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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Is the new iMac a computer bargain or simply all looks with no power?
 For all the great looks, the new flat panel iMac is not a powerful computer by G5 standards. The design is innovative but not as much as the "sunflower" iMac introduced less than 3 years ago. Is this the Mac for the masses?
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Think Apple's new aluminum Cinema displays are better? Look again. There's something wrong.
 Apple's always been a leader with classy flat panel displays. Pricey? Yes. Quality? Yes. And then some. So I was as surprised as anyone after installing a new 23" Cinema HD display. The old 20" display looked better.
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Monday, August 30, 2004
Does BareBones' new text editor king have flaws? One big one.
 Does BareBones' new text editor king have flaws? I think so. Of course, few text editors of any kind, Mac or Windows, do what BBEdit can do. Still, the price is not cheap and rapid upgrades increase the cost; rapidly.
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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Polls-- Where Mac users sound off. Review the summer's best and worst Mac polls.
 weekly poll Mac users have a voice and a pulse. We take the pulse each week and listen to the voice (Comments & Feedback). Want to know what other Mac users think? More of the best and worst Mac polls.
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Saturday, August 28, 2004
Is Microsoft the company Mac users love to hate? What's wrong with Apple Works? Is BBEdit dead?
 There's something to be said for feedback. We ask you to tell us what you think. Often, you do. With colorful language. Microsoft's head was on the chopping block. Mac users generally like AppleWorks but want an upgrade. The Mac's best text editor?
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Friday, August 27, 2004
Will HP's new H-Pod outsell Apple's iPod? Would you let the HP Pod into your house? Will you buy an HP version of Apple's iPod? Any differences?
 Who's the king of the online music hill? It's Apple's iPod. Who's about to take over the #1 spot? Apple's iPod in the form of Hewlett-Packards HP Pod. Will Apple lose portable music player market share to the computer giant?
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Thursday, August 26, 2004
The application they love in schools is what many Mac users love to hate; it's like Microsoft's Office.
 It's hard to believe, but AppleWorks has been around a dozen years or so. We've become so used to minor or no upgrades to AppleWorks that it seems like the last version came out 10 years ago. AppleWorks is unique, cross platform, a great set of tools, and long in the tooth.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Report says Microsoft Music Store will have 600,000 songs, 99-cents each.
No surprise here. Rolling Stone magazine says Microsoft plans a September 2 launch of their long awaited Microsoft Music Store. Reports say the store will offer up to 700,000 song tracks; priced at 99-cents each. Rolling Stone is also saying that Microsoft contacted Apple about making songs compatible with the iPod. Apple refused.
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The Mac has plenty of FTP options. Some good, many not. Here's what I use.
 FTP: File Transfer Protocol. At one time, stand-alone FTP applications were used by everyone on the Internet to download files. FTP is built in to most browsers today. That's how we download files. Uploading files to a web server is usually handled with FTP. Here's a look at the best and worst and in between.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Tera Patricks reveals everything! All the programs on her Mac; how many and why.
 If you've been a Mac user for any length of time, you've probably collected a handful of useful applications to go along with the basics, such as AppleWorks, Microsoft Office, PhotoShop, and others. This is the first in a series of "What's On My Mac." You'll be surprised.
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Pro or Con: Microsoft's Music Storm Troopers To Rout Apple's iTunes Music Store.
 If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Apple Computer will be highly flatterized, then quickly flattened by Microsoft's impending Music Store and version 10 of the Windows Media Player. Digital music is the new battleground. Apple and Microsoft square off again. Like 20 years ago, Apple loses again.
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The rumor mill for portable wireless tablet device is working overtime during Apple's summer product drought.
Video on Demand is gaining traction. TiVo has become a verb. Broadband Internet connections now exceed 50-percent of US homes. It's time for a wireless video table device from Apple that combines Mac OS X, iPod, InkWell, and a movie version of the iTunes Music Store. iMovies for the rest of us.
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