Hey, there, all you cool Mac Maniacs!

From this issue, Dan and I are taking turns at doing this column. This month it's my turn.

Wowzers, what a month! All I can say is Go, Stevie, GO! Apple used to "Leak like a sieve", to quote one of my friends there. But that is no longer true. Very few people knew about the launch of the iMac back before it was announced. Not many knew about Mac OS X before it was announced back at the WWDC '98.

With the PowerMac G3 Pro range (then under the codename Yosemite), there was a lot of speculation about the casing on sites such as AppleInsider. They even had a leaked colour rendition of the new Studio Display monitors. Nobody knew exactly what they looked like, though, and not counting the artists impression of the casing on the net the day beforehand, the PowerMac G3 Pro range stunned and surprised the audience at Steve's keynote during the Macworld Expo San Francisco '99. They just look sooo cool...

Excuse me one second while I find a tissue to wipe away that drool from my mouth...

Anyway, there was the Connectix Virtual GameStation, which emulates Sony PlayStation hardware, too. It was kept secret until the weekend just before the announcement at the keynote. That instantly adds around 1600 games titles to the Mac's catalogue. Who said there aren't any games for the Mac?

Mac OS X Server is shipping in February and it looks like it will bring the Network Computer idealism to reality. With NetBoot you are able to boot hard-diskless Macs (e.g. iMacs) from a copy of the Mac OS on a server. 'Tis shaping up nicely.

Well, that's another of Steve's amazing keynotes. Packed to the seams with surprises and announcements that continue to wow the Mac community. I can only wonder what amazing things will emerge at the next keynote at the WWDC.

I've re-vamped our Timeline Table below and there should be more stuff on it now. I hope you enjoy the second Macoroni E-Zine, and check out our web-site (www.macoroni.com).

I'm amazed at how well Macoroni has done. It started out as a hobby. Now we have over 2600 hits on our site and more people reading our E-Zine on MacFormat. The Mac community is growing, as is Macoroni. We hope to continue our service to the Mac community as best we can. Until next month, farewell.

-- Finlay Dobbie, E-ZineMaster

Mac OS 8.5
Sonata

.Mac - A cool Mac Site with a Monthly E-Zine (our friends =)

Internet Explorer 4.5
Mac OS X Server (Out Feb)

Macinsearch - Search for any Mac Related stuff.

Iomega Zip USB
Tomb Raider Gold

MacRules - Free 10mb Web space for Mac Related sites

Director 7.0
K2 (code name)

Apple - Offers Tech Support etc.

Zip 250
eMac

The iMac - A site Dedicated to the iMac

PowerMac G3 Pro (Yosemite)
Mac OS X

Mac Software - Apple's listing of Mac Software

Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
Bryce 4

Mac Central - one of the best Mac news sites!

DreamWeaver 2.0
Mac OS 8.6

Mac Surfer - A collection of News from other Mac Sites

Samsonite Carry Cases for PowerBooks
PowerPC G4 Processors
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By Finlay Dobbie

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