Anoth iMac conversion
Eric Hubler, writing in Business Week, has bought himself a new computer. So what? It seems that Apple's new iMac has converted him to a Mac user (and with his own money too).
G3 super computers
Researchers have found a great way to get Macs into your university labs. Tell your lecturers they can be used as supercomputers at night.
UCLA managed to get four G3 266 Power Macs to provide about the same level of computational power as an eight-year-old Cray Y/MP Super computer. Better yet they got this with stock standard, out of the box normal Macs. What they have done is written a special "header" file for a FORTRAN compiler so that FORTRAN programs written to make use of parallel processor systems (such as CRAY's) can be simply recompiled onto the Mac and use a network of Macs to do the processing. The header uses built in features of the MacOS to handle the administrational work of running a single project on multiple Macs. This means that the Macs only need to be taken out of the box and connected to the network for the these supercomputer programs to run on them. As they say, perfect for universities, where large numbers of computers in student labs could be used during the night and on weekends to process complicated problems, or in workplaces where the unused computers can be used as well.
Search Apple's database for software and hardware
Apple has revamped its Macintosh product guide with a new look and lots more products. This guide list lots of products available for your Mac, including hardware, upgrades, accelerators and software. You can either search the database or browse specific topics. As a bit of fun, browsing games returns 682 records, the first of which is called "1000 games for Macintosh." I guess some of these aren't listed in the database :)
Disk repair utilities
With the advent of HFS+ (or MacOS extended) and the continuing delay for Norton's Disk Doctor to come up with an update to support this new format (all current G3 are shipped formatted "MacOS extended) there has been a spate of developers cashing in on Norton's dropped ball with disk repair utilities that claim to be able to fix the problem. Mac Fix It is keeping track of readers' comments about these utilities. Since I have yet to find a review of HFS+ compatible disk utilities, this would be your best place to find out more.
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