January – February 1998 — Vol 20 No 1
Source
Open PDF • Jan–Feb 1998 • Vol 20 No 1 • 100 pages
Overview
Volume 20 opens. Introducing: Washington Apple Pi Mac Bench (Lawrence I. Charters, 25) — Pi launches benchmark suite for Macs. A First Look: Power Macintosh G3/233 Desktop (Bill Michael, 27) — Power Mac G3 launched November 1997, the first major new Mac under Jobs's return. Outlining in ClarisWorks (Paul Chernoff, 34). The Best of Both Worlds; Or, How I Learned to Love the Bomb (a review of Virtual PC) (Rick Zeman, 36) — Connectix Virtual PC. QuickTime 3.0—Apple Enhanced Multimedia Tool Nears (Dennis R. Dimick, 39). Best of the TCS (Nancy Seferian, 29). The Anal Retentive Macintosh (Jim Kelly, 66). Connectix's Ram Doubler 2 and Speed Doubler 2 (Paul Gerstenbluth, 67). RealVideo: Letting Community Voices and Images Be Heard and Seen (Phil Shapiro, 68). Graphic Arts SIG Meets (Blake Lange, 70). Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.0 (Mary Keene, 72). Wabbit Wavings (Mel Patrick, 84). Seniors Internet Training Project: An Interview with Thelma Leaffer (Phil Shapiro, 61). Hottest Downloads (Nancy Seferian, 65).
Apple II/III: The Beginning /// (Richard Rann & Lavona Rann, 86); On the Trail of the Apple /// (Dave Ottalini, 88).
Highlights
Power Mac G3 first look — Bill Michael
Power Mac G3 (Beige) — November 1997 release. First Apple product clearly shaped by Jobs's return. Significantly faster than predecessors. Killed Mac clones (Apple cancelled licensing Sept 1997).
WAP Mac Bench launched — Lawrence I. Charters
Pi's own Mac benchmark suite — Charters as Pi's primary technical voice.
Virtual PC — Rick Zeman
Connectix Virtual PC — Windows on Mac via emulation. Strangelove-themed review.
Seniors Internet Training — Phil Shapiro
Outreach to older Internet learners — Thelma Leaffer's project profiled.
RealVideo at One World — Phil Shapiro
Streaming video for community media — Shapiro continuing One World Media Center coverage.
Entities
People: Lorin Evans, Lawrence I. Charters, Bill Michael, Paul Chernoff, Rick Zeman, Dennis R. Dimick, Nancy Seferian, Jim Kelly, Paul Gerstenbluth, Phil Shapiro, Blake Lange, Mary Keene, Mel Patrick, Thelma Leaffer, Richard Rann, Lavona Rann, Dave Ottalini Topics: Power Mac G3, WAP Mac Bench, Virtual PC, Seniors Internet Training, QuickTime 3 References: Power Mac G3, QuickTime 3.0, Virtual PC, Ram Doubler 2, Speed Doubler 2, ATM Deluxe 4
Connections to other issues
- Power Mac G3 = first Jobs-era major Mac after Apple-NeXT merger
- Seniors Internet Training continues Shapiro's outreach
- Virtual PC = Connectix's flagship; eventually acquired by Microsoft 2003