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its Pentium-crushing speed and new design, the Power Mac G4 picks up where theold Macintosh (G3) left off. Its enclosure is now highly polished silver andgraphite, yet it still offers easy access to every internal component throughits swing-open side door. With PowerPC G4 with Velocity Engine, the computerspeeds up to 450MHz, one megabyte of backside level-2 cache running at half theprocessor speed, and a 100MHz system bus supporting up to800-megabytes-per-second data throughput, the Power Mac G4 delivers highperformance. And when you’ve completed your projects, shooting those big filesacross the network is a snap, because every new Power Mac G4 comes with10/100BASE-T Ethernet built in.This means that when you buy it, it is ready togo to get set up to your local cable internet provider. The secret of the G4’srevolutionary performance is its aptly named Velocity Engine.

It’s the heartof a supercomputer miniaturized onto a sliver of silicon. The Velocity Enginecan process data in 128-bit chunks, instead of the smaller 32-bit or 64-bitchunks used in traditional processors (it’s the 128-bit vector processingtechnology used in scientific supercomputers—except that they have added 162new instructions to speed up computations). In addition, it can perform four (insome cases eight) 32-bit floating-point calculations in a single cycle, which istwo to four times faster than traditional processors. The new G4’s are provento be faster that pentium 3’s. Using six of Intel’s tests, the 450MHz G4was, on average, more than two and a half times as fast as the 600MHz PentiumIII (2.

65 times, to be exact). These benchmark advantages translate directlyinto real-world advantages. For example, typical Photoshop tasks run 187% fasteron the Power Mac G4 as they do on the fastest PentiumIII-based PCs, withspecific Photoshop filters running up to four times faster. CompressingQuickTime files is also much faster. Other Hardwear Monitor This is the ultimatecompanion to the Power Mac G4: the Apple Cinema Display.

Its 22-inch diagonalscreen makes this the largest LCD display ever brought to market, with a viewingarea identical to that of a 24-inch flat CRT display. This is state-of-the-arttechnology, and supplies will naturally be limited.It’s sold exclusivelythrough the Apple Store, bundled with a 450MHz or faster Power Mac G4. But ifyou’re fortunate enough to use one, your office view will never be the sameagain.

Its viewing quality, is a world apart: twice as bright and twice as sharpas a CRT, with triple the contrast ratio and absolutely zero flicker. And itscolors remain true from almost any viewing angle. Like a movie theatre, theApple Cinema Display has a letterbox format (1600x1024 pixels), with room enoughto display an entire 11x17 image. And unlike most other displays, it receivesits data digitally from the computer, preserving the highest quality image.

Operating System Mac OS 9 Mac OS 9 is the ultimate sytem for anyone on theInternet or anyone who wants to be. It is also very good for businesses. Withmore than 50 powerful new features, Mac OS 9 offers a full range of capabilitiesfor new and advanced users. At work, there’s no better way to get the most ofyour Macintosh computer and the Internet. What is comes with: Sherlock 2. Inaddition to its smart disk and file searching, Sherlock 2 is your Internetsearch detective and personal shopper.

Look the Web for people, references,Apple info and current news in a flash. Sherlock 2 also lets you shop andcompare prices. ColorSync 3. Included in Mac OS 9, ColorSync 3 manages coloracross input, display and output. It features improved AppleScript support,saveable workflow settings, powerful Calibration Assistant and enhanced controlfor profiles.

At www.apple.com, there is also acompreensive manual and tutorialto teach you and your colleagues about all the uses and features of Mac OS 9Softwear QuickTime 4 With a customer base of more than fifteen million Mac andWindows users who downloaded the preview release, and a growing list of onlinepublishers—including, most recently, Fox News Online, Fox Sports Online andThe Weather Channel—QuickTime 4 is the hottest streaming technology on theInternet. Some examples of how QuickTime is used in live programming andon-demand programming on the webare are the BBC, Bloomberg, HBO, NPR and WGBHBoston, and industry giants like Broderbund, Voyager, Cyan, Pixar, Lucasfilm,Macromedia, Microsoft, Disney and CNN. All for one simple reason: QuickTime isthe standard for digital video and streaming media. Quicktime can be used tocommunicate to distant colleagues and potential clients, and is a must forbusinesses.

AppleWorks Everything you need to create professional-qualitydocuments with ease and speed in one affordable package. AppleWorks providesword processing, graphics and illustration, spreadsheet, charting/graphing,presentations and database capabilitie as well as the ability to save your workin HTML for publishing it on the web. Apple Share IP AppleShare IP softwareenhances workgroup productivity with an integrated suite of network services.Using a single administrative interface, you can quickly set up file, print,mail and web servers for your business.

Support for standard Internet protocolsmakes AppleShare IP file, mail and web services available to authorized andguest users via the Internet and your intranet. Hypercard Now more integratedwith QuickTime, HyperCard organizes information into easy-to-use"stacks" of cards through which users can navigate and search for theinformation they need. Simply by clicking on a button, they can view relatedtext, see a graphic, hear a sound, watch a QuickTime movie, or listen to textspoken out loud.