[MyAppleMenu] Feb 20, 2001

[applesurf at myapplemenu.com]

MyAppleMenu Newsletter

== AppleSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Apple Power Mac G4 (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/products/hardware/story/0,2000010420,20204781,00.htm>
When the G4 was tested against the P4 processor, the G4 proved to be 30% faster. It has since been established however that it’s not an accurate measure, as the P4 chip still has a few speed problems that still need to be rectified.

Apple Ships 733 MHz PowerMacs With SuperDrives, Right On Time! (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/02/19.13.shtml>
Hopefully, this machine will fly out the door to meet pent up demand for much faster Macs that has been stymied so far due to the 15 months in which 500 MHz was the de facto ceiling.

== AppleSurf (News) ===============

Apple Will Launch New Kit In Tokyo - Exec (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/17053.html>
Apple will announce new products this week at MacWorld Expo Tokyo, the company's European Education Director, Brendan O'Sullivan, has admitted.

PowerBook G4 Has DVD-ROM Flaw (Macworld)
<http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/top_news_item.cfm?NewsID=2511>
Some Titanium G4 PowerBooks have been suffering from misaligned DVD-ROM drives, according to online reports.

Wanted: Better Flash Design (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/02/18/0219macromedia.html>

Apple Ships 733 MHz PowerMacs With SuperDrives, Right On Time! (The Mac Observer)
<http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/02/19.13.shtml>
Hopefully, this machine will fly out the door to meet pent up demand for much faster Macs that has been stymied so far due to the 15 months in which 500 MHz was the de facto ceiling.

Apple Germany Gets New CEO (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=3553>

BTO PowerBook G4s Begin Shipping (MacNN)
<http://www.macnn.com/news.php?id=3551>

== AppleSurf (Opinions) ===============

My iPinion (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/itc/010220.html>
Every "i" in Apple product names meant something until Steve Jobs announced iDVD a few weeks back.

Apple Dies Without MS? (Macinstein)
<http://www.macinstein.com/pressrelease.cfm?ID=797>
I think people, especially PC partisan media, put too much stock into the Office suite for the Mac.

== AppleSurf (Reviews) ===============

Apple's Powerbook G4 (Baltimore Sun)
<http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/sns-testdrive021901.story?coll=sns%2Dtechnology%2Dheadlines>
It's an irresistible combination, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs knows it.

REALbasic 3.0 (ResExcellence)
<http://www.ResExcellence.com/realbasic/02-19-01.shtml>
With the new Carbon compatibility, REALbasic is certain to be an invaluable tool when Mac OS X arrives.

Flex-HDD 3.5" FireWire/USB Enclosure (Low End Mac)
<http://www.lowendmac.com/usb/flex.html>
The real value of the Flex-HDD enclosure comes if you already have an IDE drive you can put inside it, as I did with the Deskstar drive I bought in December, and would benefit from having both USB and FireWire ports on an external drive.

Virtual PC 4 (MacCentral)
<http://www.maccentral.com/news/0102/20.virtual.shtml>
VPC 4.x offers a relatively seamless way of running a "PC" within the Mac environment. It's fantastic for running Internet surfing and running business productivity software.

Power Mac G4 533DP (Macs Only!)
<http://www.macsonly.com/xpmg4dp.html>
The new Power Mac G4 533DP with its CD-RW drive and CD burning software is fabulous. Apple's motto for the new Power Macs is "Power to Burn." And the CD burning process couldn't have been easier.

dealmac (Apple iReview)
<http://ireview.mac.com/WebObjects/iReview.woa/wa/GoReview?u=4336250&site=882&cat=103>
Dealmac has built a shopping oasis for Mac owners.

Apple Power Mac G4 (ZDNet)
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/products/hardware/story/0,2000010420,20204781,00.htm>
When the G4 was tested against the P4 processor, the G4 proved to be 30% faster. It has since been established however that it’s not an accurate measure, as the P4 chip still has a few speed problems that still need to be rectified.

== The Wintel Empire (Top Stories) ===============

Speed Is Name Of Game With Xbox (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41849,00.html>
It's got the Microsoft name, but the real star of the Xbox game console is nVidia and its pair of audio and video chips, which will top anything seen on a PC before.

What The Hell Is... WinXP's Groovy New UI? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17038.html>
At the moment this seems to amount to boiling the task bar entries down into mini lists that try to second-guess what you're likely to want to do at any given juncture.

== The Wintel Empire (News) ===============

Intuit Ready For Microsoft Challenge (AccountancyAge.com)
<http://www.accountancyage.com/News/1117923>
Intuit, the software provider for small businesses, has challenged Microsoft's plans to move into the small business arena, after stating that between itself and Sage, the market was 'sewn up'.

Microsoft Examines Sega's Strategy (Core Magazine)
<http://www.coremagazine.com/news/3727.php3>

Speed Is Name Of Game With Xbox (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41849,00.html>
It's got the Microsoft name, but the real star of the Xbox game console is nVidia and its pair of audio and video chips, which will top anything seen on a PC before.

MS And Sledgehammer: Whistler SDK Reveals All (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/17031.html>
Further evidence that Microsoft intends to support AMD's Sledgehammer chip comes from the company's own upcoming operating system revision, Whistler, aka Windows XP.

1.3GHz Athlon Out And About (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/17022.html>

What The Hell Is... WinXP's Groovy New UI? (The Register)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17038.html>
At the moment this seems to amount to boiling the task bar entries down into mini lists that try to second-guess what you're likely to want to do at any given juncture.

Windows XP: An Unlikely Upgrade (Newsfactor)
<http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/7498.html>
"Upgrading an operating system is a pretty complex operation, no matter how many layers of graphical user interface Microsoft puts on it."

== Breaking Barriers (News) ===============

Music Fans Hope Attorney David Boies Can Keep Downloads Free (CNET News.com)
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-4852022-0.html?tag=owv>
So what is it about David Boies that makes him one of the most sought-after attorneys in the United States, again at center stage in the defense of Napster? The answer, friends and colleagues say, begins with a combination of disparate personal attributes rarely associated with high-powered lawyers of national repute.

Wanted: Better Flash Design (MacWEEK.com)
<http://macweek.zdnet.com/2001/02/18/0219macromedia.html>

Turning A Page On Conventional Web Browsing (Associated Press)
<http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010219/t000014996.html>
Using a 25-year-old idea called concept mapping, new software aims to make Internet sites more user-friendly.

== PenguinSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Transmeta's Linux Foray (CNNfn)
<http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/02/19/technology/standard_transmeta/>
Considering its reputation as an ultrasecretive company, it may seem ironic for Transmeta to release a product to the open source community.

== PenguinSurf (News) ===============

Transmeta's Linux Foray (CNNfn)
<http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/02/19/technology/standard_transmeta/>
Considering its reputation as an ultrasecretive company, it may seem ironic for Transmeta to release a product to the open source community.

Mobile Linux Ready To Roll (BetaNews)
<http://betanews.efront.com/article.php3?sid=982618507>

== SingaporeSurf (Top Stories) ===============

Education System Does Little To Narrow Income Gap (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,24736,00.html?>
Siew Kum Hong: To me, all these policies, which devote scarce resources to developing a disproportionately small group of identified high-fliers, smack of sacrificing the interests of those who have not been so identified.

I Want To Be Proud Of Singapore... But What About? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,24673,00.html?>
What does it mean to be Singaporean?

== SingaporeSurf (News) ===============

Would Today's Singapore Accept Another LKY? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,24782,00.html?>

Education System Does Little To Narrow Income Gap (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,1870,24736,00.html?>
Siew Kum Hong: To me, all these policies, which devote scarce resources to developing a disproportionately small group of identified high-fliers, smack of sacrificing the interests of those who have not been so identified.

I Want To Be Proud Of Singapore... But What About? (Straits Times)
<http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/singapore/story/0,1870,24673,00.html?>
What does it mean to be Singaporean?