![]() Power Computing - Now approaching "grandfather" status in the field, Power pioneered the Mac OS clone market and gave users reason to believe non-Apple machines could be a viable alternative. For more information on Mac OS clones, check out David Engstrom's The Mac and Mac Clone Performance Comparison Page. With that in mind, here's a brief rundown of some of the major and minor players in the Mac clone market. As a result we have a tendency not to talk about clone models or clone makers with great consistency, which doesn't do justice to the now rapidly-developing field of Macintosh compatible hardware. Here at TidBITS, we've often found it difficult enough to keep up with Apple's products (something exacerbated by the now-defunct Performa line), let alone sets of Macintosh compatibles from other manufacturers both in the United States and throughout the world. Now, Mac OS clone manufacturers like Power Computing and Motorola are prompting users to choose not only which model to buy, but from which vendor. įor years, one of the main laments about the Macintosh was Apple's failure early on to license the Macintosh and/or Mac OS to outside vendors. The "buckware" tool (it costs $1) is not part of Jeremy's collection of control strip modules it's one of many neat programs available at the official Tim Kelly software page. TCP/IP CC Apology - My apology to Tim Kelly and Jeremy Kezer for carelessly including a description of Tim's TCP/IP CC control strip module when talking about the Jeremy's Control Strip Modules package in TidBITS-376. Version 1.0 of Marimba's Castanet Tuner (also PowerPC only) allows access to Marimba channels, and is based on Java the 2.9 MB download includes version 1.0.2 of Apple's Mac OS Runtime for Java, which it requires to run. Users of version 1.0 should receive the update automatically the next time they connect, and don't need to download the file (3.6 MB for an easy install, 2.6 MB for the smaller installation). The update also includes a Control Strip module for controlling the Network application from the desktop. PointCast's Network (PowerPC only) has been pushed up to version 1.0.1, offering six additional channels including the Wall Street Journal, TechWeb, and the Chicago Tribune. this week released new Mac versions of their much-hyped "push technology" receivers. TidBITS Special - free shipping on Apple upgrade cards from $79įeeling Pushy? PointCast, Inc. Top Internet tools: WebSTAR, WebCollage, ListSTAR, and more. ![]() Small Dog Electronics - Special deal for TidBITS#378! ![]() ![]() InstallerMaker 3.1.3, the leading installer for Mac developers. Makers of StuffIt Deluxe 4.0, the Mac compression standard, and PowerTower Pro 225 MHz - the fastest desktop system ever. Makers of M*Power Mac OS compatibles & premium storage devices. This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: We've also got a detailed summary of why no one walked away with 100,000 Swedish kronors in the Crack A Mac challenge, information on the rapidly multiplying Mac OS clone market, and news of two applications that don't mind pushing you around.Ĭopyright 1997 TidBITS Electronic Publishing. Last week's "Sex Wax Your Browser" article prompted several reader suggestions, so this week we're baring all to share more techniques for making Web browsing easier. Perhaps it was our use of the word "wax" in a headline. ![]()
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