May 7 in Low End Mac History

May 6 - May 8

1998

• iMac: Nearly perfect, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. "With iMac, Apple has recaptured something of the original Macintosh, the one that didn't even need a model number."

1999

• A smaller, lighter PowerBook without compromise, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "The PowerBook G3 Series is big and heavy. Rumors are the next generation PowerBook will improve that."

2001

• 5 pounds of genius, Michael Munger, The 'Book Page. New iBook "an almost incredible combination of strength, small size, good looks, and technology at a good price."
• Low End Mac or OS X?, Tim Baxter, My Turn. "The old Macs and the operating system we know and love will certainly soldier on."
• NeXT: Apple's right choice, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. Why choosing NeXT instead of Be was the right move for Apple.

2002

• How to optimize Classic, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. How to make Classic mode more stable and faster loading.
• eMac musings, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. CRTs vs. flat panel displays and the value of the new eMac.
• Getting more out of iTunes, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. First, make sure you update to iTunes 2, then learn how to use the equalizer....
• Apple previews 'Jagular', Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Apple previews "Jagular," the next major release of Mac OS X hunting assistance software.

2003

• The 2003 eMac value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The new eMacs offer more power for the dollar then ever before, but with reduced prices on the 2002 models, which offers the most value?
• Downloading Mac software on a PC, upgrading a Power Mac 7100, Performa 6200 upgrade, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Field reports, Retrospect vs. Unix backup, Aqua overhead, the plural of "virus," and the new eMacs.

2007

• Is Canada a 'haven for pirates' or a sovereign nation with it's own copyright laws?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The International Intellectual Property Alliance is asking the US government to put pressure on Canada to adopt laws as draconian as the Digital Millennium Copyright Law.
• The 'Less than Intelligent Design' letters, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Feedback on last week's "Less than Intelligent Design in Electronics and Computing".

2008

• Xserve: Power and value in a 1U server, Jason Packer, Macs in the Enterprise. Often overlooked, Apple's Xserve is powerful, flexible, and anything but overpriced, making it perfect for the enterprise.
• Dinosaur desktops, lid closed mode, G4 upgrade advice, death of a WallStreet, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. The greening of Apple, benefits of WiFi cards that use AirPort drivers, deleting files from a Performa, drive enclosures, and Leopard on a 466 MHz Power Mac.
• Pismo battery and screen problems, Zip vs. hard drive for backup, and MacBook Air packaging, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Diagnosing battery problems and a fuzzy screen on a Pismo, backup options for Power Macs, and the small size of the MacBook Air's packaging.

May 6 - May 8

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