Monday, September 11, 2000
Top Stories
An iMac Supercomputer Cluster You Can Carry Home
So we wondered if this could qualify as the world's quietest supercomputer cluster.
Review
Upgrading A PowerBook G3
Whether is an efficient use of your money is obviously a personal choice, but for anyone who has a PowerBook running faster than 266 MHz, the upgrade probably won't make enough difference to be worthwhile.
Sidetrack
Conrad Walton, owner of Survivor.com: We went from an average of 180 visitors a day to a high of 122,470 visitors on the day of the finale show. On an old Macintosh with WebStar.
Martin Deutsch: The Macworld Expos in the US have their keynotes webcast live, even though Aussies are likely to be asleep. And they're also webcast for the benefit of people in the US. So why mgiht people elsewhere in Europe not want to watch?
Wintel
Technology Cases Raises Issues Of Competence
Are today's technology issues too complex for the typical judge to judge That is a question implicity raised by Microsoft, which in its federal antitrust appeal has contended that the trial it lost was so technical and esoteric that the presiding judge was unable to comprehend the facts.
Millennium Relieves Some Of The Nightmare
A first step on the way to making Windows easier for the typical civilian.