Year: 2001

Apple today criticized Microsoft’s proposed settlement of consumer class-action lawsuits, in which it would donate refurbished computers, hardware and other resources to the nation’s poorest schools, according to The Associated Press.

Virtual Programming has announced that WipeOut 2097, a Mac port of the 1996 anti-gravity racing title for the Sony PlayStation, has reached golden master status and is expected to be available in December, according to Inside Mac Games. The game lets players take control of a futuristic anti-gravity vehicle, requiring lightning-fast reflexes to negotiate hairpin turns, initiate jumps and blast opponents with an array of weapons.

The Apple Store at Clarendon in Arlington, VA, will open this Saturday at 10:00 ET, MacMinute has learned. The Clarendon store will be Apple’s second in the Washington, D.C. metro area; Apple opened its very first store at Tyson’s Corner in McLean, VA, another suburb of D.C. Apple’s retail page also lists a store at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA as “Coming Soon”, although we have no official word on the opening date.

Charles Haddad tackles Microsoft Office v.X again in this week’s “Byte Of The Apple” column for BusinessWeek Online. After concluding last week that “Office 2001 runs a tad more sluggishly perhaps, but it’s rock solid in OS X. And, from what I can tell, there isn’t much functional difference between the 2001 and Office X versions,” Haddad offers more praise and discusses the significance of Office v.X.