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September 6 in Mac and LEM History

Sept. 5 - Sept. 7

1999

• 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?

2000

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

2002

• 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.

2006

• 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.

2007

• 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.
• Why I don't want an iPhone - and really want an iPod touch, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living. The iPhone offers a lot of capabilities, but at too high a cost for someone who doesn't need a mobile phone or doesn't want to change carriers. The iPod touch is nearly perfect.
• 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 Mirror Drive Door 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.

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