October 23 in Apple and LEM History
Oct. 22 - Oct.
24
Highlights
- 1999: Mac OS 9 released
- 2001: iPod announced
1999
- Mac OS 9 released
- The life and times of
MacTimes, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Over my months at MacTimes,
I watched traffic to Low End Mac grow and grow and grow...."
- Week in review, Low End
Mac. The week's leading editorials and some updates.
2000
2001
- iPod announced
- Building a Web presence on a
shoestring, part 2, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Choosing
the right free or low-cost host for your website.
- The little Quadra that could,
Brett Bell, My First Mac. $10 yard sale bargain lead PC user in the
Macintosh way.
- Slide shows then and now, part 2,
Matthew Urban, Matt's Mac. Displaying images - old fashioned slides
vs. digital images.
- Hello, Newton, Anne
Onymus, Rumor Mill. Why Apple's new "not-a-Mac" will be a
resurrected Newton for the 21st century.
2002
- Bloggers, Macs, and the OS X
blues, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Mac using bloggers can
create a lot of good buzz for Apple - or the opposite.
- More free POP3 email alternatives
to .mac, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. A couple
more free POP3 email services, including one that has "mac" in the
name.
- PC-Mac-Net FileShare: Another
way to connect Macs with Windows, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. A
simple low cost way for classic Mac OS, OS X, and Windows
computers to share files.
2003
2006
2007
- The 10 worst Macs
ever, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The ten worst Macs of all time - and
one of them came out just last year.
- Is a used iBook still a sensible
low-end option?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. From 500
MHz G3s through 1.4 GHz G4s, used iBooks range in price from under $200
to over $700. Are they a good choice, or do reliability issues say
otherwise?
- Leopard pales before Mac OS 8.5 for
Macs left behind, dual processor benefits, and more, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag. Mac users may not remember that Mac OS 8.5 left
behind some Macs just over two years old. Compared to that, Leopard
users have it made.
2009
- My Windows 7
launch party, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. "The final surprise was
that things started to slow down during my demo. I had XP Mode running,
several open windows, and a half dozen other apps running."
- No Verizon iPhone any
time soon, but Verizon may have another Apple opportunity, Tim
Nash, Taking Back the Market. Put simply, the iPhone is a GSM device
that Apple would have to re-engineer for Verizon's CDMA network. But
Apple's tablet could benefit from Verizon's 3G network.
- MacBook best selling Mac ever,
new MacBook disassembled and reviewed, new notebook cases, and
more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple ignores netbook market and
thrives, resurrecting a dead 'Book, seamless dual display from Samsung,
new drives, bargain 'Books from $179 to $2,294, and more.
- OS X beats Win 7, record Apple
profits, new iMac and Magic Mouse, Mac mini updated, and more, Mac
News Review. Also iFixit dissects the new Magic Mouse, Samsung's energy
efficient external 3.5" hard drive, Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac, and
more.
- iTouch and iPhone sales up, no
'public performance' royalties for ringtones, grocery app, and
more, iNews Review. Also living in App Space, car controlled by
iPhone, women ignore ads on iPhone, free flight tracking app, two new
safety apps, and more.
Oct. 22 - Oct. 24
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