Low End Mac Archive for March 23

March 23 in Apple and Low End Mac History

Mac LC II. Apple replaces 68020-based LC with 68030-based LC II, which allows use of virtual memory. Base RAM boosted from 2 MB to 4 MB, but the 10 MB RAM ceiling remained.

Burnout, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "There's a balance between personal time to recharge and what I can invest."

Dealing with dead pixels in TFT displays, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Detecting and dealing with dead pixels on PowerBooks.

Make your Mac your own, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. How to personalize your Mac for the way you work. (You can even make it look like OS X.)
Enough criticism, Apple deserves a break, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered. We should praise Apple for what OS X is, not condemn them because of what is missing.
No Mac OS X yet, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why I'm not switching to Mac OS X yet.
Time to upgrade to OS 9: Never go with point oh, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. The benefit of staying at least one revision behind the bleeding edge.
400 MHz Pismo deal, MadsonLine TiBook travel accessories, TiCase from Dr Bott, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Page. Pismo bargain, TiBook with old power supplies, TiBook accessories, FireBay, and 1 GHz laptops on the dark side.

It's not Apple vs. the Mac Web, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Mac Web is divided on the Apple vs. rumor sites lawsuits, and those who publish rumors have to be responsible for their actions.

Intel Mac mini confounds market with higher price, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others. After the raging success of the $499 Mac mini, why did Apple feel a need to move away from the entry-level market by making the Intel Mac mini more expensive?
Windows XP on Macintel a reality, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. It took a while, but it's now possible to boot Windows XP on the new Intel-based Macs.
Managing tasks with iCal's to-do feature, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. iCal has all the important features you need in a to-do list, and some add-ons can make using it even easier.
WinXP boots on Macintel, real world thinking about Rosetta performance, and Intel's impact on future Macs, The Macintel Report. If you want to run Windows XP on Macintel hardware, it's now possible. Also, common sense thinking about Rosetta speed and how Intel's future CPU plans will shape the Mac.
8 clever iPod tricks, new tin and aluminum iPod cases, 4 GB flash memory chips from Samsung, and more, iPod News Review. Also iPod and PSP accessories top China export list, a longer life battery for the video iPod, several software updates, and more.

Griffin TuneBuds 'a vast improvement' over Apple's earbuds, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Where Apple's earphones lack bass, the TuneBuds provide plenty. A great replacement for the iPod's earbuds at just $30.
Apple among best travel notebooks, first 300 GB laptop drive, 17" MacBook Pro concerns, and more, The 'Book Review. Also getting the best battery life on long flights, cleaning the MagSafe connector, first 3 GB upgrade for MacBooks, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and more.
Lack of OS X malware befuddles security experts, the Software Update prebinding bug, and more, Mac News Review. Also, 10 reasons to buy a Mac, OWC launches Blu-ray drives, Liquifile thinks different about the Finder, and more.

No money down: The resurrected PowerBook, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. The 12" PowerBook had a dead screen and damaged case, but thanks to donor parts it's now working as it should.

Stone dead Pismo, iPhoto 11 issues on 24" late 06 iMac, why no Blu-ray for Macs?, and more, Charles Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. Also possible causes for Safari 4.1.3 disk noise, TenFourFox browser for PowerPC Macs, Lion DRM and product activation, and more.

Looking Back on 11 Years of Mac OS X, Low End Mac Round Table. Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.0 eleven years ago. It pointed to the future but wasn't quite ready for it.
Thinner 15" MacBook Pro May Be in Production, Battery Status App on Sale, and More, The 'Book Review. Also Seagate achieves 1 terabit per square inch hard drive storage, high-end Verix laptop ships with Linux, and Intel's Ultrabook temptations.
Apple Adds Community Discussion, Apple Quality Slipping?, Photoshop CS6 Beta, and More, Mac News Review. Also addressing problems with the Lion recovery partition, Thunderbolt should become standard on PCs in 2013, and more.