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May 2 in Low End Mac History
2000
- Glad I bought beige, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom. Despite newer models, it was a good decision.
- A total Mac nerd at 13, Scott Baret, My First Mac. "My first computer was an Apple IIe. I first used it when I was two years old...."
2001
- Apple redefines iBook, Dan Knight, The 'Book Page. "...this is the smaller, lighter, less costly iBook a lot of us were hoping for two years ago."
- Make your own desktop picture, Michel Munger, iBasics. Step-by-step instructions for creating your own desktop picture.
2002
- Putting your old 68K Macs back to work, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Some suggestions for keeping your old Mac in use and out of mothballs.
2003
- Apple, music, and the iTunes Music Store, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Is the iTunes Music Store a great idea at a great price or is it too limited to really pay off?
- Compact, affordable AC adapter, 800-900 MHz Pismo upgrades, new cases, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Review. Also a new sleeve for the 17" PowerBook, SpamBolt anti-spam software, and bargain 'Books from $239 to $2,119.
2005
- The Microsoft/Apple religious wars revisited, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Umberto Eco's decade-old observations on Macs vs. Windows PCs captures some essential truths, remains relevant.
2006
- 'Only' 6% to buy iPhone? That's a lot of iPhones!, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Markitecture has determined that "only" 6% of cell phone owners will buy Apple's iPhone in its first year. That's about 12 million phones!
- User mistakes or Mac mistakes?, Backspace vs. Delete, and it's too easy to zap an icon in the Dock, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Readers weigh in on "30 Top Mac User Mistakes" with explanations, history lessons, and personal experience.
2008
- 50% Mac sales growth is only the beginning, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple has a great line of computers and an awesome operating system, but a prosumer model could make last quarter's growth seem normal.
- The greatest comeback, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Apple's comeback 10 years ago pales in the face of surviving stage 4 cancer.
- Mac growth 4x PC rate, USB power famine, Montevina chips not in new iMacs, and more, Mac News Review. Also reducing energy waste from peripherals, fixing the Mac's shortcomings, Open Computer shipping and reviewed, why Apple bought PA Semi, 5x the range for Time Capsule, Mac gaming mouse, and more.
- MacBook Air overheating, MacBook Pro vertical striping, flash vs. hard drive, and more, The 'Book Review. Also the 2008 econo-Mac stimulus plan, MacBook Air 'most attractive laptop ever', low latency RAM put to the test, combo notebook/monitor stand, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,699, and more.
- iPhone a bandwidth hog, 3G iPhone rumors, Rogers to bring iPhone to Canada someday, and more, iNews Review. Also PA Semi deal won't change iPhone for some time, new iPhone and iPod nano cases, remote with FM radio for iPod and iPhone, and more.
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