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January 21 in Low End Mac History

Jan. 20 - Jan. 22

1999

• I was wrong about the iMac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "By its nature the iMac is not only colorful, compact, and cute, but also simple."

2000

• Where's the G4/500?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Remember how Steve Jobs announced the Power Mac G4 on August 31, 1999?"

2002

• The Mac Web and the future of Mac magazines, Dirk Pilat, Mac UK. There used to be little more exciting than the latest issue of MacUser. The Web has changed all that.
• Progress and the right handed Mac, Frank Wells, My Turn. Who'd have thought that moving the access door from the left on the Power Mac 8600 to right on the blue & white G3 would cause such problems?
• Partitioning your hard drive, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. Why you may want to partition your hard drive and how to do it.
• Microsoft's 'Tsunami' memo: The real text, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. The Lite Site has obtained the full text of the Microsoft "Tsunami" memo, in which the Software Architect describes the new strategy his company must follow in the future.

2003

• The value of a refurbished iBook with Jaguar, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. How well old iBooks hold their value - and the value of buying a newer factory refurbished iBook with Jaguar and Quartz Extreme.
• What happened to the low end at Low End Mac?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Low End Mac has gone from being a site where all Macs were appreciated to a place where only the most recent, cutting edge systems are recognized and discussed."
• Judge uses Dell model for sentencing, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. With Dell using prison labor, judge decides to sentence criminals to refurbish old Windows PCs.

2004

• Apple's success and Jobs' succession, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. It's hard to imagine Apple without Steve Jobs at the helm, but someone had better be planning ahead.

2005

• Mac mini vs. cheap Dell, Gateway, HP, and Compaq PCs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Surprisingly, HP and Compaq - not Dell or Gateway - have the most price-competitive models. How do they compare with the Mac mini?
• Is the Mac mini worth more than a low cost DIY Windows PC?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. If you're already using a PC, you can probably build a new computer for a lot less than the Mac mini costs, but that doesn't doom the mini.
• G5 'Books coming soon?, Mac mini take apart, mini auto installation, TuneJuice for iPods, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple production numbers, mini memory specs, first mini case, mini colocation, bargain 'Books from $280 to $2,399, and more.

2008

• Thinking different about liberal vs. conservative Mac users, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Yet another study had concluded that Mac users are more liberal. Where do conservative Mac users fit into the picture?
• Early obsolescence and the MacBook Air, free Mac antivirus software, recent AAPL price drop, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also MacBook Air vs. Windows competitors, cost of MBA battery in Europe, can new Mac Pro Run Tiger?, iCab, and Leopard on a Digital Audio Power Mac.

2009

• Succeeding Steve Jobs at Apple: The Moneyball approach, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. Steve Jobs saved Apple and has a great team in place. It may never be necessary for him to come back as CEO.
• iPod touch and Pismo: Perfect Together, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. With a USB 2.0 card and Tiger, a 9-year-old Pismo PowerBook works beautifully with a new iPod touch.
• Camino pros and cons, notebook video reliability, overheating since 10.5.4, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also the joy of a 'Big Al' PowerBook, Unibody MacBook Pro a work of art, recycling an iMac for a cat, 64-bit PowerPC support, and password needed to install software.

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