MacWorld 9101 January 1991

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Commentary/Jerry Borrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Apple, are you listening? It's wish-list time again.
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
On the Cover
Art Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
As the new year
begins, we recall
By Cathy Abes
some fond- and not
so fond-Mac-based The Iconoclast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
memories from 1990.
See "The Year in By S t e v e n L e v y Prodigy tells its users to shut up and shop.
Review," page 167.
Conspicuous Consumer ...... ................. ..... 77
(Photo by Dan
Escobar.) By D e b o r a h B r a n s c u m User groups list their shareware favorites.
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State of the Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
By B r u c e F. W e b s t e r Exploring the alpha channel.
News ............. ... .... ........ ........ ... .. 99
By Dan Littman and Tom Moran
New Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
How To/Uuick Tips ... ... ...... ... .... ..... ..... . 231
By Lon Poole
How To/Getting Started with Mac Operating Techniques 237
By jim Heid
How To/Insights on More 3.0 259
In News
The California
By Charles Setter
Academy of Sciences
uses interactive Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
software and Macs to
chart the evolution
Where to Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
ary journey of life,
page 99.
Best-Sellers ...... ..... ...... .......... ......... 320
2 MACWORLD • JANUARY 1991
SPECIAL ISSUE / TRliE COLOR REV I E\X'S
24-bit color produces dazzling displays and MacRenderMan 3.1 ......... 176
Pboto-reaflsm software.
striking output, but you may run into a few
OuicKeysl 2.0 .............. 178
roadblocks along the way. Here's what it
Macro-making program.
takes to get your colors flying.
FrameMaker2.1 ............ 180
Long-document publishing
program.
The Big Squeeze. . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Amazing Paint 1.0 ........... 184
8/ack-and·whlte paint program.
By C h a r I e s S e t t e r Are color files gobbling up
megabytes of precious _disk space? Image compression MacP11teus 1.0 ............ 188
can ease the squeeze on your overcrowded hard drive. MIDI sound-generating NuBus
board.
Fast Color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Aldus Preprint 1.0 ........... 195
By C h e r y I Eng I a n d S p e n c e r 24-bit color Color-separation program.
display can slow your Mac to a crawl. Macworld Lab tests
Medialr acks 1.0 ............ 198
seven QuickDraw accelerator boards to find out how
On-screen presentation recording
well they tackle those system-slowdown blues.
and editing tool.
Pictures Perfected . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Where in Time
Is Carmen Sandiego? ........ 200
By L o n P o o I e Macworld referees an image-editing battle between ColorStudio
and Photoshop that highlights each program's strengths and weaknesses. Educational adventure game.
EtherPrint ................. 202
The 16 Million Color nuestion .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 152
Laser printers on Ethernet or TCP
By C b e r y I Eng I a n d Sp en c e r Which 24-bit color monitor shines the brightest? networks.
Macworld Lab tests 12 systems. Darwin's Dilemma 1.0 ....... 203
Strategy game.
TCP/Connect II 1.0 .......... 207
MactoUNIXoverTCP/IPnetworks.
FEATURES
Desk l.D .................. 209
Seven Integrated DAs.
MacT ools Deluxe ........... 210
Next on the Agenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Hard drive utilities.
By B r u c e F. We b s t e r They're more powerful and less expensive than their Point of View .............. 214
predecessor, but can Next's three new systems really beat the Mac competition? An overview of United States
history.
The Year in Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Window Shopping ........... 215
By ] e r r y B o r r e I I Macworld takes a look at the past year in the life of the Mac. Ask II 1.0; The Mathematics
Teacher's Workstation 1.0;
Track.Hur 1.5; Afternoon, a story;
HyperSnoop 1.0; Report Ideas;
AgreeMentor.
MACWORLD
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Managing Editor Cllartos Barron
Editorial Manager Jane lagos
Senior Assocla~e Editor/Dcpts. Deborah Branscum
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Senior Associate Editor/East Coast Br~a Mong
Senior Associate Editor/Reviews Corol Person
Senior Associate Editor/Features Cheryl E. Spencer
Senior Associate Editor/Features Suunne Stofonac
Associate Editor/Departments Cathy E. Abos
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Associate Editor/Reviews Uza Weiman
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Senior Copy Editor Ruth Henrich
Assistant Editor/Lab Mark Hurlow
Assistant Editor/New Products Mary Marga rot lawio
Production Editor Jo Ann Villalobos
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Editorial Administrative Assistants
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Assistant to the Edltor·in-Chief Sandy Butler
Contributing Editors Robert C. Eckhardt, Erler! Fenton,
Rob Hahn, Jim Held, Dave Koslur, Steven levy, Joe
Matanonl, David Pogue, Lon Poole, Steve Roth,
Charlos Seiter. Fronklin N. Tossler, Bruce F. Webster
Overseas Editors Osmund Und Iversen, Editor, AJJstro/ion
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Art Director Joanne Holfmon
Associate Art Director Sandra Koenig
Assistant Art Director Kent Teyonaka
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Senior Design Associate Tim Johnson
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