Year: 2001

The University Macintosh Users Group (UMUG) at The University of Texas at Austin will be hosting a panel of speakers on Tuesday, October 9 in WEL 2.224. They will be discussing what companies look for in developers for intern and new hire positions. Speakers will include Jim Hillhouse, a local Mac developer who is starting a new company — nWerx; Daniel Updegrove, Vice President for Information Technology at the University of Texas; and Tiffany Smith from Metrowerks.

Pangea Software’s Cro-Mag Rally 2.0.1c is a new version of the company’s 3D kart racer for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. The new version fixes issues with the Video Mode dialog and lets players play any track and use in multiplayer mode, even if Tournaments have not been won. A new version of the demo is also available.

Westlake Interactive has released Unreal Tournament X Preview Release 1, the first version of the venerable first-person shooter for Mac OS X. The installation requires either the full version of Unreal Tournament 436 or Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition, and contains a number of limited features and bugs, such as no software renderer or music, an untested sound library, and limited input device support outside of mice and keyboards. Mac OS X 10.1 is highly recommended, although not required.

MacMinute reader David Renteria reports receiving his Mac OS X 10.1 CD in the mail that was ordered through the Mac OS Up-To-Date program. “They were postmarked on the 27th, so they shipped quickly. It was definitely worth $20. There was a full-color 35 page book explaining OS X as well as the 10.1 CD, 9.2 CD and the developer tools CD.”

The Register has published a brief overview with its thoughts on Mac OS X 10.1, praising the performance improvements. “Mac OS X is no longer a liability.” The article includes a handful of benchmarks as well. Back in May, The Register posted a very informative article on its experiences and opinions of Mac OS X (10.0.4).