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Apple eNews
December 2/99
1. Mastering Digital Video with iMovie
2. We Offer One-Stop DV Holiday Shopping
3. Come See a QuickTime TV Holiday Exclusive
4. The Myth and Nothing But the Myth
5. Technically Speaking...
6. Cruise Control
7. NetBoot Makes Network Administration Simpler
8. Quick Takes
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1. Mastering Digital Video with iMovie
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They came. They saw. They created.Using iMac DV computers, iMovie video editing software, and Canon
digital camcorders, a group of AppleMasters and some neighborhoodstudents
convened on the Cupertino campus to have fun for a few daysand create their first digital movies.
A good time was had by all, the kids got to rub directorial elbows
with the likes of Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Cleese, Gregory Hines,
Douglas Adams, Howard Bingham, George Schlatter, Sinbad, and several
other AppleMasters, and we got to see first hand how iMovie
democratizes the creative process:
http://www.apple.com/applemasters/imovie/
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2. We Offer One-Stop DV Holiday Shopping
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You need a digital camcorder to record the footage.
You need a powerful but easy-to-use computer to download and editthe footage you shoot.
And you need great video editing software to sort through your video
clips and add music, voiceovers, transitions, and titles.
So where can you find an affordable solution to meet all of those
digital video needs? At the Apple Store, of course.
For a limited time, we're offering a complete digital video solution
at a great price. Purchase any iMac DV or iMac DV Special Edition
from the Apple Store, and you'll save $100 when you purchase a Canon
Ultura digital video camcorder at the same time. Of course, iMac DV
and iMac DV Special Edition come with iMovie, the easiest video
editing software you're likely to find anywhere. So with just one
stop at the Apple Store, you're ready to go Hollywood.
For complete pricing and availability information, visit:
Educators can check the Apple Store for Education for special
pricing information and some restrictions:
http://www.apple.com/education/store/
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3. Come See a QuickTime TV Holiday Exclusive
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Before embarking on his more extensive excursion later in the month,
Santa will let the reindeer stretch their legs in San Francisco this Sunday, December 5, in a parade that will be webcast worldwide.
The first-ever interactive Santa.com Holiday Parade features over a dozen floats from the world's leading online companies, including the Santa.com float (which will broadcast letters to Santa from kids around the world) and the eGreetings float (from which teen sensation Christina Aguilera will perform "Genie in a Bottle").
Can't get to San Francisco to see the parade? Not toworry--the Santa.com Holiday Parade will be webcast live
(Sunday,December 5, 9 to 10 am, Pacific time)* exclusively in QuickTime 4:
*In other time zones, the webcast will begin at noon (Eastern), 5 pm
(London), and 2 am, Monday, 12/6 (Tokyo).
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4. The Myth and Nothing But the Myth
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Myth--the award-winning, real-time 3D action strategy game from
Bungie Software--has many fans among Macintosh gamers. And now, just
in stocking-stuffing time, Bungie has released Myth: The Total Codex.
A great gift for those new to Myth, the Total Codex includes the
first two games in the Myth collection--Myth: The Fallen Lords and
Myth II: Soulblighter. It also comes with the official hint books to
Myth I and Myth II; a CD full of maps, plug-ins, and fan-created
multiplayer levels; and a brand-new scenario for Myth II called
Chimera (which Bungie has posted on its web site, where Myth IIaficionados can download it for free).
Myth: The Total Codex is available now for just $19.95. For more
information about this exciting Macintosh gaming title, visit:
For a QuickTime preview of Myth II: Soulblighter, check out:
http://myth2.bungie.com/features/video/mythII.mov
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5. Technically Speaking...
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We've just posted USB Card Support version 1.3.5.
USB Card Support consists of a set of extensions (i.e., they reside
in the Extensions folder in the System Folder on your Macintosh)
that support USB adapter cards: both PC Cards that fit in the
CardBus slot of a PowerBook G3 and PCI adapter cards that fit in the
PCI expansion slots in desktop models of Power Macintosh computers.
USB Card Support requires Mac OS 8.6 or later and supports only USB
cards that comply with the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI)
specification. You'll find more information and the software at:
http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11543/
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6. Cruise Control
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He's hanging from a cliff.
By his fingertips.
It's a high cliff, and Nicole probably has her eyes wide shut,
afraid that her hubby won't be able to hang on until summer 2000,
when the hotly anticipated movie, Mission Impossible 2, debuts.
Will he plummet or soar? Sneak a peak at the M:I-2 trailer and see:
http://apple.com/quicktime/trailers/paramount/mission_impossible_2/
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7. NetBoot Makes Network Administration Simpler
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You may have heard about NetBoot, a feature of Mac OS X Server that
allows a lab or classroom of "clients"--iMac or Power Mac G4
computers--to start up and obtain a full range of applications and
other services from a central server. But have you spoken to anyone
who has taken advantage of NetBoot in an educational environment?
Then listen to what Les Finken, a senior systems analyst, has to say
about his experiences with NetBoot and Mac OS X Server at the
University of Iowa: "NetBoot, he says, "dramatically reduces the
time required to update software on the network--it's nearly
instantaneous--and makes it much simpler to install and maintain the applications."
http://www.apple.com/education/hed/aua0202/iowa/
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8. Quick Takes
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Why is Macworld editor Jason Snell on cloud 9? It's Mac OS 9 that's
brought him to such lofty heights of appreciation:
http://macworld.zdnet.com/1999/12/features/macos9/index.html
Citing reports from PC Data, abcnews.com tells us that for the month
of October, the iBook was the single best-selling notebook in US
retail, online, and mail-order sales outlets:
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters19991124_106.html
BusinessWeek is bullish on good design, and in reviewing the best
designs of the last decade, put iMac in the gold medal category:
http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_48/b3657111.htm
And Popular Science, in its annual celebration of the "year's best
achievements in science and technology," recognizes Apple--both for
iBook, "a laptop that's as well rounded inside as it is outside,"
and the Power Mac G4, "the fastest graphics PC, period."
http://www.popsci.com/features/bown/bown99/computers.html
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