Low End Mac Archive for June 4

June 4 in Low End Mac History

Why Low End Mac?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "...not only do I offer support for the older Macs, I even use them every day."

Picking a used Mac, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel. Some good values in used Power Macs and iMacs make them a real alternative to cheap Windows PCs.
The reliable all-in-one 500 series, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. For inexpensive, reliable word processing and email, these older Macs are great.
Compu-analyzing a TV classic: Where no one has gone before, Tom Gabriel, My Turn. The future is assured - the Mac wins.
Bill Gates goes to heaven, The Lite Side. Bill Gates dies, goes to Heaven, and has an opportunity to work in the new computer center....
Micron Xceed Color 30. Video card for SE/30 supports 8-bit video on extrnal monitor.
Crunch time at LEM, part 2, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. More on our financial situation - and a big thank you for donations to the site.

Mac Challenge results, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. One month with an iMac and OS X, another with a Dell and Windows XP. Which is the more practical platform?
'Sleep of Death' a hardware-specific OS 9.2 bug?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Some PowerBooks (and possibly other Macs as well) sometimes fail to wake from sleep, but only under OS 9.2.x.
Expert implodes theory that virus scanners protect Macs, Victor Vendor, The Lite Side. "Any platform with a virus scanner is a potential time bomb," says Michael Pneumatic.

OS X and deep sleep, LEMs, upgrades, defective 7100/66, Microsoft and AOL, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. NASA, beige G3 and x200 upgrades, FireWire 800 on CardBus, LC III and SCSI drives, Compact Flash and IDE, and Internet Sharing on Mac OS X

Cell phones, AOL Instant Messaging, and the Mac: Not a good combo, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. "In the Windows version, you can enable or disable a mobile device right from the preferences box. But if you're using a Mac, you have to go through AOL's confusing website...."
Expanding the digital hub with a video iPod, video iPhone, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Thinking outside the box about video storage and output on the iPod and an Apple-branded videophone.
Overdriving the G3 iBook, ongoing iBook failures, desktop vs. laptop, PB G4 design award, and more, The 'Book Review. Also a new Canadian Mac resource, notebooks in the living room, dual-layer DVD burning on the Mac, bargain 'Books from $190 to $2,375, and new iPod accessories.

Mac System 7.5.5 can do anything Mac OS 7.6.1 can, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. Yes, it is possible to run Internet Explorer 5.1.7 and SoundJam with System 7.5.5. You just need to have all the updates - and make one modification for SoundJam.
Best video card for a G3 Power Mac, upgrading vs. buying a newer Mac, many OS 9 fans, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also iCab is outdated and sluggish, where not to obtain OS 9, installing OS X using FireWire Disk Mode, and troubleshooting a Mac from Linux.

Left behind by Mac OS X or up to date with Linux?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. If you wanted up-to-date software, you may need to run the latest version of Mac OS X. But what if it won't run on your hardware?
Getting Xubuntu Linux up and running on your aging Mac, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. It took some doing, but the author's Pismo can now boot into Mac OS 9, OS X, and Xubuntu Linux."
Leopard on old Macs, Leopard nightmares, bargain Macs for kids, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also getting the right version of Mac OS 9.2.2 for Mirror Drive Door Power Macs, using PC disk images with Macs, and using an ImageWriter II printer with Mac OS X.

Apple, AMD, and the potential for new Mac clones, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. It's a revolutionary dream, but what if Apple were to adopt AMD for some models and selectively license OS X on some third-party hardware?
Air Display turns iPad into Mac display, 7mm thin Travelstar drive, hybrid SSD/optical drive, and more, The 'Book Review. Hitachi introduces the world's thinnest 2.5" hard drive and the first optical drive with a built" solid-state drive.
Google dumping Windows, Raskin zoomable Finder alternative, synch Windows PCs and Macs, and more, Mac News Review. Also deleting OpinionSpy spyware, short lifespan of burned discs, OS and browser market share, $40 sidegrade to Parallels 5, and more.