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You can visit the online Apple Store. You can visit an Apple Store
in your neighborhood. Or you can visit any of the authorized Apple
retail locations worldwide carrying Apple products.
But wherever you go, you’re going to want to be among the first to upgrade to Mac OS
X version 10.1. The first major upgrade to Apple’s next-generation
operating system, Mac OS X v10.1 is expected to be on dealer shelves
this weekend and is available for order from the online Apple Store right
now.
The best OS for your digital lifestyle, Mac OS X v10.1 lets you:
| | • | | capture and share digital photos |
| | • | | make your own audio CDs |
| | • | | produce your own Desktop Movies with iMovie |
| | • | | create DVDs you can play on most DVD players |
| | • | | rip MP3s |
| | • | | watch DVD movies |
| | • | | back-up data to CDs |
| | • | | print to the most popular inkjet printers and
over 200 PostScript printers |
| | • | | access your iDisk more easily |
| | • | | enjoy the Internet more thoroughly |
| | • | | automate repetive tasks with AppleScript |
| | • | | and enhance your overall computing experience
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And it’s a perfect 10.
We refer, of course, to Office v. X for Mac—the newest, most
comprehensive, and most compelling version of Microsoft’s
award-winning productivity suite that was designed specifically for
(and will run exclusively in) Mac OS X.
Fully native, Office v. X for Mac offers customers four powerhouse
applications—Entourage X, Excel X, PowerPoint X, and Word X—and
even includes MSN Messenger 2.1 for Mac.
What makes Office v. X for Mac such a suite deal?
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If you use Mac OS X v10.1 and can’t wait to try the latest version
of Microsoft Office, we have some good news for you.
Microsoft invites you to test drive Microsoft Word X. The free
download allows you to preview the power and elegance of Word X and
sample how splendidly Microsoft has incorporated the key components
of Mac OS X, including the stunning Aqua user interface.
The Word X preview also lets you experience some of the new and
improved features you’ll find in Word X, such as “clear formatting”
and the ability to select multiple sets of text for easier
formatting and spell checking.
You can download the Word X preview right now, but you will need to
install Mac OS X v10.1 before you can use it.
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And that future unfolds in Mac OS X.
Taking the stage during Apple’s keynote address at Seybold, Adobe’s
Senior Vice-President for Professional Publishing Bryan Lamkin
announced Illustrator 10 and
InDesign 2.0 and demonstrated a future
version of Adobe GoLive designed expressly for Mac OS X.
Both Illustrator 10 and InDesign 2.0 offer native support for Mac OS
X, new interfaces that take advantage of the power and beauty of
Aqua, and tighter integration with other Adobe design products.
You’ll find more information about both products on the Adobe site.
And if you’d like to order the products, we’re already accepting
pre-orders for Illustrator 10 (due to ship later this year) on the
online Apple Store, and we’ll be taking pre-orders for InDesign 2.0 later
this year, closer to the product’s anticipated ship date.
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Here’s sweet news for developers of just about every stripe: Corel
Graphics Suite 10 for Macintosh is now available, offering an
impressive collection of software designed specifically for Mac OS
X.
The design suite’s main applications—CorelDRAW 10, Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 10, and Corel R.A.V.E.—provide a comprehensive range of
innovative drawing, image-editing, and vector animation tools. But
in addition to these, designers receive CorelTRACE 10 (for
converting raster images to vector images), select KPT plug-ins,
Canto Cumulus Desktop LE 5.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, 2000 clip
art images, over 500 stock photographs, and over 2000 TrueType and
Type 1 PostScript fonts.
And like so many other Macintosh software products, Corel Graphics Suite 10 for
Macintosh is available from the Apple Store.
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Thank you for reading this issue of iMac Update.
Look for your next issue on October 4.
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Where’s the best place to see Mac OS X v10.1 in action?
Any Apple retail store. We have eight stores open today and will have
more by the end of the month, and every single Mac in those stores
will be running Mac OS X v. 10.1.
So whether you want to try iDVD 2, Word X, iMovie, Quicken Deluxe
2002, iTunes, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5, Macromedia Freehand 10, Tony
Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 from Aspyr, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 5.1,
Aladdin StuffIt Deluxe, FileMaker Pro, or many of the other Mac OS X
applications already shipping from leading third-party developers,
visit an Apple store in your area in the upcoming weeks and let one
of our knowledgeable staff show you what you can do with Mac OS X
v10.1.
On Tuesday, at the Seybold conference in San Francisco, we announced
that over 1400 applications are now available for Mac OS X v10.1,
with many more expected in the months ahead.
That includes the final release of Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac.
Microsoft’s native Mac OS X web browser now runs lightning fast
under Mac OS X v10.1, and that product will soon be joined by Office
v.X for Mac, which will take full advantage of Mac OS X and offer a
comprehensive suite of productivity applications.
Adobe, Macromedia, Corel, Intuit, Alias|Wavefront, Aspyr, MYOB,
Aladdin, Symantec, Palm, FileMaker, Apple, and many other leading
software developers have products that take complete advantage of
Mac OS X, and out of the box, Mac OS X v10.1 offers support for
Canon and Nikon digital cameras, inkjet and laser printers from
numerous manufacturers, and a wide assortment of peripheral
products.
“Let me cut to the chase,” says Gene Steinberg
in the Arizona Republic.
“Apple’s Mac OS X 10.1 update brings the ‘world’s greatest
operating system’ into the mainstream. No longer is it just for early adopters.
With its raft of bug fixes, new features and performance boosts, Mac OS X is now an
essential upgrade for all Mac users.”
“AppleScript, which allows Mac users to customize and link various
applications, has been a part of the Macintosh OS for the better
part of a decade. However, with Mac OS X, such scripts can now be used
to grab information off the Internet,” points out CNET’s Ian Fried
in his comprehensive review of Phil Schiller’s keynote address from
Seybold San Francisco.
From the perspective of the editors at Macworld UK, “Apple’s efforts to help its users migrate to Mac OS X 10.1
is rapidly approaching critical mass, with Apple’s announcement
that over 1,400 applications are now available, that run natively on Mac OS X 10.1.”
Alias|Wavefront is now shipping Maya
for Mac OS X, the powerful 3D animation and visual effects software package.
Like to get a feel for what Seybold was like this year? Visit our Seybold photo gallery
and find out.
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