You’re at Apple.

And no other store in the world is like the Apple Store.

It’s a place where you can sit down and play with iMovie—even make a Desktop Movie on the spot. Burn an audio CD using iTunes. Connect several MP3 players to your iBook to see which you like best. Watch a demonstration of Mac OS X on a big screen. Find books and magazines and tons of Macintosh software on display—over 300 titles. Sit down and have an in-depth conversation with a certified Apple “genius” at the Genius Bar.

And generally enjoy the company of people who speak your language. Macintosh.

“I really see computers as becoming a lot like the pencil,” muses Hawthorn Option School Principal John Ahlemeyer. “We don’t go to a specific corner of the room to use the pencil.” Nor does Hawthorn confine computers to specific labs or classrooms.

Thanks to the school’s six AirPort Base Stations and a feature called “active roaming,” teachers and students at Hawthorn can pick up their iBook computers and use them anywhere in the school. It’s become commonplace to see teachers and students huddled over iBook computers in hallways, the cafeteria, or anywhere else. Or to see teachers engaged in impromptu brainstorming sessions—logging onto the Internet to do spot research, writing up quick summaries, then printing out or emailing “handouts” for distribution to other teachers or students.

So as far as Ahlemeyer is concerned, an AirPort-enabled iBook “really supports the immediacy and spontaneity of the learning environment.”

The students are making beautiful music at Immanuel College in South Australia, and iMac and iBook computers and iTunes and iMovie software play an instrumental role in their musical education.

Waltz into the Music Centre, and you’ll see students composing on sixteen iMac computers linked via USB to Roland “Sound Canvas” keyboards. While younger students learn basic musicology using “Music Ace,” a QuickTime-based application, more advanced students use iTunes to burn backing tracks to a CD they can use as they practice the saxophone, cello, flute, or other instruments.

And wait till you hear how the faculty use their AirPort-enabled iBook computers or how one group of students is planning to use iMovie to create the backdrop for the school’s upcoming annual concert.

Like to take a Mac to college with you this fall? Looking for a bundle that will offer you the computing power you need and the ability to mix your music and take it with you when you need a study break?

Then check out our latest promotion— designed expressly for the college bound. Choose the Mac of your dreams and for just $199 more, you’ll receive an extra 128MB of memory and an EPSON 777i color ink jet printer (complete with USB cable). And, here’s the best part, you’ll also get a free Rio 600 portable MP3 player.

Talk about a great combination—with iTunes (installed on every Mac) and the Rio 600, you’ll be able to take an hour of high-quality digital music with you wherever you go.

So what are you waiting for? This deal is available only until July 8.

In the mood for a good mystery? Perhaps Myst III: Exile—the latest installment in the best-selling Myst series of games—will satisfy that desire. Set among the five lost ages of the Myst universe, the story concerns a mysterious villain who is threatening to destroy everything that Atrus and Catherine, the game’s protagonists, hold dear.

But who is this villain and why does he have a vendetta against them? Your task is to make your way through the five new ages and unearth the clues you’ll need to answer that question.

FileMaker has announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 5.5.
A model Mac OS X application, FileMaker Pro 5.5 offers the look and feel of Aqua and takes full advantage of Mac OS X. It also:

Test the capabilities of FileMaker Pro 5.5 for yourself. Download a trial version today.

If you’re an AirPort Base Station owner, you know how great it is to be able to move your Macintosh computer up to 150 feet away and still stay connected to the Internet or a LAN.

But what if you need a greater coverage area in your home, business, or school? Can you set up multiple base stations and move between them seamlessly?

Sure you can. It’s called “active roaming,” and setting up your AirPort network for it is easier than you might think. In fact, we have an article in our Technical Information Library that explains exactly how to configure your AirPort Base Stations and Macintosh computers for active roaming.

“The students now are the generation of digital learners. They will have access to a wealth of knowledge,” says Mark A. Edwards, Superintendent of the Henrico County school system, which recently announced a program to lease 23,000 iBook computers for all middle and high school students. “This is the direction that everyone will be going in the near future.”

Don’t wait another minute.

You must see the trailer for “Jurassic Park III.” Universal Pictures assembled an impressive cast, including Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, and everyone’s favorite crew of Velociraptors, T. Rexes, and Pteranodons. Got your running shoes handy?

“AppleWorks is a program I can recommend without reservation,” says Bob LeVitus in a recent article in the Houston Chronicle.

So Long, Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams, a favorite AppleMaster and creator of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” series of best-selling books, died Friday, May 11, in Santa Barbara, CA. He was 49.