Low End Mac Archive for November 7

November 7 in Low End Mac History

PowerBook Lite dreams, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion. Why a sub-PowerBook could be Apple's hottest product yet.
Our first Macs, Mike Masino, My First Mac. "My first Mac was really my roommate's first Mac...."

Quandary: OS 9, OS X, or Linux?, Nancy Butts and Dan Knight, My Turn. Thoughts on migrating to Mac OS X vs. Linux vs. sticking with the classic OS 9.
Browsers, bus errors, 'Books, OS X, clones, Microsoft, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Readers and writer interact on a variety of issues.

An Xserve for the classroom, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. A grant puts an Xserve in the classroom to replace an ancient G3 with AppleShare IP.

Panther on slot-loading iMacs and a 12" PowerBook, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The Finder is faster, and there are some small-but-nice improvements, but buying more RAM might be a better choice.
Apple on white spots, Location X, Sonnet price drop, high capacity Lombard/Pismo battery, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Panther speeds up Lombard, LapCop 2.0, Coursey on new PowerBook, bargain 'Books from $470 to $2,749, and more.

Clean keyboard residue from your laptop's screen with ROR, Jim Strickland, My Turn. Is fingerprint grease from your keyboard marring your laptop's display. Here's a product that will revitalize your screen.
SeaMonkey Preview Internet Suite, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. SeaMonkey continues the legacy of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla for those who prefer an Internet suite to separate applications.

Interview with Dan Bricklin, inventor of the electronic spreadsheet, Cortland. Until 1979, a spreadsheet was something you did by hand. VisiCalc changed all that and gave personal computers the first "killer app".
Turn any old Mac into a gameshow buzzer, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Want to set up a game show where players have to buzz in? This Chipmunk Basic app makes it easy and may work with any Mac running System 6.0 or later.

The incredible transforming PowerBook 1400, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection Spotlight. You can change the look of the PB 1400 with its BookCover, upgrade RAM to 64 MB, add a video card, upgrade to G3, boot from flash memory, and more.
Refurb 17" Intel iMac deals, PowerBook 540 on Compact Flash, Newton as a mobile phone, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also PCI cards for older Macs, no such thing as a 933 MHz Digital Audio Power Mac, Mac OS longevity, and prospects for XPostFacto 5.

Recent MacBooks support 6 GB of RAM, USB 2.0 faster in Unibody 'Books, graphics shootouts, and more, The 'Book Review. Also FireWire-to-USB, workaround for glossy screens, 3G MacBooks planned, checkpoint-friendly bags for new MacBooks, bargain 'Books from $480 to $2,399, and more.
Macs good values, Nehalem 'blows everything else away', free Lotus Symphony for Mac, and more, Mac News Review. Also Mac mini update coming, ink left in "dead" cartridges, Blu-ray facts, USB turntable, Eudora updated, and more.
Some go iPhone to save, iPhone app reads like a book, Game Grip for iPhone and iPod touch, and more, iNews Review. Also latest iPods won't charge with FireWire dock, LP to iPod converter, turn down the iPod, ecard utility for iPhone and iPod touch, and more.

iPad Shipments Fuel PC Market Growth, Free Black Friday Deals App, Pico Projector for iPhone, and More, iNews Review. Also programmer replaces MacBook with iPad, Gmail app released and pulled, several imaging apps, and more.
Ultimate 11" MacBook Air Reviewed, Lots to Like in Late 2011 MacBook Pros, and More, The 'Book Review. Also 6 Gb/s compatibiity for new MacBook Pros, the problem with Ultrabooks, clever PlugBug lets you charge MacBook and iPad or iPhone simultaneously, and more.