Low End Mac Archive for September 6

September 6 in Apple and Low End Mac History

G4 vs. Pentium III, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Wintel world cries "foul" over claims the G4 is twice as fast.
Target promotes hip hues, iMac Channel. Lime, blueberry, watermelon, grape. No tangerine. Possibly iMac inspired?

Setting up a server, Maxwell Martin Cabral, My Turn. It's not hard to set up an older Mac as a networked file server.

Norton Utilities warning, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Norton Utilities has served me well for a decade, but booting from the 7.0 CD created no end of problems.
The 10 greatest computer annoyances, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Application and system crashes, misplaced menu items, programs and peripherals incompatible with your new OS, and more.
Screen repair, iBook hard drive upgrades, MPEG-4 converter, bargain 'Books, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Review. Also Apple's new "back to school" iBook discount, e-pac laptop case, Magma two-slot expansion chassis for PowerBooks, and Nisus email list.

iMac Core 2 Duo. Apple has moved the iMac to Core 2 Duo CPUs, increased processor speed, and added a whopping 24" model - and a US$999 entry-level one.
Mac mini Core Duo. The Core Solo Mac mini has been eliminated, and the speed of both models has been increased with no change in price.
The iMac Core 2 value equation: Practically perfect pricing, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The new iMacs, build with Core 2 Duo processors, are a great value - and refurbished prices on the older Core Duo models are right where they should be.

Apple seduction: The iPhone and iPod touch, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. They're not the kind of thing a lot of people need, but they are the kind of thing a lot of people want. Including me. This may be Apple's most seductive product ever.
A history of the iPod: 2005 to present, Tom Hormby and Dan Knight, Orchard. How Apple changed the iPod with flash memory, tiny screens, video support, touch technology, and OS X.
Upgrading a Power Mac G4, used Mac dealers, Tiger on a blue and white G3, and AAUI, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Questions about upgrading a Mirrored Drive Doors G4, dependability of used Mac dealers, and the wisdom of installing Mac OS X 10.4 on a blue and white G3. Also comments on AAUI.
Apple intros iPod touch, iPod classic, video iPod nano, slashes iPhone price, and more, iNews Review. Also Apple teams up with Starbucks, $200 iPhone outrage, an AIM client for the iPhone, a mini jukebox for iPod and iPhone, and more.

Low-end Macs: The perfect computers for kids, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. Older Macs running the Classic Mac OS could be the best soltion for introducing children to computing.
PowerPC Flash limitations, Intel Tex-Edit Plus file incompatibility, and more, Charles W Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. Also another fan of the Targus Chill Mat for Mac, and file compatibility issues between different versions of Quark Xpress.