September – October 1997 — Vol 19 No 5

Overview

MAC OS 8 LAUNCHES July 26, 1997 — Pi covers the major upgrade extensively: - I Brake For 8! (Lorin Evans, 29) - In The Beginning—Installing Mac OS 8 (Dale Smith, 31) - Revolution! Is At Hand: Time to Upgrade (Lawrence I. Charters, 37) - MacWorld Relived (Lorin Evans, 39) - More About OS 8 (75)

Also: If It's Tuesday It Must Be The Clinic (David Harris, 22). An Interview with Paul Chernoff, WAP Member at Large (Nancy Seferian, 23). Help the Pi Buy More (72). Not The Usual Fare: A Review of Books (Lawrence I. Charters, 73). Remembering Email Addresses (Phil Shapiro, 74). An Update to Apple's New Road Show (79). Letter to the Editor (regarding QuicKeys) (27). Canvas 5.0 and Corel Suite 6.0 — Either, Neither or Both (Ross J. Slade, 40). Microsoft Office strikes again! (Grace Gallager, 42). Best of the TCS (Nancy Seferian, 43). Using the World Wide Web for Pranks (Phil Shapiro, 52). The Joy of Email Pen-Pals (Lisette Rook, 54). Web for Novice and Wizard: A Review of Books (Lawrence I. Charters, 55). Corel Print House (Mary Keene, 64). Goodbye: MacUser; Hello: Mac Today (77). Insights from MacWorld (77).

Newton: Review: Apple Newton eMate 300 (Paul Gerstenbluth, 44).

Highlights

Mac OS 8 — 4 articles!

Mac OS 8 (Tempo) released July 26, 1997 — Pi's most extensive single-release coverage in years. "I Brake For 8!" + "Revolution! Is At Hand" + step-by-step install guide + MacWorld coverage. The first major Mac OS bump under Steve Jobs's returning influence (Apple bought NeXT Dec 1996; Jobs not yet officially back as interim CEO that month — happens Sept 1997).

MacUser → Mac Today

MacUser magazine ends — merged into Mac Today (later disappeared). Pi noting Mac press consolidation.

eMate 300

Apple eMate 300 — Newton-based educational laptop ($799). Cute design; killed when Jobs ended Newton 1998.

"It It's Tuesday It Must Be The Clinic" — David Harris

Tuesday Night Clinic continues — name now well-established.

Entities

People: Lorin Evans, Lawrence I. Charters, Dale Smith, David Harris, Nancy Seferian, Paul Chernoff, Phil Shapiro, Ross J. Slade, Grace Gallager, Lisette Rook, Mary Keene, Paul Gerstenbluth Topics: Mac OS 8 Launch, Tuesday Night Clinic, Apple Road Show 1997, eMate 300, Mac Press Consolidation References: Mac OS 8, Canvas 5.0, Corel Suite 6.0, Microsoft Office, Newton eMate 300, MacUser, Mac Today

Connections to other issues

• Mac OS 8 Launch — first major Mac OS bump after Apple-NeXT merger (Dec 1996)
• Tuesday Night Clinic explicit "Magic Show" in 1997-05 — V19 N03 → "If It's Tuesday" here
• Mac Press Consolidation = MacUser ending = sign of industry contraction
• Jobs returns to Apple as "interim CEO" Sept 1997 — not yet reflected in this issue's coverage