Skip to content
Thoughtful, detailed coverage of everything Apple for 33 years
and the TidBITS Content Network for Apple professionals
Show full articles

TidBITS#540/24-Jul-00

Apple stole the show at Macworld Expo with major hardware releases, so we concentrate first on the technical and pricing details and then analyze what Apple’s announcements mean for the rest of the Mac industry. In other news, Netscape released Communicator 4.74, Apple posted a $200 million profit, TidBITS Publisher Adam Engst was named as the 2nd most influential person in the Mac industry, and IncWell released SuperCard Personal Edition.

Geoff Duncan No comments

Netscape Communicator 4.74

Netscape Communicator 4.74 -- Netscape Communications has released Netscape Communicator 4.74 for Macintosh. Communicator 4.74 includes the new option of removing all mail from POP or IMAP servers when you quit the program

Geoff Duncan No comments

We’re Number Two!

We're Number Two! Congratulations to TidBITS publisher Adam Engst for his second place ranking in the MDJ Power 25, a survey ranking the 25 most influential people in the Macintosh community! Adam's ranking was second only to Apple iCEO Steve Jobs - who claimed the top seat by a wide margin - but also well ahead of other Apple executives, influential developers and technical folks, plus industry luminaries like Adobe's John Warnock and Microsoft's Bill Gates

Geoff Duncan No comments

SuperCard Personal Edition

SuperCard Personal Edition -- IncWell DMG and Solutions Etcetera have released SuperCard Personal Edition, a version of the well-regarded multimedia authoring and scripting environment aimed at individual users and folks working with Apple's all-but-officially abandoned HyperCard

Geoff Duncan No comments

Poll Results: Buy and Buy

Poll Results: Buy and Buy -- Last week's poll asked where readers prefer to purchase Macintosh-related hardware, and (a sign of the times) online retailers were the clear favorite, cited by more than 60 percent of the poll's respondents

Geoff Duncan No comments

Poll Preview: Mac Attack!

Poll Preview: Mac Attack! Last week at Macworld Expo, Apple completely revised its desktop computer offerings (see the article below), so the new systems are the subject of this week's poll

Geoff Duncan No comments

New iMacs, Multiprocessor G4s, and G4 Cubes

In his keynote address at Macworld Expo in New York, Apple iCEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off a complete revision of Apple's desktop computer offerings - plus unveiled new displays, a new keyboard, and an optical mouse. Mouse & Keyboard -- The oft-reviled "hockey puck" USB mouse introduced with the original iMac never made Apple many friends, and Apple's abbreviated USB keyboard ruffled plenty of feathers when it became standard issue with Apple's professional computers