Low End Mac Archive for September 5

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September 5 in Low End Mac History

Sept. 4 - Sept. 6

1999

Why the G4 uproar?, Dan Knight, Low End Mac. Apple never promised a G4 upgrade for the Blue G3, so why is everyone complaining?

2000

It wasn't even a Mac, Gregg Eshelman, My First Mac. The vMac emulator hooked him on the Mac.

2001

Stop the upgrade insanity, Chris Edwards, My Turn. People are fed up seeing their computers "obsolete" after just a few months.

2002

Sharing your Internet connection, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. An introduction to sharing your broadband cable or DSL connection among two or more Macs.
The evolving low end, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Unless it breaks, your hardware will always do exactly what it did when you bought it - and it may do more thanks to upgrades.
Graphical Analysis 3 in the classroom, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "When it comes down to it, GA3 is simply the best tool for the job in a science or math setting."

2003

No Virtual PC for the G5? Try WinTel, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Just because Microsoft may not update Virtual PC for a year doesn't mean G5 owners have been left out in the cold.
Apple #5 in laptops, CD-RW for clamshell iBook, BatteryStatsX, 1 GB RAM, security, and more, The 'Book Review. Also sprucing up a WallStreet, a smaller AC adapter, ProClip for the iPod, 17" price drop, bargain 'Books from $600 to $2,799, and more.

2006

Installing Linux on a PCI Power Mac, Part 1, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End. Preparing your PCI Power Mac (or clone) for Linux and getting openSUSE Linux installed.
PDQ PowerBook G3 at 8: Still useful or too long in tooth?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The WallStreet and PDQ PowerBooks were Apple's most expandable 'Books ever, but is even that enough to keep them practical in the era of OS X?
The good old days of computing, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. There was a time when you didn't need GHz CPUs, multi-GB hard drives, or hundreds of megs of RAM to computer - and it was more fun.

2007

Comparing Apples and Dells: Only you can make a fair comparison, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Sure, you can configure a $400 Dell so it costs more than a Mac mini, but would you really buy it that way?
12" PowerBook G4 reliability, iMac slowdown blues, PowerTools Mac clones, cooling a MacBook, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Pismo as the king of PowerBooks, burning a CD for Macs with System 7, and thinking about a small Mac Beowulf cluster.

2008

Anticipation: New iPods now, new Macs later, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. The season of new iPods is at hand, but new Macs may wait until 2009.
Listen to just the music with the V-Moda Vibe earbuds, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Well built, the noise reducing earbuds will let you hear all the nuances of your music without letting through background noise.
Macs gain ground in August, consumers most likely to buy Macs, LaCie USB speakers, and more, Mac News Review. Also migrating Time Machine to a new drive and two new keyboards from Logitech.
Buy a MacBook now or wait?, MacBook touch patents, Samsung X360 takes on MBA, and more, The 'Book Review. Also 20 years of portable Macs, data backup and preservation, universal U-Charge battery charger for Mac 'Books, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,699, and more.
Source of iPhone 3G problems, Army uses iPods as field translators, gains with business, and more, iNews Review. Also UK bans iPhone ad as 'misleading', iPhone password easy to bypass, GM to offer radios with USB in 2009 models, weather tracking software, and more.

Sept. 4 - Sept. 6

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