1. Don't Wait Another Minute 2. It's the Office of the Future 3. Can We Have a Word With You? 4. Adobe Illustrates the Future of Design 5. Corel Hits the Mac OS X Suite Spot 6. See Mac OS X in Action 7. Fourteen Hundred and Counting 8. Quick Takes
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1. Don't Wait Another Minute
You can visit the online Apple Store. You can visit an Apple retail store in your neighborhood. Or you can visit any of the authorized Apple retail locations worldwide carrying Apple products.
But wherever you go, you're going to want to be among the first to upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.1. The first major upgrade to Apple's
next-generation operating system, Mac OS X v10.1 is expected to be on dealer shelves this weekend and is available for order from the online Apple Store right now.
The best OS for your digital lifestyle, Mac OS X v10.1 lets you:
* capture and share digital photos * make your own audio CDs * produce your own Desktop Movies with iMovie * create DVDs you can play on most DVD players * rip MP3s * watch DVD movies * back-up data to CDs * print to the most popular inkjet printers and over 200 PostScript printers * access your iDisk more easily * enjoy the Internet more thoroughly * automate repetitive tasks with AppleScript * and enhance your overall computing experience
http://www.apple.com/macosx/
2. It's the Office of the Future
And it's a perfect 10.
We refer, of course, to Office v. X for Mac--the newest, most comprehensive, and most compelling version of Microsoft's award-winning productivity suite that was designed specifically for (and will run exclusively in) Mac OS X.
Fully native, Office v. X for Mac offers customers four powerhouse applications--Entourage X, Excel X, PowerPoint X, and Word X--and even includes MSN Messenger 2.1 for Mac.
What makes Office v. X for Mac such a suite deal?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/office/
3. Can We Have a Word With You?
If you use Mac OS X v10.1 and can't wait to try the latest version of Microsoft Office, we have some good news for you.
Microsoft invites you to test drive Microsoft Word X. The free download allows you to preview the power and elegance of Word X and sample how splendidly Microsoft has incorporated the key components of Mac OS X, including the stunning Aqua user interface.
The Word X preview also lets you experience some of the new and improved features you'll find in Word X, such as "clear formatting" and the ability to select multiple sets of text for easier formatting and spell checking.
You can download the Word X preview right now, but you will need to install Mac OS X v10.1 before you can use it.
Taking the stage during Apple's keynote address at Seybold, Adobe's Senior Vice-President for Professional Publishing Bryan Lamkin announced Illustrator 10 and InDesign 2.0 and demonstrated a future version of Adobe GoLive designed expressly for Mac OS X.
Both Illustrator 10 and InDesign 2.0 offer native support for Mac OS X, new interfaces that take advantage of the power and beauty of Aqua, and tighter integration with other Adobe design products.
You'll find more information about both products on the Adobe site. And if you'd like to order the products, we're already accepting pre-orders for Illustrator 10 (due to ship later this year) on the online Apple Store, and we'll be taking pre-orders for InDesign 2.0 later this year, closer to the product's anticipated ship date.
For more information about Adobe's Mac OS X announcements, visit:
http://www.adobe.com
5. Corel Hits the Mac OS X Suite Spot
Here's sweet news for developers of just about every stripe: Corel Graphics Suite 10 for Macintosh is now available, offering an impressive collection of software designed specifically for Mac OS X.
The design suite's main applications--CorelDRAW 10, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 10, and Corel R.A.V.E.--provide a comprehensive range of innovative drawing, image-editing, and vector animation tools. But in addition to these, designers receive CorelTRACE 10 (for converting raster images to vector images), select KPT plug-ins, Canto Cumulus Desktop LE 5.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, 2000 clip art images, over 500 stock photographs, and over 2000 TrueType and Type 1 PostScript fonts.
Where's the best place to see Mac OS X v10.1 in action?
Any Apple retail store. We have eight stores open today and will have more by the end of the month, and every single Mac in those stores will be running Mac OS X v10.1.
So whether you want to try iDVD 2, Word X, iMovie, Quicken Deluxe 2002, iTunes, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5, Macromedia Freehand 10, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 from Aspyr, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.1, Aladdin StuffIt Deluxe, FileMaker Pro, or many of the other Mac OS X applications already shipping from leading third-party developers, visit an Apple store in your area in the upcoming weeks and let one of our knowledgeable staff show you what you can do with Mac OS X v10.1.
http://www.apple.com/retail/
7. Fourteen Hundred and Counting
On Tuesday, at the Seybold conference in San Francisco, we announced that over 1400 applications are now available for Mac OS X v10.1, with many more expected in the months ahead.
That includes the final release of Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac. Microsoft's native Mac OS X web browser now runs lightning fast under Mac OS X v10.1, and that product will soon be joined by Office v.X for Mac, which will take full advantage of Mac OS X and offer a comprehensive suite of productivity applications.
Adobe, Macromedia, Corel, Intuit, Alias|Wavefront, Aspyr, MYOB, Aladdin, Symantec, Palm, FileMaker, Apple, and many other leading software developers have products that take complete advantage of Mac OS X, and out of the box, Mac OS X v10.1 offers support for Canon and Nikon digital cameras, inkjet and laser printers from numerous manufacturers, and a wide assortment of peripheral products.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/applications/
8. Quick Takes
"Let me cut to the chase," says Gene Steinberg in the Arizona Republic. "Apple's Mac OS X 10.1 update brings the 'world's greatest operating system' into the mainstream. No longer is it just for early adopters. With its raft of bug fixes, new features and performance boosts, Mac OS X is now an essential upgrade for all Mac users."
"AppleScript, which allows Mac users to customize and link various applications, has been a part of the Macintosh OS for the better part of a decade. However, with Mac OS X, such scripts can now be used to grab information off the Internet," points out CNET's Ian Fried in his comprehensive review of Phil Schiller's keynote address from Seybold San Francisco.
From the perspective of the editors at Macworld UK, "Apple's efforts to help its users migrate to Mac OS X 10.1 is rapidly approaching critical mass, with Apple's announcement that over 1,400 applications are now available, that run natively on Mac OS X 10.1."
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