May 23 in Low End Mac History
May 22 - May 24
2000
- A computer I understood, Cheryl
Hanna, My First Mac. "Here was a computer that I understood without
translation."
- Software to make life easier,
Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. Helpful software you may never have
heard of.
- Beta than nothing, David
Schultz, Virtuality. Beta testing isn't for everyone. David Schultz
offers advice on preparing your Mac for the OS X beta.
2001
2002
- PowerKey programmable power
manager, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Sophisticated Circuits'
PowerKey can intelligently turn on your Mac and peripherals with a
keypress or via software.
- A sampling of Linux
software, Jason Walsh, PPC Linux. A quick taste of browsing,
productivity, graphical, media, gaming, and other software for PPC
Linux.
2003
- 12" PowerBook G4 an improvement
over 15" Titanium in most respects, Adam Robert Guha, Apple
Archive. Replacing a 15" 400 MHz titanium PowerBook G4 with a 12"
867 MHz aluminum PowerBook G4 produces great satisfaction, few
regrets.
- iBook 900 benchmarks, FireWire
800 and DVI graphics PC Cards, retractable cables, and more,
The 'Book Review. Also iBook hinge lubricant, screen
cleaning and protection, new sleeve cases, and bargain 'Books from
$60 to $1,950.
2005
- The First Macs: 1984 to
1986, Tom Hormby, Orchard. The original Mac, two 512K Macs,
the Mac Plus, and competition from the Apple II side.
- Tiger feedback and tips, IRC
channel for low end Macs, big problems with SilverKeeper, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Positive feedback
on OS X 10.4.1, a tip for using Spotlight, DiskWarrior updates,
getting inside a 9500, and where to get WordPerfect for Mac for
free.
2006
- What's in your workspace?,
Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. Does your workspace reflect
the way you work today and let you work efficiently?
- Picking the right laptop in
2006, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac. You need to balance
size, weight, price, power, and battery life to find just the right
notebook computer for your own needs.
- The sun has set on the G4,
Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living. After seven years with the G4,
Apple has discontinued the last model to use it, but that doesn't
make these machines obsolete.
2006
- Silence is golden: Running
your existing notebook using flash memory, Dan Knight, Low End
Mac Reviews. With a new adapter from Addonics, you can replace your
laptop's IDE hard drive inexpensively and boot silently from a
Compact Flash card.
- Appearance Manager allows
Internet Explorer 5.1.7 to work with Mac OS 7.6.1, Max
Wallgren, Mac Daniel. Want a fairly modern browser with an old,
fast operating system? Mac OS 7.6.1 plus the Appearance Manager and
Internet Explorer may be just what you want.
- Millions of colors is an
illusion, getting a Dell printer working with a Mac, Core Image,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also an autofocus
webcam for PCs and Macs, problems installing OS 9 on a beige G3,
upgrading an eMac's hard drive, and a solution to the AFP
connection problem.
2008
- MacBook holds its
own against Dell and HP notebook pricing, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz.
Comparing specs and prices, the MacBook also trounces Sony, but the
MacBook Pro is another story altogether.
- Psystar software updates, Apple
rules $1,000+ PC market, myths about Macs, and more, Mac News
Review. Also potholes when switching from Windows, good Spotlight
queries, ejecting stubborn disks, Fedora Core 6 for Intel Macs, and 2
new Take Control volumes.
- WiMax likely, Apple not green
enough, next MacBook in Q3, Cool Feet for notebooks, and more, The
'Book Review. LED backlighting in all MacBooks in 2009, cooling hot
laptops, OLPC plans second gen XO laptop, universal Apple notebook
battery charger, slim external third-party SuperDrive, bargain
'Books from $150 to $2,699, and more.
- Refurb iPhones may contain user
data, iPhone vs. BlackBerry Bold, new Napster MP3 store, and more,
iNews Review. Also AT&T's iPhone insurance, Atom-powered Newton
iPhone rumor, Vista on the iPhone?, spare power for iPhone and iPods,
wireless speakers from Logitech, and much more.
2011
- Fiat 500: Enough style to
be an iCar?, Charles W Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. Still no sign
of the oft-rumored iCar, but the new Fiat 500 has a lot of things an
iCar should.
- iPad has no credible competition,
iPad file transfer, 500 GB Seagate WiFi GoFlex for iOS, and more,
iNews Review. Also Forbes says iPad sales are slow, eBay Motors app,
iKeyboard gives iPad virtual keyboard tactile fee, DryCase keeps iPad
or iPhone dry, and more.
2012
May 22 - May 24
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