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December 6, 1999, Etna, NH (http://www.atpm.com)--The holiday season is
upon us, and as the staff of About This Particular Macintosh presents our
December issue, we wish you the very best during this time of joy, and
for the new year to come.

Kicking things off in this month's Apple Cider, Tom Iovino awaits the
upcoming year 2000, and looks back on 1999 with some Random Saved
Thoughts regarding Apple, Microsoft, football and parade balloons.

Publisher Michael Tsai examines the current state of Macintosh software
from Microsoft, and as usual, doesn't pull any punches.

David Ozab continues his Segments piece, this time with a look at "MIDI
and the Mac" in this month's How To.

Networking guru Matthew Glidden, of "Three Macs and a Printer", continues
his 10-part series on networking your Macs with part 5, "Mixing Ethernet
and LocalTalk Networks." For those of you with a mixture of older and
newer Macs that need to communicate with one another, this column is for
you.

This month's Art Department is a bit different, as our graphics guru
Jamal Ghandour takes on a different form of art--music. Jamal walks you
through how to burn your own music compilation CDs, turning your personal
music collection into your own work of art.

In this month's About This Particular Web Site, David Spencer presents a
cornucopia of sites for your holiday viewing pleasure, from staff
favorites The Onion and mp3.com to The Register, Digital Blasphemy, and
more. Be sure to contribute sites you think other readers might be
interested in by emailing David.

Our Shareware Editor Bill Lovett has an extensive roundup of software
that aids the Mac user in one of the staples of computer
usage--installation. Check out Clean-Install Assistant, Yank, Tome
Viewer, and Installer Observer. All make excellent holiday gifts for the
Mac user in your life--with the exception of Yank, they are all free, and
even Yank is inexpensive for what it does.

The staff reviews a wide range of items just in time for your last-minute
holiday shopping, including Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Football;
N2MP3 from Proteron; nik Color Efex!; Guy Kawasaki's latest tome, Rules
for Revolutionaries; the Rio Player 500; and Handspring's Palm OS PDA,
the Visor Deluxe.

A great gift idea this year is an ATPM t-shirt, available now. Check our
web site for more details. Or you could really impress the ATPM reader in
your life by winning him or her a t-shirt in this month's Trivia
Challenge, Match the Monikers! ATPM's gift to you this holiday season is
a new set of desktop pictures, courtesy of Managing Editor Daniel
Chvatik. This month's theme, Clouds, promises to bring to your desktop
thoughts of pleasantness and relaxation for the coming year.

Finally, the staff of About This Particular Macintosh thanks all of our
readers for another fabulous year. You are the reason we continue to
publish what we feel is the best Macintosh e-zine around--by everyday
Macintosh users, for everyday Macintosh users. We welcome your
criticisms, questions, and praise. See you next year!


Copyright 1999 About This Particular Macintosh

About This Particular Macintosh is a monthly electronic magazine
dedicated to the personal computing experience. ATPM seeks to keep you
informed of current events in the Mac OS world. Its articles are
accessible to users who possess an average knowledge of the Mac. In
addition, tips and reviews are included in each issue to help you get the
most from your Mac OS computing experience.