@DarthAzrael 20 December 2021 more from that month

The mid 1990s were a pretty bad time for Apple. Their market share was dropping and for the most part their systems were not price or performance competitive with PCs of the time. In addition, they couldn't compete on price with the clones they were licensing. The PowerBooks were terrific but you had to sell a kidney to be able to afford one. For instance, the PowerBook 1400cs was $2500 and there were others that were much more expensive (see below). MacAddict was a magazine for Mac enthusiasts and by the time this issue came out in February 1997, things were beginning to look up for Apple. They had just bought NeXT and Steve Jobs was back. A much better and more modern OS along with newer and better hardware designs were on the way. MacAddict was the predecessor to MacLife which was not nearly as good of a magazine, at least in my opinion. The contents of this issue include: Rhapsody: The Soul of the Machine - Rhapsody was the code name for what would eventually become OS X and also the start of developing an OS that would run on x86 hardware. This article gives an overview of the expected features of "Rhapsody". Unlock Bryce's Hidden Secrets - Bryce is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation tool. This article details five techniques to help you out. Power Lunch - An overview of Apple's new high-end Powerbook the Powerbook 2400 featuring models with 180MHz, 200MHz or 240MHz 603e PowerPC processors, 16MB RAM, and 1.3GB to 3GB hard drive among other features. Prices ranged from a mere $4,500 to an only slightly less mere $5,500. This Old Mac - An ongoing series about upgrading and using old Macs. This month feature the MAc II, the first Mac with expansion in mind. It featured a 68020 processor and 4 MB of RAM as a typical amount. It also had six NuBus slots for expansion. It could be expanded up to have up to 68MB of RAM or with some minor modifications to overcome a hardware bug, up to 128MB. The Mac II came with 2 800KB flopy drives and a hard drive of up to 4GB in size can be added. Many CPU upgrade cards were also available ranging from a 68030 up to PowerPC based accelerators. Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/macaddict-april-1997-982c8f38d8b94 #retrocomputing #Apple #Macintosh #PowerPC #computers #technology