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August 31 in Mac and LEM History

August 30 - Sept. 1

1998

• Living large, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "A big screen will absolutely spoil you."

1999

• More than G4, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Power Mac G4 is impressive, but the innovations don't stop there.
• Windows on your Mac, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. Hints on using Virtual PC.

2000

• Benchmark: Mac OS 8.1 on the 'wicked fast' Mac IIfx. Not only does it work, but performance is excellent.

2001

• On being a Mac user, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. It really is about being and thinking different, finding the power to be your best.
• We still need SCSI, Andrew W. Hill, My Turn. With a multitasking operating system and constant drive access, we need SCSI now more than ever.
• iBook: Curse or godsend?, Dirk Pilat, Mac UK. Small, light, affordable, easily scratched, hard to clean screen, hot, and sometimes difficult to use for gaming.
• Old Mac MP, Low End Mac's new email list for old (pre-G3) multiprocessor Macs and clones.
• The 'Book Review, Charles Moore. PowerBooks in the Arctic, Mobility Radeon, new drives, leather cases, and bargain 'Books.

2004

• iMac G5. The whole computer sits behind a 17" or 20" flat panel display - at a very nice price.

2005

• Test drive a Mac mini or wait for something better?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. You can now test drive a Mac mini for 30 days, but you might discover you want more power or options.
• Apple should make OS 9 free, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Apple has little to lose and much good will to gain by making OS 9 a free operating system.

2006

• Switch from Internet Explorer, RIP MacHome, and more thoughts on replacing Claris Home Page, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Internet Explorer continues to lose its share - and should. Good-bye to MacHome magazine, and suggestions for replacing the greatly loved Claris Home Page.
• New Mac mini imminent?, Mac Pro beats Dell prices, Intel improves Mac appeal, and more, The Macintel Report. Intel diminishes differences between Macs and Windows PCs, Core 2 notebooks debut, Merom Core 2 benchmarks, and more.

2007

• Charles W. Moore, Low End Mac columnist and news editor, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. An interview with Charles W. Moore, who has been a Mac user since the early 90s and began writing for Low End Mac in 1999.
• PC war losers, Mac 'just works', $68 802.11n for older Macs, a free font manager, and more, Mac News Review. Also DVD region locking, the iMac's glossy screen, Mac mini powerful enough, Chromac iMac housings, SanDisk's 8 GB flash drive, and more.
• Apple #3 in laptops, 5 802.11 options below $100, Dell's color laptops not available, and more, The 'Book Review. Also rendering of a possible MacBook Lite, Sonnet delivers FireWire/USB 2.0 and 21-in-1 memory card reader for ExpressCard/34, bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,599, and more.

August 30 - Sept. 1

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