Author: mactech

Apple Unveils iMac

The Internet-Age Computer for the Rest of Us

CUPERTINO, California–May 6, 1998–In a major move in to the consumer
market, Apple Computer, Inc. today unveiled iMac–the “Internet-age
computer for the rest of us.” iMac features a striking design, easy
Internet access and Pentium-toasting PowerPC G3 performance for $1299.

“We designed iMac to deliver the things consumers care about most–the
excitement of the Internet and the simplicity of the Mac,” said Steve Jobs,
Apple’s Interim CEO.

HARDWARE ACCELERATED OPENGL ON THE MAC

Contact Information:
Conix Enterprises, Inc.
Janet Stauffer
805.546.1040
janet@conix3d.com

San Luis Obispo, CA May 5, 1998. Today Conix Enterprises, Inc. released
OpenGL 1.3 which includes hardware acceleration. Applications written in
OpenGL will now be able to tap into a myriad of hardware acceleration board
vendors such as Newer Technology Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., IXmicro,
Village Tronic, Mactell Corp., TechWorks and Phase5.

The hardware acceleration performance is phenomenal.

FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition Gets 100% Pure Java* Certification
from Sun Microsystems

Provides Database Developers True Platform-Independence

Santa Clara, Calif. — May 4, 1998 — FileMaker Pro 4.0 Developer Edition
has received 100% Pure Java Certification from Sun Microsystems’ Java
software division.

VENDOR ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR APPLE COMPUTER’S VERSION OF LINUX

MIAMI, FL &emdash April 30, 1998 — Users of MkLinux, Apple Computer,
Inc.’s version of the Linux operating system, now have someone to turn to
for help. Al Guerra Enterprises, Inc. has announced the immediate
availability of two service plans for users of this powerful OS running on
Apple’s PowerPC-based Macintoshes. For as little as $99, the year-long
service plans provide assistance with problems related to installation,
configuration, and use of the sophisticated OS.

Contact: Sandra Schneible, 781-687-0700, sandra@barebones.com

Bare Bones Software Announces Release of Mailsmith 1.0
–Internet email client set apart by filtering, searching, and more

Bedford, MA–May 04, 1998–Bare Bones Software, Inc. today announced the
availability of version 1.0 of Mailsmith(tm), their new standards-based
Internet email client for the Mac OS(tm). Bare Bones Software is widely
known for BBEdit, their flagship text and HTML authoring tool.