April 9 in Low End Mac History
April 8 - April 10
1997
2002
- Indispensable OS X wares,
Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. 10 freeware and shareware
programs every OS X user should know about.
- Old files, online fiction, and
Google searches, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. The oldest file on
my Mac, why I keep them, prehistoric recording, and the things you
can find using Google.
- In appreciation of
depreciation, Jon Wareing, My Turn. Old Macs may be cool, but
the best computing value may be something newer than beige.
2003
2004
- Apple, PC-only policies, and
computers in education, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "The
no-Mac rule is being implemented without regard to educational
consequences because teachers were not consulted about it...."
- Media players for OS 9 and X:
The good, the slow, and the ugly, Adam Robert Guha, Apple
Archive. Competition has given us QuickTime, Windows Media Player,
and Real Player, but some are better than others.
- iCab strengths, WaMCom tips,
importing bookmarks into Safari, and print preview, Charles W.
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. More on alternatives to Inernet
Explorer on both the classic Mac OS and OS X.
- Disappointing PC laptops,
Apple's superior laptops, 10 hour fuel cells, Apple ProCare, and
more, The 'Book Review. iBook production moving
to China, leather 'Book cases, G4 customer-installable parts,
bargain 'Books from $50 to $2,649, and more.
2007
- Clamshell iBook upgrades, choppy
iTunes video, Netscape 7 for Mac OS 9, and more, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also fixing flash drive problems with Disk
Utility, problems booting a secondhand iMac, PowerBook ramblings,
and more.
- 'Think Different':
The ad campaign that restored Apple's reputation, Tom Hormby,
Orchard. After Steve Jobs' triumphant return and before the debut
of the iMac, Apple had to do something to change people's opinion
of the beleaguered company.
- A decade of progress, Michel
Munger, Macinthoughts. 10 years ago, Windows 95 was a mess, System
7.5 was becoming unstable, and Apple's future was in doubt. Today
OS X is rock solid, Vista has learned from Apple, and Apple is a
runaway success.
2008
- Apple's MacBook
hits a home run, Ryan Nelson, My Turn. It's beautiful, it's fast,
it runs Mac OS X, and it's the best laptop under US$1,500.
- The Apple Store,
Intel Macs, and classic apps, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Visiting the
Apple Store to drop of an eMac for repair provides an opportunity to
lust after today's wicked fast Intel-based Macs and muse about the
future.
- 18-bit video inadequate, restoring
AppleWorks speed, Macintosh display info, and more, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Mailbag. Also problems importing AppleWorks drawings and a
damaged, unfixable mail database in Outlook Express 5.
- Frustrated with Opera and Firefox,
classic form factors, 18-bit color, and more, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings. Problems with Mac browsers, the sufficiency of
18-bit color, design classics, and the magic of Macs and baseball.
2009
2010
- 300K iPads sold first day, iPad
USB charging issue, talking iPod shuffle, iPad teardown, and more,
iNews Review. Also iPad typing tested, iPad overheating in sunlight,
why not to buy an iPad, lots of new apps and cases for the iPad, and
more.
- New Mac notebooks using new Intel
CPUs this month?, iPad could cannibalize MacBook sales, and more,
The 'Book Review. Also netbook sales sag with iPad's release, iPad vs.
netbook, and custom laptop backpack series from SLAPPA.
- Cheap computers make sense, RIP
computer mouse, Alicia Keys' software piano, and more, Mac News
Review. Also OWC updates upgrade videos for Mirrored Drive Doors Power
Macs, and OCRKit creates searchable PDFs.
2012
April 8 - April 10
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