MacWEEK articles from January 1994

MacWEEK archives from January 1994

Native PowerPC applications to steal spotlight at '94 expo. (1994 MacWorld Expo) (Show Picks)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - The RISC waiting in the wings may dominate this week's Macworld Expo, with dozens of vendors showing native PowerPC versions of their applications and at least two dozen more expected to announce support for PowerPC Macs. ...

Brave new eWorld: quick profits expected from on-line venture. (Apple introduces worldwide on-line service)
January 3, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple this week will announce the spring launch of eWorld, a new world-wide on-line service, which the company said will quickly bolster its bottom line. "We are not going to run it for five years, hoping to make a...

3-D QuickDraw ready this fall for Mac, Windows. (Apple reportedly developing new graphics engine)
January 3, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple is reportedly developing another extension to its QuickDraw graphics engine, to make the use of 3-D objects as commonplace as that of 2-D objects. The technology is expected to be available for both Macs and...

Nagel invites Microsoft aboard OpenDoc. (AppleSoft senior VP David Nagel) (Under New Management) (Interview)
January 3, 1994... David Nagel took over AppleSoft, the division responsible for Macintosh system software, tools and retail applications, as senior vice president and general manager less than one year ago. In his first one-on-one interview since taking that...

New Apple diagnostic software takes pulse of Mac performance. (Apple announces Apple Personal Diagnostics)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - Apple this week will announce Apple Personal Diagnostics, a utility that performs a battery of tests to measure Mac performance and fix problems it finds. APD, to be rolled out at Macworld Expo, will ship by the beginning of...

Long-awaited Magic Cap to be shown at Macworld. (General Magic Inc. operating system) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Mountain View, Calif. - Macworld Expo attendees will finally get a detailed demo of what until now has been the purview only of informed sources: General Magic Inc.'s Magic Cap operating system. Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld,...

Apple, IBM, others start superhighway. (Apple joins computer vendors and telecommunications firms in Cross Industry Working Team) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Washington - Apple has banded together with more than two dozen computer vendors eager to start work on the data superhighway. Last month Apple, AT&T Co., BellSouth Corp., IBM Corp. and others, announced formation of the Cross Industry...

Vice President Gore addresses telecom. (Al Gore reveals Clinton administration's plans for telecommunications reform) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Washington - Vice President Al Gore stuck to broad policy objectives in the first of two speeches that will reveal the administration's plans for telecommunications reform in 1994. Speaking here last week, Gore said the administration has...

Peirce utilities fine-tune printing. (Peirce Software Inc. introduces Pierce Print Tools)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Jose, Calif. - Users will have access to more advanced printing features when Peirce Software Inc. this March ships Peirce Print Tools, a set of utilities that take advantage of QuickDraw GX. The company said the product will be...

Connectix claims utility doubles apparent RAM. (Connectix Corp. RAM Doubler)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Mateo, Calif. - Connectix Corp. will ship at Macworld Expo this week a new utility that it claims doubles a Mac's perceived RAM without consuming any hard disk space or adding any hardware. RAM Doubler, priced at $99, is a system...

Applied to develop PowerPC accelerators. (Applied Engineering) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Dallas - Applied Engineering announced last month that it will provide a line of PowerPC accelerators for a variety of Macs. The company said it signed a deal with Apple to provide accelerators for the Mac LC family in the second quarter...

Newer products to boost Quadra performance levels. (Newer Technology Inc. introduces accelerators, cache memory boards for Macintosh Quadras) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Wichita, Kan. - Newer Technology this week will unveil a roster of products that boost the performance of Mac Quadras. > Quadra Overdrive, a CPU accelerator, doubles the clock speeds of the Quadra 605, 610, 700 and 900, as well as the...

Open Sesame! gets a new voice. (Charles River Analytics' Open Sesame! 1.1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Cambridge, Mass. - An upgrade to Charles River Analytics Inc.'s Open Sesame!, the $99 software that learns to do repetitive desktop tasks, will let the program's agent listen and speak. Version 1.1, to make its debut at Macworld Expo this...

Symantec DiskDoubler 4.0 gets new archiving features: compression utility adds 4 algorithms. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. - Symantec Corp. has unveiled a new version of its recently acquired DiskDoubler compression utility, offering additional data-crunching algorithms and a new interface. The new version is sold separately or as part of...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
January 3, 1994... A Dec. 13 story (Page 26) listed the wrong telephone number for Foresight Technology Inc. The correct number is (817) 731-4444. The Dec. 6 Special Report on CD-ROM publishing (Page 33) gave incorrect location and product information...

FIT makes Full Contact with linked user data. (FIT Software introduces FUll Contact information-management application)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif. - FIT Software this week will unveil Full Contact, a $169 information-management application that offers customizable "filtering" and drag-and-drop support. Due later this month, Full Contact incorporates a floating...

Cheetah PIM offers auto-linking. (Trio Development developing personal information management system) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Solana Beach, Calif. - Start-up company Trio Development is preparing to pounce on the personal information manager market with an application that offers automatic linking features. Code-named Cheetah, the program offers calendar, to-do...

Internet-in-a-Box eases net access. (Spry Inc., O'Reilly and Associates Inc. announce new Internet connectivity software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Sebastopol, Calif. - To simplify gaining access to the Internet, two vendors have teamed up to create an all-in-one-package of Internet tools and services. Internet-in-a-Box for the Macintosh is expected to ship in the second quarter of...

InColor brightens new HyperCard: gives developers drag-and-drop tools. (Heizer Software InColor)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Pleasant Hill, Calif. - Apple's HyperCard update last month spawned a series of third-party products that can help users take advantage of its new features. The first of these to hit the street is Heizer Software's InColor, which helps...

Viper Instant-Access lets users share customer info. (IT Design USA Viper Instant-Access)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Los Gatos, Calif. - A new client-server application from IT Design USA lets users at large sites quickly look up shared customer and product information. Viper Instant-Access incorporates a Macintosh desk accessory, Windows client...

Meca's Managing Your Money gets more flexibility, features: users can update portfolios on-line. (Managing Your Money 6.0)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Fairfield, Conn. - Meca Software Inc. last week shipped a new version of its Managing Your Money personal-finance program, adding a custom report creator and on-line portfolio updating. > Custom reports. Version 6 comes with MYM Report...

Marvel super-heroes save screens. (Berkeley Systems Inc. Marvel Comics Screen Saver)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Berkeley, Calif. - It's clobberin' time! Super-heroes are coming to save your screen this month, thanks to Berkeley Systems Inc. Marvel Comics Screen Posters, priced at $32.25, includes 39 still-image screen savers for the Mac. ...

Sizzling gives WordPerfect military terms. (Sizzling Software introduces database bundle for WordPerfect Dictionary)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Portsmouth, N.H. - Sizzling Software last month announced a database bundle that adds 22,000 military and computer-related words to the WordPerfect Dictionary. Milspell for WordPerfect, now shipping for $49.95, includes the Defense...

KISS exhumes MacroMaker. (Keep It Simple Software introduces Hot Keys) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Helena, Mont. - Those who lamented the death of Apple's MacroMaker, which corresponded with the introduction of System 7, will welcome its rebirth in the form of Hot Keys from Keep It Simple Software. The $29.95 utility bundles...

Atticus utilities manage RAM disks, removable media. (RAMDiskSaver; Atticus Vista)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Stamford, Conn. - Atticus Software Corp. this week will ship two new utilities, one that permits Centris, PowerBook and Quadra users to manage RAM disks created with the Memory control panel, and a second that manages removable media. >...

TruColour display card plugs into LC VRAM slot. (Harris International TruColour 16) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Vadnais Heights, Minn. - Harris International Ltd. last month shipped a 16-bit display card for LC Macs that plugs into the video-RAM slot. TruColour16, priced at $199, is a 68-pin SIMM video card that replaces the standard video SIMM on...

Research Systems prepares visualization package. (Research Systems Inc. Environment for Visualizing Imagery)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Boulder, Colo. - Research Systems Inc. is polishing up a new scientific image-processing application. Environment for Visualizing Imagery, due by March, is based on and includes the company's IDL cross-platform scientific application...

ChemIntosh upgrade eases scientific drawing. (SoftShell International Inc. ChemIntosh 3.0, extensions) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Grand Junction, Colo. - SoftShell International Inc. last month shipped updates and extensions to its ChemIntosh chemical drawing application. The products include: > ChemIntosh. Version 3.0 includes an integrated archive facility,...

CalComp ships latest 600-dpi laser. (CCL 600XF) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Anaheim, Calif. - CalComp Inc. last month shipped the CCL 600XF, the latest model in its line of 600-dpi laser printers. The $3,995 CCL 600XF - with a 20-MHz Intel processor and 16 Mbytes of on-board memory, expandable to 40 Mbytes -...

Tools Plus 2.1 offers new C, Pascal routines. (Water's Edge Software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Oakville, Ontario - Water's Edge Software has shipped an upgrade to its collection of high-level programming libraries for Symantec Corp.'s Think C and Pascal. Tools Plus Version 2.1 gives programmers a new set of routines for the...

SmalltalkAgents on the case. (Quasar Knowledge Inc. SmalltalkAgents 1.1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Bethesda, Md. - Quasar Knowledge Systems Inc. this month will ship an upgrade to its SmalltalkAgents for the Macintosh. SmalltalkAgents is an object-oriented software development environment based on a subset of the Smalltalk language....

GeoPoint lays out upgrade for BaseMap. (GeoPoint Inc. BaseMap 1.01)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - GeoPoint Inc. last month shipped an update to its map-making application, BaseMap. The program helps users create maps, calculate distances between points and plot data. Version 1.01 fixes some bugs in the initial release...

Random House ships dictionary on disc. (CD-ROM version of unabridged dictionary) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... New York - Random House Reference and Electronic Publishing has shipped the second edition of its unabridged dictionary on CD-ROM. The company claims this is the first American English dictionary on disc. The CD-ROM features more than...

GUI Dude library eases scripting and recording. (TCL EZ-Script)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Marcos, Calif. - Programmers trying to make their applications scriptable and recordable can now speed development with the use of TCL EZ-Script from GUI Dude Software. The $349 class library for Symantec Corp.'s Think C environment...

Microsoft plans NT E-mail server: core code clients talk to PowerShare. (Microsoft Corp. Enterprise Messaging Server)
January 3, 1994... Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is making moves to unite its many electronic-mail products under the banner of a Windows NT server. The forthcoming X.400-based mail engine, currently called Enterprise Messaging Server (EMS), will ship...

The other AOCE shoe to drop: PowerShare to ship at expo. (Apple PowerShare Collaboration Servers)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Cupertino, Calif. - Apple will be selling its $999 PowerShare Collaboration Servers package on the show floor at this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. PowerShare includes separate electronic-mail and catalog server applications,...

MCI Mail to show new face to Mac users. (MCI Mail Express for Macintosh) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Rye Brook, N.Y. - MCI International Inc. this month will begin beta testing its new Macintosh interface to MCI Mail. Replacing the long-abandoned Desktop Express, the $35 MCI Mail Express for Macintosh will ship during the first quarter...

Tut puts Ethernet on telephone card. (Tut Systems Inc. Silver Streak Connector)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Pleasant Hill, Calif. - Tut Systems Inc. this month will ship products to let users of Farallon Computing Inc.'s PhoneNET get on Ethernet without changing wires. Tut's $99 Silver Streak Connector plugs into an AUI (attachment unit...

Server Sentry leads Sonic spread. (new network management products) (Sonic Systems Inc.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. - At this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Sonic Systems Inc. will zoom in on network management with a trio of product announcements. Sonic is shipping Version 2.0 of Server Sentry, its AppleShare-management...

EtherWave covers PBs; Asante extends hubs. (Farallon Computer Inc. EtherWave Mac/PB, EtherWave Printer, EtherWave Newton adapters; Asante Technologies Inc. announces NetExtender Hub, AsantePrint 8)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - At Macworld Expo here Farallon Computing Inc. will ship the final pieces in its EtherWave line of daisychainable Ethernet products and Asante Technologies Inc. will introduce a new hub and a print server. > Farallon will...

Grand Junction hub merges switched, 'fast' Ethernet. (Grant Junction Networks Inc. FastSwitch 10/100)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Fremont, Calif. - Grand Junction Networks Inc. recently shipped its first hub to link standard Ethernet with high-bandwidth, 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet networking technology. FastSwitch 10/100, available now for $7,250, has 24 switched...

Digital Products servers get multiple protocols. (Digital Products NetPrint/200 print server, enhanced NetPrint/100)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Waltham, Mass. - To keep up with its competition, Digital Products Inc. last month shipped a multiple-protocol print server and began offering AppleTalk upgrades for its existing Ethernet products. Digital Products, which sells a line of...

Team ASA musters eight-port FDDI hub. (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Diego - Team ASA this month will ship an eight-port concentrator to complement its FDDI cards for the Macintosh. The $5,995 Mustang Concentrator works with up to eight single-attached Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) client...

How to get Unix and Mac working together over NFS. (Network File System) (Technical Analysis)
January 3, 1994... Sun's Network File System is an obvious choice for sites with numerous Unix servers. There's more than one way to link a Mac. And if you want to tie together Unix workstations running Network File System to Macintoshes there are three....

Asante hub handles ARA, NetWare: NetConnect-RAS supports 8 or 16 users. (Asante Technologies Inc.) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Jose, Calif. - Asante Technologies Inc., long the leading player in Mac Ethernet connectivity, is making the leap into dial-in remote access. At this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Asante is expected to announce the...

PowerMerge 2.0 ships; syncs moved files. (Leader Technologies Inc. file-synchronization software)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Newport Beach, Calif. - Leader Technologies Inc. last month shipped the long-awaited next version of its file-synchronization software. PowerMerge 2.0, priced at $129, detects and automatically reconciles folders and files that have been...

DataLink Cellular to let PB users go wireless without external box. (Applied Engineering announces new internal cellular modem for Macintosh PowerBook notebook computers)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Dallas - Applied Engineering next month plans to deliver a PowerBook internal modem that connects to Motorola Inc.'s cellular phones. DataLink Cellular, which will sell for less than $600, will be on display at Macworld Expo in San...

Newer launches PB Ethernet MicroDock, Newton RAM cards. (Newer Technology Inc. docking station for PowerBook Duos, Memory cards for Apple Newton personal digital assistant)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Wichita, Kan. - Newer Technology this week is set to unveil at Macworld Expo in San Francisco a PowerBook Duo Ethernet dock and high-capacity flash RAM cards for the Newton MessagePad. The $225 Ethernet MicroDock, due to ship next week,...

TeamAgenda to come to the Newton. (MacVONK Inc. TeamAgenda 1.6)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Calgary, Alberta - TeamAgenda users will be able to view their schedules on a Newton when MacVONK Inc. releases an update to the product later this month. Version 1.6 of the client-server group-scheduling application will come with a...

Zoomer is full of sound and fury, signifying little. (Casio Zoomer personal digital assistant) (Moving Target) (Column)
January 3, 1994... I live in a neighborhood where Christmas lights are judged in good taste as long as the bulbs are all one color. Never mind that the lights are draped over an electric Elvis wearing a red Santa cap, white sequined jumper and playing "Jingle...

Solar cell lends power to the MessagePad. (Keep It Simple Software introduces SunPack)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Helena, Mont. - Keep It Simple Software will encourage Newton users to work on their tans when it ships this quarter a carrying case with a solar cell that charges the MessagePad. The company last month unveiled SunPack, which, under...

InfoNow adds mobile info library to the Newton. (Avail Technology Inc. InfoNow map database for Apple Newton MessagePad)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. - Avail Technology Inc. this month will ship a handy library of mobile information for the Newton. InfoNow includes time-zone maps, data on major cities, NewtonMail access numbers, area and country codes, commonly used...

Persuasion 3 gets objects moving: new version will offer hyperlinks. (upgrade of Aldus Persuasion presentation software) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Seattle - Aldus Persuasion presentations will get animated with an upgrade that adds new charting, animation and hyperlink capabilities to the program. Aldus Corp. reportedly will announce Persuasion 3.0 this week and ship it for $495 in...

Fractal dabbles in 16-bit color. (Fractal Design Corp. Fractal Dabbler)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Aptos, Calif. - Users will be able to try their hands at natural media with a 16-bit-color painting program from Fractal Design Corp. Fractal's Dabbler, due to ship for $99 later this quarter, incorporates many of the basic tools of the...

Tektronix ships faster Phaser. (Phaser 300i color ink-jet printer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Wilsonville, Ore. - Tektronix Inc. this week will release the Phaser 300i, the latest member of its phase-change color inkjet printer line. Instead of liquid inks, the $9,995 Adobe PostScript Level 2 printer uses solid-ink sticks, which...

Motion Works to release box of QuickTime multimedia tools. (Motion Works USA)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - Motion Works USA next month will release a package of six tools for creating and manipulating movies, graphics and audio. Motion Works Multimedia Utilities will be priced at $199 through February, and $249 thereafter. A...

Pixar packs new Typestry with better Looks, building styles. (Typestry 2.0 three-dimensional type-rendering program)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Richmond, Calif. - Pixar this week will add a wealth of new effects to Typestry when it ships Version 2.0 of the 3-D type-rendering program. New features of Typestry 2.0 include: > Looks. The upgrade incorporates a Looks editor...

Axion preps affordable camera, video-capture system. (Axion iMovie, iSpy multimedia bundles)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Sunnyvale, Calif. - Axion last month announced a new suite of low-cost video-capture and multimedia products. The iSpy multimedia bundle, due later this month for $799, includes: > iMovie, Axion's video and audio capture board,...

Specular cultivating TextureScape app. (Specular International Ltd.)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 3, 1994... Amherst, Mass. - Textures will take on new dimensions with Specular TextureScape, which makes its debut this week at Macworld Expo. Specular International Ltd. said it will ship TextureScape by March for less than $250. The program will...

Donnelley's color solutions aren't just black and white. (R.R. Donnelly and Sons) (Case Study)
January 3, 1994... A look at how a major printer tackles the varied problems of color pre-press and printing. When it comes to issues of printing and color pre-press, R.R. Donnelley and Sons is a seasoned veteran. The Chicago-based company happens to...

Graduate student turns in All-Star performance on the Quadra. (Screen Test) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Baltimore, Md. - This summer, Baltimore Sun intern Gary Rosenzweig created The All-Star Special Computer Edition, a multimedia presentation of the 1993 major-league All-Star baseball game. The two-disk program, which was advertised in the...

Intel drops Pentium prices, rolls ad blitz in fight against PowerPC.
January 3, 1994... Santa Clara, Calif. - Intel Corp., which led the world in semiconductor sales last year, intends to aggressively protect its core CPU business from the PowerPC by dropping its chip prices and challenging Apple head-on with an advertising...

Farallon to protect PhoneNET turf: calls on 16 vendors to halt clone imports.
January 3, 1994... Alameda, Calif. - Farallon Computing Inc. is calling on more than a dozen vendors to stop importing what it claims are illegal clones of its PhoneNET connector. Following a complaint by Farallon, the Washington-based International Trade...

SPA mulls software games rating system. (Software Publishers Association) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - Recent actions in the U. S. Senate have Software Publishing Association members considering the development of a ratings system for computer games before lawmakers impose guidelines. Many developers fear the threat of...

Net users to get service, support via mail order. (vendors to sell networking products through direct channels) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... San Francisco - In a move to convince users it's safe - even desirable - to buy networking products from them, two mail-order vendors are gearing up new service and support programs. Focus Enhancements Inc. of Woburn, Mass., and Inmac...

IBM stays on top of world market. (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... San Jose, Calif. - Apple may have increased its market share by 0.4 percent last year, but IBM Corp. kept its place at the top of the heap in the worldwide computer market, according to estimates by Dataquest Inc. IBM, based in Armonk,...

Network giant Novell posts $35 million loss. (Novell Inc.) (Brief Article)
January 3, 1994... Provo, Utah - Novell Inc., hobbled by a $322 million write-off, reported a $35 million loss for its fiscal year 1993 ended Oct. 30. The networking giant, which reported net income of $249 million during fiscal year 1992, blamed the loss...

Don't look back. (future of Macintosh) (Editorial)
January 3, 1994... On the eve of the Macintosh's 10th birthday, users don't want to hear about what the computer has helped us achieve but rather what we will achieve with it in the next decade. But it's fun to look back; the past 10 years have been filled...

Newton modules offer preview of OpenDoc age. (The Second Decade) (Column)
January 3, 1994... First, a note of clarification on last month's column about Newton handwriting recognition. Reader Lee Busch wrote to say that a solution to the problem I raised - the MessagePad's poor accuracy with nondictionary words such as personal,...

One decade later: Is the Mac the backwater of computing? (The Mac Manager) (Column)
January 3, 1994... Ten years ago, Apple had the audacity, the daring, the chutzpah, to change the nature of personal computing. It came down firmly on the side of personal rather than on the side of computing. That first 128K Mac was designed, marketed and...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
January 3, 1994... Efforts to 'Windowize' Mac makes reader want to cry I completely disagree with the premise expressed in the editorial "Give Microsoft some credit" (MacWEEK, Nov. 29, 1993, Page 42). Give thanks to Microsoft Corp. for Windowizing the...

State of Mac management. (survey of large corporate sites)(Special Report)
January 3, 1994... Managers face constant product evaluations, more maintenance and the promise of PowerPC Judging from the results of the 1994 State of Mac Management survey, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Last year the survey...

Recessionary budgets opt for equipment over staff expenditures: despite purchasing trend, managers remain cautious. (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 3, 1994... Today forecasters point to numbers and graphs as proof that the U.S. economy is on the mend. They might also consider Macintosh managers as another positive, albeit cautious, indicator. Seventy-two percent of those polled in the latest...

PowerPC: Managers cautious about move to the new platform: first-generation jitters temper desire for improved performance. (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 3, 1994... Mac managers are champing at the bit for a machine like the PowerPC. But when faced with putting their mission-critical applications on this unproven platform, their zeal gives way to a sober strategy -it's best to wait for the first...

Wake me when it gets exciting. (PowerPC Macintosh systems) (Special Report: State of Mac Management)(Guest Editorial) (Column)
January 3, 1994... I told Santa that all I wanted for Christmas were no surprises and a year when every business decision I make is clever, cheap and correct. I'd settle for a day without a server failure. A little boredom would be perfect. So who...

Cross-platform software requirements rising: managers want programs that read, write across platforms. (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 3, 1994... It's a mixed-platform world. No one knows that better than Mac managers, who said overwhelmingly that they require software and hardware solutions that talk to the bigger, bluer PC world. Of the Mac managers surveyed, 67 percent said...

In-house development widespread; networking, doc management top list: companies are adding to, designing their own software. (Special Report: State of Mac Management)(includes related article on scripting )
January 3, 1994... The Mac continues to be the source of interesting developments at corporate sites, with three out of five of Mac managers surveyed saying that they are personally involved in some form of software development. Seventy-seven percent of the...

A multitude of PowerPC OSes will grow from a unified past. (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... The Mac's operating system is a saga of increasing complexity and accelerating drama. The frequently repeated history of the Mac operating system -starting in Xerox Corp.'s Palo Alto Research Center and with Apple's Lisa - often...

Desperately seeking the Mac Finder. (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... You're trapped in a room with someone. The two of you must write the filing system for your company's new computer. You have six months to finish and less than 50 Kbytes of memory to work with. Mac Finder authors Steve Capps and Bruce...

No longer 'toys,' future Macs will span spectrum. (Special Report: Decade in Review)(includes related articles on Apple Lisa, internal design of original Mac)
January 3, 1994... What was true of the Mac 10 years ago will be true of the Mac a decade from now: It's a Macintosh. If you like to mix metaphors, you could say that the past 10 years have been a long and winding, albeit rocky, road for Apple, while the...

AppleTalk: old protocol poised for speed, mobility. (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... Macintosh networking has not gotten much respect over the years, even though AppleTalk has enjoyed more market penetration than the Mac has, percentagewise. The best evidence of Apple's success is that a majority of Macs are connected to...

PowerPC to boost color publishing. (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... Photoshop, Painter, Live Picture will all benefit greatly from the PowerPC. The Mac turned the typesetting world upside down. Now PowerPC is poised to do the same for color publishing. Look back Proponents of Apple's...

Productivity apps brought Macs to work. (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... Look at any list of top-selling software for any year and one category always dominates: productivity. Word processors, spreadsheets and databases have been mainstays since the first personal computers and are the key reasons why...

Look back. (history of Apple Macintosh) (Special Report: Decade in Review)
January 3, 1994... The Macintosh has been Apple's constant ever since Steve Jobs flipped the switch on the first Mac 10 years ago, and it is surprising to see how little the box has changed since then. The processor has gotten faster and more powerful; color...