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The July 17 gathering will be one of our split SIG meetings. For the LinuxSIG, Mark Zinzow will be demoing partition resizing and imagining software.Matt Skaj will treat the Macintosh SIG to a demonstration of Synergy and atour of Apple's iTunes Music Store. The PC SIG will be exploring VNC withRichard Rollins and Kevin Hisel.
We welcome any kind of input or feedback from members. Run across aninteresting item or tidbit on the net? Just send the link to the editor.Have an article or review you'd like to submit? Send it in. Have a comment?Email any officer you like. Involvement is the driving force of any usergroup. Welcome to the group.
The next meeting of the University of Illinois' PC Users' Group will bethis Wednesday, July 16, 2003. It will feature presentations and adiscussion on backing up your software, documents and data. (Additionaldetails available from Mark Zinzow.)
As is customary, PCUG meetings are held in Room 1310 of the UI's DigitalComputer Laboratory from 7 - 9 pm. Additional information about our groupcan be found on our website at "http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/pcug".
I'll be hosting a dinner at Garcia's Pizza on Green Street before themeeting for anyone who may want to stop by and join us, from around 5:30 pmto 6:45 pm (feel free to join us at any time in that interval). I have anumber of the buy-one-get-one-free coupons for pizza slices that I'll makeavailable, just as I've done for the last few meetings. If you have someextra time before the meeting, please consider stopping by and joining us;there's no particular agenda, it's just an additional opportunity toinformally socialize and have dinner together.
Apple's Safari Web browser has officially been set loose in the wild.Safari 1.0 was released today via Software Update and as a separate 6.2 MBdownload. According to Apple, this release improves Web standardscompatibility, is available in all Mac OS X languages, and is now thedefault Mac OS X browser (supplanting Microsoft Internet Explorer, whichwas recently put into maintenance mode; see TidBITS-684_ for details). MoreSafari-related AppleScript scripts appeared today as well. Apple alsoreleased a Safari software development kit (SDK) to enable developers toaccess Safari's HTML rendering engine from their applications. The lack ofa good system-wide HTML rendering engine has hurt many applications, so weexpect HTML display and rendering to improve throughout the Macintosh worldas developers take advantage of Safari. [JLC]
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
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http://www.apple.com/applescript/safari/
http://developer.apple.com/internet/safari.html
One week after the IEEE ratified the 802.11g specification for higher-speedwireless equipment, Apple has released AirPort 3.1 for Mac OS X, whichupdates Macs using AirPort Extreme (see "802.11g (AirPort Extreme)Ratified" in TidBITS-684_). The update includes AirPort Extreme Firmwarev5.1 (also available as a separate 2 MB download) to update AirPort ExtremeBase Stations and AirPort Extreme cards. Along with implementing the final802.11g spec, the update adds packet bursting, which improves throughput on802.11g networks. Apple also slipped in a few other improvements: anAirPort Extreme Base Station can be set up as a "relay" device within anetwork containing multiple base stations, and networking speed is improvedwhen interfering equipment (such as 2.4 GHz cordless phones and microwaveovens) is in the vicinity. Finally, Apple also released a beta version ofAirPort Extreme Admin Utility for Windows XP and Windows 2000, somethingthe company said was requested by many users in mixed computingenvironments. The AirPort 3.1 update requires Mac OS X 10.2.6 and later,and is available through Software Update or as a separate 7 MB download.[JLC]
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07228
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120224
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120226
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07047
Apple has released iPod Software 2.0.1, improving performance and Windowscompatibility for 2003 iPod models that feature a dock connector (earlieriPod models remain at version 1.3 of the software). The 2.0.1 updateimproves playback performance and handling of MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR)songs, enhances the alarm clock and On-The-Go playlist, features bettersupport for Asian languages, and fixes problems with sorting by artist andleft/right channel swapping. The backlight has been improved so that itdoesn't automatically turn off after a few seconds while you're using theiPod. The latest iPod models work on Macs and under Windows, and Windowsusers will be happy to learn that this update provides the USB 2.0connectivity (when paired with the separate $20 iPod Dock Connector toFireWire and USB 2.0 cable) that was promised when the new iPods wereunveiled. The update also brings support for Audible.com content, thecapability to use multiple iPods on one computer, shorter connection times,and better overall performance. The iPod Software 2.0.1 update requires MacOS X 10.1.2 or higher and is available through Software Update or as aseparate 30 MB download. Windows users should also download MusicMatchJukebox 7.5 to gain USB 2.0 functionality. [JLC]
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120229
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/ipodsoftwareupdate13.html
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9126G%2FA
http://www.audible.com/
http://www.musicmatch.com/download/free/?OS=pc&OEM=APPLE
Casady & Greene, one of the oldest companies in the Macintosh market, isshutting down after 19 years, according to Bonnie Mitchell, Casady &Greene's VP of Public Relations. Full details weren't available at presstime, but it appears as though Casady & Greene simply couldn't remainfinancially viable. Although the company had released a number of Mac OS Xproducts this year, including Spell Catcher X, Tri- Catalog, Clone X, andiData Pro (see "The Digital Shoebox: iData Pro X 1.0.5 in TidBITS-675_),revenues weren't sufficient to keep the doors open or to pay some of itscontract programmers. None of Casady & Greene's current products have thesame broad appeal as Conflict Catcher (which never made it to Mac OS X) orSoundJam, which became the basis for Apple's iTunes, and the transition toMac OS X proved particularly problematic for the company. [ACE]
http://www.casadyg.com/
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07145
Adobe Systems has announced that Adobe Premiere Pro, the latest version ofits 12-year-old video editing application, should be shipping this Augustboth as a standalone application and as part of the Standard andProfessional editions of the just-announced Adobe Video Collectionapplication suite. However, Adobe will not be shipping Premiere Pro forMacintosh, instead focusing all its video applications on the Windows XPplatform. Presumably, Adobe has decided it's no longer worth their time andeffort to compete with Apple's extensive line of digital video applications(primarily the recently revamped Final Cut Pro, but also Final Cut Express,iMovie, iDVD, and iDVD Studio Pro) on a platform also controlled by Apple.Current Premiere users may wish to migrate to the Windows platform, but itwouldn't be surprising if Apple were to offer a competitive upgrade toFinal Cut Pro. [GD]
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200307/070703PREMIEREPRO.html
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/
Linux Development
Last day of June saw the third release of PageStream Linux go online. Whilea number of issues still remain to be sorted out, it now includes the firstrelease of the new display library discussed in the last issue of the eDTPworld. What is exciting for us is that it now feels like PageStream and itincludes some of the cute interface tricks that has only been available inthe Amiga version before now. One example is the marching ants style lassoselection and zoom boxes. Look out world!
New Low Pricing
July 1st, 2003 - Antigo, WI - GrasshopperLLC today announced new pricingand a move away from the traditional brick and mortar business towards amore streamlined and employee friendly telecommuting workplace. "While thenew lower pricing is guaranteed only through July, it is hoped that it willbe warmly embraced by the community and will be adopted as our newpermanent pricing. Our move from a brick and mortar business means lowercosts and faster turn around times. We hope passing these savings on to ourcustomers will not only increase the already tremendous value our customersget when buying PageStream, but hopefully increase the number of customersand reach those who could previously not afford PageStream", owner MarnaHolt said today. Near term plans include a revamped web site, instantmessaging with our sales staff, and a monthly online public chat withDeron. PageStream now lists for $99 (from $299!!) and upgrades start out atonly $40. More pricing options can be found on our website athttp://www.grasshopperllc.com.
Three decades ago, the medium that would one day earn the moniker"information superhighway" had such light traffic that there was littleneed for lanes, speed limits or patrols.
The odds were slim enough that electronic messages sent in a fraction of asecond between a small pool of academic and military researchers wouldcollide with one another. But scientists at Xerox's famed Palo AltoResearch Center knew that the situation was destined to change.
The task of devising a way to connect multiple computers to one another andto exchange messages over increasingly busy networks fell to Xerox PARCresearcher Bob Metcalfe, who in a 1973 memo described the technology thatwould evolve into today's ubiquitous Ethernet protocol. Metcalfe's Ethernetwasn't the first of such network protocols--some preceded it, and many morefollowed. But it won out and became the the dominant local area networking(LAN) technology for businesses, en route to its place in the Internet,besting a long series of what Metcalfe today calls networking "Godzillas."
Metcalfe, a 57-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y., earned from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology bachelor's degrees in both electricalengineering and management, and a master's degree in applied mathematics,before getting a doctorate in computer science from Harvard University. Hecompleted his dissertation, "Packet Communication"--a study, now availablein hardcover, of the Arpanet and the Aloha Network--the same year that hewrote the Ethernet memo. Now a resident of Boston with his wife and twoteenage children, Metcalfe spoke to CNET News.com from Laguna Niguel,Calif., where he was attending IDG Forums' Vortex computer networkingconference and preparing for Thursday's 30th birthday observances forEthernet in Palo Alto, Calif.
CNET: Tell me first of all how today's Ethernet has evolved from what youdescribed 30 years ago.
Metcalfe: It's evolved tremendously. Today's Ethernet bears very littleresemblance to what David Boggs and I built in 1974, and it gives rise tothe question, what is Ethernet exactly? I have a bunch of answers to that.It's gotten faster, it's been hubbed and switched unlike the originalEthernet. The original had packet collisions, but the latest versions havevery few of those.
Today's Ethernet technology is extremely diverse and has very little incommon with what appeared in '74. The good news is that they still call itEthernet, and that's my word.
CNET: What did the word mean to you then?
Metcalfe: My good fortune was to be given a problem that no one had everhad before--how would you interconnect several computers with one at everydesk? I was certainly early if not first in trying to solve that problem.We were building the first laser printer at that time. How could youconnect the computers to each other and connect them to the printer andthen to the early Internet, the Arpanet?
Ethernet was based on packets. Data was to be delivered in packets, and theEthernet was to be decentralized so there could be nothing in the middlethat could break or be unscalable. It lay within a hierarchy of protocols,so it only had to do what it needed to do, not things that would be handledelsewhere in the protocol stack, which was a relatively new idea at thetime. It was so simple, and that's one of its advantages. Another advantagewas randomized retransmissions. That was based on the Aloha Network builtat the University of Hawaii by Norm Abramson, a forerunner of 802.11 thathad randomized retransmissions.
CNET: What's a randomized retransmission?
Metcalfe: That means transmissions would be tried again later if theyoverlapped in time and interfered with each other, which we called acollision.
Today, most Internet packets, 99.99 percent of them, are carried on theEthernet. Arpanet introduced packet switching in about 1969, and the Alohabrought packet switching to radio in about 1970. So two big things happenedin '73: One was the invention of the Ethernet, and the other was thebeginning of the development of TCP/IP (Transmission ControlProtocol/Internet Protocol), which started at Stanford in the summer of'73. The Internet and Ethernet have developed in lockstep since that time.Today, most Internet packets, 99.99 percent of them, are carried on theEthernet.
CNET: But the Internet, or the Arpanet, preceded your description ofEthernet by a few years, and the first actual implementation of Ethernettechnology by even longer. So my question is, how were messages transmittedbefore Ethernet?
Metcalfe: The Internet had a preceding set of protocols, an earliergeneration designed for a much smaller network. It was worldwide, but had asmaller number of hosts and was not designed to be internetworked,connecting networks. So TCP/IP greatly expanded the network space andprovided for building a network of networks, lots of LANs connected by lotsof WANs (wide area networks).
CNET: How did the Ethernet prevail over the older protocols, and the othersthat cropped up in the future?
Metcalfe: The speech I'm going to give on Thursday is called "Ethernet vs.Godzilla." The idea is that Ethernet has encountered a series ofcompetitors out trying to kill it. The number is huge. The most famous isthe IBM token ring. It was among the many Godzillas and the most formidablebecause it was backed by the dominant monopoly in computing at the time.
CNET: How was the token ring different from Ethernet? And what were itsadvantages and disadvantages compared with Ethernet?
Metcalfe: It was developed by IBM. That was its principle advantage. It wasorganized around the passing of a token from station to station, socomputers could take turns transmitting messages. With Ethernet, anystation would transmit immediately and hopefully avoid collisions. Thetoken gave permission to transmit a message. The advantage was what theycalled determinism, which I considered to be a red herring.
CNET: What did they mean by it?
Metcalfe: It meant they could guarantee that data would be delivered in acertain amount of time. Without the token, in theory, Ethernet packettransmissions could take forever. That was smaller than the probability ofthe Earth blowing up, but they used to throw determinism at us.
CNET: So if the token ring worked with tokens, how does Ethernet work?
Metcalfe: Any station wishing to send a packet would form the packet inmemory, then listen to the ether--the cable or the fiber or whatever--tosee if there were already a transmission ongoing. And if there were, itwould wait, deferring to the transmission ongoing, and then it would sendits packet. But it was possible that more than one station would bewaiting, so then you would get a collision. It would notice that there wasinterference on the cable, which we called collision detection. As soon asit was detected, the station would abort transmission and choose a randomnumber and try again a few microseconds later. The second one would deferand avoid multiple collisions.
CNET: And what happened to the token ring Godzilla?
Metcalfe: There is a lot of token ring out there, but in the last few weeksIBM announced a $100 million program to tear out token rings inside of IBMand replace them with Ethernet. That's a sign that you could declare itdead. Although it's been dead for some time, that would be the final blow.And the reason that Ethernet won was that Ethernet was an open standardwith many competing companies providing it.
CNET: What strikes you most about what's become of Ethernet since your memo30 years ago?
Metcalfe: What Ethernet is today is more than a packet format or mediaaccess algorithm--it is a business model.
CNET: The reason that Ethernet won was that Ethernet was an open standardwith many competing companies providing it. How so?
Metcalfe: I was hoping you'd ask that. There are four business models outthere today. The first is the vertical model exemplified in the 1980s bythe IBM monopoly. The second, which dominates today, is the horizontalmodel dominated by AOL, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft. They are alsomonopolies, I might add. The third is the Linux/open-source business model.And the fourth is the Ethernet business model.
It's based on de jure standards with proprietary implementations of thosede jure standards, and it is unlike open source in that competitors don'tgive their intellectual property away. The competition is fierce, but thereis a market ethic that products will be interoperable. And the standardevolves rapidly based on market engagement in such a way to value theinstalled base. There is a heavy value placed on sustaining and maintainingthe installed base. That's the Ethernet business model.
CNET: So does that have to do specifically with businesses that work withEthernet technologies? Or is it a way of doing business modeled on the wayEthernet has evolved from an industrial perspective?
Metcalfe: TCP/IP protocols follow the same model. That's the businessmodel--standards compliant, interoperable, evolving so they arebackward-compatible. It's the model that Ethernet uses to kill all of itsGodzillas.
CNET: You're now working as a venture capitalist.
Metcalfe: My business is technology innovation, and my fourth career inthat business is as a VC. First I was an engineer, then an entrepreneur.The third time I was a pundit, and my fourth career was as a VC. All ofthat is technology innovation.
I've been a VC since (January 2001), and I'm still learning the trade. I'mwith Polaris Venture Partners in Waltham, Mass. There are 15 investingpartners, and we manage about $2 billion. I've only been there long enoughto make a few investments, and none have panned out yet, so it's prematureto declare success. We have about 70 companies actively in our portfolionow.
CNET: What are the companies you've brought into the fold?
Metcalfe: Ember is an embedded networking company in Boston using wirelessmesh technology to network the embedded processor. Only 1 or 2 percent ofprocessors are in PCs. Ember's working on networking the remaining 98percent.
I'm on the board of Narad, which is trying to deliver 100 (megabytes persecond) through the cable TV system. That's not 100 kilobytes, but 100megabytes. Sometimes we call that true broadband, as opposed to whatthey're now selling.
I'm on the board of a nanotechnology company with no products yet. They'redeveloping pretty basic technology in hopes of putting out a product. It'sNanosys in Palo Alto, and in Medford, Mass.
CNET: So what you call the Ethernet business model has helped Ethernetprevail against old competitors. What about new ones?
Metcalfe: There are three new Godzillas. Ethernet is busily battling SONET(synchronous optical network) and Fibre Channel in storage area networkingbusiness. Now 802.11 and 802.16 and 802.20 are going after the cellulartelephone market using all the ideas of Ethernet--packet switching,redistributions. That set of ideas is now in the marketplace battlingSONET, the established standard for telephone backbone communication.Instead of using SONET, which is optimized for carrying 64kbps telephoneconversations, they're using Ethernet, which is optimized for Internetpackets. So we're seeing Ethernet proliferate.
In the storage area networking business, it's been the practice to usespecialized networking Fibre Channel, and Ethernet is encroaching in thatarea.
CNET: Why are people opting for Ethernet in these areas?
Metcalfe: It's cheaper, faster, more network- and Internet-compatible. Andit's more reliable.
SONET and Fibre Channel can be made to carry Internet packets, but they'renot built for that. Ethernet is. Meanwhile, cell phones and 802.11 arebeginning a many-year battle for how they are going to complement orcompete with each other. And since 802.11 is optimized for carryingInternet traffic in an Ethernet sort of way, I'm guessing it's going tolikely win in that battle.
What Ethernet is today is more than a packet format or media accessalgorithm--it is a business model. You started 3Com here in Silicon Valleyand then moved to Massachusetts. Now 3Com is following you toMassachusetts. It had nothing to do with me! Maybe it's part of atrend--Silicon Valley is passe; and everyone is moving east.
CNET: Any thoughts on how things have ended up at 3Com?
Metcalfe: "Ended up"--3Com is still a billion-dollar company and it's stillevolving and I'm proud of the company. I'm still emotionally attached toit, though I haven't worked there since 1990. But I am rooting for them. Ithas good DNA if I do say so myself, and they're working hard to restoreprofitability--and they're not alone in being unprofitable. It will be funhaving 3Com headquarters in my back yard.
CNET: You were CEO of IDG's InfoWorld Publishing Company from 1992 to 1995,and you wrote a regular column for eight years. Do you ever miss being ajournalist?
Metcalfe: Occasionally I will develop a strong opinion about something, andthen I will just yell about it to people.
CNET: What's the status of your four patents related to Ethernet?
Metcalfe: I share four Ethernet patents--there were other people involved.The interesting thing is that they've all expired by now. They only last 17years.
CNET: Who's most responsible for the development of Ethernet technologiessince your initial description 30 years ago?
Metcalfe: That's really hard. In the last 30 years, everyone's gotteninvolved: Cisco, 3Com, Intel, National Semiconductor, DEC, HP, Compaq,Xerox, Cabletron, Bay Networks, Nortel--the list goes on. That's animpossible question to answer.
CNET: OK, then who's doing the most interesting Ethernet work right now?
Metcalfe: I'd have to do some research before I answered that. And if I didanswer it, I'd get in trouble. It's a pretty widespread thing. That's whyEthernet is so successful, because it's in such widely diverse environmentswith so many fierce competitors.
CNET: I asked you what the name Ethernet meant when you first described theidea, but I didn't ask where you got the word.
Metcalfe: In the history of physics, in the 19th century, they needed toexplain how light got from the sun to the Earth. So they theorized thatthere was a medium that filled all of outer space that served as a passivemedium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves. (Albert) Michelson,(Edward) Morley, Einstein, et al, proved there was no ether. So in 1973, onMay 22, instead of referring to putting packets into Ethernet's cable, Ineeded a word that was medium-independent, and settled on the word "ether"because the ether would be omnipresent, passive and it would serve as amedium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Some of my critics have said it was appropriate that I named Ethernet aftera discredited physical argument, which was a weak counterargument. Ethernetused to be a trademark of Xerox, but in the process of standardizing itthrough the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Xeroxgave up the right to the trademark. I've appointed myself as being incharge of deciding what's Ethernet and what's not. If they want to call802.11 wireless Ethernet, I'm all for it, especially because it'sreminiscent of the Aloha network from which 802.11 is derived.
An often irreverent look at some of the week's other news...
I just downloaded and installed a FREE clock program called ClocX forWindows. It's apparently inspired by a Mac OS-X clock. It's a gorgeousanalog (you know, the old kind with hands that move around) clock for yourdesktop. I must be old-fashioned since I'm a lot more comfortable lookingat round clocks with hands. In any event, if you'd like a nice anti-aliasedanalog clock for your Windows desktop, download this little program from:http://clocx.fbi.cz/
I finally broke down and upgraded my main PC, a 1GHz Pentium 3 unit thatformer CUCUG president Jim Lewis built for me. My usual rule (to preventhaving a PC farm in my house) is that I can't upgrade unless the processorof the new box is at least double that of my current machine. Ibelieve that I was very conservative this time since I waited long enoughto triple it.
While many of you will howl with distaste over my choice of machines (a I am aware of the fact that there are some limitations to upgrading a Delldesktop, but out of the five desktop PCs I've owned since 1995, I haveradically upgraded only one. Significantly upgrading a machine is no longermuch of an option. Plus, they're so cheap they're almost disposablein the sense that it's usually more rational just to buy a new machine whenthe time comes. The machine I finally settled on (using Dell's great web-ordering system)was a Dimension 4600 desktop. It's a mid-tower case finished in a two-tonecharcoal and dark grey. The 4600 is equipped with Intel's 865PE(Springdale) chipset running with an 800MHz front-side bus and 400MHz dual-channel DDR RAM. I opted for the 865PE over the slightly more potent 875(Canterwood) due to tests I've seen which give the 875 only a slight edgein performance over the more affordable 865PE. I opted for the 3.0GHzPentium 4 processor and 512M of RAM. Add-ons included a WD 120G UltraATA/100 7,200RPM hard drive, NEC DVD+RW 4X recorder, Liteon 16X DVD player,floppy, modem, NIC, Windows XP Pro, cheap Soundblaster audio and a fairlylow-end nVidia 64MB GeForce4 MX video card (I'm no gamer). It comesequipped with parallel and serial, six USB 2.0 ports (two in the front) andPS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, This machine is not very fancy, but boy doesit scream in processor-intensive tasks. It's also very quiet. I was surprised to receive so many CDs. Thankfully Dell has not yet gonethe route of eliminating giving out application, driver and OS CDs withtheir machines. I was also grateful that the machine arrived with a minimumof junkware already installed, The biggest offender in this department wasthe inclusion of AOL. Luckily it seemed to uninstall pretty well. Theincluded documentation is a little thin but one can download a wonderfullycomplete service manual that has everything you'd ever want to know. So far, there have been zero issues with the machine and I am happy withthe purchase. It was very inexpensive for what I got (you can check outcurrent pricing on the Dell web site) so I feel like I received anextremely good deal. But there are a few caveats if you choose to buy a Dell. The biggest isthat they have moved their phone support to India. That's right, when youcall the 800 number with a problem you'll be speaking to some Indiansitting at their desk in Bangalore. Users report that while the Indiantechs are very knowledgeable, they sometimes have very thick accents. So,if you feel that you may need a personal helping hand now and then withyour computer you should consider this. Luckily, Dell's online forums andweb support pages are a great asset. I doubt I'll ever have to call. Dellrecently rated #1 in support in a widely reported survey sponsored by PCMagazine. In conclusion, I'd have to say that I am very happy with my decision. I'vegot a wonderfully snappy, quiet machine that works very well and I paid apittance for it (compared to my former PC purchases). If I were more of ahardware geek, I may have opted to build my own, but I probably would havepaid more for the privilege. Touting them as the "world's fastest personal computer," Apple todayannounced its Power Mac G5 line of desktop computers with 1.6 to 2 GHzprocessor speeds, high-performance internals, and a 64-bit processorarchitecture designed to give the Power Mac line a much-needed performanceboost and provide a clear road map for future development. Standardconfigurations of the new machines are priced from $2,000 to $3,000, andwill be available starting in August of 2003. http://www.apple.com/powermac/ Out of the Wind Tunnel, On to the Cheese Grater On the outside, the Power Mac G5 establishes yet another direction inApple's industrial design, this time sporting an anodized aluminum casewith squared-off handles and perforation on the front and back to permitairflow through the machine's four internal "thermal zones." (The newdesign has already been dubbed the "cheese grater," and the resemblance isremarkable.) The units have no less than _nine_ internal fans, yet Applesays in normal operation they're substantially quieter than earlier PowerMac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door) systems that were not-so-affectionatelynicknamed "Windtunnels." As you'd expect, the Power Mac G5 enclosuresfeature a full complement of ports on the back, but also offer USB,FireWire, and headphone jacks on the front, which may save some crawlingaround under desks. http://www.apple.com/powermac/design.html The G5's Alive The real changes are inside the box. The Power Mac G5 systems are builtaround the 64-bit IBM 970 processor, which Apple has dubbed the PowerPC G5.The PowerPC G5 evolved from IBM's POWER4 architecture (used in thecompany's high-end eBusiness servers), rather than directly following fromG3 and G4 processors developed by Motorola. However, if the PowerPC G5isn't a direct descendent of the processors in current Macs, it's a cousin:the original PowerPC architecture was designed jointly by Apple, Motorola,and IBM, and was meant from the outset to be expanded to a 64-bitarchitecture. Eventually, IBM branched off with what became the POWER4architecture when it decided it wanted to focus on processor clustering,servers, and embedded systems, and Motorola came up with the high-outputAltiVec unit (aka Apple's Velocity Engine). The PowerPC G5 weds the twoefforts, combining IBM's POWER4 architecture with an optimized VelocityEngine and a new 130-nanometer manufacturing process at IBM's new plant inFishkill, New York. http://www.apple.com/g5/ibmprocess.html Here are the main features of the PowerPC G5: But wait, there's more. One of the problems with modern personal computingarchitecture is that processors spend a surprising amount of time twiddlingtheir thumbs waiting on other parts of the computer like RAM, the PCI orFireWire buses, or (horror of horrors!) a mere disk drive. Processorsengage in branch prediction (er, idle speculation?) while they're waitingso they'll be ready to go when a computer's subsystems catch up, butbasically, you want the processor waiting around as little as possible. Tothat end, Apple has put nearly every major subsystem in the Power Mac G5 onits own high-speed bus (avoiding traffic jams as data moves betweencomponents: RAM gets a 333 or 400 MHz bus, PCI-X cards get a 133 MHz bus,etc.) and - most significantly - a separate pair of 32-bit unidirectionalbuses for the G5 processor running at speeds from 800 MHz to 1 GHz.Combined, these are termed a frontside bus, and they represent asubstantial leap forward from the 167 MHz system buses used in previoushigh-end Power Mac G4 systems, and - even better - dual processor G5systems have a separate frontside bus for _each_ processor, furtherenhancing performance on dual processor machines. Apple's Top Models Apple will be shipping three configurations of the Power Mac G5 beginningin August. All configurations can handle Bluetooth and Airport Extremewireless networking and feature 8x AGP Pro graphics slots, a Serial ATAhard drive, 512K of L2 processor cache per processor, 4x SuperDrives, oneFireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports (one on the front), three (new!)USB 2.0 ports (one on the front), two USB 1.1 ports (one on the keyboard),two internal hard drive bays (one empty), built-in Gigabit Ethernet, a 56Kbps V.92 modem, analog and (new!) optical audio in and out, and a frontheadphone jack. These systems boot into Mac OS X, and cannot start up fromMac OS 9 (although, of course, the Classic environment is still availablewithin Mac OS X). The low-end $2,000 model features a 1.6 GHz PowerPC G5 processor with an800 MHz frontside bus, 256 MB of PC2700 (333 MHz) RAM, an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 Ultra video card with 64 MB of video RAM, an 80 GB hard drive, andthree available full-length 33 MHz, 64-bit PCI slots. The mid-range $2,400model has a 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 processor with a 900 MHz frontside bus, 512MB of PC3200 (400 MHz) RAM, an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra video card with64 MB of video RAM, a 160 GB hard drive, and three available full-length64-bit PCI-X expansion slots (one at 133 MHz, the other two at 100 MHz).The $3,000 high-end system features dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 processors with a1 GHz frontside bus for each processor, 512 MB of PC3200 (400 MHz) RAM, anATI Radeon 9600 Pro with 64 MB of video RAM, a 160 GB hard drive, and threefull-size 64-bit PCI-X expansion slots (one at 133 MHz, the other two at100 MHz). Each of these configurations can be customized using build-to- orderoptions through dealers, Apple Stores, or the online Apple Store. Five and Dime There's no doubt that, when they finally become available in late summer,the Power Mac G5s will represent a substantial performance improvement forApple's aging Power Macintosh line - no doubt many Macintosh proponentshave already placed their orders for these machines. Significantly, thePowerPC G5 processor and the new system architecture give Apple room togrow: expect to see more multi-processor systems become available as theproduct line evolves, along with concomitant speed increases in processors,frontside caches, and other internal components. It remains to be seen how transparent developers will be able to make thetransition to the PowerPC G5. High-end media applications and action gameswill want to compile specifically for the PowerPC G5. Hopefully,programmers will find a way to make PowerPC G5 versions of their programsavailable without creating confusion amongst existing and future PowerPC G3and G4 users, particularly since Apple's laptop line may be using G3 and G4processors for some time to come. PayBITS: Contribute to TidBITS and help us continue to bring Today at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs unveiled thenext version of Mac OS X, codenamed Panther and scheduled to ship sometimebefore the end of 2003 for $130. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar was a major upgradewith numerous large and small improvements over the previous version, andfrom initial impressions, it appears that Panther will follow in Jaguar'sfootsteps. Jobs said that Apple has made over 100 major changes to Panther.Here's a brief overview, based on the information available at this point. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/ New Finder Panther sports an all new, brushed metal Finder with several significantchanges to standard windows that Jobs claimed were more user-centric. Inparticular, Apple tried to emphasize those folders that people actually useby putting them in the new Places sidebar on the left side of the window,much like albums in iPhoto or playlists in iTunes. The top part of thePlaces sidebar lists accessible volumes; the lower part holds your favoritefolders. Clicking an item in the Places sidebar jumps to it directly. TheFinder will feature new Open and Save dialogs that also use the Placessidebar; we'll see if that's sufficient to help us wake from the horriblenightmare that Open and Save dialogs have been for so long. Labels have finally returned to the Panther Finder, as has network browsingusing the Network icon that has long sat (mostly) unused at the top levelof everyone's hard disk. Searching should be faster in Panther's Finder aswell, and like searching in iTunes and Mail, it will refine the visibleitems to those that match as you type. In a fascinating twist, Apple hasalso added an Action menu to the toolbar of Finder windows; it simplycontains the content of the contextual menu that would appear if youControl- clicked or right-clicked a selection in the Finder. That says tome that Apple is acknowledging a basic usability problem with contextualmenus for many users; there's no way to know a contextual menu is availablesimply by looking. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/finder.html Lastly, a new feature called Expose (actually spelled with an accent on thefinal "e" and pronounced "ex-po-zay" from what little I could hear of thestuttering QuickTime webcast) aims to help us clean our cluttered Desktops.Expose offers three functions that can be invoked with a function key, bythrowing the pointer into a corner of the screen, or with a button onmulti-button mice. The first function uses Quartz to tile all open windows;mousing over a window displays its title, and clicking one expands it(along with all the rest) and makes it the foreground window. The secondfunction tiles all the windows in the current application while makingwindows in other applications go grey; again, a click in a window activatesit. The third function simply hides all open windows, providing access tothe Desktop. Apple doesn't say if pressing the function key a second timewill show all those hidden windows again. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/expose.html Network Improvements As is fitting for today's emphasis on the Internet and local area networks,Panther incorporates a number of changes that should make Macs even betternetwork citizens. SMB and Active Directory support has improved, whichshould enable Macs to coexist on Windows networks better. IPSec- based (IPSecurity) virtual private networking is also included. On the Mac-only side, Panther can automatically synchronize files with youriDisk in the background, making it easy to maintain backup copies ofimportant files (although 100 MB of iDisk storage disappears awfully fastthese days). The better iDisk integration also means easier sharing offiles between computers, and Jobs claimed it works particularly well withlaptops that connect only sporadically. It's basically a local folder thatsyncs via .Mac. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/idisk.html Mail 2.0 and Address Book Apple's bundled email client will receive a significant upgrade withPanther. Performance has reportedly improved significantly, and Mail willuse Safari's HTML engine, which will help HTML rendering quality and speed.For those who subscribe to mailing lists, Mail will provide a new interfacefor tracking and reading discussion threads. Mail's spam filter hasreportedly been improved for better accuracy, and it can take advantage ofserver-side spam marking tools like Spam Assassin or Brightmail. One lastneat feature that previously existed only in Microsoft's Entourage: repliesand forwards are linked to messages, making it easy to track what you'vedone to a message. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/mail.html Mail also has more integration with Address Book, and a number of new smallfeatures that some people may find helpful when addressing mail, such asthe capability to highlight messages addressed to domains not in a "safe"list. Another interesting bit of integration - if you change some of yourcontact information in Address Book, a new option in that program canautomatically notify all your contacts of the new information. Finally,Address Book can print labels and phone books. User Switching and Security In the keynote, Steve Jobs admitted that Windows XP had trumped Mac OS X inhow it handled multiple users, since in Windows XP, you don't have to quitall your applications to switch from one user to the other. That featurewill be coming to Panther, and it should make Mac OS X significantly fasterand easier to use for families having trouble justifying the extra work ofmultiple accounts. You set up fast user switching in the Accountspreferences pane, which also offers more levels of security that can beassigned to individual users. Other security improvements include FileVault, which encrypts the entirecontents of your home directory using 128-bit AES (Advanced EncryptionStandard) encryption. It works on the fly, and is ideal for protectingfiles on a PowerBook or iBook. Laptop users will also appreciate a newPanther setting that requires a password whenever the Mac wakes from sleep. Finally, a few utilities from independent developers will suffer from theaddition of a new secure delete feature in Panther that writes seven passesof random data over deleted files to prevent them from being recovered. Faxing and Preview With Panther, Apple is entering a mostly ignored field that has seen littledecent software over the years: faxing. If you hook up your Mac's internalmodem to a phone line, you can fax any document from the Print dialog tocontacts in your Address Book with fax numbers. Incoming faxes can beprinted, forwarded to an email address, or viewed in the new Previewapplication, which can now handle multi-page faxes. Preview convertsblack-and-white images to 8-bit grayscale using anti-aliasing andsmoothing techniques, which may make the faxes easier to read on screen. Itwould be nice to see additional integration with Internet fax services likeeFax, since no matter what Apple adds to Panther, there's no way around theannoyance of dealing with fax reception without a dedicated second phoneline. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/faxing.html Preview has received additional improvements, particularly in terms ofperformance and linking. Apple claims "URL support in Preview makes shortwork of navigating long documents," which I hope means that it supports PDFbookmarks and links. Also supported are links to other documents and out toInternet resources. If Preview offers support for all those types of linksand proves to be faster than Acrobat Reader, it may supplant Acrobat Readeras the most capable PDF browser on the Mac. Other features that would helpPreview overthrow Acrobat Reader include improved text copying from PDFdocuments (currently tricky with Acrobat Reader) and indexed text searches. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/preview.html Font Book Secure deletion utility developers are undoubtedly upset at Panther, andfont utility developers may be as well, once they see the new Font Book.Like Suitcase and Font Reserve, Font Book helps you install, preview,search, activate, and deactivate your fonts. Activation and deactivationhappen dynamically, so you don't need to relaunch applications to takeadvantage of the changed font sets. http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/font_book.html The Font Panel has been enhanced to help you take advantage of fontligatures, kerning, number spacing, rendering fractions, and more. TheCharacter Palette even lets you preview a character rendered into everyavailable font, something that will probably be appreciated by Unicodeusers. The Upgrade Question Steve Jobs claimed Apple has seven million active users of Mac OS X andsaid that the transition to Mac OS X will be done by the end of the year. Isuspect that means that he thinks all of the people who are going to switchfrom Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X will have done so by that point, though there'sno question that some people will remain with Mac OS 9 until they havereason to buy a new Mac. As with the migration to Jaguar, I fully expect many existing Jaguar usersto be unhappy about paying $130 for the upgrade to Panther, and it'sentirely likely that a non-trivial percentage of users will stick withJaguar. When I asked a roomful of shareware developers at MacHack how manyusers they estimated hadn't upgraded from Mac OS X 10.1 to Mac OS X 10.2, Iheard numbers as high as 20 percent. That surprises me, since Jaguar is somuch better than Mac OS X 10.1. Obviously, we won't know for a while howmuch better than Jaguar Panther really is, but I expect the number ofpeople who consider Jaguar sufficient to be potentially even higher thanthe number who stuck with Mac OS X 10.1. Apple clearly expects that somepeople won't upgrade as well, since they're offering iChat AV for free withPanther but charging $30 for those who want to use it with Jaguar. We'll certainly be ponying up the $130 for Panther when it comes out, soyou can look forward to much more detailed coverage and thoughts aboutwhether Panther will be worth your hard-earned cash. PayBITS: Contribute to TidBITS as a way of saying thanks for our The initial beta releases of Apple's Safari Web browser could importbookmarks you had created in Internet Explorer; they appeared as anImported IE Favorites collection in Safari. This happened the first timeyou launched Safari; the interface offered no way of importing at a latertime. However, by the time Safari 1.0 shipped at the Worldwide DeveloperConference a few weeks ago, Apple had quietly added the capability toimport bookmarks from Netscape and Mozilla as well. Again, this happenedonly the first time Safari was launched after the upgrade. However, formany people, the import process for Netscape and Mozilla bookmarks didn'twork due to the technique that Apple uses for finding the location of thosebookmarks. This should improve in the future, but if you have bookmarksstored in Netscape or Mozilla and Safari didn't import them into anImported Netscape/Mozilla Favorites collection, you can use the followingtechnique to bring them into Safari. Note that there are a wide variety of other techniques for working aroundthis problem, ranging from a simple drag of bookmarks from Netscape orMozilla into Safari's bookmark view to using a full- fledged bookmarkutility like Alco Blom's URL Manager Pro, which can maintain a list ofbookmarks that are then accessible to multiple Web browsers (see "Tools WeUse: URL Manager Pro" in TidBITS-635_ for more details). You can also findutilities that enable Safari's Debug menu and initiate imports from there.But for now, I'm focusing only on showing you how to make Safari's built-inimport functionality work. http://www.url-manager.com/ The Problem Netscape and Mozilla both allow you to have profiles that enable multipleusers to maintain different account settings, different preferences, anddifferent sets of bookmarks. These profiles are stored in the~/Library/Mozilla/profiles directory; each profile has its own folder. Itturns out that Safari can find bookmarks for profiles stored only in thedefault profile folder, which must be named "default". If you've named yourprofile in any other way, Safari will fail quietly. It's not clear howcommon it is to have profiles with other names; the entire issue arosebecause the profiles I'd created had names like "Adam's Default Profile"and "Default User", neither of which worked. The Solution If you find yourself in this boat, follow these steps to convince Safari toimport your Netscape or Mozilla bookmarks (they're the same, since Netscapeis based on the Mozilla code). 1) Quit Safari and Netscape or Mozilla, if they're running. 2) Locate your profile folder in ~/Library/Mozilla/profiles (the profilesfolder inside the Mozilla folder in your user's Library folder). Renamethat folder from whatever it is to "default" (no quotes, all lowercase).Remember the original name for later. 3) In ~/Library/Preferences, open the com.apple.Safari.plist file in a texteditor like BBEdit, or, if you have it installed, in Apple's Property ListEditor utility. 4) Search for "Netscape" and in the line following: 5) Launch Safari, and from the Bookmarks menu, choose Show All Bookmarks.If everything has worked, you should have an Imported Netscape/MozillaFavorites collection. 6) Back in the Finder, rename your Netscape/Mozilla profile folder back towhat it was originally (this step may not be absolutely necessary, but it'sbest to avoid confusing Netscape or Mozilla). Soon to Be Unnecessary Apple is undoubtedly working to resolve this issue, so a future version ofSafari should make these steps unnecessary for those people who haveNetscape or Mozilla profiles that don't use the name default. In themeantime, this simple process will help you avoid the tedium of movingbookmarks over manually. PayBITS: If Adam's steps helped you import your Netscape or Mozilla In the absence of our vacationing President, Richard Rollins, VicePresident Emil Cobb conducted the June 19th meeting. Most members nearlywent into shock when the meeting actually started a minute before seven,rather than our more usual, leisurely approach. Emil began with thetraditional introduction of officers. PC News was next. Kevin Hisel talked about the SCO Unix/Linux legal wars.Kris Klindworth filled us in on the history of SCO's lineage. He said AT&Tsold Unix to Novell, which sold it to SCO in 1995. Caldera bought SCO in2001, then renamed themselves the SCO Group in 2002. Kris said he reallydoesn't think they have a case since they are pursuing their legal actionsas a breach of contract and not a patent or copyright violation. Mark Zinzow informed everyone of the Mystree/Sys-Trim trojan that is makingits way around currently. Ed Serbe asked where next month's meeting would be held. We are working onthe assumption that we will continue to meet at the ITC until toldotherwise. Mark Zinzow said there was a U of I room available should weneed it. He will explore that option. Mark noted that next month's U of I PC SIG meeting will be on backups. George Krumins talked about his upcoming demo this evening. The Macintoshdemo will be on iMovie. Next month's Linux SIG's presentation will be byMark Zinzow on partition resizing and KNOPPIX. VP Cobb had our visitor for the evening introduce himself. Emil then kicked off a discussion of the Palm/Handspring merger. Kevin Hisel reported that he had just bought a Dell computer, remarkingthat the pricing was just incredible for what he got. He is very pleasedwith his new purchase. Emil prodded Rich Hall to speak about his Windows experience, as a newuser. Rich had recently bought a Dell laptop, jumping ship from theMacintosh. Rich said the worst part of his switching platforms was havingto convert his Quicken data file from Mac to PC format. Many entry datesgot screwed up and it took him a week to straighten out the mess. He saidit was not a simple "transfer the file, load it in" process, even thoughthe application was produced by the same company. For the June meeting, the Mac SIG was treated to a demo of iMovie by ChuckJackson of Mousing Around Computers. There were seven members in the SIGthat night. There was some initial hardware problems, in that Emil and Chuck hadn'tbrought an old style Firewire cable to inferface Chuck's laptop with ourold TIMM monitor. This made for some video resolution and screen sizeproblems throughout the demonstration, but Chuck seemed to adapt quite wellto the challenge. One of the first things Chuck said was that if you intend to do any videoediting you're going to need a lot of hard drive storage space. He said itrequires about 12 GB to house one hour of digital video data. Chuck fired up iMovie and ran through many of its built in effects: the KenBurns effect (zooming on on a static photo), transitions, titling, etc. Chuck mentioned the ability to store video on regular CDs. You can getabout a hour of VHS quality video on one CD. He mentioned iVCD from Mirethfor this job: http://www.mireth.com/pub/ivme.html although he said, he thought the free VideoLAN worked better. VideoLAN is amultimedia and DVD player for Linux, BeOS, BSD, MacOS X. Chuck then proceeded to show us how to edit by using some home movie videohe brought with him. As an encore, Chuck then showed us iPhoto, how to pull in still digitalphotos, then pull those photos into iMovie. It was all slick and easy. In the discussion that followed the formal presentation, Ed Hadley askedChuck how the use of effects changed the final size of the files produced.Chuck said they do make them bigger, but not horrendously so. The June meeting of the CUCUG executive board took place on Tuesday, June24, 2003, at 7PM, at Kevin Hisel's house. (For anyone wishing to attend -which is encouraged, by the way - the address and phone number are both inthe book). Present at the meeting were: Richard Rollins, KrisKlindworth, Emil Cobb, Kevin Hopkins, and Kevin Hisel. Richard Rollins: Richard regaled us with talk of his Caribbean cruisevacation and his computer exploits at sea. He said he had saluted us withdrink on board at the time of monthly meeting. We said we were all touched.Richard then asked how the meeting went. Kevin Hisel described GeorgeKrumins' demo of his geological mapping software for the PC. He said heshowed its inner workings in detail. Richard said he hadn't heard anything new about the status of our meetingroom. We reviewed the possibilities of having to move to the U of I,Parkland, or Richard's church. Kris Klindworth: Kris reported that he had done boot loaders for theLinux SIG. He informed the Board that he is being to experience burn out asthe SIG chairman as he has been doing it for several years, even before themerger with CUCUG. He work load at his job is not helping with this sate ofaffairs. For next month, Mark Zinzow will be demoing partition resizing andimagining software. Following on that topic, it was announced that MattSkaj will be showing Synergy (which he reviewed in the last newsletter) andshowing how to navigate the iTunes Music Store. The PC SIG will beexploring VNC. Emil Cobb: Emil reported that the meeting went well. As he was chairingthe meeting, was distracted from doing his usual attendance count, butthere seemed to be a respectable number of people there for a June meeting. Kevin Hopkins: Kevin conveyed Richard Hall's Treasurer's report thatthere had been no financial activity for the last few months. Kevin said hehad received two bills and one membership via the club's Post Office box andthat he would be transferring them to Richard shortly. Kevin Hisel: Kevin let everyone know he got a new machine. It's a DellDimension 4600. Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theIllinois Technology Center. The Center is located at 7101 Tomaras Ave inSavoy. To get to the Illinois Technology Center from Champaign or Urbana,take Neil Street (Rt 45) south. Setting the trip meter in your car to zeroat the McDonalds on the corner of Kirby/Florida and Neil in Champaign, youonly go 2.4 miles south. Windsor will be at the one mile mark. Curtis willbe at the two mile mark. Go past the Paradise Inn/Best Western motel to thenext street, Tomaras Ave. on the west (right) side. Tomaras is at the 2.4mile mark. Turn west (right) on Tomaras Ave. The parking lot entrance isimmediately on the south (left) side of Tomaras Ave. Enter the building bythe front door under the three flags facing Rt 45. A map can be found onthe CUCUG website at Membership dues for individuals are $20 annually; prorated to $10 at midyear. Our monthly newsletter, the Status Register, is delivered by email. Allrecent editions are available on our WWW site. To initiate a user groupexchange, just send us your newsletter or contact our editor via email. Asa matter of CUCUG policy, an exchange partner will be dropped after threemonths of no contact. For further information, please attend the next meeting as our guest, orcontact one of our officers (all at area code 217): Visit our web site at http://www.cucug.org/, or join in our online forums at http://www.cucug.org/starship/index.php . The Macintosh Section:
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