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despite initially weak (or, as the driver signing to ensure that old system object models and Applica S. No 'Mystery' Files — Once a clear 6. Versatile Networking — Internetcase may be, totally absent) sup drivers don't corrupt the system. tion Programming Interfaces. And, Mac advantage, it's now almost a' Connection Sharing, VPN, Net port for DVD in Mac OS X, the The Mac has none of these fea while Aqua, the Mac OS X graphi moot point — they all have lots. Beui, AppleTalk, FTP, Web ser Mac tends to be a good founda tures, although it can be argued, it cal user interface (GUI), is certainly However, Windows can arbitrarily vices, Vines, TCP/IP, IPX, and ation for video work, where the syn doesn't suEer from a lack of them more innovative than anything hide or show file type identifiers ton of others are directly supportedergy of easy-to-use software and as badly as did Windows 95/98 we' ve seen on a PC, i t tends to and protected system files. The by Windows 2000. Netmeetingbuilt-in digital video (FireWire) and earlier releases. Linux, with its require a fair amount of relearn Mac cannot. And while we' re sure (or the new Remote Assistanceports reduces complexities. focus on system security, doesn' t ing. there are *nix gurus out there who feature in Windows XP) allows3, Driver Management — Someday, allow non-privileged users to alter In this regard, the Luna interface know the purpose of every file on remote app sharing and documentwe hope that every Windows driver the system at all. of Windows XP is a double bless their favoured platform, we think sharing, instant chat, and more.will be added and removed via 4. Integrated User Interface — What ing: it's similar enough to previous the lack of deep integration men Then, there's the other Windowsa single control panel. As it is, should we compare? Aqua versus Windows versions to be familiar tioned in item ¹4 is really working features: multi-user Terminal Ser though, it's not bad. The vast major Luna? Windows Me vs. Mac OS in use, yet enough of a change to against Linux at this point. Until vices, multihoming, tunnelling,ity of d r iver-management tasks 9.1? KDE2 vs. Gnome? Each has make the claim of a conceptual one GUI becomes dominant in DNS services, etc., etc. Windowscan be handled via the Windows advantages. We'd say Linux is the switch from "data-centric" com Linux-land (and it seems to us is WAY, way ahead of the MacDevice Manager. loser here, with competing graph puting to "task-oriented" opera that "dominance" isn't really a veryThe latest Windows releases have here — OS X's improvements not

ical shells that don't provide deep tion more than mere hype. We Linu--kk concept, anyway), tlus withstanding. And L inux, l ikesystem file protection and require integration with the underlying hope. problem seems destined to remain. other Unix systems, is nothing

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short of amazing in networking Internet functionality, such as a too. In fact, I can boot a PC and an installation is a drag-and-drop missing executables is nice, though.versatility. robust Web server, into the operat enable recording to CD-R or copy affair — then Linux is the worst. And the Mac desktop database has

7. Graphics Support — Windows PCs ing system where it belongs — and ing files over a network with a It's not perfect, but at least Win a few issues of its own, such as

and Macs are approximately on par where virtually all server-oriented single floppy disk. I can't do that on dows' SETUP.EXE and Add/ what happens when apps have beenin terms of multimonitor support PC OSes have been ahead for years. a Mac. Remove Control Panel mechanism removed and it needs rebuilding,at this point. But PC graphics driv Apple's reluctance to expose the Realistically, all the systems have for installing and removing files a network configuration referenced

ers are provably faster, and PCs complexities of the Unix underpin problems here — Linux users are is consistent. And system file pro by an alias changes, or applications

running Windows or 'nix tend to nings of Mac OS X probably means probably the worst off: Red Hat tection and driver signing features are not available to open registeredhave better OpenGL 3-D perfor that those looking for sophisti and Mandrake users can use "Red of recent Windows releases is an document types. Linux users suffermance, too. The Mac's legendary cated network management tools Hat Package Manager" RPM files. attempt to minimize DLL conflict again from superficial shell integra

graphics strengths primarily man and console-oriented utilities will Debian/Corel and some o ther issues — an area in which Apple's fion.ifest in 2-D applications such as probably still have to look else Linux variants use Tarballs (or with Mac OS was always notoriouslyPhotoshop, although a forthcom where, though. a little extra work, may have success weak, with its simple-but-limited Conclusioning Mac port of the high-end 3-D 9 Easier Installation — Mac owners with RPMs as well), and often eso Extensions Manager. Any discussion such as this one must

application Maya may open up new often cite this as a key advantage. teric shell scripts that unpack the 10.Dependable Aliases — The Mac is necessarily end somewhere — and we

opportunities in 3-D. However, virtually any version of archives and put the files heaven still ahead here, thanks to the invis know there are a thousand advantages

8. Better Internet Support — Mac OS Linux or recent Windows release knows-where. If the Mac is the ible desktop database. The Win to each platform we haven' t

X finally brings some long overdue will boot and install from a CD, best here — usually (but not always) dows PC's ability to search for see Mac, page 9

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Letters I hope your paper starts to shape distribution and a grcrcoing number of Windows XP, with its new enhancedup better than this. This is a poor record companies andi ndcpdentdent art experience. However, you failed tostart indeed. Wake up and at least ists are doing the same, as they realize the mention how Microsoft has enhancedhit the 90's, if you don't recognise the potential of this nnu mediumfor spread the Windows experience. Could itHello, is no difference between stealing a issues of the new millennium. ing avsareness of a bands commercially be new security holes, allowing for aI was just handed a copy of the first copy of Photoshop and stealing music Doug Blackley available product. Other users (and I whole new family of script viruses?issue of your paper, and was quite sur and income from an artist. Encourag believe it is a large group), such as myself, Or new expressive sounds to indicateprised to see right on page one your ing this sort of theft of copywritten Thanksfor your letter, Doug. I suppose dcriunload audio+les they have previ an "illegal operation" program crash?"Editor's Choice for Best Piracy Soft software is not at all what I expected I could get a'efensive and say the same ously purchased on vinyl, cassette tape or

ware". Co me on! What sort ofHow about a new properties dialog toa mass-distributed publication to be thing to you, based on the stark reality other "old" media. For heavens sake, I' ve set the colours of the blue screen ofmessage are you giving the general doing. If you are going to provide such that, in a recentpoll, h'996 of our audience bought The Beatles' @Site Albumfour death? Gee I can hardly wait to find

public with this sort of endorsement? coverage of pirate sites and software said they had used ¹pster at least once. ti mes already — surely I'm entitled to my out about all the wonderful new fea Will you next publish addresses for please at least mention to the public But perhaps a moreopti mistic perspec personal use backup by neo! tures of this all-new version.where to best download hot copies of that the software they download from tive is to observe that this content is notMicrosoft Windows? Thanks for continuing to produce

the site is stolen, and that they are necessarily pirated, nor is a photo posted Hi Computer Trackers, the best darned computer publicationSo what am I talking about? I am acting as software pirates; the way your online necessarily there vnthout permis Great to see your first issue — congrat in these parts.talking about AudioGalaxy, a tool for article is written it almost looks like sion. I have personally posted dozens of ulations. Yers, Dusty Cochranedistributing pirated audio files. There you are unaware that this is theft! MP3 fsles at TheMP3Zone. cornfor free Your fi rst headline announced Squamish BC

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sor with 128 MB of KVI (expand clips. MP3 player and yet another player for face on another person's body. WhatDigital Video Made Simple able to 192MB), a 12GB dr ive, 3. Click to select one of five "mood Windows Media files. Sony's Media fun! The effects can be added tn yourWe try to present a balanced view of built-in video camera, panoramic-for icons" — ranging from mellow to Player handles full-screen QuickTime movie and processed in real t ime,the ongoing "platform wars" behveen mat 1024x480 screen, iLink IEEE exuberant. Alovies, CD audio (complete with albeit at a resolution best suited forMacs and PCs and, truth be told, 1394 interface, TV out, VGA out, 4. Type a few text captions into the artist and song names pulled from the web-based movie distribution.Macs have been better than PCs for USB, PC Card slot, "Memory Stick" "Text Shaker" box. Click "Shake." CDDB database) Windows Media Anyway, this is the sort of simplic video-editing tasks for much of the slot, built-in V.90 modem, stereo 5. Wait a moment while AiovieShaker video, audio, etc., all in a single uni ity and elegance we expect to see fromlast decade. Indeed, we have owned speakers, video effects processing automatically adds music, edits thc fie interface. Apple. It's good stuff, and we hopeseveral Macs (and a fcw "iX'Iac com tools, movie editing software, etc. and, clips together (complete with fades, Looking for a picture or a video Steve Jobs and the team at Applepatibles," too) over thc years, and we have to admit, it greatly exceeds transitions, borders and other spe file? The system's VideoFlow browser are still thinking of the small buthave found them superior for most the capabilities of any portable Mac cial effects and totally in sync with displays the pictures and movies in elegant things that make 5'Iac fansgraphics-related tasks almost with as a video editing platform in terms of the musical soundtrack!) and builds a fun, freeform fashion, where the "love" their computers. For now, theout interruption since the mid-eight out-of-thc-box functionality. a movie. Preview results. Repeat or directory hierarchy is displayed as a Sony PicturcBook is the most eleganties. In addition to the many PCs As wc noted in earlyJuly, we fully manually edit text, transitions, and floating, moving collection of icons and hassle-free portable video edit we regularly use, we currently have expect Apple to announce a pan other parameters if desired. that follow your mouse pointer around ing device we' ve ever tested. Recom a dual 500 AIHz G4 tower — an oramic portable and an even stron 6. Export results i n Qu i ckTime, the VideoFlow browser screen. When mended. t&undeni ably great computer! ger emphasis on video editing (and MPEG-1, email, RealVideo, and

It's healthy for technology jour DVD) next year, but we really think other formats.nalists to have a bit of a love/hate Sony has raised the bar. We are On the downside, there are a fewrelationship with their subject matter. finding its "XilovieShaker" software Generic Mediathings MovieShaker lacks, too. MostOtherwise, punditry can descend into quite magical — i t just works. It' s notably, it can't import files directly Last issue, we noted increasing demandzealotry, or may at least be suspected not coincidentally, is an investor inamazingly easy to build a fully edited from your camcorder - you have to for RealNetworks, Microsoft and Appleof bias. And, despite the way we' re Generic Media) has already proven thatvideo with a musical soundtrack, use a separate capture utility, or use (and Macromedia. etc., etc.) to work to it is possible to unify the Media Playersure it must appear trom time to time, professional looking edits, special Sony's proprietary Memory Stick unify their respective media players so morass, at least on the PC. Its Mediawe really don't like those "mine's better e ffects and t i t l es. H ere are t h e solid-state storage media to move that codecs are interoperabie. Bar (as found on Sony VAIO PCs) canthan yours" platform arguments. steps. thc files from device to device. It But we may not have to wait for the play CDs, DVDs. CD Extra, Video CD,Currently, we' re watching Apple's 1. furn the unit on. Swivel the built-in also can't export directly back to a Big Three to decide to work together. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3. AYI, AU. AVI,position in the digital video market camera to point at your desired digital camcorder, although it can A founding member of App!e's Quick AIFF files (etc.) and Apple QuickTime 4very closely, and seeing a widening subject. Press the button near the save files in DV format directly from Time engineering team, Peter Hoddie, movies, and it can even play QuickTimegap between the capabilities of l eyboard labeled Capture. Repeat MovieShaker. (Thus, you can save is attempting to break down the walls 4 movies in full-screen mode withoutunder-USS1500 systems available for until you have all the clips you DV file directly to a Memory Stick, between different multimedia content requiring the user to purchase Quick the PC (e.g., the US$999 Matrox want. if you have a compatible Sony cam formats. His company, Generic Media, Time Pro.RT2000, $1499 Pinnacle DC1000 2. Launch MovieShaker, select "Use corder.) recently unveiled "new software that it Perhaps this innovation will push Real DV, etc.) and those availablc on the SmartCapture's Movies." Add any Despite these minor lapses, Sony says will allow online video and audio Networks. Microsoft and Apple to workMac, with tools such as Final Cut other clips or stills you want to appears to have the right idea. It cus clips to run across a variety of networks together more closely. If not, we hopePro, iMovie2, etc. In our view, Apple include, or delete them hy drag tomizcs the Windows environment and devices without having to select Mr. Hoddie and others striving towardseriously needs to offer a real-time ging to the Trash. The software will significantly. It bundles a vast col media formats." Sony (which, perhaps this worthwhile goal reap the benefits.editing platform in this price range automatically trim movies to exactly lection of software: antivirus tools,

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Recommended SolutionsPC or Mac? USB or Serial? Analog or Digital? Help! forthcoming Windows XP) worththe extra hassle. I don't personally. Many users report good results withMy Windows Me-based system is e ither the Delta 66 or th e D e l ta

DiO 2496 (The latter is fine if youecommen e stable enough for reliable, extendeduse. I honestly can't remember the don't really need any more than twolast time I lost any work in my music inputs as, found on the Delta 66).sequencer or audio editor because of They are dependable, sound great and

tools for audio a crash. have good support. The people onMy favourite PC-based music soft Cubase.net and elsewhere appear to

ivare tools, all of which I consider be pleased with it. A lso, Sound onrock solid, at this point, include: Sound has given good reviews to the1. Sonic Foundry Sound Forge Delta cards.

A somewhat more high-end choice,

Those looking to purchase a tion is arguable, given USB's maxi definite rewards — not the least of 2. Sonic Foundry Acid 2.0

favoured by many Macintosh-basedMac or PC for a home studio, mum theoretical throughput,. which which are a greater number of hard 3. Steinberg Cubase VST 5.0 (a few

documented issues notwithstanding) digital studios, is DigiDesign's Prohave many decisions to make. exceeds that of the older Apple serial ware and software options. I per

4. Steinberg Clean Plus (easy audio Tools. 'Alany studio buffs considerThis article provides additional details standard. However, almost nothing in sonally wouldn't want to t rade my

CD maker) Pro Tools the best there is — a posi on recommended hardware and soft the computer world works in practice PC-based music system, even for the

5. Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.02 tion that, again, is arguable, depend ware. Obviously, these general rec as it does in theory. Others believe best software that's currently available

Deluxe ing on your needs and budget. At anyommendations mav not apply to the main culprit in the Mac's lacklus for the Mac.

Only ¹3 is available on the Mac. rate, it remains a solid choice for pro everyone. The main focus is on help tre MIDI performance is OMS, the And, just in case you think I amThere are roughly similar tools in the fessional studios, despite the fact that

ing you to build a s table system troubled successor to Apple's now biased, I have a top-of-the-line dual there are far fewer add-on options

to avoid crashes and other technical defunct MIDI Manager. CPU, 500 MHz G4 here. Its CD other categories, however.1. BIAS Peak for it than are available in DirectX

problems (you' re a musician, not a See the "low latency" list of the top writing software is weaker, its audio2. ReCycle and/or VST plugin formats, suitable

computer wizard, right?) and getting 20 cards at http: //w~v.kvr-vst.corn/ editors are less friendly, and its selec 4. Jam for use with Cubase and other PC

the best possible performance. asio.php tion of plug-ins is decidedly more2) Many high-end studios use Macs, limited than the PC. However, the 5. Toast based programs.

Getting Started and it seems that most pro-audio Mac continues to be strong at the If your digital audio card (or external DirectX plugins support almost any

To get started, you should go to a few music stores continue to recommend high end, where ease is less important box, as the case may be) has no sound card, requiring only a PC run

music stores and sit down in front of Macs over PCs. Part of this is based than pro-oriented features (S'vIPTE, onboard MIDI interface, your choices ning a host program that supports the

each type of system you are consider on the Mac's legendary ease of use; etc.). At this level, Pro Tools for Mac are many: DirectX plug-in architecture. VST

ing for a while (in the Vancouver area, part is, we believe, based on the long is still a leader. 1. external USB MIDI interface plugins and instruments are similar,

Long R. McQuade and Annex Hi terin view of the Mac as a more reli As far as complexity goes, the Mac 2. Internal gameport connector and but, as the name implies, are designed

Tech are two good places to start.), or able platform for music and audio is definitely easier to maintain, but a suitable external MIDI adapter to work with Cubase VST.

go to a local user group and talk to work. This situation, however, doesn' t well-configured PC, with the sound cable. In fact, Cubase and Pro Tools are

necessarily reflect current realities. hardware preinstalled is not very com 3. Second sound card with gameport quite different in intent. In additionsome experts.

Over the last couple of years, the plex, either. Windows Me goes a long and cable as above. to its audio recording and processing

Mac or Pc? PC has matured into a flexible and way to "beginner-proofing" the PC 4. Second sound card with dedicated abilities, Cubase is a full-fledged

The PC versus Mac question is as full-featured foundation for a digital experience. iVIIDI connector(s) score printing program, with exten

tricky to answer as ever. Here are a music studio at this point. It is still However, if avoiding crashes is 5. Serial connected MIDI sive MIDI editing, song arrangement

few items to consider: somewhat more complex than a Mac your top priority, you might prefer a 6. Parallel connected MIDI features, synth bank editing, algorith 7. I' ve never seen one, but there is mic style generation, internet collabo

1) Cubase is the most widely used to set up and maintain, but there are Mac, or find Windows 2000 (or theprobably also a FireWire connected ration, etc., etc. Pro Tools offers none

"high-end" seque neer and audio MIDI I/F out there somewhere. of these features. In fact, Cubase's abil recorder available. If you are consid sa Ea '~ ~~ ~ ~ I personally use ¹3 and ¹4 in my two ities in waveform editing are definitelyering building a system for use with ow l i l pT ' p

machines and express no preference, NOT strong. You ivould definitelyCubase, you should consider the so

~ O q C ~ ~ i other than convenience of having the need a program such as WaveLabcalled "latency" delay introduced by MIDI connectors somewhere other (which is also bv Steinberg) or mythe driver software (and, sometimes, . ~ n 1

than right on the back of the com favorite, Sound Forge, or any one ofexacerbated by the operating system). puter. I know several people who have several others to complement it.If you look at the latency values of the obtained good results with USB and There is, however, nothing stop top 20 professional-level sound cards serial devices, too. ping you from running Pro Toolsfor PC and Mac, not one of the top 13 As you are probably aware, there F ree on the P C ( o r ivIac). It, asperformers is running on a Mac. And are some very expensive iXIIDI inter the name implies, is f ree. Therethe Mac, at this writing, only figures faces out there, with MTC, SMPTE, are also decent shareware sound edi t~vice in the top 20. This definitely multiple outs, etc., etc. You should tors such as Cooledit 2000 fromsuggests that PCs have the potential choose one that meets your specific Svntnlhum.corn E&for better performance. Indeed, there e ke y d A w a g.ace , ss w Waeu needs. My needs are pretty simple:are those who maintain that, since ~ A 4Qw . y*~x k tcK 41fy

Q l ido (@~ I Q ISIS I onlv have five pieces of external For Further Read>ngApple dropped serial ports on Macs > k)s

JW 1Ãbt MIDI gear, ivhich are seldom if ever Some good comments on the topic

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Rubber Ducky from cover But there's one item that's causing more ran the icons through a battery of advs.needMicrosoft's "chief software architect" and controversy than all the others combined. noise reduction and image-processing opera announces the company's intent to design a It's an icon in more than one sense. Already tions and determined that the images, while"next generation Windows interface." This made famous in an immortal performance by similar when the Microsoft one is flipped hor sound to us like, as Yogi Berra put it, deja vu Kermit the Frog, we speak of a rubber ducky izontally, do not appear identical. The light all over again in light of Aqua. icon in Windows XP that's suspiciously sim ing and shadows in the two images are clearlyMay 24, 2000: Microsoft releases its Pre ilar to one supplied with the Mac OS almost different. Considering that we hold absoluteview 1 beta of MSN 6, which features what two years earlier. proof that there is, in fact, more than onecan be charitably called an Aqua-inspired ducky in existence, we think this should finallyuser interface, as this MSN button shows. Rubber Ducky, you' re the one... or are puts the Rubber Ducky Controversy to rest.Feb. 13, 2001: Microsoft unveils Windows you? In short, Microsoft may have aped the idea,XP, with a trash can in the lower right corner Of course, the similarities between duckies but they did not, as they assert, heist the(a rather more Mac-like position than in pre could be coincidence. After all, we needed duckvious Windows releases), subtle, true-colour to look no further than our local bath-time See the Whistler and Windows XPicons, translucent selection rectangles and supply store to find one of these little rubber reports at t hctechnozone.corn for morebuilt-in tools roughly equivalent to iTunes, fellas, and he is clearly at his most photoge information. 8iMovie and DVD Player. nic at the angle both icons depict. In fact, we

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Codename: Office 10 wrap "traditional" office software Publisher DTP application, etc.) to business application have been gettingmodel, nor is it completely Internet various version of the mix, too, so-so reviews from early testers,(Webased. Instead, it adds (for better or There is, however, at least one have to wonder: why are they com worse) a smattering of both of these former Office feature that doesn't seem plaining that Office XP's speech rec components to the existing Office to be here this time around. Although ognition is "imperfect?" Are there anycode base, making Office 10, or Office the situation could change by the alternatives that aren' t?) A US$19.95Product: OfficeXP (Lmown as Office 10 in beta.) option."Smart Tags" is probably the addition XP as it will be known when it is suite's release date, at the moment, Corporate evaluation kit (detailedFrom; Microsoft that most users will see as the "must have" released, around the end ofMay2001, it looks like PhotoDraw is no longer later in this article) allows you toPrice: TBD; an ASP pricing structure is also feature. Integrated OCR feature. an upgrade appealing to those looking an Office inclusion. Instead, there's an decide for yourself if Office XP is a

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t n his demonstration at the prod desktop with her own customized set listed in the taskbar? Not an easy information on artists to the screen to automatically upload the imagesuct's official unveiling on Feb. tings, running her programs exactly thing to do. Do this in Windows XP transparently and w i thout manual to the Internet, via the built-in Web13th, Microsoft Chairman and as she had left them. The speed at and after a second or two, the doc intervention. A "Buy Music Online" server in Windows XP, and another

Chief Software Architect says the which the system switches between uments reassemble themselves into link provides a (presumably sponsor that enables you to order prints overcompany has spent nearly a billion user accounts is positively astonish a neat pop-up menu in the taskbar driven) online shopping capability. the Internet. All of these features aredollars so far on the development ing. On the Compaq M700 portable above the application to which they And, of course, there are wild new ho-hum to those who already knowof this Windows release. He claims system on whichJim Allchin demon belong. Mac OS X users loved this skins to play around with how to do this stuff, but may be athat the workforce behind it numbers strated the feature, the switching pro feature when Apple showed it off in Also interesting are new media boon to beginners. But the big changein the thousands and includes the cess took less than a second. (These January, and we think Windows users savvy enhancements to the Explorer is in the printing feature: A Photosame teams that laboured on Win models currently top out at 850 MHz. will appreciate it, too. David Coursey, shell. Now, when you select an MP3 Printing Wizard can automaticallydows 2000 and Windows Me. The — Ed.) So far so good.... executive editor for ZD Anchordesk, or WMA audio file in a window, the format images in a variety of multiple result, of course, is claimed to be says, "I think Microsoft has finally options to play, burn to CD and so on images-per-page formats and printthe most important Windows release The Desktop beat the Apple Macintosh for ease-of are displayed right onscreen in a task them directly from the desktop shellsince Windows 95. (Funny how we When your desktop appears, the first use." Wishful thinking? Read on..... palette on the left side of the window. — ideal for printing a batch of wallet heard the same line last year — Ed.) thing you notice is... there's practically (And, presumably, still available as a size photos, contact sheets or otherAnd the hyperbole is already stream nothing on it. There's a cool-looking Task-oriented Design pop-up context menu by right-click popular formats. This will save almosting out of the hype machine in translucent trash can in the lower Allchin focused on four areas where ing.) The Internet-enabled CD player anyone time, plain and simple.Redmond. Enthused Ji m Allchin, right corner (a rather more Mac-like Windows XP shines: Photos, Music, automatically grabs song titles andplatforms product group vice presi position than in previous Windows Video and Remote Assistance. Not artist data from the online CDDB Remote Assistancedent, "it's almost a lifestyle upgrade." releases), a redesigned taskbar at the surprisingly, considering his stature CD Database. Folder icons of"ripped" Building upon the Terminal Server,But, amazingly, you may be inclined bottom (mostly blue, with a 3-D as a jazz/fusion musician of some CDs in the My Music directory auto NetMeeting and R emote A ccessto agree. shaded look and a green "Start" button, renown, he started with a demonstra matically gain an icon showing their capabilities it has offered for years

which, when you think about it, makes tion of several significant enhance respective album covers. under Windows NT and 2000, Win Startup Windows Media Player 8 will now dows XP provides a feature Micro Windows XP includes several new support encoding to MP3 as well as soft calls Remote Assistance. With it,features that c o uld s i gni ficantly Microsoft's proprietary WMA stan users can allow an expert to remotelychange the way you use your com dard. No big deal, considering the connect to their computer and, if per puter. For starters — literally — there' s vast number of MP3 encoders already mitted, take control of the system anda new Fast User Switching screen that on the market, but a nice enhance actually fix the problem, right overgreets you when the machine starts up ment, nonetheless. the Internet. A built-in chat modeor another user logs off This screen and screen-sharing features add toshows icons (random photo icons are Video the versatility of this feature, whichinserted by default; you can custom +i »»»rl»»»I»h» DVD playback is simplified, with essentially eliminates the need forize these at will) and a few lines of movies now appearing directly in the a third-party utility such as pcAny descriptive text for each user with an Q. - ~ ~ Media Player window, as opposed to where, Timbuktu, or AT8cT's VNC.account on the machine. If user "Joe" '»»»»»» )\%a»»A»» WlP A»» ~ previous releases, which bundled a Obviously, this raises some securityhas email, the number of unread mes g w ~ separate DVD Player. Movies, too, and privacy concerns, but Microsoftsages is listed. If user "Josephine" was automatically download metadata in maintains that the sessions are fullyrunning three programs before she the background to p rovide movie encrypted and require the user tologged out, these programs are listed buffs with additional information on specifically allow remote access andnext to her icon. By dicking on her the production. Apparently, this data interaction. Hackers won't be able toicon and, if required, entering a suit persists on the local machine even just waltz in and take control of yourable password, Josephine opens up a when not connected to the Net. machine with this new feature.

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More New Features There's also a special application won't allow uncertified dr ivers toNot all of the features planned for compatibility m od e t h a t a l l ows be used. This should significantlyWindows XP were shown off' at Windows XP to create an environ reduce "oops I trashed my OS" typethe press event. Microsoft report ment that simulates the operating errors. There's also a System Restore

~~ cbsc k a aa-M temekd la ~ M aa ea s cd 5eLakl edly p l ans to i nclude a feature system for which the program was feature, similar to t hat found incalled Credential Manager to help designed. With i t , W i ndows XP Windows Me, that can help youwith the increasingly complex secu promises to be better able to run recover from errors.rity issues users demand. A function programs designed for Windows 95, A Server version, expected in Q4called Dynamic Setup expands upon 98 and other old releases. There of2001, wasn't even mentioned at thethe Windows Update idea, promising will, however, be some applications presentation, although Erik M o l l ,rapid access to drivers and software that just won't run. M i c rosoft has Windows Marketing Manager forupdates over the W eb. M i c rosoft wisely limited the ability to directly Microsoft Canada, confirms that it

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One of the key features of Media Player 8 widely accepted MP3 format. Thus, Copy Protection more than one computer at the same

Windows XP is the inclu Also present in Windows XP is Win we are delighted to see that Windows Windows XP also introduces a feature location. Presumably, hackers will find

sion of Internet Explorer dows Media Player 8.0. Continuing Media Player 8 now allows encoding suggesting that Microsoft is finally a way around this (they always do),

6.0. This updated browser adds at with the look and feel of Media in MP3 format as well. planning to take action against those but it is definitely going to make it

least one feature to the Windows Player 7.0, the new version adds a The Explorer shell has also been who violate its license agreements: It more convenient for people to Do The

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in the Macintosh version: a sidebar. window" control and the ability to interface, new icons and wizard-like system dubbed "Microsoft Product what will happen when you want to

This sidebar pops out from the side jump directly to various controls such controls for common tasks displayed Activation for Windows" (WPA), that upgrade your computer or change its

of the screen when clicked, reveal as the graphics equalizer, visualiza right in the window. No more need keys the installation of the software to motherboard and CPU3 This feature

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station player — based, of course, on effects, etc., rather than having to remove a program or view the system ters, the technology is similar to the shareholders, but it could be bad news

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950 / 1000........................249 / 299 AOpen RJ45 10mbps ISA/ PCI...............16/16ATI Radeon All-jn-Wonder DDR 32M...............359.....339 / 409 D-Link 530TX 100/10mbps PCI......................23 Cables for Monitor / KB / Mouse I Modem.....7

1100 / 1200................. ATI All-jn-Wonder128 PRO 32M......................25959/75/129 3Com 3C905x 100/10mbps ...........................65 Printer Cable USB / Parallel....................10 / 7K6I I-450 / 500 / 550........................ ATI TV-Wonder PCI / LISB.......................95 /135................62 Surecom PCMCIA 10 / 10&100 mbps.....49 / 79 IDE Cable 18" / 33" / ATA100866........3 / 6 / 9Pentium 233mmx........................... 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 64M AGP.........................199 5/8 Ports HUB 10mbps..........................27/41 SCSI Cable Internal 3 / 5 /7 head.....6/8/ 12

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Altec ADA800 Dolby Digital Speakers.............369 Viewsonic .27 E70 / .25 E70F.......299 / 379 Heatsink Compound / Thermal Paste..........2ABIT KT7A-Raid ATA100............ . . . . ................249 Ball Bearing Case Fan 3pin /4pin.........12 / 9Gigabyte 7ZM w/Audio.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ 1 45 Altec ACS54w Subw + 4 Speakers (Black).......85 Sony .24 G200 / .24 E200...,.........579 / 509

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 69 Altec ACS56 Subw+ 4 Speakers (Black)........169 Samsung .27 750S / .24 753DF....275 / 349 Mobile Rack with Fan /ATA100...17 8 up I 29Gigabyte 7ZX w/Audio Dual BIOS„

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Creative DTT2200/ 2500/ 3500.....175 / 319 / 379 NEC .25 AS95F / .27 AS90..........479 / 419 Switch Box for Printer 2 / 4 Ports.........15 / 19Asus CUSL2-C ATA100... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

................ 1 79Microphone / Headset Mic +Vol Control.......6 / 12 Viewsonic .26 GS790 /.25 PF790 549 / 649 Switch Box for Monitor 2/4 Ports........15/19

ABIT VP6 dual CPLI....................................... 249 Switch Box for System 2/4 Ways.......28 / 39AOpen AX34 VIA133 w/Audio.. . . . . . . ................ 1 29 Sony .24 G400 /.24 E400............ 789 / 699

CD-ROM I CDRW I DVD Parallel Printer Card PCI / ISA.............39 /19................ 1 25 Samsung .25 900NF / 955DF........629 /489

M754MR w/Video,Audio,Modem.... 52X Creative /AOpen CDROM..................54/52 LCD 15" NEC 1530V..................................1099 Monitor Screen Filter 15" / 17".....25 / 39 8 upMS7157 w/4xAGP, 3D Sound..... . . . . ................ 1 09 50XAsus /AOpen......................................65/49 15" Viewsonic VG150.........................1099 SCSI Card DC315LI / Adaptec 2906....55 / 79

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Laptop displays vary widely, than their default without severe pix on a 15.2-inch "Ultra XGA" display,elization and distortion. This prob you' ll want to be able to decrease thelem, for example, plagued the Compaq resolution sometimes.

and so do their capabilities 1900 series of Presario portables(based on the Neomagic chipset), What to look forApple's May '98 line of "Wallstreet" 1. Scalable resolutions onscreen.PowerBooks (based on the Rage 2. 3D hardware acceleration and DirectXIILT). With the continuously variable support if gaming is important.

ATI has had wide adoption of its impact gaming performance. ATI, Important Innovations resolution capabilities of the Rage 3. Smooth DVD playback if this isRage Mobility 128, currently used defending the design, says that i t Back in 1998, one of the most impor LTPro and its contemporaries, LCD important to you.in portable products from Apple, focused on delivering a chip udth low tant innovations in LCD graphics displays at settings other than the 4. TV, Composite video and/or S-VideoIBM and many others. This chipset power consumption. display adapters emerged, with chip default look a tinv bit blurry, but are output if hotel-room video presenta is poised to be supplanted by the nVIDIA, currently the market sets like ATI's Rage LTPro, which otherwise glitch- free. tion capabilities are important.Mobility Radeon. The new chipset leader in desktop graphics, is making featured support for scalable resolu Such capabilities are particularly 5. VGA output if presentation displayhas many similarities to its desktop a dent in the laptop market, too, tions onscreen — effectively solving important on today's supcr-high-res projector compatibility is required.cousin; however, the laptop chip lacks with its GeForce2 Go. Unlike ATI, a problem that plagued all previous portables, such as Dell's Inspiron 6. Video mirroring and/or dual desk integrated hardware transform, clip nVIDIA is focusing on 3-D perfor LCD displays, that caused them to 5000e, with a default screen res of top (multi-monitor) features areping and lighting (TCL) features that mance. be unable to display resolutions other 1600x1200. With this many pixels also possible on some models. E&

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that some dealers are telling pro initely sub-par.spective customers that the All-in i eo ca ure car s Note that none of these productsAVonder RADEON requires an AGP have DV capture capabilities. If you4x-capable motherboard. That's not have a Digital V ideo cam wi thtrue. The RADEON All-in-Wonder "FireWire" (Sony calls it iLink; itsworks on an AGP 2x or 4x mother official name is IEEE1394), you' llboard. We are using one right now need a different or additional card.in an Asus P2B, based on an old

A lmost any video capture card you want it to connect to the corn- ov e rall solution, despite a few early 440BX chipset, with AGP2x only, Featured Freewareor plug-in "video grabber" puter? What kind of computer and d r iver glitches. It's most remarkable We have, however, had some difficul Zoom Player is a M edia Playerwill p r oduce a cceptable operating system are you using? Do f eature is "TV on Demand," the abil ties on motherboards with VIA (non replacement for Windows PCs. It

results at lov resolutions, on a fast you want analog video capture or dig- i t y to, in effect, pause live television. Intel) AGP chipsets. supersedes media player in all its func computer. But when you are looking ital video capture.' What form do you It ha s ever)ching you'd probably tions and provides several importantfor better quality, or trying to find a want the video to end up in (i.e., does want in an analog video capture Matrox functions that media player lacks.system that works well with an older theboard needtobeabletodurnp the card(TV in, TV out, still or full Other "all in one" graphics/capture Zoom Player provides special400 or 500 MHz computer, things results out to video tape? Or are you m o t ion capture,closedcaptiondecod card choices include the M arvel zooming functions to improve TV get a little trickier. planning to write a DVD or Video i ng, "video magazine" features, DVD G450 eTV or the older and slightly Output quality by eliminating over

Most video capture products boast CD disc?) decoder, etc., etc.), and close-to-lead more expensive but somewhat better scan.captures of "up to" 30 frames per The two least 'xpensive analog i n g edge 3D graphics performance as Matrox iblarvel G400. The G450 Overscan is the process in which asecond, but the rates can be custom cards we' ve tested that vield good cap- w e l l . features a "time-shifting" (TV on TV signal is viewed beyond the risualized — and 30 frames per second at mre and dump-to-video results are A deta i led review (rather critical, demand) feature lacking i n the range of your TV screen area to hidethe highest resolution often isn't pos the ATI All in Wonder 128 (not the i n p laces) is at http: //pchuyersguide. Marvel G400. We a'so found out distortions that occur on the CRTsible. Fornmately, the quality obtained newest model at this point, but stil l c o r n / h ardware/graphics/Al l - i n that there are a few n o t -so-good (TV Tube) edges (image is zoomedby capturing at resolutions as low as a reliable and inexpensive performer) Wonder Radeon.html cost-cutting measures in it, compared in by the TV). Overscanning occursthe IvlPEG-I standard of 352x240 and the Matrox Marvel G400-TV (or The l ess expensive All-in-IVonder to the Xlarvel G400: cheaper R WWI in practically all TV devices I' ve seen(or the quarter-screen standard of even the older Marvel G200-TV ). 1 28 Pro (or even cheaperbut now rare DACs, no Motion JPFG decoder to date, causing cropping to occur on320x240) yields acceptable results for lilnte that these cards may or may A l l - i n - Wonder 128) arc also rea chip, a 4-layer board instead of a the image borders.most users. For higher resolutions, not work with the television stan- s onable choices, with lower 3D per 6-layer board, no external breakout Zoom Plaver's specially designedyou should go to a product that cap dard in other countries and, in fact, f o r mance, but more mature drivers. box, etc. scaling system allows you to exactlytures in iivIPEG-2 format (e.g., ATI may not even be available there. You A c tually, I have one of these in the Although the spec sheet notes match the video area to your screen'sAll in AVnnder 128 or newer) or should check with a local supplier. In m achine on which I am writing this that both cards feature iXIatrox's dimensions in real-time with adjust Motion JPEG (Matrox Marvel, etc.) Canada, each one comes with soft- a r t i c le, and I find it very reliable and "dualhead" dual-display technology, able background colour in order toor, if you' re really rich and want the ware andhardwareandcostslessthan s t able — and not all that bad for the G450 eTV's is decidedly infe test for brightness bleeds(Most TVbest possible quality, uncompressed US$250. gaming either. rior: i t on ly w orks i f t h e second images contract and expand accord video. I f you do not want a card wit h I n the m ess age for u m at display is a TV. And, the feature ing to the image brightness, causing

The sofnvare you use will also onboardgraphicscapabilities (i.e.,you R age3D.corn, a user named "Boke" list notes a "picture-in-picture" fea colour bleeding if a bright imageaffect your results, as will the process want a video capture add-on board p r ovides ausefultip forthosewant ture. Cool, r ight? Well, i t ' s not exists beyond the viewable screening you apply to the video after you' ve O NLY), and/or are interested in ing t o u se the card with a T V , so useful when the secondary pro area).captured it. We r}apicallycapture at a obtaining "real time effects" capabil- n o t a m o n i tor (for example, in a gramme appears on your monitor, This specialized zooming featurehigh resolution and 30 fps rate and ities, we'd recommend going for a c o m puter set up as a living room not the TV screen. The G450 cTV also allow zoom player to zoom in andthen downscale it as our output needs board such as the more expensive DV D p l ayer). Says Boke,"hook began shipping to the public around out of the video area to such a degreedictate, t?apicallyburning our results to Matrox RT2000 or Pinnacle DC500 y o u r Radenn to your TV and enable the end ofJan. 2001, complete with as to allow cropping of black barsCD in %i'IPEG-I, MPEG-2, Quick or DC1000DV. Again, check that TV o u t . Go to display properties a first-class set of Windows 2000 associated with widescreen movies(ifTime or 5'Iicrosoft's ASF format. these will work i~dth your local video > A d vanced->Displays and save a drivers. Sadly, the company says such a thing is desired).

You should also consider> our local standards and equipment. scheme and a hot kcy for i t . You it plans to discontinue the Marvel Further features worth mentioningstandards. i>lost North American can enable TV out after doing this G400 "soon,", despite its several are fast forwarding even on MPEG4video systems, for example, use the Analog Video Capture Cards even if your T V i s n o t h ooked advantages. type formats such as DivX;-), 10SMPTE and NTSC standards, typ The A T I A ll in-W o nder up, By either press XiIatrox cards are notoriously poor Keyboard accessible presets to auto ically 29.97 frames per second and RAD EON ing your hotkey or performers in the 3D category, and matically adjust the video area tn pre resolution up to the DVD standard is. probably , —,. =' " ' -==< "" ' -: go ing to the AT I the company appears to have more or defined setungs, customizable controlof 704 x 480. You should check your less given up on the gaming market. bar with accurate graphical time-seeklocal standards to see what

the best p: ' icon on the taskbarand selecting your The Marvel product line is excellent controls that can either appear below

resolution and frame-rate is • ' II I:~4 . „> ' . ,P -.. =:<~" scheme there." for video capture tasks, though. IVe've the video or overlay it dynamicallyideal. h fo h also gnt an nlder Marvel G200 (nearly at any user specified location, key

But there are a few basic many other useful identical in video capture capabilities board mapped controls for ease ofquestions you' ll need to ask tips and wnrkarounds to the Marvel G400, just a l i t t le use with remote control devices. Getyourself: How much do you } s., f or ATI dri ve r slower in the 3D department) and it it in the F i le Download Area atw ant to spend. How d o glitches. Check them is super-reliable, with simply stellar warn.inmatrix.corn S

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Speculation about new Thus, the monochrome model weighs Unfortunately, the M505 appearsin at about an ounce less than the cur to be incompatible with all periph rent Palm V. erals and h a rdware expansion

Palm m505heats up The new models, expected to be options for previous Palm models.eepriced at less than US$500 and By our count, that wil l add up

US$635 for the monochrome and to four different Palm expansioncolour versions, respectively, are specs, all of which are incompat believed to make use of the Dragon ible.

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LED page printer times through their mechanisms, apply also promises to reduce consumable primarily due to the fact that its in ing each of these hue in turn, before costs, as you don't need to replace all line LED arrays eliminate the needspitting out the finished page. As you the colours at once -- a blessing if, like for the laser, lens-and-mirrors mech can imagine, this procedure takes time. us, your corporate documents tend to anisms that add bulk and sabotage

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