Heard about our newest PowerBook G4 computers?

You’ll recognize them when you see them. The Titanium PowerBook G4 still features the stunning 15.2-inch (diagonal) TFT screen and remains the world’s thinnest and lightest professional notebook.

We’ve just made it even more powerful, featuring:

We now preinstall an AirPort Card when you order a model with a 667-MHz PowerPC G4 processor, and you can order any PowerBook G4 with a CD-RW optical drive.

One final tidbit to call to your attention. If you purchase a qualifying 550-MHz or 667-MHz PowerBook G4 between now and December 31, 2001, we’ll double the RAM at no additional charge.

It’s our best-selling portable ever, and now iBook offers even more power in its 4.9-pound, 1.3-inch package.

Take, for example, more speed. You can now order iBook with either a 500-MHz or our new 600-MHz PowerPC G3 processor. In fact, the latter features a new system bus running at 100 MHz for even better performance.

Like more memory? All iBook models now come standard with 128MB and support up to 640MB.

And let’s not forget those bigger hard drives. Whether you’re creating Desktop Movies or building an impressive music collection, iBook offers more storage capacity to accommodate your needs, featuring hard drives up to 30GB.

Not too long ago, many creative professionals had two systems. One that sat on the desk in the office, and one they took on the road. The one offered muscle; the other, mobility. It may not have been a perfect solution, but it was tolerable.

Thank goodness we don’t have to tolerate it any longer. The PowerBook G4 eradicated that particular paradigm, offering a mobile solution that not only has no compromises but that allows creative professionals to produce high-quality work on the road as easily as they can in the studio.

And though we’ve sung its praises a few times ourselves, now Pfeiffer Consulting—an independent and highly respected technology research institute—has issued an in-depth report on the “Portable Creative Workstation.” We think you’ll find the results illuminating.

How many times a day do you type your name? Visit a particular web page? Open a set of related applications or documents? Insert the identical paragraph or two of copy in a document? Check your calendar? Mount a server? Update an expense report? Call what’s-his-name? Check email?

Wouldn’t it be great if you had a simple yet effective way of doing any or all of the above just by hitting one or two keys on your keyboard?

You can. With QuicKeys. In fact, QuicKeys X—the most recent version of the venerable Macintosh macro utility program—lets you easily create all sorts of shortcuts that can save you time and make you more productive. Best of all, it takes full advantage of Mac OS X.

He’s big. He’s bad. And he’s got a thing for Mac OS X.

His name’s Kabuto, and he’s the oversized star of MacPlay’s latest game, Giants: Citizen Kabuto. He lives on a faraway planet called The Island, where he battles the seductive Sea Reapers and the goofy-but-tough Meccaryns. The action is fast and furious, and the fluid, 3D graphics are out of this world.

In fact, Mark Dochtermann, technical director for publisher MacPlay, calls it “the most visually vibrant game on the Mac.” The first to take advantage of symmetric multiprocessing, it is also the first Mac game that runs exclusively on Mac OS X. Like to take Kabuto on? Then visit the Apple Store, where you’ll find both Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Mac OS X.

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If you bought a Macintosh that has
Mac OS X preinstalled or you purchased Mac OS X as a separate product, there are two ways you can upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.1.

Visit an Apple retail store or a participating authorized Apple dealer before the end of the month to participate in our Instant Up-To-Date program. (Available through 10/31/01 or while supplies last.)

Or participate in our standard upgrade program. You’ll pay just $19.95 (for shipping and handling), and you’ll receive a:

Either way, don’t miss this opportunity to turbocharge your Mac with Mac OS X v10.1. Questions?

If you’ve installed Mac OS X version 10.1 on your Power Mac or Power Book, make sure you take a few minutes to download the iMovie Plug-in Pack 2.1.1 before you get started making Desktop Movies in iMovie 2.

Inside this simple-to-install file, you’ll find a number of effects (e.g., ghost trails and mirror), transitions (e.g., circle opening and wash out), and titles (e.g., subtitle and zoom) that will add polish to your latest moviemaking ventures.

You’ll find “iMovie Plug-in Pack 2.1.1 for Mac OS X” — in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian — in the AppleCare Knowledge Base.

We’ve just added some more muscle to HomePage, the website construction kit that’s part of our free iTools suite of web services.

Yes, HomePage is just as easy to use as ever. In fact, editing your site is even easier and more streamlined. But now you can personalize your pages and add more professional touches than you ever could before.

For example, you can now create multiple websites, tailoring the look and feel of each to target particular audiences. Like to limit access to one or more of those sites? You can do that, too — thanks to the new password protection capabilities in HomePage. You can also generate site directories automatically. And that’s not all.

What’s the reaction been to Mac OS X v.10.1?

We’re so glad you asked. Here’s what people are saying.

Like to play Myst III: Exile in Mac OS X? Now you can. Simply download the patch from our website, and you’ll be able to enjoy Myst III. (Requires Mac OS X v10.1.)