Even for those of us who lack the skill and money to dive head-first into Alias|Wavefront’s Maya Complete 3D animation and effects software, it’s hard not to be awestruck by this amazing software. On September 25, the shipping date announced this week at Macworld, OS X will get a killer app like none other.

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Proving that OS X is increasingly evolving into an OS in which you can get real work done, QuicKeys, Microsoft software, and Microsoft alternative ThinkFree Office are all coming to X.

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Unlike many other Mac fans, I did not have a work schedule that allowed me time to go to New York for MacWorld 2001. Now that the keynote is over, I am almost glad that that was the case. I think there is a very real possibility that I would literally have started snoring had I been there. A neat, semi-new Power Mac enclosure aside, this was a real slow show, showcasing things we had already seen or which had already been announced long ago.

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The Power Mac G4 “Quick Silver” may be the first system ever to be overshadowed by the lack of other products: namely, speed bumps for Apple portables and a new iMac enclosure. But that would be a shame, because the new G4 is one mean machine.

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If you want someone to blame for the fact that Apple failed to introduce a new iMac — or, for that matter, anything truly earthshaking — blame me. I did it. It’s my fault.

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