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March 9 in Low End Mac History

Mar. 8 - Mar. 10

2000

• Honesty, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 03.9. Who is to blame for the lack of faster G3 and G4 computers?
• DSL lines and Cupertino Apples, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis. Eric gets DSL, networks his computers, and makes a pilgrimage to Apple HQ - I'm jealous!
• Finalists chosen in iMac Channel banner contest.

2001

• Survey says...., Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Harris Interactive says 47% of Mac owners are buying Wintel computers - are they serious?
• Prep your Mac for OS X, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered. Getting ready for the release of OS X in two weeks.
• It doesn't get any worse, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Four painful tales of upgrade woe that look better in retrospect.
• Improving AOL 5.0, Evan Kleiman. How to use your favorite browser with AOL - and change AOL's color scheme.
• PB 190/5300 trade-ins; ColorSync profiles for iBook, Pismo, and TiBook; and more, Charles Moore. PB 5300/190 trade-in program, Klear Screen cleaner, ColorSync profiles for recent PowerBooks, CoolPads, the SleeveCase, and more.

2005

• Will the Cell processor appear in future Macs?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The 4 GHz Cell processor is a member of the PowerPC family. Is there any reason for Apple not to adopt it?
• Top 10 Apples, disappearing disk space, ClickScroll, Camino man joins Firefox team, and more, Mac News Review. Also LinkBack technology for OS X, how Tiger will change everything, CPA firm goes all Mac, Yellow Dog Linux 4.0.1 for PPC, and more.

2006

• Unleashing the power of iCal, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. Apple's free iCal app is very flexible, very powerful, very extensible, and very ready to help you move away from Entourage.
• 2.16 GHz Mac mini upgrade, benchmarks, inside the Intel mini, a slew of new Intel CPUs, and more, The Macintel Report. Dropping a 2.16 GHz CPU into a Core Solo Mac mini, Macs Only benchmarks the 1.83 GHz Mac mini Core Duo, half of Apple's line is now Intel, and new CPU announcements from Intel.
• Pope receives iPod nano, how much stuff fits on my iPod?, remote with tune display, and more, iPod News Review. Also how the video iPod will change workplace training, TransPod FM transmitter and iPod charger, new software, and more.

2007

• DST fixes & info for OS X, Classic Mac OS; Maynor demos WiFi hack; Samsung's hybrid drive; and more, The 'Book Review. Also glossy vs. matte displays, troubleshooting slot-loading drives, MogoMouse charges in PC Card slot, bargain 'Books from $209 to $2,299, and more.
• DST fixes & info for OS X, Classic Mac OS; Mac sales double in January; 3 Spotlight enhancers; and more, Mac News Review. Also bloated Universal Binaries, 24" iMac "nearly perfect", Carbon Copy Cloner expands into backup app, and more.

2009

• Snow Leopard and Windows 7 put the focus on optimization, not feature bloat, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. "While there are some advances, the major focus for each new version centers on code optimization and other architectural improvements."
• Apple Store eliminating plastic bags for customers, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Apple's ban on plastic bags in its retail stores amounts to more 'green' hype than substance.
• iPhone coming to White House but not to Bill Gates' house?, Kindle for iPhone, and more, iNews Review. Also iPhone dominates mobile Web, costly dataplans killing iPhone in Canada and Japan, Mac System 7 on the iPhone, best and worst speaker systems, and more.

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