Do you think the Internet is too slow? What if there were a simple thing we could all do to make it faster? Long-time technology writer Cary Lu weighs in with a simple suggestion. Also, learn about hot new Macs from Power Computing, DayStar, UMAX, and Apple; find guides to everything at this week's Macworld Expo in Boston; and increase your Mac knowledge as Chad Magendanz sets down the definitive word on disk images.

Topics:

• MailBITS/05-Aug-96
• Getting Oriented for the Expo
• Text-only Mondays: A Modest Proposal
• Getting Through the Media Blitz

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