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August 2, 1999, Etna, NH (http://www.atpm.com) - Just as Steve Jobs
announced the fourth and final product in Apple¹s four-tiered product
strategy at last month¹s Macworld Expo, so to does ATPM Publisher Michael
Tsai announce the publishing strategy of About This Particular Macintosh.
³Just as Apple can¹t make one, or even two Macintoshes that meet
everyone¹s needs, we don¹t believe that everyone has the same needs in a
Mac magazine,² Tsai said in an open letter to ATPM readers. ³Some Mac
users work tethered to the Internet, with their email client set to
check for mail every two minute. Others must pay per-minute rates to use
the Internet and prefer downloading an offline copy to read on-screen or
print out. We believe we have something to satisfy everyone.²
About This Particular Macintosh will now be published monthly in four
different formats, the first of its kind for any online Macintosh e-zine.
These formats include the Online Webzine, Acrobat PDF, the downloadable
Offline Webzine, and the new eDOC format.
³Our readership survey on formats told us that half of our readers
preferred the DOCMaker format,² stated Chris Turner, ATPM¹s Publicity
Manager. ³But the DOCMaker format is quickly becoming antiquated. We¹ve
run into several problems with it and the newer versions of the Mac OS.
The eDOC format doesn¹t have any of these problems, and has proven a
worthy successor.²
Robert Paul Leitao is back this month with his quarterly column, Apple,
Kids & Attitude, continuing to explore the Apple financial world.
The ATPM staff continues to grow as we welcome aboard Matthew Glidden of
Three Macs & a Printer fame. Matthew will be doing a ten-part series of
networking articles for About This Particular Macintosh, beginning with
this month¹s ³You, 10BaseT, and the Mac Makes Three.²
Publisher Michael Tsai provides an overview of last month¹s Macworld
Expo, while Tom Iovino lusts after a new iBook in this month¹s Apple
Cider. Our Hollywood correspondent and resident Batman, Mike Shields,
takes us through a maze of Mac entertainment news.
Shareware Editor Bill Lovett looks at various HTML coding tools, while
the staff reviewed software including QuickTime 4, the book Apple
Confidential, Document Express 2.5, the ultimate screen capture utility,
Snapz Pro 2.01, and the PowerKey 600. Ed Goss caps off the month with a
slam-bang timeline trivia contest.
Even more desktop pictures have hit the ATPM web site this month, and our
new t-shirts are begging for homes. Stop by and check them all out! Past
and present issues of ATPM can be found at .
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.
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