Low End Mac Archive for June 18

June 18 in Low End Mac History

Is the iMac Passé?, Dan Knight, The iMac Channel. "In a year, the iMac has gone from radical to expectedly cool."

Not All Mac-heads Are Lefties, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Many Mac users are known as conservatives.
A Penny for Your Thoughts, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. An introduction to the case for micropayments.
The Pitfalls of Freenets, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel. The joys and frustrations of using the Freenet.
Mac User's Guide to Windows, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. A Mac user's introduction to all those versions of Windows out there.

If Computers Were Like Home Appliances, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Just be glad your Mac is nothing like so many of your appliances.
Readers Weigh In on Mac Challenge, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Lots of comments on Mac OS X vs. Windows XP - but no question that the Mac OS is superior.

First Impressions of a Low-end eMac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Low End Mac steps up from a 400 MHz PowerBook G4 to a 700 MHz eMac. Early thoughts on the transition.

Apple Launches iTunes Europe, but Where Are the indie Labels?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. iTunes users in France, Germany, and the UK can download music from the Big Five labels, but not offering tunes from the indies will hurt Apple.
Laptops Outsell Desktops, 100 GB Notebook Drives, Mac Conversion Trumps Christianity, and More, Charles Moore, The 'Book Review, 06.18. Also Ice Creme scratch remover; PowerSleevz; new FireWire 800 CardBus adapter, hard drive, and hub; Hi-Speed USB flash drives; bargain 'Books from $50 to $2,375, and more.

Even if Leopard Leaves G3 Behind, Tiger Users Will Still Be Able to Run Up-to-Date Apps, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. While Apple may drop G3 support in OS X 10.5, there will continue to be plenty of options for 10.4 users who want to run up-to-date browsers, email clients, and instant messaging programs.
Apple IIe Nostalgia: A Reunion 15 Years in the Making, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Sometimes nostalgia is all you remembered, like when you get to recreate your first computing experience from the Apple II era.
Unmatched Classic Mac OS Apps, TiBook Reliability, Matias Tactile Pro 2.0 Disappoints, and More, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also Netscape 7 and 9, MacBook causing problems with iMac's display, and graphics cards for a Power Mac G4 and an ADC display.

Old Mac Restoration Is Sometimes One Frustration After Another, Tamara Keel, Digital Fossils. Old Macs can be lots of fun when they're working, but getting them to that point can be a frustrating experience.
Hard Drive Problems with Rev. 1 Blue & White, Can't Burn DVDs at 16x, .mac to MobileMe, and More, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also 802.11g WiFi and G4 upgrades for slot-loading iMacs, printing to a QMS PC 410 from OS X, and scrolling with a Pismo trackpad.
Praise for Opera, Low Cost iBook Mobo Replacement, IrDA and IRtalk, WaMCom Recommended, and More, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also the use of 'compleat', booting from CD, new Toshiba 1.8" drives too thick for MBA, and PowerPC support and Snow Leopard.

Multicore Strategy: Microsoft vs. Apple, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Microsoft puts the focus on tweaking multicore support in the operating system, while Apple is going out of its way to make multicore support available to programmers.
Palm Pre: Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Part 2, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. The Pre has had launch problems, production problems, and needs to carve a niche against established competitors. Don't hold your breath.
Lombard PowerBook: Almost a Pismo for Less, Phil Herlihy, The Usefulness Equation. Although Pismo has the huge following, Lombard provides comparable performance of often sells for quite a bit less.

Redesigned Mac mini, OS X 10.6.4 Update, Death of Mac 'Completely Wrong', and More, Mac News Review. Also Leopard security update, iPad built into a Mac Classic, how iOS could come to Macs, free new email client, and more.

Will Microsoft Shoot Itself in the Foot with Its Own Brand of Tablet?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Rumor has it Microsoft will unveil its own tablet to take on the iPad - but not without offending every Windows licensee worldwide.