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Editor's Notes: January 15, 2000
* Everyone goes First Class with
Adobe
__ What happens when there's a glitch in the event organizers'
computer database at the most popular Macworld User Group breakfast? Dozens of user
group ambassadors find themselves stranded in the hall with no reservation, no seat.
__ True to form however, Adobe's Rye Livingston and
Louise Miller handily diverted this potentially touchy situation with class. No one
had to miss this most popular of the Macworld breakfast trio, as the Marriott staff
opened the room to accommodate the overflow crowd with seating and fresh breakfast!
__ Attendees got what they came for too! First was a
super demonstration of Adobe's new Premier v5.1 which brings Apple's vision of the
DV Desktop to new heights. Next came long time UG community favorite, Terry White,
to demonstrate some of the awesome new features Photoshop 6 and ImageReady. Terry
seasons his presentation with such real-world sensibility that all in attendance
can relate to each solution as it unfolds on the screen.
__ The favorite was his surprise demonstration of the
new "auto-import" feature Premier offers to allow you to drag-and-drop
folders of digital photos into an enhanced Premier slideshow, and then single-click-copy
it to a VHS tape (or DV) for the folks! Great stuff, Adobe... BRAVO!
__ The crowning touch was a an extensive round of door
prizes, including an Adobe leather jacket (modeled by a strutting winner to a delighted
audience) and a full copy of Adobe GoLive 5 presented to each ambassador at the closing
of this pleasurable event!
__ No one can deny that if you went to this year's Adobe
breakfast, you went first class!
* Apple UG Serves up Titanium and
Regional Liaisons
__ Even though the third and final Macworld UG breakfast
was marked by continuing registration problems and stranded attendees, the atmosphere
was congenial and pleasant. Apple UG Manager Diane Cohn followed Adobe's example
and accommodated refugees with seating and breakfast.
__ Once seated however everyone was thrilled with an
exciting "insider" look at the new Titanium Powerbook and quickly forgot
the morning's reservation problems. This stunning new PowerBook marks a whole new
ballgame for Macintosh portability, and guarantees "laptop envy" in onlookers
where ever it goes. This PowerBook boasts true notebook size (a mere inch thick),
stablized keyboard and quick-access memory. Besides acting as a superb heat sink,
the titanium shell makes the PowerBook uniquely durable. It promises to be the lightest
full-sized mobile computer in the world. A graphic demonstration provided proof that
the new 15-inch display is nearly 50% larger than it's closest size competition the
Sony Vaio. A digital scale and the Vaio demonstrated that by the time you add 5-hour
battery life, CD capabilities, and the AC power adapter to match Titanium's capabilities,
the competition not only weighs 20% more, it's going to cost you $800 more too! (See
Resource Manager column
for links to all the new products!)
* New for User Groups
__ In User Group news, Diane introduced a new regional
liaison program that would begin to expand the User Group department's reach into
the user group community beyond Macworld events.
__ Among those blue-ribbon names are M.J. Del Missier
13 Year veteran of the UG Community, President of the Spartanburg Mac User Group
(SMUG.org), and former Advisory Board Member of the Association of Apple Computer
User Groups (AACUG.org); and Sandy Foderick, also a long-time user group notable,
former AOL/UGF Staffer, and User Group Network (user-groups.net) Shareware Manager!
__ It's good to know that when Apple UG is looking for
the best people, they know just where to look!
END of transmission
Fred Showker
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