels it can display up to 16.7 million colors. It weighs 21 pounds and includes a cordless trackball with backlit keys for operation in the dark.—STEPHEN BEALE MACWORLD Apple Revs QuickTime VR NEW NAVIGATION OPTIONS, PLUG-INS HIGHLIGHT NEW VERSION by Jim Heid fter a slow start, Apple’ QuickTime VR virtual reality technol- ogy is picking up steam and heading to where the action is. QuickTime VR 2.0, due to ship in January 1997, adds new features that promise enhanced VR experi- ences and make it easier for developers to add QuickTime VR support to their wares. Separately, new versions of the QuickTime browser plug-in deliver faster QuickTime VR downloads and offer Web de- velopers enticing new options. Panning and Zooming Support In QuickTime VR 2.0, object movies support panning and zooming, capabili available only in (Object movies enable to rotate and examine s.) Also new: object movies can appear within QuickTime VR panoramics, as can QuickDraw 3D. sprites, conventional QuickTime moy- ies, and still images. ‘The upgrade addresses the ears as well as the eyes with support for directional sound. If you’re navigating a virtual jazz. club and the bandstand is to your left, you hear music coming from your left-hand speaker, However, your au- thoring tool must be upgraded to support this feature. QuickTime VR 2.0 also im- proves performance and play- back reliability on Windows 95 and NT. And developers of 3-D graphics software can use a newly published programming interface to add the ability to create QuickTime VR objects and panoramics. Plug-in Improvements Many of QuickTime VR 2.05 en- hancements won't surface until developers and content authors adapt their software and their titles or sites—which won’t happen overnight. But the new QuickTime browser plug-ins (available at betp://quicktime apple.com) deliver immediate gratification that goes beyond QuickTime VR content. QuickTime Plug-In 1.1, due to ship in mid-December 1996 at Internet World, sup- ports Netscape Navigator 2.X and Microsoft Internet Explor er The plug-in also adds playback support for AIFF audio files. When Apple ships its MPEG extension for QuickTime (due in early 1997), the Mac version of the plug-in will handle software- only MPEG movie playback. QuickTime Plug-In 1.1 will also add support for URL hot spots to QuickTime VR panoramics, enabling the latter to become site-navigation de- vices. In a panoramic of a col- lege campus, for instance, each building could be a hot spot that links visitors to the appro- priate department. In early 1997, Apple plans to ship version 1.2 of the plug- in, which will progressively download QuickTime VR movies; rather than waiting YA while an entire movie down- loads, a Web surfer will see and be able to navigate a low-reso- movie downloads. However, you'll have to redo your exist- ing QuickTime VR movies to support this feature—a fairly straightforward process. Apple’ efforts have been in- spired in part by an onslaught of competing VR technologies: Omniview’s PhotoBubbles (ty /vw.omniview.com), Real- Space’s RealVR (http://w rlspace.com), Black Diamond's Surround Video (bry -bdiamond.com), and Net VR’s Turnado (bttp:/Avww.netor.com). Each competitor has its strengths, but most are in the development stages. By being first on the virtual block and by working to keep a step ahead, Apple has made QuickTime VR the premier technology for photographic VR. A FedEx for the Internet TUMBLEWEED PREVIEWS NEW DISTRIBUTION TECHNOLOGY by Galen Gruman he Web is great for posting information, but you can’t always be sure the right people actually get the infor- mation you send. So Tumble- weed Software (415/369-6790, http://vww.tumbleweed.com) has created Posta, a database-dri en server-and-client service that lets you use the Internet to distribute information in vari- ous forms to the readers you want. Posta should eliminate the problem of your mail enclosures’ being garbled or stripped out by a recipient's mail system. Expected to be available by April, Posta can deliver files to anyone by e-mail, Web pages, or fax. The Posta syster which runs on Windows NT and Unix workstations using Oracle or Microsoft SQL continues CHRP Moves Ahead white everyone waits for a version of System 7 that will run on the Common Hard- ware Reference Platform (CHRP) standard jointly designed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola for PowerPC-based Macs and PCs, the CHRP specification continues to evolve. CHRP version 1.1 should be final by July and include sup- port for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) and IEEE 1394 (Fire- wire) buses. USB is Intel's answer to the Mac's ADB, while Firewire is a faster form of SCSI that Apple is promoting. By the end of 1997, the CHRP specification will again be updated, this time to define a standard for notebooks. The latest estimates from Apple and other Mac makers are that the Mac OS for CHRP will be ready this spring, and Windows NT 4.0 for CHRP should be available at about the same time. Not all CHRP-based Macs will run NT, but expect each Mac maker to offer some models that run both OSs. When the Mac OS for CHRP arrives, so will three motherboard designs based on the CHRP 1.0 specification: IBM's Long Trail, Motorola Computer Group's Viper, and Motorola RISC Group's Yellowknife. Apple is also working on a CHRP-based motherboard for its future Macs. Umax, Motorola Add to Lines expected by January 1997 are new systems from Umax (510/226-6886, http://www.supermac.com) and Motorola (800/759-1107, http://www.mot.com/computer/). Umax has announced the SuperMac $900/200DP, a dual-processor 200MHz 604e-based tower that costs $4705. However, its previously announced S900/180DP version has yet to ship, despite a planned ship date of mid- October. Also originally planned for mid-October but not yet shipping is the SuperMac C500/140, although Umax has finally released its C600 series and J700 (see Mac Super- guide, in this issue), Motorola has announced 3 additions to its StarMax line, which now includes 11 models: the $1595, 3000 DT603e-180 desktop; $1895, 3000 MT603e-180 tower; and $2795, 3000 MT603e-240 desktop. These new systems should ship by January 1997. The previously announced 8 StarMax models are now available. Tatung Gets Mac License tawans tatung, a major maker of PCs under other companies’ names, has signed a deal with IBM to buy PowerPC chips and Mac OS licenses so it can begin building its own Mac clones. At Comdex, a Tatung representative told Macworld that the company will offer CHRP systems worldwide beginning in March or April 1997. A preliminary spec sheet lists systems with 603e and 604e CPUs, the latter running up to 233MHz. www.macworld.com February 1997 37 38 Can Digital Watermarking Protect You? The proliferation of images on the Internet has brought a new dimension to an old problem: how to protect your work from would-be thieves. Many content creators and publishers are looking to digital watermarking, or finger- printing, which embeds an imperceptible mark through- out an image that survives most editing transformations, scanning, and printing. Several such products are available, but probably the most well-known is PictureMarc from Digimarc (503/223- 0118, http://www.digimarc.com), recently licensed to Adobe for inclusion with Photoshop 4.0. The watermark contains an assigned creator 1D num- ber and links to your profile page on Digimarc’s online locator service, MarcCentre, which offers contact informa- tion such as e-mail and mailing addresses. In the first quarter of 1997, Digimarc plans to offer a version of PictureMarc geared to the needs of large- scale image distributors; its features will include the abil- ity to embed an image ID in the watermark. For a limited time, individ- uals can subscribe to MarcCen- ‘tre for an annual fee of $79; the cost thereafter will be $150. Group subscriptions will be available to professional organizations, trade associa- tions, agencies, and image libraries. HighWater Signum (603/669-7466, http://www .highwater.com/fbi.htm) has developed a similar program that’s available as either a Photoshop plug-in or a stand- alone application. It can embed both a creator and an image ID; you can register the creator ID through an auto- matic link to HighWater's Registry on the Web. For $75, you get the FBI Writer/Detector plug-in, a registry number, and a dongle that allows you to fingerprint 10,000 images. The $1495 FBI Pro does batch fingerprinting and for- mat conversions (including TIFF, Scitex CT, JPEG, EPS, and ‘Mac to PC) and includes plug-ins for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Use of the registry costs $150, which lets you fingerprint 50,000 images. Many artists are enthusiastic about digital watermark- ing, but even proponents admit that it's not a panacea. Because it makes copyright information easily accessible, it will educate users ignorant of copyright issues and keep them from unintentionally misusing images. But it won't prevent determined thieves from stealing your work, al February 1997 MACWORLD Server databases, acts as a serv- er for Web pages created for and routes faxes and e-mail. Thus, a company could offer weekly _ price updates to customers, with each customer choosing the preferred delivery vehicle. ‘The Posta server can also query a system by installing a program that determines the system’ capabilities, giving the Posta server the information necessary to choose the best delivery option. Other capabil- ities include support for pri- vate-key encryption (public- key encryption is also in the works for a later version), recipient certification, and expiration dates for delivered files. The company sees this as the online equivalent of gua anteed-delivery services like Federal Express. Because Posta uses the Internet as the conduit for its transmissions, recipients can use any Web browser, Internet e-mail gateway, Internet print- er (a networkable printer with a TCP/IP address), or fax machine to receive files. Web files can include embedded portable documents in Tum- bleweed Envoy or Adobe Acrobat format. Tumbleweed will also distribute a free client program for Macintosh and PC users that lets them access delivered files without opening an e-mail client or a browser. On the server side, users can determine whether files have been delivered and use a reporting tool to get informa- tion on the status of mailings. a Tumbleweed's new Posta electronic-delivery service lets you monitor your transmissions to find out if they were received. Tumbleweed will provide Posta through Internet service providers and financial print- ing companies, as well as sell it to companies that want to install and manage their own Posta servers. Pricing has not been finalized but will include a monthly flat fee, plus per- message charges for most users, and site licenses for com- panies with their own servers. Quark Updates Multimedia Software QUARKIMMEDIA 1.1 TO SHIP THIS SPRING by Barbara Assadi resh on the heels of QuarkImmedia 1.0 (see “Quark Goes Interac- tive,” elsewhere in this issue), Quark (303/894- 8888, brtp://www.quark.com) is preparing an update of its multimedia authoring soft- ware, to be released this spring. Here is a partial list of features that Quark says will be part of version 1.1. Custom (8-bit) Color Palettes for Each Page QuarkImmedia 1.1 will enable designers to enhance projects by using a separate 8-bit (256 colors) color palette on each page, so they can optimize graphic ele- ments with a suitable color palette. QuarkImmedia 1.0 supports only one 8-bit palette per project, which means all graphical elements are mapped to the same palette, ‘Support for Photoshop Plug-Ins QuarkImmedia 1,1. will let you use Adobe Photoshop plug-ins with pixel editors (buttons, cursors, anima- tions), as long as they're continues Now there's 4 Pilot for the rest of US. Pilot™ is your automatic fink to the personal info on your Apple” Macintosh computer, Pilot includes its own Personal Information Manager software that lets you edit, import and export info to and from your Macintosh Pilot stares thousands of addresses, phone and fax numbers, personal notes you name it. Touch here to see the day’ agenda. Make recurring meetings ‘appear automatically Delete old records from your Pilot, ‘and keep for future reference in an archive file on your Macintosh. “The rage US sueet pice legos tepstrdademars and Pit 2 At about 4.5° tall, and 5.5 oz. and at $299; the new Pilot organizer fits your shirt pocket — and your budget. Yet pilot ‘The one touch organizer Enter any word and touch “Find” to retrieve a stored item instantly. Its easy to add memory, ‘upgrade software, or in the future, attach products like modems. Prepare a To-Do list, prioritizing ‘items by due date. Make items disappear as you complete them. Take notes on the road, then later copy and paste them into programs like Word and Excel on your Macintosh. Enter data once into your Pilot or Macintosh. Then press the HotSync” button to keep your Pilot and Macintosh up-to-date. One touch automatically keeps the data on your Pilot safe and ‘backed up on your Macintosh can do, we think you'd rather try it out yourself. To find out where to get your hands on one, give us a call at 1-800-881-7256. To arrange a demo, visit our web site at http://www.usr.com/palm. (Robotics among the 160 plug-ins that were available prior to the release of Photoshop 3.0. E-mail Feature “This feature lets you create an editable text box in which users can type e- mail and send it to a mail server, Compatibility with Netscape Plug-ins The QuarkImmedia viewer will be able to interact with Web sites developed with technologies such as Macromedia Shockwave or VRML (Virtual Reality Mod- cling Language), and the QuarkImmedia design tool will let users specify which plug-ins they want to a At this time there are no plans for Java support. Companion HTML Abstract for Search Engines Yahoo, Alta Vista, and other search tools: find information by seeking | Mews the HTML header fields for specific Web pages. Since QuarkImmedia does not sup- port HTML, these search engines can’t find Quarklm- media 1,0 projects, However, QuarkImmedia 1.1 will create an HTML document associ- ated with the project. The user will be able to define the information included in this document. Security Support Securit Dynamics’ encryption. tech- nology will be supported within the SSL (Secure Sock- et Layer) handshake protocol to accommodate electronic commerce. Dynamic Clipping for Quick- Time QuarkImmedia 1.1 will allow designers to place but- tons and other objects on top of movies. Friendly Faxing to Your Mac Fax modems are great for sending facsimile transmissions, but receiving faxes can be a problem unless you keep your Mac turned on. Now there's the 3D FaxPal, a $169 peripheral from Infoimaging Technologies (510/485-4000, http://www infoimaging.com) that lets you receive faxes—up to 20 pages’ worth—even when your computer is powered down. You can also transmit faxes at 14.4 Kbps. Along with the 3D FaxPal, Infoimaging has developed a Macintosh version of 3D Faxfile, a $199 software package that converts files into a single-page fax consisting of black-and-white dots that can be decoded on the receiving end. The Infolmage technology can compress up to 110K of data.—sTEPHEN BEALE 40 February 1997 MACWORLD POP Goes the E-Mail COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS RUSH TO SUPPORT INTERNET PROTOCOLS by Elizabeth Dougherty mid the Internet's groundswell of popu- larity and the ripple- effect intranet frenzy, vendors such as Apple Computer, CE Software, Star- Nine, SoftArc, and Lotus Development are pumping support for Internet protocols, such as Post Office Protocol (POP), into a wave of new electronic-mail offerings. Apple (408/996-1010, bttp: /foww.apple.com) has an- nounced that it will support the Internet Mail Access Pro- tocol (IMAP), a directory pro- tocol that allows you to down- load messages more selectively than POP does, in future Mac OS Internet mail products. Live Internet Links CE Software (515/221-1801, brtp: /hwwi.cesoft.com) has shifted its development efforts from its proprietary L; AN- based system to the client mail. Its newly released Quick- Mail Pro 1.0, a Mac and Win- dows POP3 client, features im- provements, such as live Inter- net links, that will in time trickle down into the Quick~ Mail LAN product. QuickMail Pro costs $70 for one user; multiuser licenses start at $280 for five users. QuickMail Ex- press, a freeware version, can be downloaded from CEs Web site, Better known initially for its mail gateways and now for its Web-server line, StarNine (510/649-4949, — bitp:/rvww sstarnine.com), a division of Quarterdeck, has shipped Quarterdeck Mail 4.0, a long- awaited major upgrade to what was formerly Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks. ‘The new release features a re- vamped interface, easier access to the mail database, a rules engine, a spelling checker, a PowerPC-native server, and live Internet links. Remote users can now access their mes- sages using a POP client. Quarterd 4.0. costs $259 per server and $299 for ten clients, Another long-awaited up- grade, FirstClass 4.0 from Soft- Are (905/415- 7000, hitp:/howw .sofarc.com), is also now ship- ping. ‘The newest version of this groupware and mail package lets users access information such as messages and confer- ences via Internet protocols (see “Flying FirstC News, Macworld, October 1996). A More Open Approach In yet anotline aegrnire from a Lotus Development (G1T/S97- 500, Attp://www.lotus.com) plans to add support for POP to the Notes 4.5 Domino server due out at the end of 1996, so that users can retrieve mi with a POP client. Not will also include additional ress and content- oftware. engines, spelling tyled text, and now Internet support are becoming de rigueur functions from commercial e-mail packages. However, to survive, the com- panies that have advanced these e-mail functions must now meet the Internet chal- lenge. While competitors like Ne pe Communications and Eudora would have you believe their mail offerings will replace their still-proprietary counterparts, both types of sys- tems often exist in parallel, ful- filling different roles. Propri- etary e-mail systems aren’t immediately headed for extine- tion, but their long-term sur- vival will depend heavily on their future Internet prowess. MindSpring users look like everyone else... until they spring onto the Internet! MindSpring provides fast, reliable, easy-to-use performance for Mac or Windows that gets you directly to the Internet. No traffic tie-ups. No detours. You'll click right along with noggin’-springin’ extras like e-mail, newsgroups, chat sessions and the best web browser available. We offer you friendly, 24-hour technical support by phone or e-mail. Flexible pricing plans starting as low as $6.95 a month. Unlimited access for $19.95 a month. And each plan comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. So if you want a fast, reliable connection, call toll-free 888-677-7464, or check out our web page at www.mindspring.com. It's a heads-up move. ‘¢ MindSpring” Direct To The Internet. Va © 1997 MindSpring Enterprises, inc. > Special REPORT [ News The Compact Disc Hangs On NEW FORMATS EXTEND CD CAPABILITIES As we await the arrival of the 4.7GB digital versatile disc (DVD), developers are enhancing current compact dise technology with faster speeds and— finally—an erasable format. In this special report, we examine the benefits and pitfalls of next-generation CD formats. Erasable CD Drives at Last by Cary Lu new, erasable CD 1997, bringing new storage capabilities along with numerous compat- ibility problems, The CD- R/RW _ (recordable/rewrit- able) drives should sell for $650, with CD-RW discs ini- tially costing $25 and eventu- ally dropping to between $5 and $15 each. The drive’s cumbersome name reflects its ability to perform all CD-R functions, including writing to CD-R discs. Compatibility Issues In the