Info Manager for February 4, 2002

[*]  Apple Announcements;   [*]  LA Final Cut Pro user group heading to New York;   [*]  Power of X;   [*]  Unreal Tornament;   [*]  Filemaker Pro Advisor CD;   [*]  Timbuktu recovers stolen iMac. ;   [*]  Vintage software;   [*]  Mac Songs;   [*]  MSN MapPoint;   [*]  Mac Satellite;   [*]  VOM - MYOB, Inc.;   [*]  Web Site #1 of the Week: A new pictorial history on line;   [*]  Web Site #2 of the Week: Clock;   [*]  Quote of the week: Alexandre Dumas;   [*]  InfoManager Notes;   [*]  New features schedule
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Apple Announcements

Of course the big news this past week was the speed bumped PowerMac G4 Towers. Now up to a Duo-1 Gigahertz machine. But also the G4 iMac made news of its own as the fastest selling Mac in history with 150,000 preordered in only three weeks. This compares with 100,000 for the first iMac in a two month period. Really impressive. But then who wouldn't want one of those lamps on their desk.
* Inside the new iMac
__ If you want to deal with what is inside the iMac,
here are some details:
http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/iMac/index.html

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LA Final Cut Pro user group heading to New York

Dennis Sellers in a MacCentral article tells about activities at this year's New York DV Show, where the LAFCPUG is going to hold a meeting on February 12th at the New Yorker Hotel. They have a lot of big plans. If you are a Final Cut Pro User you should plan on being at the show and attending the LAFCPUG meeting.
More info at: Http://www.lafcpug.org
or in the MacCentral article at:
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/29.lafcpug.php

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Power of X

Want to see the one hour demo that Apple put on at Expo -- just to see how well it works? Well it is now available.
Go to
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/powerofx/

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Unreal Tornament

Meanwhile, Ron Carlson over at Insanely Great Mac is talking about the public demo now available for Unreal Tournament for OSX. It is something that a lot of Mac gamers have been waiting for. The story is at:
http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1450.html
Get more details from Westlake Interactive at
http://westlakeinteractive.com/download.html

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Filemaker Pro Advisor CD

Filemaker Pro Advisor is the only real magazine focused on Filemaker Pro. They have issued their annual CD and for the time being they are given a $23 discount.
Order at: http://www.Advisor.com/CD01
or calling 800.336.6060 or 858.278.5600 or e-mail to: CustomerService@Advisor.com
Go to:
http://www.Advisor.com/CD01

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Timbuktu recovers stolen iMac.

This story was pointed out to me on the Apple Corp BBS. Somehow I had missed it. But MacCentral ran a story on how a person using AppleScript, Timbuktu and Caller-ID was able to track down his stolen iMac and get it back.
Full story at:
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/25.timbuktu.php

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Vintage software

Got an older Mac and want some software to run on it. (Great way to introduce the kids to Macs.) Check out these two web sites for the software: http://www.livingbooks.com/ and
Go to:
http://www.classsource.com/

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Mac Songs

Wired magazine is running a story about John Swerdan's who has written music about Macs. He has recorded an entire album of songs inspired by his precious Mac. The nine songs about Macs written and recorded over a period of three years include "Startup/Hard Drive," "Quickdraw Bill" and "Poor Sad Mac."
Full story at:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,50161,00.html

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MSN MapPoint

There is now a competitor to MacQuest. In a big way. Internet News reported on January 24th that Microsoft has a new mapping program to counter AOL's MapQuest. I always thought that MapQuest was owned by Yahoo!, but apparently they just have an agreement with AOL to use it. Since MacPoint.msn.com is a web page, it should be usable by Macs. But that isn't always the case. I will have to check it out from home. IN also suggested that this was one of the first apps in the .NET service that MS is planning on offering. The more things go on, the more interesting they get.
The full story is available at:
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_960881,00.html

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Mac Satellite

Dennis Sellers on MacCentral reported that Hughes' DirecWay is now available to Macs via a new add-on Ethernet box, that becomes a third piece of the current two-piece adapter kit. It's due out by late spring, and should cost US$200 to $300 more than the current hardware package The current kit uses USB and apparently doesn't work well even on a PC.
Story at:
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/24.earthlink.php

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VOM - MYOB, Inc.

Todd Salkovitz is the designated MYOB's MUG evangelist. He comes to the position honestly as the President of MacBUS in Philadelphia. (Web site at: www.macbus.org - BTW it has a perfect example of how to promote and recognize vendors who are and have appeared at their meetings.)
__ I have worked with Craig Runeberg, their local representative in Dallas area a number of times. He has always put on a good show. Even the one time I asked him to present to both the Apple Corp and the North Texas PCUG in the same day.
You can get full details on how MYOB can work with your group by visiting http://www.myob.com/us/usergroups/.
__ At minimum, they offer the following: Local representation, (In most areas, they can provide a local MYOB Certified Consultant to present to your group) , if no local representative is available, they can provide a presentation outline. Along with that comes handouts, trial versions on CD, Spec sheets and User Group special pricing. They will also put your user group in their calendar on their web site.
__ There is an Acrobat form to fill out for a presentation on the site. I am sure that you will get the great service that Craig has given me over the last several years.
Visit MYOP at:
http://www.myob.com/us/usergroups/

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Web Site #1 of the Week: A new pictorial history on line

The New York Times reported on how Connecticut had photos on line for the period of 1800 to 1950. Pretty cool
see it at:
http://www.cthistoryonline.org

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Web Site #2 of the Week: Clock

Once again our friends on the Tourbus have come up with a cool site. A clock that you have to see to believe. It requires Flash, but it is cool! (To subscribe to Tourbus, go to http://www.tourbus.com)
Go to:
http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

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Quote of the week: Alexandre Dumas

" A person who doubts himself Is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies And bear arms against himself."

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InfoManager Notes

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New features schedule

* 1st Monday Vendor of the Month; (VOM)
* 2nd Monday "InfoManager's Humble Opinion (IMHO)
* 3rd Monday TBA (What would you like to see?)
* 4th Monday: User Group Tips. (Send them in)
* 5th Monday: Nothing extra - my day of rest. ;-)
Of course I could make adjustments to this schedule as I see fit and will take suggestions. Have a great week!

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