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Ready for Prime Time (1/15/98)
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Several sources, including MacInTouch and MacOS Rumors, are reporting that Mac OS 8.1 has gone "golden master," meaning that it has reached the point where it is ready for release. We should expect to see the CD-ROM version within a few weeks, and an internet-downloadable version sooner than that. So warm those modems...
The 8.1 update contains a number of bug fixes and new features, most notably support for the HFS Plus file system-- the first overhaul of the Mac's file system since inception, we think. HFS Plus increases the maximum length of file names and the maximum size of files (though we'll have to wait for future versions of the Mac OS to actually use those capabilities), but most importantly, it fixes that irritating "minimum block size" limitation with HFS, which wastes a ton of space on large hard disks, especially when one stores a lot of small files. For instance, under HFS, a measly 2 KB of data in a text clipping is actually gobbling up 33 KB of our 2 GB hard disk. To see what a difference HFS Plus can make on your storage space, take a look at the before-and-after numbers posted by Reality.
Unfortunately, the version of Mac OS 8.1 that will ship on CD-ROM will also contain a huge collection of bugs. Fortunately, they'll be easy to find-- they're collectively referred to as Microsoft Internet Explorer. (Okay, okay, that was catty. Sorry, we're a little cranky tonight. Besides, Apple's reportedly still considering shipping 8.1 with MSIE 3.0, given the huge number of problems reported with the just-released 4.0.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/15/98 episode: January 15, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 360: Bigger Than Jesus (1/15/98) It's no secret that just about everyone and their mothers want Steve Jobs to take the position as permanent CEO of Apple, but last quarter's profit seems to have stoked the fires a bit. Larry "Blabbermouth" Ellison was his usual unguarded self when he spoke about the subject at last week's MacWorld Expo... 362: Greatly Exaggerated (1/15/98) Every Claris Emailer user heaved a sign of relief today when Claris officially denied the widespread rumors that the company's versatile mail client was being "retired." According to a short-but-sweet MacWEEK article, a company spokesperson says that "Claris has not ceased development of Emailer."...
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