10 August 2002

Did anyone read the news article "21st Century Technology Wars: Apple Vs. Microsoft" by Tim McDonald, www.NewsFactor.com? The title looks like it could be an interesting read, but by the second paragraph, i gave up on the article. He wrote about how Apple dissed a lot of MacUsers by abandoning the floppy. If this article was printed when iMac was first launched, it's contents are of course acceptable. But i really don't understand why he still harp's on such an old topic.

Both Apple and M$ should be worried out the trend of governments adopting open source software. If OSS wins the war, M$ will definitely be the one that hurts most. Apple is after all still a niche/specialized computer.

4 February 2001: 4 Februari 2001

Steve Jobs recently announced SuperDrives in all Macs, both pro- and consumer models by the year 2002. Imagine a SuperDrive in an iMac! Probably an iMac with a CDRW will be out this year either at MacWorld Tokyo or later in March.

However is moving from DVD to CDRW really what Macusers want? There is no denying that buying a storage device is not an option but a necessity for Macusers, and the introduction of CDRW as a storage option is a welcomed improvement.

But what about those who wants to use the DVD? Why does Apple leave them out in the cold? This is difficult to comprehend especially when DVD-CDRW combo units exists, and is already included in Toshiba notebooks.

Currently Apple seems to be migrating along the path: from DVD to CDRW and finally to SuperDrive. However i think it makes more sense to go from DVD to DVD-CDRW, before going to SuperDrive.

Just my 2 sen. Also posted an short review on X-launch, definitely a more elegant launcher than from Apple. Check it out.

Reviu ringkas X-launch disediakan. Anda boleh membacanya di sini.

15 January 2001: 15 Januari 2001

MOMUG is officially launched. Check out some of the articles here. If you want to contribute any articles, write to me here. The FTP archive is still not ready. I hope to have more articles and tutorials before registering with the search engines. Do write in to contribute your articles.

MOMUG dilancarkan secara rasmi. Artikel-artikel baru ditambah, dan boleh dirujuk di sini. Jikalau anda ingin menyumbang artikel sendiri, bolehlah email kepada saya di sini. FTP arkiv belum siap lagi. Saya berharap bilangan artikel akan bertambah sebelum mendaftarkan MOMUG dengan search enjin di internet. Sumbangan anda dialu-alukan.

5 January 2001: 5 Januari 2001

Mac-related newsfeed, and software updates are added. Courtesy of Macupdate.com and Newshub.com. Do visit MOMUG often for your daily Mac-related news, and software updates.
Added a MOMUG FTP software archive (members only) but it is still not ready. I will upload more files, and will inform all members the password when it is ready.It is mostly large freeware and shareware which i split into small files. I hope downloading will be simpler this way.

Menambah berita-berita tentang Mac, dan perisian terbaru MacOS. Dua servis ini adalah dari Macupdate.com dan Newshub.com. Sila lawat MOMUG untuk membaca berita tentang Mac dan perisian terbaru.
Juga telah menambah satu 'archive' untuk perisian Mac 'freeware' dan 'shareware'. Terutama fail-fail yang besar (lebih 5 MB), dan telah dibahagikan ke fail-fail lebih kurang 1 MB saiz. Saya berharap ini akan memudahkan proses 'download'. Password akan dihantar kepada ahli-ahli MOMUG apabila persediaan disempurnakan.

11 December 2000

Started to compile Apple technical notes. You can look for specific topics here.

Mula mengumpul nota-nota teknikal dari Apple. Anda boleh merujuk ke topik spesifik di sini.

24 November 2000

Preview release beta 0.4, added a chat room. My first article for MOMUG, a compilation of the local ISPs. I welcome any more information or personal experiences about the ISPs.

Previu beta versi 0.4, bilik chat ditambah. Maklumat tambahan atau pengalaman dengan ISP tempatan dialu-alukan.

23 November 2000

Calling for articles from all Macusers in Malaysia. Any topics eg. Your first/last Mac, Why do you like/hate Mac?, How do you rate the Mac-stores in Malaysia?, How to be more productive with your Macs?, AppleScript programming tutorials??, Your experience with any software (eg. AppleWorks, Office, Nisus etc)...Articles can be in either English or Malay. Send all your articles either in HTML or Simple Text format of just copy and paste onto your email body, and send them to momug@lycos.com.

Artikel daripada pengguna Mac di Malaysia dialu-alukan. Sebarang topik eg. "Your first/last Mac, Why do you like/hate Mac?, How do you rate the Mac-stores in Malaysia?, How to be more productive with your Macs?, AppleScript programming tutorials??, Your experience with any software (eg. AppleWorks, Office, Nisus etc)". Artikel boleh ditulis dalam Bahasa Inggeris ataupun Bahasa Malaysia. Sila hantar artikel-artikel anda dalam format HTML ataupun Simple Text ataupun copy dan paste dalam isi kandungan email, dan hantar artikel-artikel anda ke momug@lycos.com.

22 November 2000

Added a bulletin board. You are encouraged to use it. The guideline on what is or is not appropriate is available here. Also added a MOMUG form for membership or update notice. The form in Bahasa Malaysia is also available.

Menambah satu bulletin board. Anda digalakkan untuk menggunakannya. Peraturan-peraturan mengenai topik-topik yang berkaitan ada disertai di sini. Menambah borang untuk sertai MOMUG ataupun untuk dimaklumkan apabila MOMUG diperbaharui. Borang dalam Bahasa Malaysia ada di sini.

21 November 2000

Uploading of the Malaysia Online Macintosh User Group (MOMUG), preview version. Why another MUG? To the best of my knowledge, there is only one active MUG in Malaysia, and that is in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. I hope this site will bring other Macusers in Malaysia closer. Among several ideas that pop up, a forum for Mac-related discussion, a collection of resources helpful to Macusers in Malaysia, MacOS-related tutorials and articles. I welcome any suggestion or comments about MOMUG. Membership is free, and the details are available here.

Versi previu MOMUG dilancarkan. Setahu saya, hanya satu MUG yang aktif sahaja di Kuala Lumpur. Saya berharap MOMUG akan menjadi satu site yang menjadi tumpuan pengguna Macintosh di seluruh Malaysia. Antara ide-ide yang ada termasuk forum untuk perbincangan, koleksi maklumat yang berkaitan, tutorial dan artikel-artikel. Sebarang cadangan atau komen mengenai MOMUG dialu-alukan. Keahlian adalah percuma, dan maklumat terperinci mengenai keahlian ada di sini.