Low End Mac Archive for November 10

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November 10 in Apple and Low End Mac History

Nov. 9 - Nov. 11

1983

Windows 1.0 announced - it didn't ship until 2 years later.

1997

'Kanga' PowerBook G3 introduced at 250 MHz.
Quadlist, the first of our email lists, launched. We currently run over 30 lists.

1999

Listen to the iMac, Paulo Rodrigues, iMac Channel. "One of the new iMac's best improvements is the new Harman/Kardon Odyssey sound system...."

2000

Picking a low-end color PowerBook, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. If you want color and portability, but don't need PowerPC speed, here are your options.

2003

7 Mac OS X system utilities compared, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. So many free and shareware OS X system utilities - which ones should you try on your Mac?

2004

4 options for buying new and used Macs, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. Whether you buy mail order, from a local dealer, via eBay, or from a used Mac specialist, you can find anything Mac you want.

2005

Handiapped website strives to empower handicapped, Hardy Menagh, Empowered. Mac user Frank Petrie has launched a new website to help handicapped find resources, build community, and create a stronger voice.
nano lawsuits go international, Radio Shack sells iPods, growing used iPod market, ShareIPod software, and more, iPod News Review. Also iPod nano as 'the new fuzzy dice', iSongBook portable music system, tiny tripod speakers, Pod CityGuides, ThinkFree Office Show turns iPod into presenter, and more.
OS X 'to fly' on Intel, Intel OS X catches up to PowerPC version, Dell on Apple, and more, The Macintel Report. Why OS X will be unleashed on Intel hardware, Apple on target to announce new 'Books in first half of 2006, building a $200 OSx86 Mac, and more.

2006

Improving value: Cost cutting done right, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac. Sometimes a lower price means a cheap product, but sometimes it's the result of sensible cost cutting that increases product value.
Intel inside Macs paves the way for affordable CPU upgrades, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. By adopting industry standards, Apple has made it much easier for Mac owners to add memory, expansion cards, and faster CPUs to their computers.
Book Review: Digital Retro, Joshua Coventry, Cortland. A great introduction to the history of personal computing with original photos.
Mac market up 34.6%, Core 2 minis?, red mice and iPods, a $30 Bluetooth 2.0 dongle, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple's blue motherboards, Other Red helps orphans in Africa, Bluetooth for G4 minis, SoundTech's XLR-to-USB microphone cable, and more.
MacBook goes Core 2, Core vs. Core 2 benchmarks, MacBook Pro hard drive transplant, and more, The 'Book Review. Also the MacBook Pro's 3 GB memory limit explained, Apple's 200 GB hard drive, Hitachi's forthcoming 250 GB drive, a notebook stand with an integrated keyboard, bargain 'Books from $199 to $2199, and more.

2007

10 years since the first G3 Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The world's fastest notebook was soon joined by a 266 MHz Power Mac G3 that ran circles around 300 MHz Pentium II computers.

2008

Microsoft puts Apple's lipstick on the Vista pig, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. Microsoft's Vista brochure uses an Apple PowerBook to show what a notebook computer should look like. Really.
Targus USB 2.0 High-Speed File Transfer Cable helps offset loss of FireWire, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Although it can't replace Target Disk Mode, Targus' $40 cable makes it easy to transfer files quickly between two Macs, two PCs, or one of each.

Nov. 9 - Nov. 11

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