Low End Mac Archive for October 30

October 30 in Low End Mac History

Fujitsu's iMac clone, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Is the Pliché just an iMac rip off, or is it something different?

Rocket Science 101, b.b., My Turn. The Radius Rocket was more than a simple '040 accelerator - it was a Quadra 950 on a card!

Portables replacing desktops in users' plans, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. PowerBooks and iBooks "best choice" for more and more Mac users.
Windows is watching, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Windows tracking Mac users? Computer security in the Internet Age.
Performance or productivity?, Victor Panlilio, My Turn. Which is more important, raw horsepower or simply getting the job done?
Why the Mac OS logo has two faces, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. What the two faces in the Mac OS logo are saying to each other.

The Tablet PC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. "What does a tablet PC offer that hasn't either already been tried - or that you can't do on your existing computer with a graphics pad?"
Speech is either free or it isn't, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. "Free-speech is under siege seemingly everywhere these days, most insidiously under the pretext of anti 'hate speech' and anti-discrimination legislation."
Hatemail, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. How one reader has begun a crusade to ruin Low End Mac for publishing views he doesn't like.

Panther at the low end, and what to do with Jaguar, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. How much faster (or slower) is OS X 10.3 on an eMac, iBook, iMac, or PowerBook - and what should you do with your old copy of OS X?
Visiting the Apple Store: Worth the trip?, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "The whole point of shopping in person is to respond to the packaging, pick up a box, decide you want it, and buy it right then and there...."

Best OS X for Pismo, mixing RAM speeds, LP to MP3, SpeedFan cools MacBook running Windows, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also Lombard still rocks, Powerlogix WallStreet upgrade tip, old Macs still perform admirably, a 64 GB flash drive, and RadTech's clever BT600 mouse design.

Hacking Mac OS 7.6.1 so many Mac OS 8 apps will run, Max Wallgren, Mac Daniel. With a little ResEdit work and a second copy of your System Folder, you can run a lot of OS 8 apps with Mac OS 7.6.1.
PCI Power Macs great for Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3, Jonathan Haack, My Turn. Thanks to XPostFacto, you don't need a modern Mac to run OS X, just a Power Mac with a G3 daughter card.
Reasons for sticking with the Classic Mac OS, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Whether it's the simplicity, elegance, speed, or desire not to replace lots of expensive hardware, there are lots of good reasons for sticking with Mac OS 9.
CF in a clamshell iBook, Leopard on a 400 MHz AGP Power Mac, VGA ports on Macs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also graphics card options for AGP Power Macs, KompoZer and Claris Home Page, installing Mac OS 8.6, and Zune price drop.

The Unibody MacBook FireWire fiasco didn't have to happen, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Some are claiming that Apple had no choice but to eliminate FireWire with the new MacBook design, but Apple could have eliminated ethernet instead.
Attractive and ugly Macs, discontinued MacBook Pro value, and writing with TextEdit, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Readers weigh in on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Macintosh design over the past 24 years.

iPhone can't win smartphone war, Apple to dump AT&T for Verizon?, VW launches car with app and more, iNews Review. Also H1N1 app, solar charger, Christmas Gift List, new cases, and more.
Upgrades for new MacBook, quad-core MacBook Pro expected, new MacBook benchmarked, and more, The 'Book Review. Also equivalent PC laptops nearly the same price as Apple's MacBook, Late 2009 MacBook reviewed, 8 GB memory upgrade for new MacBook, and more.
2009 Mac mini takes 8 GB RAM, mini Server a steal, 27" iMac now 'the Mac to have', and more, Mac News Review. Also using Blu-ray with the new iMac, 10 years of Mac OS 9, Magic Mouse potential, SSD upgrade for desktops, Chrome alpha for Mac, and more.