MacWEEK articles from January 1995

MacWEEK archives from January 1995

Mac licensing takes shape: AIM troika forging new hardware pltaform. (Apple, IBM and Motorola working on new hardware reference platform standard)
January 2, 1995... The PowerPC partners are still hammering out technical details of their joint standard for computers, but Mac users can look forward to an easy transition when the new systems arrive on the market in 1996. Systems that comply with the hardware...

Apple's Copland OS slips to '96 to include hardware abstraction.
January 2, 1995... Apple joined rival Microsoft Corp. in ending the year with the revelation that it is delaying the release of the next major revision of its operating system. Copland, as the OS is known, is now expected to ship in mid-1996, not in the middle of...

PowerPC puts Mac back on track: but Windows holds edge in business sites. (Competitive Analysis)
January 2, 1995... Apple's successful transition to the PowerPC and its belt-tightening tactics are beginning to pay competitive dividends. The latest round of Mac desktop business machines match up well with Intel-standard PCs, both in price and performance....

No strings on Moto Newton. (Motorola Inc personal communicator based on Apple Newton operating system) (First Look) (Hardware Review) (Evaluation)
January 2, 1995... When former Apple CEO John Sculley first talked about Newton, he really meant to say Marco. Marco is Motorola Inc.'s two-way wireless communicator based on the Newton operating system. In a MacWEEK exclusive, we reviewed a pre-release version...

Radius signs deal; Apple clone plans moving forward. (Mac Licensing Takes Shape) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... According to Apple executives, 1995 will indeed be the year of the Macintosh clone, with the first ones shipping in the United States as early as the first half of 1995. According to sources, that clone will likely come from Radius Inc. "To...

Apple unveils mobile messaging. (new Apple paging service) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Company launches new paging service Apple this week will debut a cross-platform PCMCIA-based paging solution and its own national paging network. The Apple Mobile Message System is a complete in-one-box package that includes a PCMCIA...

Taken with a grain of salt. (results of survey of Macintosh managers) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
January 2, 1995... Every year we poll our readers on the issues facing them. The survey, the State of Mac Management, is in this issue and it's full of interesting facts. One fact in particular stands out this year: Two-thirds of Mac managers say they don't see...

Radius to debut digital video editor: interface mimics analog-type system. (Radius Inc announces Radius Edit) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Radius Inc. is going after the high-end digital video market with a new software video editor featuring an interface familiar to video professionals. Radius Edit, which was developed by the company's VideoFusion subsidiary, is slated to debut...

Apple sows seeds for first clones; CD-ROM player set for this year. (home multimedia machine) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Finally -- a Mac that really is a toy. Apple in December announced that the first official Mac clone will be a home multimedia CD-ROM player called Pippin. The product, expected to debut late this year, will use a runtime version of the Mac...

E-mail system melds services. (Fog City Software Inc Emailer)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Staying afloat in a sea of e-mail can challenge any user, but figuring out how to get a piece of mail to MCI when only CompuServe is available can make the most savvy user's head spin. At this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Fog City...

SAS jumps into enterprise-statistics market for Mac. (SAS Institute Inc introduces SAS System for Macintosh) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... SAS Institute Inc. this week is slated to chalk up a Macintosh version of SAS System, the company's suite of enterprise information products. The company said it expects to release the software in the second quarter of this year. The SAS...

MicroNet casts more storage upon Macworld waters. (MicroNet Technology Inc offers new RAID arrays, CD-Recordable drives) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Users trawling for storage will land a big catch at this week's Macworld Expo when MicroNet Technology Inc. launches a variety of arrays and multiple-mechanism drives. > RAID. MicroNet will expand its RAID (redundant array of inexpensive...

Umax to expand line of 24-bit color scanners. (Umax Technologies announces Vista-S8, VistaScan color flatbed scanner) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Umax Technologies Inc. this week is slated to extend the horizons of its 24-bit-color flatbed line at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The Vista-S8 is a CCD (charge-coupled device)-based scanner that captures 800-by-400-dpi optical resolution in...

For the record. (Correction Notice)
January 2, 1995... Contrary to a Dec. 12 story on Purup Prepress America Inc.'s PhotoImpress (Page 24), the software can handle a 72-Mbyte Pro Photo CD image. Also, Purup's software is distributed separately from its imagesetter systems by Display Technologies...

Color Scribe brightens CD-R media. (Craig Associates International's new color ink jet printer can add graphics and text to CD-R disks) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Craig Associates International recently shipped Color Scribe 6000, a $2,995 color inkjet printer that puts a new face on CD-Recordable media. Based on a 360-dpi Canon engine, the printer uses a special input caddy to hold printable CD-R media....

Trillium hones Remus RAID software packs. (Trillium Research Inc Remus 1.3, Remus Limited 1.3) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Trillium Research Inc. this week announced upgrades to its Remus and Remus Limited software designed to let users tune into high-frequency RAID I/O. Thanks to new controls for adjusting individual drive parameters, Version 1.3 of both packages...

Show picks: Macworld exposed. (products to be introduced at 1995 trade show)(includes related article on new Power Mac configurations) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... The drought appears to be over in the Macintosh industry. This year's first Macworld Expo will be an uncontrived Power Mac showcase: Third-party vendors will be rolling out products, while Apple will be bumping up the speed and capacity of its...

1995 is Mac's Fast Ethernet year; Asante strikes first with 100BASE T. (Asante Technologies developing 100Mbps networking devices for Macintosh)
January 2, 1995... Asante Technologies Inc. has announced its plans for this year, and the focus is speed. The company will offer Fast Ethernet hubs and PCI cards plus a hub that ties one 10-Mbps port to several 100-Mbps ones. And, in a more traditional vein,...

Farallon prepares NuBus, PCI cards. (1995 Is Mac's Fast Ethernet Year) (Farallon Computing developing 10 100BASE NuBus and PCI cards)
January 2, 1995... It's a race: Farallon Computing Inc. this week will announce its 1995 plans for NuBus and PCI cards, a workgroup hub, and bridges --all for Fast Ethernet. Farallon this spring will first offer a 10/100BASE T NuBus card, which the company said...

Cheyenne's ARCserve backups run at double speed in PPC Version 1.5. (Cheyenne Software Inc to ship free 1.5 upgrade to ARCserve) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Cheyenne Software Inc. this week plans to ship a free upgrade to ARCserve, its cross-platform backup program, that runs native on Power Macs. Aiming to chip away at the market share of Dantz Development Corp.'s Retrospect family, ARCserve 1.5...

MacTCP 2.0.6 trades features for domain-name compatibility. (Apple upgrades its MacTCP network software) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... MacTCP users are discovering that what Apple giveth, Apple may taketh away. The recently released MacTCP 2.0.6 conforms more strictly to Internet specifications, Apple said, and offers less functionality than previous versions as a result....

Butler goes native; enterprise suite expanded. (EveryWare Development Corp Butler 1.5 relational database server) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... EveryWare Development Corp. is going to be busy this winter. At this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, EveryWare will release a Power Macintosh version of Butler, its relational database server. Later this month, the company plans to add...

cc:Mail sidegrades. (Lotus offers cc:Mail at low prices to users of competing products) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Lotus Development Corp., eager to lure customers to its cc:Mail mail system, is offering users of competing programs a 50 percent discount off retail to switch. The savings amount to about $56 per user for sites running Microsoft Mail or CE...

C&G ships Snap. (Casady & Greene Inc introduces Snap Mail 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Casady & Greene Inc. of Salinas, Calif., will ship its peer-to-peer e-mail system, Snap Mail 2.0, at Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week. Client packs start at $200 for five users; upgrades start at $30 for a five-user pack. Phone (408)...

FirstClass lists delivered. (Online Solutions ships FCMirror add-on for SoftArc's FirstClass BBS software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Alexandria, Va.-based Online Solutions, a division of Computer Services Group Inc., this month shipped the $139 FCMirror, which adds Unix-like mirroring and mailing list functions to SoftArc Inc.'s FirstClass. The company also released the $99...

VAX switch speeds up. (Alisa Systems Inc's new Alisa Mail 5.0 digital VAX-based E-mail switch) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Alisa Systems Inc. this month will deliver AlisaMail 5.0, a speedier version of its Digital VAX-based e-mail switch that exchanges messages and synchronizes directories among Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk and PC Networks, QuickMail and cc:Mail....

DG pledges to GroupWise. (Data General Corp's Message Server Pack for AViiON, SMTP Gateway for AViiON to work with Novell Inc GroupWise 4.1) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Data General Corp. of Westboro, Mass., expanded the Unix server and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) options for Novell Inc.'s GroupWise 4.1 (formerly WordPerfect Office). Available now, Data General's Message Server Pack for AViiON and...

Collabra in GroupWise bundle. (Collabra Software Inc to add conferencing capabilities to Novell Inc's GroupWise workgroup software) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Collabra Software Inc. said it will add conferencing capabilities to Novell's GroupWise this year. An introductory version of Collabra Share for GroupWise will be bundled with the messaging system, while a more feature-rich version will be sold...

Newton deployment goes vertical as apps increase. (Mobile Computing Extra)
January 2, 1995... Weeks after the debut of the Newton MessagePad, analysts disappointed with its handwriting recognition left Apple's PDA for dead. But that diagnosis may have been premature. Users in many different vertical markets -- ranging from medical...

PowerBook 150: back from the dead. (tips for repairing minor problem in Apple portable computer) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... In December MacWEEK reported that some PowerBook 150s were failing to turn on from AC or battery power. This month we offer a fix. The problem occurs in units both fresh out of the box and those that have been in use for a few weeks (see...

PCMCIA cards speeding to PB 500; Mac modem cards hitting 28.8 Kbps. (includes related article on Apple's Berlin PCMCIA standard) ( numerous vendors introducing products) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Owners of 500-series PowerBooks have been dealt into a fast card game now that vendors are rushing to fill the notebook's expansion module with V.34 PCMCIA fax modems. Based on the International Telecommunications Union's high-speed standard,...

Shiva to deliver 128-port server. (LanRover Stack communications server) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Corporate sites looking for centralized, large-scale remote access can now rack up to 128 ports at once. Shiva Corp.'s LanRover/Stack is a rackmountable multiport remote access server system available in 32-, 64- and 128-port configurations....

Newton Mosaic client rolled out; Web access put in users' hands. (AllPen Software Inc adds software for World Wide Web access) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Newton Mosaic may sound like an oxymoron, but for companies looking to put World-Wide Web access into the palm of their users' hands, AllPen Software Inc. has made this particular contradiction in terms a reality. The company has developed a...

BTI introduces longer-lasting external batteries. (Battery Technology Inc) (SlimPack 6x) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... This week at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Battery Technology Inc. will ship the SlimPack external battery for PowerBook 500s and an improved line of SlimPacks for the Duo and 100 series. The SlimPack 6X, BTI's latest line of external...

Dayna readies PCMCIA wireless Newton LAN. (Dayna Communications Inc) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... This week at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Dayna Communications Inc. will demonstrate the first PCMCIA-based wireless LAN solution for the Newton platform. The LAN transceiver will use Xircom Inc.'s NetWave spread-spectrum, frequency-hopping...

PowerForms 1.0. (Newton Reviews)(Evaluation of Sestra Apple software for Newton PDA) (Software Review) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... PowerForms is not the first program that lets you build custom data-entry software for the Newton, but judging by the pre-release version we examined, it appears certain to jump to the head of the pack. Developed by Sestra Inc. and slated to...

Notion List Manager 1.1. (Newton Reviews)(Evaluation of Eidetic's software for Apple's Newton PDA) (Software Review) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Overall value: 4 When Eidetic Inc. introduced Notion List Manager in March, it made Newton's woefully inflexible resident To Do list obsolete. A new version of the $59 application, Notion 1.1, adds considerable functionality to the original,...

Graffiti 1.0. (Newton Reviews)(Evaluation of Palm Computing's hand-writing recognition software for Apple's Newton PDA) (Software Review) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Overall value: 4 Handwriting recognition has been the bane of Newton users since the product's introduction. Palm Computing Inc. hopes to change that with its impressive $79 Graffiti, a letter-by-letter recognition system that offers Newton...

FilePad 1.0. (Newton Reviews)(Evaluation of HealthCare Communications' flat-file database management system for Apple's Newton PDA) (Software Review) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Overall value: 3 Newton users can create custom databases with FilePad, a flat-file database-management system from HealthCare Communications Inc. The $119 program offers Newton owners the chance to create custom vertical-market systems at a...

FreeHand opens up in Version 5.0. (Macromedia Inc's illustration software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Now accepts add-ons, does spell checking After bouncing from Aldus Corp. to Adobe Systems Inc., back to Altsys Corp. and now to Macromedia Inc., FreeHand has made one more leap -- into a major upgrade in time for Macworld Expo in San Francisco...

RasterOps, Truevision to roll out digital video board, accelerators. (RasterOps PaintBoard Prism, PaintBoard Prism GT; Truevision Targa 2000) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Targa 2000 outputs PAL, NTSC video RasterOps Corp. and its subsidiary Truevision this month plan to roll out a new high-end digital video board and a pair of graphics accelerators for the Macintosh. Truevision, a major player in digital...

Thunder IV DSP graphics boards accelerate QuickDraw at high res. (Radius Inc, SuperMac Technology Inc introduce new high-end graphics accelerators) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... The first joint development effort by Radius Inc. and SuperMac Technology Inc. has spawned a new line of Radius Thunder graphics cards, slated to ship this week at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Replacing Radius' Le Mans GT and SuperMac...

Scitex breaks out with MaskCutter PS. (Scitex America's high performance masking software) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Loosening the ties to a proprietary system, Scitex America Corp. this week will announce its first stand-alone application, MaskCutter PS. The high-performance masking software is expected to ship in March for $850. Although most applications...

The year in review. (1994 computer industry developments from the Macintosh perspective) (includes glossary of terms and related article on dubious achievement awards) (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 2, 1995... While the leap into RISC-based systems was a dramatic way to start the Macintosh's second decade, 1994 also laid the groundwork for a dynamic '95. For CPUs, that will mean redesigned Power Macs, while the OS they will eventually run could usher...

Now Up-to-Date 3.0 is now part of the group. (Now Software's PIM) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
January 2, 1995... Score Card: Now Up-to-Date Now Software Inc. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $69* Overall value: 4 With Version 3, Now Software not only reinforces Up-to-Date's position as one of the best personal timekeepers available for...

Now Contact 3.0 makes network connection. (Now Software's contact manager) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
January 2, 1995... Score Card: Now Contact Now Software Inc. Version tested: 3.0 List price: $69* Overall value: 4 Featuring an abundance of interface enhancements and new network sharing capabilities, Now Contact 3 has become an impressively...

WordPerfect 3.1. (Software Review) (Evaluation)
January 2, 1995... Intuitive, Mac-like word processor gets better with doc interchange Overall value: 4 WordPerfect, the Novell Applications Group, was first out of the PowerPC gate with a native word processor -- WordPerfect 3.0. In the absence of any...

DayStar Turbo 601 powers IIci. (DayStar Digital's Power Macintosh upgrade card) (Evaluation) (Hardware Review) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Macintosh IIci users, your wait for Power Mac performance is nearly over. DayStar Digital Inc.'s Turbo 601, a $1,199 66-MHz Power Mac upgrade that uses genuine Power Mac ROMs, is due to ship this month. It is initially for the IIci only. Like...

The year in reviews. (index to MacWEEK reviews for 1994)
January 2, 1995... Here is a list of all products reviewed in MacWEEK in 1994, together with each review's publication date. Dates in bold indicate that the product was included in a comparative review; an asterisk indicates a First Look at a beta version of the...

Power Macs get down to better business applications.
January 2, 1995... IS managers are making the switch to RISC machines now that they are at home in the office. As Power Macs approach their first year in the mainstream, many graphic designers, videographers and animators swear by the high-powered machines. But...

Elegance is essential in Mac's critical 1995. (MacInTouch) (Column)
January 2, 1995... The Mac has lost a lot of its original charm as it has grown older, and Apple needs to get it back. We examine some examples of uncharming behavior. I have a New Year's resolution for Apple: Bring elegance back to the Mac in 1995. Do it with...

Garbage in product field. (question-and-answer) (Ask David Ramsey) (Column)
January 2, 1995... Q. Using SCSI Probe to check out my system recently, I noticed the product field for the Mac CPU (ID 7) contained garbage. Is this something to worry about? A. Nah. SCSI Probe fills in that field with the name of the computer as entered in the...

Ardis wireless radio delivers Newton mail. (Motorola's wireless two-way communications network) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... You've probably heard the knocks on two-way wireless radio -- that it's too expensive and provides too little coverage. However, what you don't know might surprise you. Motorola Inc.'s Ardis is a packet-based, store-and-forward two-way...

8100 80 SIMM bug bumped off. (Power Macintosh memory module) (Mac the Knife) (Column)
January 2, 1995... StockWatch 12.20.94 Weekly % close change Apple 38.50 1.65 MacWEEK Composite ...

Lasergraphics puts film on desktop: Personal LFR Plus cuts imaging time. (new film recorder) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Users can slide into desktop imaging as Lasergraphics Inc. this week introduced the Personal/LFR Plus, its new entry-level 4,000-line film recorder with a Power Macintosh driver. With the same $5,995 price as Lasergraphics' previous low-end...

TransJammer simplifies transitions. (Elastic Reality TransJammer video-editing utility) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Transitions -- moving from one video clip to another -- may now be a breeze with TransJammer, a new application from Elastic Reality Inc. Shipping for $149.95 at Macworld Expo this week, TransJammer offers a collection of 100 transitional...

Director goes Power Mac native with 4.0. (Macromedia's Director 4.0 multimedia authoring package) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Director 4.0 has gone native. This week at Macworld Expo, Macromedia Inc. will release a version of its authoring software that lets users author in native mode on Power Macs. The fat-binary Director 4.0 offers multimedia authors the option...

Convolver cooks up Photoshop plug-ins. (HSC Software's KPT Convolver) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 2, 1995... Users with a yen to whip up a batch of Adobe Photoshop filters have a new tool to help: KPT Convolver from HSC Software. Available now for $199 for both 680x0-based Macs and Power Macs, Convolver is itself a Photoshop plug-in. It provides a 3-D...

Charges of overbilling tarnish IE's reputation. (Intelligent Electronics reseller) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Industry observers expect vendors to keep a closer eye on their promotional budgets following allegations that one of the nation's largest distributors overbilled its customers by millions of dollars. Intelligent Electronics Inc. in December...

Windows apps lead third-quarter surge. (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... Macintosh software sales were steady but Windows continued to dominate the North American market, according to the Software Publishers Association. Third-quarter Mac sales mirrored the industry average, climbing 17 percent, to $316 million...

Moody's downgrades Apple's credit rating. (Moody's Investment Services long-term debt rating) (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... A prominent credit agency last month downgraded its rating on Apple's long-term debt, saying the company's future is clouded by Windows. The decision by New York-based Moody's Investment Services Inc. could raise Apple's borrowing costs...

Apple is hiring for 800 jobs. (Brief Article)
January 2, 1995... After several years of trimming its ranks to cut costs, Apple plans to add 800 jobs this year. Apple spokeswoman Lynn Lawler said the hirings -- most of them in manufacturing -- are necessary for the company to keep pace with strong demand for...

Pentium bug hits Intel; Power Mac sales surge; Intel's PR nightmare may pay off for Apple.
January 2, 1995... Despite spending millions of dollars developing and promoting Pentium, a swirl of negative publicity about a flaw in the chip has created a public relations nightmare for Intel Corp. and a rare marketing opportunity for Apple. While Intel...

Off the wire.
January 2, 1995... General Magic Inc., which is on the verge of pulling an initial public offering out of its hat, is embroiled in a dispute with its biggest investor, Apple. The fight centers on whether General Magic will start selling Magic Cap software for...

Happy New Year. (forecast for 1995 for Apple) (Editorial)
January 2, 1995... All indicators point to a pretty good 1995 for Macintosh buyers. Leading the rosy scenario is Apple's best ever fiscal-year revenue in 1994. Given that the company spends roughly 6 percent of its sales on R&D, that means a bigger investment in...

Forget Copland on 680x0, Apple; focus on future. (next-generation operating system plans stalled for Macintosh platform, proceeds in Power Mac arena) (The Second Decade) (Column)
January 2, 1995... Copland on 680x0? No way, I say -- no matter how loud some owners of older Macs may scream. Officially, as of this writing, Apple has made no commitment as to whether it will deliver its next-generation operating system for all Macs or only...

Letters. (Letter to the Editor)
January 2, 1995... The big story is Intel, stupid You, you, eeee-diots! I read the MacWEEK headlines. Where do you mention the hottest news of the year? NOWHERE! Intel Corp. ships 4 million faulty processors and will continue to do so well into 1995, and all you...

It's a wonderful Mac life because Apple was born. (The Mac Manager) (Column)
January 2, 1995... What would the world be like if Apple had never been born? Would we be better off? Remember George Bailey, hero of director Frank Capra's movie "It's a Wonderful Life"? George wished that he'd never been born. Let's suppose we've been given a...

State of Mac management: annual survey finds managers took RISC. (includes related article on survey methods)
January 2, 1995... The Power Macintosh takes center stage, System 7.5 is finding a corporate home, the Internet is in widespread use, and some managers have concerns about Windows 95, according to the findings from MacWEEK's latest State of Mac Management survey....

Power Mac takes its place as the next logical step. (user survey) (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 2, 1995... Managers pleased with trials; most plan to buy this year In less than a year, the Power Macintosh has transformed itself from a great unknown into the logical next step at most large sites. According to MacWEEK's 1995 State of Mac Management...

Mac managers test 7.5, weigh benefits carefully. (System 7.5 operating system upgrade) (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 2, 1995... New features earn approval, but Copland, price give pause Despite the grab bag of extensions and utilities offered by System 7.5, not the least of which are QuickTime 2.0, QuickDraw GX, AppleScript, PowerTalk and the Apple Guide smart help...

It's not too late to bet on the Macintosh OS; consistent interfaces make it better gamble than Windows 95. (Guest Editorial) (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 2, 1995... On my first pilgrimage to the Las Vegas Comdex recently, I walked into the MGM Grand and beheld the casino. Thousands of clanging slot machines -- glorified microcomputers -- were waiting to be conquered. Joining the ranks of the morally...

Custom applications developed in-house: managers enhance software and create own from scratch. (Special Report: State of Mac Management)
January 2, 1995... For Mac managers who need custom applications to run their businesses, there's no shortage of options -- from creating automated lights-out applications with AppleScript to implementing sophisticated client-server applications that preserve...

'96 PowerBooks to launch raft of radical new features.
January 9, 1995... Apple's future laptops will "have longer life cycles and take more innovative steps with each [new model]," said Brodie Keast, vice president of Apple's PowerBook division, at last week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. While the upcoming line of...

Clones to swim mail-order channel. (Power Computing to market machines via mail-order)
January 9, 1995... When Power Computing Corp. delivers its first Mac clones in March, the machines will literally be in the mail. Sources said the clone maker last week held informal talks with MacWarehouse, MacConnection and other prominent mail-order catalog...

Mac impersonators' big debut: Power Computing, Radius show clones. (Radius' VideoVision Workstation digital-editing system) (Power Computing to market clones)
January 9, 1995... Power Computing, Radius show clones Last week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco served as the coming-out party for two trailblazers in the Mac cloning business. Power Computing Corp. will take the low road and focus on inexpensive alternatives...

Cyber-rooms, rain and 'The Net': a slice of expo life. (Macworld Expo 1995)
January 9, 1995... San Francisco -- Attendees at last week's Macworld Expo here, calm in the knowledge that Microsoft Corp. was not buying the Roman Catholic Church, perhaps paused before the large and mysterious Cathedral Software booth cordoned off with scary...

DTP, Macs enter new era as PCs challenge the standard.
January 9, 1995... Graphics applications have traditionally been the Mac's stronghold. A more graphics-friendly Windows and more powerful Intel processors may have begun to eat into that edge. This series, which will run over the next few months, will examine the...

FileMaker to become relational: version 3.0 to add one-to-many links. (Claris) (Brief Article)
January 9, 1995... Version 3.0 to add one-to-many links Claris Corp.'s FileMaker Pro, longtime leader among the Mac-based flat-file databases, will roll into new territory this year when it gains relational functions. FileMaker Pro 3.0 for Mac and Windows,...

Xante debuts fast, high-resolution Accel-a-Writer printer. (Accel-a-Writer 812 laser printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 9, 1995... Xante Corp. last week delivered a fast, high-resolution laser printer at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The Accel-a-Writer 812, which starts at $3,495, is based on a Canon LBP-EX engine that prints pages up to legal size. It can output eight...

Ever get the feeling of deja vu? (Mac clones) (MacWEEK Insider) (Column)
January 9, 1995... Those of you who have been following this column probably won't be surprised to hear that I'm a die-hard Monty Python fan. In addition to appealing to a highly developed appreciation for silliness, it's amazing how often a Monty Python skit will...

Microsoft Project 4 for Mac due Q1. (Brief Article)
January 9, 1995... Update won't have e-mail collaboration Microsoft Corp. last week announced an upgrade to Project for the Mac, adding the ease-of-use and interface features from Word and Excel but excluding the e-mail collaboration capabilities found in its...

ON Technology opens Windows to Instant Update. (Meeting Maker XP 2.5 networked scheduler and Instant Update XP 2.0 conferencing software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
January 9, 1995... ON Technology Corp. last week bolstered its group scheduler and document conferencing software packages with new end-user features and Windows support. Available now, the Meeting Maker XP 2.5 networked scheduler and Instant Update XP 2.0...

Graphisoft lets ArchiCAD users rent design program by the hour. (Graphisoft USA's new distribution method for CAD application) (Brief Article)
January 9, 1995... A new distribution scheme from Graphisoft U.S. Inc. makes using the company's ArchiCAD architecture design application more like taking a taxi and less like buying a car. The program, which moved into its second phase at last week's Macworld...