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August 29 in Low End Mac History

August 28 - August 30

2000

• Mac Classic: My lowest low-end Mac, Devon L. Strolovitch, My First Mac. Ten years with a Mac Classic.

2001

• Uncluttered organization, Michel Munger, iBasics. Two free file launchers to organize your Mac and unclutter your desktop.
• Microsoft wins over Mac user, Jason Lo, My Turn. After resisting the call of Internet Explorer, the author finds it the only browser that meets his needs.

2002

• Salute to SatireWire, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "Let us remember the barbs, the voice of sanity crying out in the dot com hurricane...."

2003

• The wireless Internet is popping up everywhere, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. AirPort and other wireless solutions aren't just for home, school, and the workplace these days.

2005

• Lux: World domination, online or off, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "If you loved Risk as a board game, you're going to like Lux. Give it a try."
• 3D-Space VFS: A 3-dimensional Dock replacement and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. "I'm usually a fan of minimalist unobtrusiveness when it comes to program launchers, but I have to admit that 3D-Space VFS is pretty cool."

2006

• Productive at the low end: 3 Mac users share their tales, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Whether it's using WordPerfect 3.5ep on a PowerBook 1400, writing and surfing on a clamshell iBook, orplaying around on a Power Mac 9500, these users find old Macs the right solution.
• PowerPC vs. Intel, Leopard on G3s, LEM broken in IE6, and big drives in older Macs, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Thoughts on PowerPC efficiency vs. Intel's dual-core CPUs, how well OS X 10.5 might run on G3 Macs, how Internet Explorer breaks good design, and putting a huge hard drive in an older Power Mac.
• Lions Gate's iTunes movie deal, MS Zune detailed, secure wireless, direct from vinyl to CD, and more, Ed Eubanks Jr, Tech Tracker. Also teens don't see duplicated CDs as piracy, Windows Vista 'the last of its kind', and laptops in the marriage bed.

2008

• Looking for a content management system that's as easy as Mac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Low End Mac needs to move to a content management system, but the few we've tried just don't cut it for people used to the simple elegance of the Mac.
• iPhone 3G reception 'completely normal', AT&T international data plans for iPhone, and more, iNews Review. Also longer life for iPod earbuds, an alternative to MobileMe, new cases and apps for iPhone, AppStoreGems website launched, and more.
• New 'Books likely in September, 17in PowerBook display fault site, SSD security, and more, The 'Book Review. Also 6 ways to speed up your MacBook, next generation MacBook Air CPU, MacBook Air Update, LapStrap carrying solution, rise and fall of ultraportables, bargain 'Books from $220 to $2,699, and more.
• First 3 million Mac quarter, skinny on Mac mini pricing, Mac-like gOS, and more, Mac News Review. More plan to buy Apple products than ever before, complete reset can fix MobileMac synch problems, Apple boosting computer and smartphone share, and more.

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