Review: 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs (Late 2009)

The Late 2009 iMacs are really about the new displays—and the displays are impressive.

Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the MacMore and more people are switching from Windows PCs to the Mac. Harry McCracken explains what's involved in the move.
Introducing Macworld's Total Snow Leopard SuperguideMacworld's new Total Snow Leopard is a one-stop guide for everything you want to know about using OS X.

Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChat Learn how to add over 20 additional effects to photos taken in Photo Booth and iChat
Five unexpected uses for the Control key Sure, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key using it to open contextual menus. But did you know you can also add Control to common key combinations to access different commands? Here are five of Sharon Zardetto's favorite Control key tricks.
Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the Mac More and more people are switching from Windows PCs to the Mac. Harry McCracken explains what's involved in the move.
Four hints about Mail and Spaces Four hints for the price of one ... learn how to easily switch between open windows of an app across Spaces, how to delete Mail messages without showing a preview of the next, and two tips for working with links in messages in 10.6's Mail app.
Create pause-zoom-pause effects in iMovie stills Learn how to show a still image for some time in your iMovie project, then zoom/crop/move that image, and then pause on the final image again before moving on.

Preparing for Speedmark 6 With the release of Snow Leopard and the inevitable release of new Mac hardware, Macworld Lab is asking for reader suggestions for new tests in Speedmark 6.
The case for Entourage on Snow Leopard Much has been made about the potential impact of Snow Leopard's Exchange Support. And while it covers basic Exchange well, John C. Welch argues that but anything beyond a bare minimum, Entourage Exchange Web Services edition is a clear winner.
Snow Leopard changes the rules about opening files In Snow Leopard, you can no longer assume that double-clicking a document will open that document in its source application. Rob Griffiths discusses this change, and the implication for users, as well as a couple of workarounds and a suggested fix.
The Macalope Weekly: Good kitty, bad kitty The Macalope realizes it's 'he said/he said' when it comes to the Snow Leopard launch, but when it comes to Flash and AT&T, there's plenty of blame to go around.
Opinion: Mac engineers lament Snow Leopard in the enterprise With Snow Leopard coming out earlier than expected, some engineers are not installing it, CIO's Tom Kaneshige reports. And they're bracing for the backlash from executives who may demand OS X 10.6 on their Mac machines.

Speedmark 6: Macworld Lab's new benchmark suite The Macworld Lab has been hard at work tweaking Speedmark, our overall system performance testing tool, to better accommodate Snow Leopard and to test the Macs on which it runs.
Review: 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs (Late 2009) The Late 2009 iMacs are really about the new displays—and the displays are impressive.
iMac (Late 2009) benchmarks Macworld Lab has the new iMacs and we’ve put them to the test.
Mac mini (Late 2009) benchmarks Macworld Lab has the Mac minis, and we put them through our benchmark tests. Our result show that the new Mac minis are impressively faster than the models they replace.
Review: 13-inch MacBook/2.26GHz (Late 2009) In bringing the unibody treatment to the white MacBook, Apple has added many pro features while removing FireWire and the infrared port.