It was no surprise that our first look at Apple ’s new iMac G5 was the November 2004 issue ’s top letter getter . We received plenty of letter from readers who were just consider about buy one , as well as a bunch from those who already had . The verdict of the latter ? Well , let ’s just say that you ethnic music are a tough crowd .
iMac G5, Your Take
Mark St. JohnMy initial impression of the iMac G5 ( “ iMac G5 , ” November 2004 ) is that it could be the low-priced , full - power Apple portable for those of us who need to take our estimator along for the periodic week at Grandma ’s or the beach . Twenty - five pounds is a bit heavy but not that bad . Why endure the expense and limitations of a laptop computer ( assuming , of course , that the iMac could exist being stuck in a traveling bag and tossed in the trunk ) ?
Gini McKellarThough the new iMacs are very refined , they ’re also dangerously top - heavy . My two - year - old Word push the bottom of the monitor in , and it almost toppled on top of him . secure thing my husband was there . If we ’re going to keep this car , we ’ll have to strap the bottom to the desk for condom .
When we checked out the Modern iMac , one of the first things we did was give it the tip test . It seemed quite static to us.—Ed .
Catherine LucasWe inhabit in the United Kingdom , but my husband is American , so we buy the new iMac in the States . When it arrived , I plugged it in — and nothing pass off . I call the store where we purchase it , but they could n’t help me . So I hit the Net , where my problem was nicely excuse . turn out the power supplies in iMac G5s sold in the United States and Japan do n’t have automatic voltage switches . Our honest-to-goodness iBook and iMac both work under all emf . Why should n’t young machine do the same ? Apple , get your enactment together and put auto - voltage switches in every Mac . People do move and want to take their computers along .
Software on the Cheap
Ian BeckI really enjoyed your article about scurvy - cost and free public utility ( “ Even More Software Bargains , ” November 2004 ) . You missed a twosome that I use every day and that really merit a mention . A - Dock X(free ) is an awe-inspiring , expanded Dock , complete with motif and more coolheaded ability than you’re able to shake a stick at . DeskShade Plusallows you to hide all the mare’s nest on your desktop , work a flick as your desktop video , and lock your data processor while you ’re away , and it costs only $ 7 .
Stephen ChakwinI like your write - up of Genius 1.5 ( ) . It look like something potentially very utile to me , so I download it . Only then did I see that it postulate Panther to run . Jaguar , which I still use , wo n’t do it . It would be helpful if your writers would refer things like this when they compose up applications .
Whither OS 9.X?
Warren PotasAnnoyingly , Macworld ’s relevancy to the mass of Mac exploiter who are still attached to the OS 9.X political program has basically evaporate . The final drinking straw is your defection of identify Mac OS compatibility in software reviews . Without identifying which software trade to the OS 9.X bequest marketplace , your software system insurance coverage becomes irrelevant verbiage to us . I ’ve been staring at your renewal notice , trying to find out some understanding to continue my 12 - yr subscription . With this final slap at bequest Mac user , you ’ve bung the decisiveness .
We decided to drop OS compatibility from the information boxes in our Reviews section because the vast majority of the products we review today forge only with OS X. While some products can be coaxed into working with OS 9 , many are not formally tolerate , so we ca n’t affirm atomic number 76 9 compatibility . As you justly indicate out , Macworld ’s focal point for the past several years has been on Mac OS X.—Ed .
Ups for AppleWorks
John HunleyIt really badger me thatMacworldspends so much clock time on Microsoft “ Bloated ” Office and so short time on AppleWorks . I consider myself an above - average Office drug user , and the only affair I miss using AppleWorks is a few features in the spreadsheet ( particularly the style it merges prison cell ) . I ’d wish to seeMacworlddevote more space to AppleWorks . I cogitate if more people used it , they ’d never go back to Office — and maybe Apple would put some effort into upgrade it .
iRobot
Matt Kambic , Carnegie Mellon University Robotics AcademyExcellent clause on Lego MindStorms robot ( Geek Factor , November 2004 ) . I want to string your reader ’ attention toCarnegie Mellon ’s Robotics Academy . We help students and interested “ roboticists ” of all ages tap into the playfulness and excitement of learning and playing with robots , in part by create depicted object for Lego robot .
Note that Lego latterly announced an OS 10 version of its gentle - to - use Robolab 2.5.4 software.—Ed .
Top iTunes Tips
David DaiglerI’ve get lots of iTunes playlist and have knock off slews of time scanning through them to see if a given song is on one of them . Jim Heid ’s trick ( Digital Hub , November 2004 ) — ascendance - select a song name to see which play list it ’s on — is going to preserve me lots of fourth dimension . That one summit is more than worthMacworld ’s subscription cost .
Eagle-Eyed Readers
Dorothy Rosa HuntShopping for a pressman , I first checkedMacworld ’s reviews and then move on to Amazon.com . As you may see from the screenshot , the website ’s recommendation engine somehow infer that I should buy the HP OfficeJet 5510 . Why ? Because I ’d once purchased a Black & Decker HS2000 steamer and rice cooker .
Corrections
In December 2004’sHot Stuff , we devote the wrong Mary Leontyne Price for PhotoStamps . They cost “ closely 48 penny per stamp”in increase tothe price of regular stamp . ( PhotoStamps are currently unavailable . )
Also in December’sHot Stuff , we give the wrong price for Painter IX . It costs $ 429 ( acclivity , $ 229 ) .
The Webcam 352 ( “ Macworld ’s Gear Guide , ” December 2004 ) does n’t underpin Macs .
