Macworld (U.S.A)
VOL.16, NO.7, JULY 1999
News
27 QuickTime 4 Moves
. Upstream
Apple introduces a pumped-up
version of its multimedia system
software, with live streaming
capabilities.
28 Epson Rolls Out New
Printers
Epson unveils two new photo
ink-jet printers, plus an iMac
version of its Stylus Color 740.
28 Finally Here
Apple moves into the digital-
video arena with its release of
. Final Cut, acquired last year
from Macromedia.
29 I Want My Web 3-D
VRML may be languishing, but
developers are hard at work on
the next generation of 3-D stan-
dards for the Web.
29 Product Watch
New products for your Mac,
including 3-D paint software
from Maxon and an ODBC
Driver for FileMaker Pro.
Opinion
17 Letters
23 The Vision Thing
BY ANDREW GORE Can
Apple turn QuickTime 4 into
the gold standard for Web video
and audio streaming?
63 The Game Room
BY CHRISTOPHER BREEN
Geezer's guide to Virtual Game
Station.
176 The Desktop Critic
BY DAVID POGUE MicrO-
soft: even more nefarious than
previously thought.
10 How to Contact Macworld
Secrets
97 Unlock Your Printer's
Potential
BY JOSEPH SCHORR CoaXthe
best photo quality output from
your inexpensive color printer.
99 Quick Tips
BY LON POOLE Tips, tricks,
and shortcuts.
34 1/2 Mac OS X server
server softwer
36 1/2CrescendoCS 400/200;
JoeCard 400/200;
Maccelerate750:
1/2 Mach G3 400/200:
MaxpowrC3 400/200;
1/2PowerForceG3 400/200:
PowerJolt 400/200
G3 upgrade cards
38 Fireworks 2.0.2
Web graphics tool
39 Bryce4
3-D terrain generator
40 3D Invigorator;
Extensis PhotoGraphIcs
Photoshop plug-ins
42 Headline Studio 1.0
Web animation tool
44 Xante Accel-a-Writer3G
Laser printer
44 1/2 ProMax Technology TurboMax
EIDE storage system
47 Apple iMac 333MHz
Consumer system
49 Adobe GoLive 4.0
Web-page editor
51 AlpsMD-5000
Color printer
52 1/2 AsanteFriendlyNetDual56K
Asante FriendlyNet ISDN
Internet-access servers
54 Amepl 3D 4.1
3-D modeling tool
54 1/2 BlissPaint2.0
Color-animation software
56 1/2 TelePort56K Internal Mode
Internal 56K modem
58 1/2 Spring Cleaning 3.01
Uninstaller utility
60 1/2 Cruise Control 1.0
Task-automation utility
61 BookEndz
PowerBook G3 dock
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MACWORLD
VOL:16, NO:8, AUGUST 1999
Features
Cover Story
64 The Millennium Mac
BY STEPHAN SOMOGYI Where
is the Mac going in the next niillen-
nium? Macworld takes an inside look
at what the future holds for the Mac
OS, from OS 8 to OS X and beyond.
74 Essential Mac Tools
BY FRANKLIN TESSLER lf yOU
want to keep your Mac—and your-
self—working at peak efficiency,
heed our recominendations for the
15 indispensahle utilities every Mac
user should own. ,
82 Generation Gap
BY KRISTINA DE NIKE AND
JONATHAN SEFF llaving trouble
bringing your new Mac and old
peripherals together? Macw^orld Lab
tested 16 SCSI cards to heip you
bridge the gap and unite your
devices in harmnony.
Create
Print
99 QuarkXPress Advanced Type
Workshop
BY DAVID BLATNER whip your
text into shape with the power of
XPress Tags.
Graphics
104 Merge Art and Life
BY MIKE WOOLDRIDGE IntFO-
duce intimate eleinents into your
artistic creations.
107 Elegant Web Pages with
Dreamweaver 2
BY LYNDA WEINMAN Attainpre-
cision Web-page alignment with
Dreamweaver 2.
News
27 Developers Tackle Workflow
Adobe Systems and Quark take on
the frontier of electronic publish-
ing: workflow management.
28 OpeuGL Inspires Game
Developers
Apple's recent decision to embrace
the OpenGL graphics Standard has
led to a flurry of new Mac games.
28 Faster, Skinnier Powrer8ooks
Apple's latest PowerBook G3 fea-
tures a speedier processor and a
slimmer design.
29 Product Watch
New products for your Mac,
including a File Maker import plug-
in for Microsoft Office 98 and a $99
USB video digitizer from XLR8.
30 Multiple-Personality
Peripherals
Canon's Mult iPass C635, combin-
ing a Scanner, printer, copier, and
fax machine, is the first multifunc-
tion peripheral for the Mac.
Opinion
23 The Vision Thing
BY ANDRE W GÖRE why
does Apple want to hid farewell
to the Finder?
61 The Game Roorn
BY CHRISTOPHER BREEN
The beauty of sequels.
176 The Desktop Critic
BY DAVID POGUE Why
are Mac user groups dying off?
10 How to Contact Macworid
Secrets
91 Unmask Your Mac's
Hidden Problems
BY TED LANDAU Conquer
your Mac's invisible miscreants.
93 Quick Tips
BY LON POOLE Tips.tricks,
and shortcuts.
Reviews
34
Portable-document Software
36 Final Cut Pro 1.0
Video-editing Software
37 Amorphium
3-D sculpting Software
38 Canomal.O
3-D scene-building tool
40 RealProducer Plus G2;
RealPlayer Plus G2
Streaming-media tools
42 G3 Power Booster;
Mach Speed G3Z;
Maxpowr G3-G3 466;
PowerForce G3 ZIF 466/233
466MHz G3 Upgrade cards
44 FileWave Enterprise Edition 3.2;
netOctopus 3.0
Network-management Software
47 VSTFireWireHard Drive
High-speed external hard drive
49 AvidCinema for Macintosh
with USB
Hobbyist video-editing tool
51 Funnel Web 3.1;
Summary1.2.3
Web-server log-analysis tools
52 SuitcaseS
Fönt manager
52 Digital Creations of Kansas
MacAirKey
Cordless keyboard *
54 Microtest DlscPortVT-28
Thin «:pivpr fnr CD and DVD sharine
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MACWORLD
VOL. 16, NO. 6, 1999
News
27 Apple's Open Source
Gambit
Apple once again surprises the
computer industry by releasing
the source code for key parts of
Mac OS X Server.
28 Plugging Into InDesign
Plug-in developers add potent
capabilities to Adobe's new page-
layout software.
29 Welcome Back, Canon
After a two-year hiatus, Canon is
back in the Mac market with a
new ink-jet printer.
30 Product Watch
New products for your Mac,
including Adobe Acrobat plug-ins
and an upgrade to Linker Sys-
tems' Animation Stand Pro 4.0.
30 Color Management for
the Masses
New software makes it easier than
ever to create profiles for scan-
ners, printers, and displays.
Opinion
17 Letters
23 The Vision Thing
BY ANDREW GORE The
search for Sherlock, Apple's
Internet sleuth.
63 The Game Room
BY CHRISTOPHER BREEN HOW
to cheat at your favorite games.
180 The Desktop Critic
BY DAVID POGUE Numbers
lie—and that's the truth.
10 How to Contact Macworld
Secrets
97 Common Problems,
Affordable Fixes
BY TED LANDAU Use share-
ware to straighten out the kinks
in your Mac.
99 Quick Tips
BY LON POOLE TipS, tricks,
and shortcuts.
Reviews
34 SCom/Palm Computing Palm V
Handheld personal organizer
35 MacPac2
Palm-compatible desktop PIM
36 form-Z 3.0.2
3-D modeling and rendering software
37 Aatrix Accounting 3.0;
M.Y.O.B. Accounting Plus 8.0
Small-business accounting software
38 Epson Stylus Color 900
Ink-jet printer
39 FastTrack Schedule 6.01;
Job Manager 1.5;
Joborder 7.02
Job-managementsoftware
40 Epson Expression 800
Color flatbed scanner
40 ImageAXS Pro 4.0
Image database
41 PCMacLAN7.2for
Windows 95/98
PC-to-Mac networking software
41 Olympus P-330
Snapshot printer
45 PhotoScripterl.O
Scripting tool for PhotoShop
47 VectorWorksl.O
CAD Software
49 UnityDS-1
Software-based digital sampler
50 LaCieelectron24
24-inch monitor
52 Action GoMac2.0
Navigating and launching utility
54 VSE HTML Turbo 2.0
Web-page optimizer
56 V2 Printdesk 2.5
Printserversoftware
58 UmaxTechnologiesUGatell
Internet-access server
60 BrainForest Professional 1.0
Outline and project-management tool
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