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January 25 in Low End Mac History
2001
- Beating the blackout, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Whether you're in California or elsewhere, here's how to be ready when the lights go out.
- Review: OrangeLink FireWire USB Card, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Hands on with the OrangeLink combination FireWire and USB PCI card.
2002
- Digital hub or entertainment center?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Apple's digital hub or Microsoft's digital entertainment center - which is right?
- OS 9 or X: You can't go home again, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. Missing some aspects of OS 9, I decided to go back for a week. The experiment lasted all of one hour.
- OS X: How fast the future?, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. How Apple will move OS X past the early adopter phase and make it the dominant Mac OS.
- Résumé spam hall of shame, Low End Mac. I like the idea of sharing the names of geeks who spam Low End Mac in search of employment. Here's our first.
- PowerBook hard drive upgrade tutorial, TiBook touchup paint, 16x FireWire CD-RW drive, and more, Charles Moore. Hard drive upgrade tutorial, TiBook touchup paint, 16x portable CD burner, do-it-yourself iPod case, new PowerBook cases, and bargain 'Books.
2005
- How Apple's iPod/iTunes combo could demolish Microsoft's 'Play For Sure' initiative, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple is reinventing itself as the 'choice' company, and that's the key to maintaining the lead in the digital music world.
2006
- Casual comfort: Why I use a Mac, John Martorana, That Old Mac Magic. "For me, the difference between Macs and PCs is like the difference between work clothes and casual clothes."
- Camino: A better Mac browser than Safari or Firefox, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others. If you're looking for a fast browser with most of the features found in Firefox and Safari, Camino could be just the ticket.
- Macintel stumbling block: Sometimes you need Classic, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. As nice as the new Intel Macs seem to be, the lack of any Classic environment makes it impossible for some people to upgrade.
- Turning an LC or other ancient Mac into a webcam with a QuickCam, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. As long as it has 4 MB of RAM and a hard drive, any 16 MHz or faster Mac that supports color can be configured as a webcam.
2007
- Going Windows because no Mac meets my needs?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The MacBook screen is too small, the MacBook Pro isn't rugged enough, the Mac mini and iMac aren't expandable enough, and the Mac Pro costs too much.
- Choosing the right computer for home, office, and field use, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Picking a good computer for the technophobe, office worker, student, and shared use at home.
2008
- Hooked by a PowerBook Duo, Walker Quine, My First Mac. Receiving a PowerBook Duo 2300 with Mac OS 8 was enough to hook the author - and get almost his entire family using Macs.
- Maybe no to MacBook Air drive upgrade, MS customer support, and Leopard on an eMac, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. MacBook Air may be limited to 5mm thin hard drives, Office: 2008 upgrade orders, external SuperDrive only works with MacBook Air, and Leopard on a 700 MHz eMac.
- MacBook Air battery easy to replace, Fujitsu Tablet PC Lighter and Cheaper than MacBook Air, and more, The 'Book Review. Also MacBook Air SuperDrive needs high power USB port, booting with Remote Disc, Seagate Momentus notebook drive reaches 250 GB, MacBook Air cases, bargain 'Books from $150 to $3,079, and more.
- Power Mac G4/450 MHz dual, Low End Mac Benchmarks. This 2001 Power Mac is benchmarked under Mac OS X 10.2.8, 10.3.9, and 10.4.11.
2010
- Making the computer even more personal, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Portability and wireless networking make computing on the go easier and more personal than ever.
- Free Glide OS: Computing in the cloud, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Hands on with Glide OS, a free cloud-based operating system and apps that you access from your browser.
- AT&T cuts rates on unlimited plans, Bing may replace Google on iPhone, ValentineMaker app, and more, iNews Review. Also VoIP for iPhone, Android changing smartphone market, Steadicam for iPhone, and more.
2011
- The other side of the road: Ubuntu Linux, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. The old Pentium III PC was crashing and locking up under Windows Me, but Ubuntu gave it a new lease on life.
2012
- Is This RIM's Macintosh Moment?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. In 1996, Apple was in dire straits, but Steve Jobs redefined the company. Now it's do or die time for RIM.
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