....................... Apple eNews February 20, 2003 Volume 6, Issue 4 .......................
In This Issue:
1. We Mean Business 2. Massive Storage at Just $4 Per Gigabyte 3. Tips for Ten: A Commanding Way to Select 4. iPhoto 2 Tip: Finding the Right Tune 5. Safari Tip: Enhancing the Bookmarks Menu 6. Software Update Makes It Easy... 7. Priceless Memories. Heirloom Quality. 8. Technically Speaking: Where's Help When You Need It? 9. What's New?
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http://www.apple.com/enews/2003/02/20enews1.html
1. We Mean Business
Thanks to exceptional performance, massive storage, and unparalleled ease of use, Xserve--Apple's rack-optimized 1U server--can outperform not just its 1U competitors but many 2U systems, as well.
Featuring single or dual 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 processors, 2MB of dedicated L3 cache per processor, and up to 2GB of 333MHz DDR memory, the new Xserve delivers phenomenal computational power--nearly 19 gigaflops per dual processor server.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/performance.html
Xserve also outperforms on the storage front, providing support for up to 720GB of internal storage--nearly twice the capacity of most other 1U servers.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/storage.html
Yet while Xserve offers phenomenal processing power, it's also incredibly easy to manage, providing a set of robust remote management tools that make it the ideal solution for file and print, workgroup management, video streaming, database applications, computational clustering and web and mail serving.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/management.html
And, here's good news for your bottom line, even with its unlimited-client license for Mac OS X Server software, Xserve starts at just $2799.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/
2. Massive Storage at Just $4 Per Gigabyte
Need even more than 720GB of storage?
How about 2.52 terabytes of storage. That's how much storage capacity we're providing in our new Xserve RAID. The cutting-edge 3U storage system holds up to fourteen 180GB hot-swap Apple Drive Modules, with each drive running on its own independent ATA/100 drive channel.
Dual independent RAID controllers, redundant, load-sharing power and cooling modules, and a dual 2Gb Fibre Channel host interface deliver high-availability storage with impressive 400MB-per-second performance.
The perfect solution for creative shops or any organization that demands high-availability, high-performance storage, Xserve RAID is both easy to use and--at just over $4 per gigabyte--offers astounding price performance.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/raid/
3. Tips for Ten: A Commanding Way to Select
With a window open in icon view, a single click of the mouse lets you select one item (a folder or document). By holding down the Shift key, you can select multiple items.
If you're in list or column view, however, holding down the Shift key has a different effect: selecting every item between your first and second click. So how can you be more selective about your selecting?
In "Mac OS X Killer Tips," available from the Apple Store, Scott Kelby tells you how:
"In List or Column view, to select multiple items that aren't contiguous, just hold the Command key and click on each item. Click on any open space in the window or press Escape to deselect all selected items."
http://www.apple.com/enews/store/killertips.html
4. iPhoto 2 Tip: Finding the Right Tune
With iPhoto 2, adding a soundtrack to your slideshows is a model of integrated efficiency.
In fact, even those of you who have thousands of songs or dozens of playlists in your iTunes 3 music library will find it incredibly easy to find just the right music to add. Here's how:
1. Select the album or photos you'd like to include in your slideshow. 2. Click the Slideshow button. 3. Choose iTunes Library or one of your playlists from the pull-down menu. 4. Select the song.
Want to make sure you've chosen the right tune? Simply click the Play button next to the song list to preview it.
iPhoto 2: now available as part of iLife:
http://www.apple.com/iphoto/
5. Safari Tip: Enhancing the Bookmarks Menu
Click the Safari Bookmarks icon, and you'll find a treasure trove of websites already neatly organized in the Collections pane. In the News folder, for example, you'll find bookmarks for some of the most respected online news sources. Kids will transport you to Discovery Kids, PBS Kids, howstuffworks.com, and many other websites your kids (and you) will enjoy.
So would you like to know an easy way to add the folders you enjoy the most to the Bookmarks menu? Here's how:
1. Click the Bookmarks icon. 2. Click the icon for Bookmarks Menu. 3. Drag the folder you'd like to appear in the Bookmarks Menu from the Collections pane to the Bookmark column.
You're done.
http://www.apple.com/safari/
6. Software Update Makes It Easy...
To get the latest versions of the software you depend on.
Like Safari. The newest version of the public beta improves compatibility with popular websites (based on your feedback), further improves both webpage-loading and Flash content performance, offers improved stability, and provides access to websites offering self-signed security certificates.
Also available via Software Update, Mac OS X v10.2.4.delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for a variety of Mac OS X applications, utilities, services, and technologies. To read about the enhancements provided by this Update, read the Knowledge Base article, "About the Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update."
You've already imported the photos. The new baby. Your mom's 65th. The raft trip down the Colorado. That winning little league season.
Now it's never been easier--or more affordable--to share those special moments with friends or family. For a limited time, you can save 20% on iPhoto book orders of $60 or more. Filled with your words and images, the beautiful heirloom-quality books make great gifts and even better keepsakes:
http://www.apple.com/iphoto/bookpromo/
8. Technically Speaking: Where's Help When You Need It?
Closer than you think.
Whether you have questions about using Address Book, iPod, Mac OS X Mail, iMovie, QuickTime, Safari, AppleScript, iCal, AirPort, iTunes, or other Apple applications you're using, you'll find answers in the Help menu.
Go ahead--choose Mac Help from the Help menu and try it out. Mac Help provides handy answers to hundreds of the most common questions, including tidbits specific to the Mac you're using. Need a helping hand? It even provides automated helpers.
What's more, most developers--FileMaker, Bare Bones Software, Palm, and Microsoft, to name just a few--use Mac Help to offer assistance with their applications, as well.
Like to learn more about Mac Help?
http://www.info.apple.com/support/help/machelp/
9. What's New?
Now available at the Apple Store. Macromedia has begun shipping FreeHand MX, one of the most powerful applications for creating visually rich graphics for print, the Internet, and Macromedia Flash projects. Order FreeHand MX, which offers enhanced Mac OS X performance, for $399.
http://www.apple.com/enews/store/freehandmx.html
Just $99.95, if you're upgrading from FreeHand 10.X or Macromedia Studio MX.
If you purchased a 12-inch PowerBook G4 or any Macintosh with an Apple SuperDrive after January 7 that did not include iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, iTunes 3, and (on SuperDrive-equipped systems) iDVD 3, you may be able to participate in our iLife Up-To-Date Program:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/uptodate/
You can save $99 if you purchase a Mac and an HP DeskJet 3820 or 5550 printer between now and March 29:
Have you switched? Then you may be interested in a new book from David Coursey (Executive Editor of ZDNet's Anchor Desk): "Mac OS X for Windows Users: A Switcher's Guide."
We hope you enjoyed reading the February 20 issue of Apple eNews. We'll have more news for you on March 6.
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