Low End Mac Archive

March 30 in Low End Mac History

March 29 - March 31

1999

• $300 PC, floppy drive optional, Dan Knight, iMac Musings. Has the day of the disposable computer arrived?

2001

• Old Mac users not nuts, Manuel Mejia Jr, Mac Daniel. It just makes sense to keep using old Macs until they die.
• Death of an iMac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. When the old iMac dies, do you repair or replace? And if you replace it, which model should you buy?
• Carbon, Cocoa, or Classic?, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered. A look at the three application environments inside Mac OS X.
• Leather screen protector, IBM's quiet notebook drives, OS X on WallStreet warning, and more, Charles Moore. Leather screen protector, IBM's new 48 GB hard drive, pbparts.com feedback, and OS X installation issues.

2005

• Why you want DVI on your flat panel display, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. DVI displays tend to have a crisper, more stable, easier on the eyes display, but you may want VGA input as well.
• Using 1 keyboard, mouse, and monitor with your USB Mac and PS/2 Windows PC, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. Three KVM solutions that support both USB and PS/2 computers, along with two other suggestions for making things work.

2006

• Blue and White Power Mac G3 helps salvage Mac jukebox project, Nathan Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence. "Onboard FireWire, USB, and 10/100 ethernet, a 100 MHz bus speed, and a boldly attractive case design combine to make for a solid upgrade from a Beige G3 or earlier G3-upgraded Power Mac."
• Windows on Macintel a nightmare or blessing?, Adobe's transition challenge, quad-core Intel CPUs in 2007, and more, The Macintel Report. Also, it's easy to get OS X for Intel running on a Dell, WinXP benchmarked on Macintel, Intel's new 3.73 GHz Dual-core Pentium, and more.
• Apple add volume limit to newest iPods, iPod etiquette, iBikeMount for iPod nano, and more, iPod News Review. Also Quanta to make next-gen video iPod, 2007 Dodge Caliber to include iPod support, iPod/iTunes Missing Manual, World Cup iPod case, Intervalz for musicians, and more.

2007

• Windows Vista 'a compelling reason' to buy a new PC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. After 3 weeks with Vista, that author finds it a viable alternative to Mac OS X - at least on recent hardware.
• Cracked MacBook photos, first 64 GB solid state drive, overheating problems, and more, The 'Book Review. Also 8 laptop coolers reviewed and rated, upgrading a 12" PowerBook, troubleshooting power adaptors, ThermographX goes universal, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and more.
• 2 GHz upgrade for G4 Power Macs, Apple named in Bluetooth suit, Boot Camp gains Vista support, and more, Mac News Review. Also Macs vs. Windows for gaming, Apple's share of high-end market, upcoming Core 2 CPUs to pass 3 GHz, 802.11n for Intel Mac mini, and more.

2009

• Vertus Fluid Mask 3: A powerful image masking tool for cleaning up image backgrounds, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. If you need to do sophisticated image masking, Fluid Mask provides lots of powerful tools for getting the job done.

March 29 - March 31

Go to LEM Archive Index

About LEM | Support | Usage | Privacy | Contacts

Entire Low End Mac website copyright ©1997-2009 by Cobweb Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Advice presented in good faith, but what works for one may not work for all. Please report errors to .
  LINKS: We allow and encourage links to any public page as long as the linked page does not appear within a frame that prevents bookmarking it.
  Access our RSS news feed at http://lowendmac.com/feed.xml.
  Email may be published at our discretion; email addresses will not be published without permission, and we will encrypt them in hopes of avoiding spammers. If you prefer your message not be published, mark it "not for publication." Letters may be edited for length, context, and to match house style.
  PRIVACY: We don't collect personal information unless you explicitly provide it. For more details, see our Terms of Use.
  Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, iBook, iMac, eMac, iPod, iPhone, PowerBook, MacBook, MagSafe, Mac Pro, Apple TV, and AirPort are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are hereby acknowledged.

Custom Search

Navigation

Used Mac Dealers
Apple History
Video Cards
Email Lists

Favorite Sites

MacSurfer
MacMinute
MacInTouch
MyAppleMenu
InfoMac
Macs Only!
The Mac Observer
Accelerate Your Mac
RetroMacCast
PB Central
MacWindows
The Vintage Mac
   Museum
DealMac
DealsOnTheWeb
Mac2Sell
ramseeker
Mac Driver Museum
JAG's House
System 6 Heaven
System 7 Today
the pickle's Low-End
   Mac FAQ
Abandonware
   Petition
Mac vs. PC Info

Affiliates

The Apple Store
Mac Connection
B&H
MacMall
TechRestore
ExperCom
Crucial Memory
batteries.com

Advertise

All of our advertising is handled by BackBeat Media. For price quotes and advertising information, please contact at BackBeat Media (646-546-5194). This number is for advertising only.

Problems viewing this page with Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6? It works fine in other browsers, including IE 7. We recommend Firefox for those using Windows, as it is standards based and more secure than IE 6 (and earlier). More LEM visitors use Firefox than any other browser.