

Perhaps more significantly, Apple and Sun announced plans to make QuickTime and OpenDoc interoperate with Sun's various Java technologies. Sun and Apple Eye Enterprise Market - Apple and Sun announced last week that they intend to build a seamless bridge between Macintosh computers and Sun's high-end Solaris enterprise servers, in an effort to combine high-performance networking services with the Mac's multimedia and ease-of-use. Although reports indicate that Motorola's machines don't offer shocking performance improvements over Apple's current Macintosh line (and their processors reportedly are not mounted on removable daughter-cards), they're expected to be solid performers when they become available in November, with prices beating Apple's comparable machines. The StarMax line consists of eight machines (four each in the 3000-series and 4000-series) available in desktop and minitower enclosures, featuring 603e and 604e PowerPC processors at speeds ranging from 160 to 200 MHz, IDE drives, and an industry-leading, five-year warranty. Motorola Announces Mac Clones - Last week, Motorola officially announced its first line of Macintosh clones, dubbed StarMax.

David Blatner contributes an article about QuarkImmedia, Adam presents some image map creation tips, and we offer the top ten reasons why products sometimes don't get mentioned in the press.Ĭopyright 1996 TidBITS Electronic Publishing. We also have news of Motorola's upcoming Macintosh clones and plans for future Apple and Sun products to work together better. The big news this week is System 7.5.5, a new revision of the Mac OS that squashes lots of bugs.
