Low End Mac Archive for September 3

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September 3 in Low End Mac History

Sept. 2 - Sept. 4

1997

Apple announces that it will purchase Power Computing for $100 million.

1998

Foul! Unfair benchmarks, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. PC magazines unfairly test iMac with graphics acceleration disabled.
Video out on the iMac, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. The iMac video circuitry can drive monitors to 1600 x 1200, but not on the internal display.

1999

Why internal FireWire on G4?, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. "Apple obviously feels there will be a demand for FireWire devices inside the box - and within the life span of the Sawtooth motherboard."

2002

Return to Pismo, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. Sharing an iBook didn't work out, so it was time to find a nice used PowerBook G3 (Pismo).
Contains Microsoft: Use at your own risk, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 09.03. "How long will the computer world continue to blindly follow the Microsoft monopoly into continued mediocrity?"
Universal all purpose Mac editorial generator, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Now you can write boring repetitive editorials just like the professionals!

2003

The Microsoft monopoly and the harm it causes, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. "Microsoft's recent problems reflect the rot that happens when a single company becomes too powerful."
Gobi, Mojave, and the future of the G3, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. How the PowerPC 750 (G3) processor will evolve past the 1 GHz mark while also improving efficiency.

2004

The Ericsson T610, Bluetooth, and Mac OS X 10.3, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Ericsson's T610 isn't just a great phone, it also works very nicely with the Mac using Bluetooth and iSync.
Is ATIcellerator worth trying?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. This freeware utility promises to unlock the speed of ATI Rage 128 and Radeon video. Does it work? What are the risks?
'Books price competitive with Dells, sunflower oil fuel cells, VESA laptop LCD standards, and more, The 'Book Review. Also "pro" USB flash drives, Kanguru's battery powered burner, new iPod accessories, bargain 'Books from $275 to $1,699, and more.

2008

Psystar strikes back, countersues Apple, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Psystar is trying to paint Apple as a monopoly and force it to license the Mac OS.
11 Mac browsers compared, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum. The latest versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Shiira, iCab, Radon, Firefox, Netscape Navigator, SeaMonkey, Flock, and Camino tested in Leopard.
Another free POP3 provider, recharging a dead PRAM battery, current Kanga value, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. GMX email now available in US, Panasonic UJ-841S drive won't burn discs, restoring a dead PRAM battery in a Pismo, and thoughts on Kanga value today.
Save internet radio, USB and hard drives, hardware manufacturers vs. Linux, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Mac won't book after cleaning, newer versions of OS X improve wake from sleep, downgrading to OS 8.6, unreadable pages on Low End Mac, and more.

2009

Blue clamshell iBook ready for action, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. Introduced nine years ago, the first iBook with FireWire is sturdy, a decent performer, and looks like no other laptop.
Competing visions: Apple, AT&T, Google, the FCC, and Google Voice, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. Apple wants to sell hardware, Google wants to sell advertising, and AT&T wants to sell you minutes. Some conflict is inevitable.
Windows 7: MIcrosoft still copying Apple's cats, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Microsoft has been copying Mac features since Windows 1.0, and Windows 7 will be no exception to this copycat behavior.

Sept. 2 - Sept. 4

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