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August 20 in Low End Mac History

August 19 - August 21

1998

• Unplanned obsolescence, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Did you ever buy a computer, only to have them introduce a faster, more powerful model within months - sometimes at an even lower price? Better yet, did you ever have it not happen?

1999

• The Open Link Policy, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Webmasters band together to encourage deep links, protect content.

2001

• Video editing on low end Macs, part 1, Dave Ip, Online Tech Journal. A look at software, compression, and hardware requirements for capturing video.
• Picking a PCI video card, Korin Hasegawa-John, Mac Daniel. Choosing the right 2D or 3D graphics card for your Power Mac or clone.
• File system fandango, Chris Lozaga, My Turn. How a SQL-based filing system could move Microsoft ahead of the competition.

2002

• iTunes 3 hands on review, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. One of the most versatile music programs available - and best of all, it's free.
• The Apple Clock of Doom, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. A complex tapestry of paranoid logic so convoluted, so infused with power and incompetence, you may not even believe it.

2004

• Whether you're running OS 9 or X, bad RAM can crash your Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. If your Mac starts having problems after a memory upgrade, bad RAM is the most likely culprit.
• Apple handheld revealed, dual-core G4s coming, tiny Soyo hard drive, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Review. Also the iLap laptop stand, Capslock to Control software, Griffin RoadTrip for iPod, the new Ferrari laptop, bargain 'Books from $140 to $1,549, and more.

2007

• Are the white iBooks still a good bet or should you steer clear of them?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The dual USB iBooks have the worst repair record in Mac history, yet some are exceptionally reliable. Should you consider buying one or avoid them?
• VMware Fusion a good alternative for fusing Windows with OS X, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Fusion has a few advantages over Parallels, including multiprocessor support, the ability to work with 64-bit operating systems, and less drag on the system when you're using Mac apps.
• Restoring PowerBook batteries, MB/GB confusion, upgrading a Performa 6300, Road Apples, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also information on Mac128k.com, the market for a midrange Macintosh, iBook reliability, an alternative to Name Munger, and thanks from a reader.

2008

• An RSS news reader with the power of Google, Keith Winston, Linux to Mac. Unlike browser-based RSS readers or dedicated news reader apps, Google Reader lets you access your favorite feeds from any computer and browser.
• Pismo won't start, Spotlight finds too many files, and Panasonic SuperDrive in Pismo, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Resetting a dead Pismo, an alternative to Spotlight gives better results, and success with the Panasonic UJ-850 drive in Pismo PowerBooks.

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