Low End Mac Archive for June 15

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June 15 in Low End Mac History

June 14 - June 16

1998

Intel: Thinking different, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "...Intel has a long history of intentionally crippling chips?"
Y2K: Mac owners beware, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Not all Mac software is Y2K ready.

1999

Third Voice and copyright, Larry Rosenstein, Mac Musings. "If I download one of your pages, I'm free to do whatever I want with it on my computer."
iMac talks to PowerBook, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. Getting the iMac to transfer files with a PowerBook or other older Mac.

2000

Adobe and law and order on the Mac Web, David Schultz, Virtuality. To avoid the courtroom, the Mac Web needs a code of ethics which sites voluntarily accept.
Legal software for older Macs, Teresa Knezek, My Turn. A proposal for making discontinued software readily available for discontinued computers.
Speed reconsidered, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. Perceived speed is what counts. Sometimes an old Mac can be faster than a new one.
Classic printing for classic Macs, Manuel Mejia Jr, Mac Daniel. Why the best printer for a classic Mac may be the venerable ImageWriter II.
AirSurf rumors, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill. "Apple has registered AirSurf as a trademark. That's all most people know so far...."

2001

Apple and Linux: We need each other, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "If we . . . turn our back on Linux, both the classic Mac OS and Mac OS X will go the way of the Amiga, NeXTstep, and OS/2 - all amazing operating systems that have been almost completely marginalized."
PowerPC PowerBooks: 3400c, 3500, and G3 WallStreet, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Three good values in recent PowerBooks.
I'll never forget the first time, Jeff Adkins, My First Mac. I'll never forget that first time I moved a mouse and made the cursor draw a picture!
Picking an MP3 player, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. A look at some of the leading portable MP3 players.
The 'Book Review, Charles Moore. New cases, keycap replacements, 48 GB expansion bay hard drive, a $99 digicam, and hot deals on new, used, and refurbished 'Books.

2005

Apple + Intel spells the end of western civilization, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Once consumers realize that all the hype about PowerPC superiority was a bunch of hooey, they will stop believing advertising completely.
How Macintel could spell trouble for Windows, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. "Apple has been working to change the game from simply a hardware discussion to an integrated system approach - the digital hub."
Old Macs worth millions, TV on your Mac, a Spotlight plugin for Word Perfect, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also Pismo upgrades, PlainTalk mic with iMic, antennas for iBooks, SMTP problem with Emailer, and more.

2006

After music, photos, and video, how about ebook support on the iPod?, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. With a delivery system already in place, Apple could do wonders for the small ebook industry by putting an ebook reader on the iPod and selling ebooks through the iTunes Music Store.
MacBook Apple's best yet, unexpected performance differences, case discoloration, and SATA drives, The 'Book Review. Still more reviews raving about the MacBook, and some head scratching at Macworld about performance differences between white and black models.
Core 2 to hit 3.2 GHz this year, Apple 80% Intel, new Intel GPU adds high def video support, and more, The Macintel Report5. Intel has more efficient chips in the queue, the new satisfaction per Watt metric, Intel working on water cooling, and Intel targets the low-end PC market with Core 2 and cheap Pentiums.

2007

Run over MacBook Pro keeps working, overwhelmingly positive 'Santa Rosa' MacBook reviews, and more, The 'Book Review. Lots of MacBook Pro reviews and benchmarks, a digital tuner for the MBP, NewerTech's battery charger and conditioner, new cases from Brenthaven and Tom Bihn, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,299, and more.
Mac mini inside an SE/30, VMware Fusion adds 3D acceleration, Miglia's digital TV tuner, and more, Mac News Review. Also OpenOffice 'Aqua' version for Mac OS X, new hard drives from Western Digital and Addonics, and Kensington's ergonomic SmartFit product line.

2009

13" MacBook Pro a practically perfect replacement for the 12" PowerBook, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Except for being an inch wider, the 13" MacBook Pro surpasses the 12" PowerBook G4 in every respect.
4 years later: Looking back at Apple's switch to Intel, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Apple survived with its unique hardware platform for over 20 years, but it since transitioning to Intel it has reached a broader market than ever before."
Low End Mac's Safe Sleep FAQ, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. What is Safe Sleep mode? Which Macs support it? How can you enable or disable it? And more.
The 'Safe Sleep' mailbag, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Safe Sleep mode is enabled by default on modern MacBooks. How it works, and how to change how it works.

June 14 - June 16

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