Low End Mac Archive for June 23

June 23 in Apple and Low End Mac History

1983: Domain Name System (DNS) - the automated, distributed index that lets computers connect to devices on the Internet using domain names instead of IP addresses - successfully tested for the first time.
2003: Power Macintosh G5. 1.6 to 2.0 GHz, new enclosure, PCI-X and AGP 8x slots, serial ATA, HyperTransport - the world's fastest personal computer.

Domain Name System (DNS) - the automated, distributed index that lets computers connect to devices on the Internet using domain names instead of IP addresses - successfully tested for the first time.

Convergence: Count on it, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "TV and computer will continue growing together."

Low end Mac workhorses, Carl, My Turn. Imagine running an ISP with SE/30s, Quadras, and PowerBooks. Those old Macs are incredible workhorses!
Welcome to the wrong OS, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Picking the wrong OS for your Mac can be a real nightmare.
A Macintosh summer vacation, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom. Mac software for use during summer vacation.
RumorLog, Dan Knight and Anne Onymus. New iBook & PowerBook.

Power Macintosh G5. 1.6 to 2.0 GHz, SuperDrive standard, new enclosure, PCI-X and AGP 8x slots, serial ATA, HyperTransport - the world's fastest personal computer.
Power Mac G4/1.25 GHz. Apple quietly released a pair of 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4s that can still boot OS 9.
Hosed by UPS again, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. UPS brokerage fees on US shipments to Canada are "outrageous, excessive, and highway robbery."
Apple G5 upgrades: No Mac left behind, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. You wouldn't believe Apple's latest scheme to get owners of legacy Macs to migrate to OS X - new G5 motherboards for older Macs.

Still waiting for iTunes Music Store Canada, sort of, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. While the pay-per-tune model makes sense, Apple's post-purchase copy management flies in the face of Canadian copyright law.
How to listen to your iPod on your car stereo (even if you don't own a BMW), Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. It's nice that some recent BMWs support the iPod, but what about all those other cars and trucks on the road?
SharePoints unlocks hidden network flexibility in OS X, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. "SharePoints does a good job of giving users back the networking potential that Apple chose to hide. Thanks to HornWare for making it available for free."

Dell wants OS X, Apple's switch to Intel a good idea, IBM sheds no tears, WiFi on a CPU, and more, The Macintel Report. End of MHz wars good for Apple, Macintel triple-threat, transition to Intel may cool Mac sales, and more.
Royal iPod, Apple/Walmart pact, poor iPod quality, longest lasting iPod battery, and more, iPod News Review. Also Linux on your iPod, Independence Day shuffle dock, custom mini colors, wirless iPod headphones, iWorkout, and more.

Make your Mac region free for DVD viewing, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac. If you travel to different parts of the world, it can be helpful to have region-free DVD playback. Here's how you get it.

How a heavily upgraded Power Mac G4 pulled me back from the Dark Side, Ben Zalutsky, No Windows for Me. Seduced by a quad-core Windows gaming rig, it was a 9-year-old Power Mac that brought him back to the Mac.
'Snow Leopard' and the death of PowerPC support, Carl Nygren, Classic Macs in the Intel Age. It looks like Mac OS X 10.6 will only support Intel Macs - and possibly only 64-bit ones at that. Should G4 and G5 owners start looking at Linux?
SteelSeries S&S Pro Gaming: Can a mouse pad really be worth $30?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Once you've used a SteelSeries mouse pad for a while, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.
Linux still not friendly enough, widescreen and pivoting monitors, Mac 512K restoration, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also the utility of Apple's old Studio Displays, questions about ViewPowr video card for PowerBook 1400, and 9-year-old predictions that came true.

An affectionate farewell to Kodachrome, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. After 74 years on the market, Kodak has discontinued its most famous brand of transparency film.

The iPad is boosting Apple's market share in a big way, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. With iPad sales neck-to-neck with Mac sales, Apple could quickly double its market share.
MacSpeech and a MacBook complement each other nicely, Charles W Moore, 'Book Value. MacSpeech Dictate has impressive accuracy and is almost effortless to use. It turns a MacBook into a great portable dictation machine.
Is Ubuntu a realistic alternative to Mac OS X?, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. Ubuntu is better than ever, great on x86 hardware, but maybe not a good choice for that old PowerPC Mac.

Tiny interchangeable lens Pentax Q has an interesting tie to the past, Dan Knight, Digigraphica. The Pentax Q fits on a keychain, has a fast normal lens, and reminds me of the tiny Pentax Auto 110 SLR introduced in 1978.