its Pentium-crushing speed and new design, the Power Mac G4 picks up where the
old Macintosh (G3) left off. Its enclosure is now highly polished silver and
graphite, yet it still offers easy access to every internal component through
its swing-open side door. With PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine, the computer
speeds up to 450MHz, one megabyte of backside level-2 cache running at half the
processor speed, and a 100MHz system bus supporting up to
800-megabytes-per-second data throughput, the Power Mac G4 delivers high
performance. And when you’ve completed your projects, shooting those big files
across the network is a snap, because every new Power Mac G4 comes with
10/100BASE-T Ethernet built in.This means that when you buy it, it is ready to
go to get set up to your local cable internet provider. The secret of the G4’s
revolutionary performance is its aptly named Velocity Engine. It’s the heart
of a supercomputer miniaturized onto a sliver of silicon. The Velocity Engine
can process data in 128-bit chunks, instead of the smaller 32-bit or 64-bit
chunks used in traditional processors (it’s the 128-bit vector processing
technology used in scientific supercomputers—except that they have added 162
new instructions to speed up computations). In addition, it can perform four (in
some cases eight) 32-bit floating-point calculations in a single cycle, which is
two to four times faster than traditional processors. The new G4’s are proven
to be faster that pentium 3’s. Using six of Intel’s tests, the 450MHz G4
was, on average, more than two and a half times as fast as the 600MHz Pentium
III (2.65 times, to be exact). These benchmark advantages translate directly
into real-world advantages. For example, typical Photoshop tasks run 187% faster
on the Power Mac G4 as they do on the fastest PentiumIII-based PCs, with
specific Photoshop filters running up to four times faster. Compressing
QuickTime files is also much faster. Other Hardwear Monitor This is the ultimate
companion to the Power Mac G4: the Apple Cinema Display. Its 22-inch diagonal
screen makes this the largest LCD display ever brought to market, with a viewing
area identical to that of a 24-inch flat CRT display. This is state-of-the-art
technology, and supplies will naturally be limited.It’s sold exclusively
through the Apple Store, bundled with a 450MHz or faster Power Mac G4. But if
you’re fortunate enough to use one, your office view will never be the same
again. Its viewing quality, is a world apart: twice as bright and twice as sharp
as a CRT, with triple the contrast ratio and absolutely zero flicker. And its
colors remain true from almost any viewing angle. Like a movie theatre, the
Apple Cinema Display has a letterbox format (1600x1024 pixels), with room enough
to display an entire 11x17 image. And unlike most other displays, it receives
its data digitally from the computer, preserving the highest quality image.
Operating System Mac OS 9 Mac OS 9 is the ultimate sytem for anyone on the
Internet or anyone who wants to be. It is also very good for businesses. With
more than 50 powerful new features, Mac OS 9 offers a full range of capabilities
for new and advanced users. At work, there’s no better way to get the most of
your Macintosh computer and the Internet. What is comes with: Sherlock 2. In
addition to its smart disk and file searching, Sherlock 2 is your Internet
search detective and personal shopper. Look the Web for people, references,
Apple info and current news in a flash. Sherlock 2 also lets you shop and
compare prices. ColorSync 3. Included in Mac OS 9, ColorSync 3 manages color
across input, display and output. It features improved AppleScript support,
saveable workflow settings, powerful Calibration Assistant and enhanced control
for profiles. At www.apple.com, there is also acompreensive manual and tutorial
to teach you and your colleagues about all the uses and features of Mac OS 9
Softwear QuickTime 4 With a customer base of more than fifteen million Mac and
Windows users who downloaded the preview release, and a growing list of online
publishers—including, most recently, Fox News Online, Fox Sports Online and
The Weather Channel—QuickTime 4 is the hottest streaming technology on the
Internet. Some examples of how QuickTime is used in live programming and
on-demand programming on the webare are the BBC, Bloomberg, HBO, NPR and WGBH
Boston, and industry giants like Broderbund, Voyager, Cyan, Pixar, Lucasfilm,
Macromedia, Microsoft, Disney and CNN. All for one simple reason: QuickTime is
the standard for digital video and streaming media. Quicktime can be used to
communicate to distant colleagues and potential clients, and is a must for
businesses. AppleWorks Everything you need to create professional-quality
documents with ease and speed in one affordable package. AppleWorks provides
word processing, graphics and illustration, spreadsheet, charting/graphing,
presentations and database capabilitie as well as the ability to save your work
in HTML for publishing it on the web. Apple Share IP AppleShare IP software
enhances workgroup productivity with an integrated suite of network services.
Using a single administrative interface, you can quickly set up file, print,
mail and web servers for your business. Support for standard Internet protocols
makes AppleShare IP file, mail and web services available to authorized and
guest users via the Internet and your intranet. Hypercard Now more integrated
with QuickTime, HyperCard organizes information into easy-to-use
"stacks" of cards through which users can navigate and search for the
information they need. Simply by clicking on a button, they can view related
text, see a graphic, hear a sound, watch a QuickTime movie, or listen to text
spoken out loud.