iMac Update: October 18, 2001

It’s our best-selling portable ever, and now iBook offers even more power in its 4.9-pound, 1.3-inch package.

Take, for example, more speed. You can now order iBook with either a 500-MHz or our new 600-MHz PowerPC G3 processor. In fact, the latter features a new system bus running at 100 MHz for even better performance.

Like more memory? All iBook models now come standard with 128MB and support up to 640MB.

And let’s not forget those bigger hard drives. Whether you’re creating Desktop Movies or building an impressive music collection, iBook offers more storage capacity to accommodate your needs, featuring hard drives up to 30GB.

Heard about our newest PowerBook G4 computers?

You’ll recognize them when you see them. The Titanium PowerBook G4 still features the stunning 15.2-inch (diagonal) TFT screen and remains the world’s thinnest and lightest professional notebook.

We’ve just made it even more powerful, featuring:

	•	Faster processors—550 MHz and 667 MHz, to be precise
	•	High speed graphics—thanks to the new ATI Mobility Radeon AGP 4X graphics processing unit with 16MB of DDR video memory
	•	Gigabit Ethernet—a first for portable computers
	•	Larger hard drives—offering up to 48GB of storage capacity

We now preinstall an AirPort Card when you order a model with a 667-MHz PowerPC G4 processor, and you can order any PowerBook G4 with a CD-RW optical drive.

One final tidbit to call to your attention. If you purchase a qualifying 550-MHz or 667-MHz PowerBook G4 between now and December 31, 2001, we’ll double the RAM at no additional charge.

No, that’s not the sound of bees emanating from the corridors of Australia’s Corio South Primary School. That buzz you hear?

It’s family time.

Since few students have computers or Internet access at home, the faculty at Corio South decided to press one of its classrooms into a full day of service — classroom by day, Community Access Technology Centre by night. The Technology Centre—fully equipped with 75 iMac and a set of AirPort-equipped iBook computers—has been a huge success, providing computer and Internet access to the South Corio community.

Says technology coordinator Peter Pleasance, “Mums, Dads, Grannies, Grandpas and the kids are all here sending e-mails, chatting about good educational websites they’ve found, helping kids with homework and learning about technology for themselves.”

Commitment to the community is not the only way Corio South makes innovative use of Apple technology. Nor is it the only reason it’s been awarded Apple Distinguished School status.

While Kimmy Eckman plays a wicked game at point guard, Dante Robinson’s the guy to pick if your game is football and you want a QB with speed on your team.

And pick you do (or, at least, your kids do) in Backyard Football 2002 and Backyard Basketball, two humongously entertaining Macintosh games that “set out to capture what it’s like to play sports when you’re a kid in the backyard or sandlot,” according to game designer Rafael Calonzo.

The games come to us from Humongous Entertainment and feature a great cast of neighborhood characters, all of whom “have individual strengths, foibles, and stories that make you say ‘I know someone just like that.’”

Available at the Apple Store, Backyard Football 2002 and Backyard Basketball sound like great fun.

If you purchased a Macintosh that came with Mac OS X preinstalled or you purchased Mac OS X as a separate product, there are two ways you can upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.1.

Visit an Apple retail store or a participating authorized Apple dealer before the end of the month to participate in our Instant Up-To-Date program. (Available through 10/31/01 or while supplies last.)

Or participate in our standard upgrade program. You’ll pay just $19.95 (for shipping and handling), and you’ll receive a:

	•	Mac OS X version 10.1 CD (upgrade install)
	•	Mac OS 9.2.1 CD (full install)
	•	Developer Tools CD
	•	User guide and electronic documentation

Either way, don’t miss this opportunity to turbocharge your Mac with Mac OS X v10.1. Questions?

Thank you for reading this issue of iMac Update.
Look for your next issue on November 1, 2001.

Today’s letter—another from the collection of letters you submitted describing how iMac changed your lives—comes from Juan H. in Panama City, Panama.

I purchased 10 iMac computers in September 1998 because as soon as I saw them I knew that they would be perfect for my Cybercafe. In fact, I decided to open the business when I saw the iMac; it seemed tailor made for the job as rental computer.

We run Netscape and Explorer on them. Plus we have Microsoft Office 98 on two of them and, of course, AppleWorks on all of them.

Today, 28,000 customers later, we are using the same iMacs. We have customers who had never touched a computer before coming to us as well as experienced users who, because of their experience with our computers, have decided to migrate to the Mac OS from Windows.

We have added two iMac Special Edition computers, one to work as file server and another as my own computer; plus a 450MHz G3 which we rent exclusively to graphic designers and webmasters.

iMac..... couldn’t be better.

If you’ve installed Mac OS X version 10.1 on your iMac or iBook, make sure you take a few minutes to download the iMovie Plug-in Pack 2.1.1 before you get started making Desktop Movies in iMovie 2.

Inside this simple-to-install file, you’ll find a number of effects (e.g., ghost trails and mirror), transitions (e.g., circle opening and wash out), and titles (e.g., subtitle and zoom) that will add pizzazz to your latest moviemaking ventures.

You’ll find “iMovie Plug-in Pack 2.1.1 for Mac OS X”—in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian—in the AppleCare Knowledge Base.

Ever forget a birthday? Misplace a “To Do” list? Arrive at a meeting an hour after it took place? Miss a classroom assignment? Forget a client’s phone number or email address? Or what you spoke about the last time you spoke?

Almost everyone has. That’s why so many people—students, teachers, writers, salespeople, managers, you name it—rely on personal information management (PIM) software to get and stay organized. Such products are invaluable, and those of us who use a Mac are really fortunate because we have a number of outstanding PIMs to choose from.

For example, both Power On Software, which distributes Now Up-to-Date & Contact, and Chronos, which distributes Personal Organizer and Group Organizer, recently announced new versions of their respective award-winning products for Mac OS X. In fact, Chronos began shipping Personal Organizer 4.0 for Mac OS X just this week.

Like to be better organized?

We’ve just added some more muscle to HomePage, the website construction kit that’s part of our free iTools suite of web services.

Yes, HomePage is just as easy to use as ever. In fact, editing your site is even easier and more streamlined. But now you can personalize your pages and add more professional touches than you ever could before.

For example, you can now create multiple websites, tailoring the look and feel of each to target particular audiences. Like to limit access to one or more of those sites? You can do that, too—thanks to the new password protection capabilities in HomePage. You can also generate site directories automatically. And that’s not all.

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