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March 21 in Low End Mac History

Mar. 20 - Mar. 22

2000

• The compelling Mac, Sean C. Cunningham, My First Mac. "I've finally become a Mac person. It feels pretty good."
• iMac sites reviewed, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. An iMac webmaster looks at other iMac sites.

2001

• All that for $129?, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. "Apple must promote the heck out of this operating system."
• Outlook Express 101, Part 3: Conveniences, Michael Munger, iBasics. Final lesson covers attribution, editing, rewrap, sounds, the address book, scripting, and styled email.
• Hands on: PowerBook 100, Dan Knight, The 'Book Page. Has it been ten years already?
• MacUser, April 1993, Blast From the Past. Six new Macs, 100 accelerators, breaking bottlenecks, and much more.

2002

• Improving AppleWorks, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. AppleWorks 6 is great, but a few improvements could reduce the need to use Microsoft Office.
• Best of the Mac Web. 4,000 Mac fans have rated 50 of the best known Mac sites. Who came out on top this time?
• Best of the Mac Web addendum. Raw scores, weighted scores, and Google links.

2003

• Death of the G3 iMac? The G3 ain't dead yet, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Apple may be phasing out the G3, but those old G3 desktops and 'Books have plenty of life left in them.
• Pismo PowerBook a good value, but better than Lombard?, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. The "Pismo" PowerBook is a real powerhouse, but does it offer more value than the "Lombard" model?
• Juice your 'Book and phone, ear-mounted LED, used iBooks from $700, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Review. Also new laptop cases, new mobile video solutions from ATI and nVidia, nationwide Power Mac and iMac repair service, and gigabit ethernet deals.
• Western Digital drive issues, iBook questions, Mac manuals, Kanga feedback, the longest lived Mac, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Powerline networking, NuBus SCSI card info, beige G3 memory and ROM revisions, and more on Quartz Extreme and PCI video.

2005

• iPod halo effect only one reason to expect solid Macintosh growth, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. How the iPod effect, the iTunes effect, and an aging installed hardware base could grow Mac sales by a million units a year.
• What happened to the Mac, sick WallStreet, when a Mac is not a Mac, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also ColorIt availability, another Note Pad replacement, battery for Pismo, ATI Versavision question, PowerBook Tech, and Elgato EasyWatch.

2006

• How to rip your DVDs so you can watch them on your video iPod, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter. Step-by-step instructions for converting the content on your DVDs to a format the iPod can use, importing them into iTunes, and getting them on your iPod.
• NuBus RAID slower than single drives? Say it isn't so!, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. Everyone knows RAID, especially hardware RAID, is faster than a single drive. But that isn't always the case when using modern SCSI drives with older NuBus Macs.

2007

• Maximum drive size in older Macs, 12" PowerBook 'the new Pismo', best browser for archiving, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also WiFi cards for PowerBooks, video problem with a blue & white G3, installing OS X using NetBoot, and more.

2008

• Safari 3.1 fastest browser?, Macs smash sales record, Mac Pro reviews, and more, Mac News Review. Also should Mac users run antivirus software?, AirPort Express gets 802.11n, one-touch TV for Macs and iPods, security update for Tiger and Leopard, and more.
• Intel preps 4-core notebook CPUs, 5400 rpm 1.8" hard drive from Toshiba, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Intel and Samsung comment on Solid State Drive reliability, speeding up sleep mode on MacBooks, Microsoft losing ground with portable users, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,699, and more.
• iPhone's growing market share, Canada too cold for iPhone?, FileMaker on iPhone, and more, iNews Review. Also Lotus Notes coming to iPhone, Apple's iPhone simulator, enterprise email for iPhone, and more.

Mar. 20 - Mar. 22

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