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April 4 in Low End Mac History

April 3 - April 5

1975

• Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership called Micro-Soft.

2000

• Burning CDs on a Mac, Scott Barber, Online Tech Journal. Setting up a CD burning system.
• SETI@home: Team Mac Observer reaches #18, Low End Mac. We need your help to catch Team Lockergnome and reach #17.
• Daylight saving time?, Dan Knight's Soapbox. We save energy and increase our evening hours, but at what cost?
• Michigan time: Why Michigan should be in the Central time zone, Dan Knight's Soapbox.

2001

• 2 buttons too different?, Mathias Dubois, My Turn. Will the Mac remain the one mouse button computer forever?
• Religious computer wars revisited, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Is the Mac "Catholic" and Windows "Protestant"?
• iTunes, part 1: Encode, organize, radio, and play, Michel Munger, iBasics. Getting started with iTunes.
• Exploiting Hailstorm, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Microsoft wants your information. Here's how they're getting users to share it.

2002

• Using an iBook cart in the classroom, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Training teachers and students how to manage the carts and use the iBooks.

2003

• Replacing a 15" titanium PowerBook with a 12" aluminum one, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Why buying a 12" PowerBook G4 instead of a newer, faster 15" model makes sense for one TiBook user.
• 1 GB RAM for 12" PowerBook, PowerBook G3 teardowns, battery calibration, Berklee requires 'Books, and more, The 'Book Review. Also LittleAl goes to war, new bags and stands, BookEndz coming for 12" PowerBook, and bargain 'Books from $400 to $2,249.

2005

• Power Inside, the Cell PC, and the future of Mac OS X, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Intel and Windows dominate the personal computing world, but with manufacturers tired of strongarm tactics, there's a real opportunity to create a market for a Cell-based PC.
• Homeopathy on the Mac, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The leading software used by homeopathic practitioners is a Macintosh application.

2006

• MR Review: DEVONthink Professional, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. DEVONthink Professional is a very powerful, sophisticated, intelligent data manager just for the Mac.
• Vista pun headlines evade editors, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. "No Headline Editor in his right mind will be able to write a decent Vista headline."

2007

• The 8-core Mac Pro value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. At US$4,000, is the 8-core 3.0 GHz Mac Pro an overpriced sports car or a well-priced big rig?
• The $700 portable mobile office with Internet, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Yes, you really can buy a rugged notebook computer, battery powered printer, bus-powered scanner, office supplies, and storage box for $700.

2008

• 7 years on, Macs still 'just work', Dan Usmar, My Turn. "The thought of buying another Windows machine had never even crossed my mind."
• Apple's growing market share, iMac color lawsuit, updated Mac Bible software, and more, Mac News Review. Also the rate of Leopard adoption, Adobe launches free Photoshop Express, Mac mini media center, and more.
• Atom CPU runs cooler and longer, MacBook Air a supermodel, 2008 MacBook migration tips, and more, The 'Book Review. Also MacBooks for earthquake detection, 802.11g for G3 and G4 PowerBooks, upgrades for Pismo PowerBooks, CPU Speed Menu Switch software, bargain 'Books from $150 to $3,099, and more.
• Apple vs. RIM, iPhone user profile, Canadian iPhone petition, iPhone SDK updated, and more, iNews Review. Also using two Gmail accounts to manage email, Unity coming to iPhone, cell phone wallpaper software, iPDA turns iPod into a PIM, and more.

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