Author: mactech

John Markoff of the New York Times has written an interesting article exploring the history of his first PC. “In 1984, however, I left the I.B.M.-compatible world and began using a Macintosh,” Markoff says in the story.

Macworld.com’s Andrew Shalat got curious and took the Windows beta version of Adobe’s new Atmosphere software for a spin using Virtual PC and a PowerMac G4. Why the Windows version? The new 3-D suite will not be available for the Mac until summer. Read what he has to say at Macworld.com.

WebObjects, Apple’s application server for creating dynamic web sites, was updated today with a MultiCountry download. WebObjects 4.5.1 can be downloaded from Apple’s Software Downloads Web site.

Apple has made Mac OS X 10.0.3 available via their Software Update Control Panel. VersionTracker.com notes the update “ensures full visibility of file lists in directories that contain a large number of items.”

In his latest effort, Business Week columnist Charles Haddad looks at the recent challenges in the education market and how they affect Apple. Haddad holds John Droz Jr. up as one of the “battle-tested veterans” Apple will need in order to win the war.