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IF YOU OWN A DESK BOUND MAC, chances are you've cast an envious glance at someone using a laptop--perhaps a strange reading e-mail on his Power Book while drinking a […]

EVERY SO OFTEN a product comes along that leaps so far ahead of the status quo that it redefines our expectations for an entire product category. Take, for example, the […]

Apple Sculpts Its Swank New Vision for the Future of the Macintosh Imagine for a moment that you had the chance to design the ultimate Macintosh. What would it look […]

You won't hear screaming tires, but Apple's new PowerBook masters the course without a hitch. FEW PEOPLE WOULD DESCRIBE THE VOLVO as hotter than Georgia asphalt, but that doesn't make […]

Apple's Little System Extension Takes a Big Step Forward Already the leading format for development and delivery of multimedia applications to desktop computers -- Macs as well as Windows machines […]

Fear not, Mac managers, there is fun on the network. In the playful tradition of the holiday season, the MacWEEK staff proudly presents its annual review of favorite games and […]

By Daniel Farber and Andrew Gore To say that Apple has undergone some changes in the past 10 months would be an understatement. A new product and pricing strategy, organizational […]

Apple's latest entry-level Macs deliver power, performance, and PCI to the masses. One problem with the Mac's rapid evolution is that the latest, coolest technology is always the most expensive […]

Jan. 1, 1997 -- "Imagine there's no Microsoft, it's easy if you try." These words in Apple's 1996 ad campaign, licensed by Yoko Ono for a rumored $14 million, were […]

Score card: PowerBook 5300c Apple Overall value: 2 (Fair) Estimated street price: $4,850* Once leader of the portable pack, Apple has stumbled with its latest all-in-one notebook contender. Gaining little […]

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 […]

Discusses the differences between the United States presidential candidates, George W. Bush and Al Gore. Idea that Bush has portrayed himself as a uniter and Gore has depicted himself as a fighter; How each has conducted himself during their political campaigns; Speculation on why Gore has distanced himself from the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

......................... Score Card: PowerBook Duo 280, Duo 280c Apple ApplePrice: $2,639, $3,759* Overall value 3 The latest Duos give a significant performance boost -- and little else -- to Apple's […]

After spending some serious time with prerelease versions of the new PowerBook 500 series we have only one major criticism: They're too heavy. Otherwise, the PowerBook 500s are, to date, […]

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 […]

Chicago - Apple last week marked the first anniversary of Newton's debut by offering a few more details about future directions for the personal digital assistant. The company and its […]

Users count on 1-2-3's compatibility By Andrew Gore Cambridge, Mass. -- If Lotus 1-2-3 for Macintosh ships on time and bug-free this fall, the name "Lotus" could be the ticket […]

The Mac Isn't Just a Digital Hub. It's a Creative Hub, Too. CREATIVITY: MORE THAN something that can define our place in the world and sometimes even outlive us, it's […]

MP3 Player Doubles As Disk Drive but Lacks Good Software THE IDEA IS CLEVER: a portable audio player that uses inexpensive magnetic media and doubles as a USB disk drive. […]

Palm m505, Handspring Visor Prism Battle for Supremacy Once you use a color palmtop, you'll wonder how you ever got by without one. Sure, most Palm OS productivity applications don't […]

An Icon of a Different Color Illustrates Our Commitment to Mac OS X THE MOUSE RATING IS, IN a very real sense, what Macworld is all about. It's the distillation […]

Consumer Portables Break Barriers in Price, Features, Excitement Building an exciting new notebook computer when price is not a concern is one thing. Building an exciting new notebook computer when […]

APPLE SACRIFICES SIZE, Not Strength, with Latest Portable Update THE TITANIUM POWERBOOK G4 has been a big hit for Apple--in just four months, the company has sold more than 115,000 […]

Apple's Portables Succeed Because They're Fun to Drive THE OTHER DAY, I LEARNED that Fahrvergniigen-the clever-sounding German slogan that Volkswagen has been using for years-is a real word, not just […]

GET READY: MAC OS X IS THE START OF SOMETHING BIG 'When looking at this new operating system, you must look beyond the interface. Yes, it's new, it's different, maybe […]

MACWORLD LAB PUTS THE NEWEST, SLEEKEST POWERBOOK TO THE TEST To determine whether you are a PowerBook fanatic, take the Gore test: If a genie were to grant you three […]

HOW OPINIONATED MAC USERS ARE MAKING MACWORLD BETTER Mac users are described alternately as mindless zealots and as nitpicky whiners, often by the same critics. What these critics fail to […]

IN THE TRANSITION TO MAC OS X, NOVICES WILL LEAD THE WAY We in the computer industry like to plan for the future by consulting the history books--not only because […]

IT'S GREAT TO SEE APPLE NOT JUST THINKING DIFFERENT BUT THINKING BETTER The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Brian Eno's 801 […]

A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF ONE MAN'S FAVORITE PRODUCTS Sometime on the evening of January 8, 2001, Macworld will reveal the names of the 30 best Macintosh products of the year, […]

USE YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY It's cold. But that's OK, because the constant patter of rain on my Bondi Blue poncho keeps my mind […]

Apple Delivers Solid Value and Style in New Portables There are many things I could have imagined saying about Apple's new low-cost portables: surprisingly fast, feature-rich, great value, attractive design. […]

Apple's Pearl of Great Price If you agree with the following three statements, the Power Mac G4 Cube is right for you: I don't need to add PCI cards to […]

MAC OS X's ARRIVAL IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE MAC PLATFORM This is a historic moment. For the first time, Mac users have a chance to […]

A Host of New Features Makes This Digital Video Editor Ready for Prime Time There's an axiom in Hollywood: Whether it's a copy of a video tape, a film transfer, […]

Apple's New Optical Mouse Is a Work of Art Carved in Lucite Long-suffering mouse users. Rejoice--Apple's round mouse has breathed its last. Born as part of the original iMac's revolutionary […]

AT LAST -- APPLE DELIVERS A POWER MAC FOR THE MAC MIDDLE CLASS A major perk of my job is reserved front-row seating at the Macworld Expo keynote. There was […]

The plastic, cube-shaped device may look spartan, and it may be no bigger than a tissue box. But hidden beneath the Power Mac G4 Cube's deceptively simple design is a […]

The Mac has changed, and so has Macworld. Come take a look around. Steve Jobs unveiled the squat little box that used black-and-white pictures as its command-line interface in 1984. […]

THE MAC WORLD IS CHANGING, AND SO IS MACWORLD. AND THAT'S Notice anything different this month? Now, I realize that change can be a little disconcerting, and we all know […]

SPEEDMARK'S REBIRTH HERALDS THE RETURN OF MEANINGFUL MAC BENCHMARKS DEAR COLIN: Read your note re: the status of Macworld benchmarks. Frankly, I've been a bit reluctant to respond because, as […]

INTEL PUSHES USB FOR HIGH-SPEED CONSUMER PERIPHERALS Politics and technology shouldn't mix--but in Silicon Valley, they often do. Take Intel's quest to establish its own standard for plug-and-play peripheral connectivity. […]

TODAY'S HANDHELD GADGETS MAY GIVE US THAT 007 FEELING--BUT WHERE'S APPLE? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO talk?' asks James Bond as he's strapped on a table, staring down a laser-beam […]

MILD-MANNERED UPDATE, OR SUPER-POWERBOOK? A POWERBOOK IS MORE THAN A computer. It's a loyal companion, an indispensable assistant, a home entertainment system, and a gateway to the world. The mobility […]

Speak Easy SURE, YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR MAC--BUT WHO KNOWS IF IT WILL UNDERSTAND YOU? ON A FINE SUNNY DAY, A man sits down at his computer and goes […]