New & Noteworthy: OS X over XP; AOL and OS X; QuickMail; Toon Boom

OS X over XP James Coates, writing in the Chicago Tribune, states: "Windows XP may be best reason yet to pitch your Pentium for an Apple."

AOL division kills plans to support Apple's Mac OS X? An "audio" article on lycos.com provides more info (you need RealPlayer to hear it). See also our previous coverage.

QuickMail Pro 3.0b2 is the client component for the email system. It has been carbonized to work with Mac OS X.

Toon Boom Studio 1.0.1 is 2D web animation software. It now works with Mac OS X 10.1.