Low End Mac Archive for November 13

November 13 in Low End Mac History

iDream of iMac, Dan Knight, iMac Musings. Why a Mac power user would love to buy an iMac.

SuperMac, Seagate, and USB, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Hard drive nightmares, but a new USB card installs like a dream.

Abandoning the low end, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. Thoughts on retiring a faithful Quadra and going 100% Power Mac.
Technical aspects of network privacy and security for business, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Tips on picking a firewall, mail server, Web server, and antivirus program.
All because of an SE, Anne Frederick, My First Mac. An SE purchase in 1992 leads to long-term vintage Mac addiction.

iCab stability, MacMail, the CD-RW specification, Word 5.1 on a TiBook, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also finding the SuperMac C500's battery, StarMax RAM issues, the Redux user manual, and world standard operating systems.

First impressions of the 14" iBook G4, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out. "Apple has managed to produce a machine that combines everything I want from a portable computer with appropriate processor performance for a competitive price."

Add desktop Trash and a classic Apple Menu to OS X for free, Hardy Menagh, Empowered. Two favorite features from the classic Mac OS have never been part of OS X, but that doesn't mean you have to do without them.
More features of Apple's Extended Keyboard II, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. The earlier article on the Extended Keyboard II overlooked some useful features. Readers explain what we missed.
Disabling deep sleep on MacBooks, 'Other Red' a scam?, mixed RAM can reduce performance, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also other disk utilities Mac owners should know about, Lombard cooling, Netscape 7 on OS 9, Final Vinyl for ripping LPs, and more.

Cross-platform computing: Better than it's ever been, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Macs can read PC media, both Macs and Windows PCs play nice with each other on networks, and emulation makes it easy for Intel Macs to run Windows apps.
Beyond Google, 10 years on the G3, the Cube is not a Road Apple, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also the 64-bit advantage of Core 2, OS 9 on a USB flash drive, sound problems since switching to Leopard, and 7200 rpm in an eMac.

Apple rewrites the rules for games, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. With the iPhone/iPod touch and the online App Store, Apple has created a market for low cost games that has other platforms worried.
The future of PowerPC Macs and software as 'Snow Leopard' approaches, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. Apple phased out Classic Mode and G3 support with 'Leopard' last year, and next year's OS X 10.6 won't support any PowerPC Macs. Will other developers abandon PowerPC as well?
Windows 7 Is Microsoft's opportunity to get Vista right, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Microsoft made a lot of mistakes with Vista and earned a black eye. Windows 7 gives it a chance to learn from the past and move ahead.
Kensington Ci95m Wireless Mouse: Great battery life, smooth performance, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Kensington's slim wireless mouse is well built, works smoothly, has great battery life, and avoids Bluetooth pairing and wake-up issues.

DVI-to-Mini DisplayPort converters: A ray of hope for the 27" iMac, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. The new iMac accepts DisplayPort input, but it won't work with the usual DVI-to-Mini DisplayPort adapters. It requires a more expensive converter.
iPhone worms, Android vs. iPhone, Radio Shack to retail iPhone, Sticky Stand for car, and more, iNews Review. Also iPhone owner personality survey, newspapers on your iPhone, breathalyzer app, first iPod/iPhone projector, and more.
OS X 10.6.2 breaks Atom netbooks, 320 GB MicroDrive, Adamo XPS world's thinnest laptop, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Mini DisplayPort now a VESA standard, Modbook price drop, Litl Webbook Internet appliance, 3G USB device from AT&T, and more.
Quad-core iMacs shipping, OS X 10.6.2, Safari 4.0.4, internal Blu-ray drive for Mac mini, and more, Mac News Review. Also new iMacs up to 46% faster with more RAM, upgrade a Mac mini in 6 minutes, a new ergonomic mouse, x86 emulator for PowerPC, and more.