Low End Mac Archive for September 26

September 26 in Low End Mac History

Oh, Canada!, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why Apple's best hope for market growth in Canada is small dealers.

PC techie finds Macs great, Luc Delorme, My First Mac. An avid PC user and techie learns to love the Mac.
Wind-X: Windows for OS X, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill. Has Microsoft really pulled Windows for PowerPC out of mothballs? If so, why?

Connecting a Palm and a Mac, Korin Hasegawa-John, Mac Daniel. How to get your Mac and Palm OS handheld talking to each other.
Think different about justice, Victor Panlilio, My Turn. Justice calls for the terrorists to be found and tried for crimes against humanity in the same way that the Nazis were tried at the end of World War II.

Apple losing ground in education, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Why Apple is losing the education market - and how teachers can effectively advocate the Mac.
More 'Dueling Civilizations' letters, Charles W Moore, Moore's Mailbag. More reader feedback and reflections on religion, Islam, Christianity, and Western freedoms.

G3, G4, CPU speed, screen size, and the future of the iBook, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Why rumors of a 15" 500 MHz G4-based iBook just don't make sense, and how Apple might best evolve the iBook.
G5 'Books in 2004, G4 hinge repair, new PowerBook teardowns, USB 2.0 hubs, and more, The 'Book Review. Also new notebook cases, TiBook paint protection, a better trackpad driver, Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1, CrossFire drives, and bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,789.

Online personals: eHarmony is different, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Tired of doing all the searching yourself? Looking for better matches? Then it's time to look at eHarmony.

Jag's House on the future of the Mac, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. "I'd much rather have the stability and features of Mac OS X and lose a couple of old odds & ends than still be using Classic. Time marches on, and so does innovation."

Interchangeabilty and compatibility of Apple 1.4 MB SuperDrive floppy drives, Sonic Purity, Mac Daniel. Apple used two kinds of high-density floppy drives on Macs, auto-inject and manual inject. Can they be swapped?
8 MHz forever? Apple's Macintosh Classic was no faster than the first Mac, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection Spotlight. A successor to the 1986 Mac Plus and 1987 Mac SE, the 1990 Mac Classic was slow, limited, and barely enough for basic tasks like writing.

9 browsers for G3 and older G4 Macs compared, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. The latest versions of Opera, Safari, Shiira, iCab, Radon, Firefox, Demeter, Sunrise, and Camino that run on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Barriers to Mac adoption collapsing, run Classic Mac OS on Windows and Leopard, and more, Mac News Review. Also RIM promises new tools for Mac users, Chrome browser likely on Mac before Linux, take control of buying a Mac, iLovePhotos public beta, and more.
$200 64 GB SSD for your 'Book, Apple steering customers away from MacBook Pro, and more, The 'Book Review. Also how a $550 Windows notebook can cost over $1,200, netbooks may cut into MacBook sales, widescreens getting wider, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,699, and more.
iPhone 3G power adapter recall, first look at Android phone, Newton better than iPhone, and more, iNews Review. Also confessions of an iPhone convert, slotMusic to replace CDs?, iPhone Configuration Utility, iPDA software updated, Sony's new iPod compatible boom box, and several new apps and cases.

Apple donates thousands of iPads to teachers, writer goes iPad-only for a day, and more, iOS News Review. Also 'subconscious mode' could extend smartphone battery life by 50%, iOS 5 vs. Windows 8, Kindle books come to libraries, Moonlet iPad accessory comes to US, and more.
Firmware update makes 6 Gbps SATA reliable in all 2011 MacBooks, Thunderbolt update for Lion, and more, The 'Book Review. 11.6" MacBook Air replaces Macs Only's 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro; Kensington multicharger for laptops, phones, and tablets; OWC 6 Gbps SSDs for 2011 MacBook Air, and more.