Low End Mac Archive for November 14

November 14 in Low End Mac History

The easy computer, Al Miner, My First Mac. "Nothing in my experience had prepared me for a computer that was easy."
Macs to have Intel inside, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill. Motorola is selling out to Intel, who will quickly produce a 1.4 GHz G4. Really.

Time to play hardball, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. If Microsoft is right and business is tired of expensive Unix solutions, Apple needs to play the OS X trump card.
The best browser for the classic Mac OS, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Which is the worst possible browser, except for all the other ones?
First person shooters, Korin Hasegawa-John, Mac Daniel. An introduction to first person shooter games and their system requirements on the Mac.
Mac user makes fool of self, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. Examining Mr. Vuillemot's ludicrous claims against Apple Computer.

Jaguar faster, smoother, more responsive, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "I found Jaguar to be faster, smoother with the eye-candy effects, and generally more responsive than any of the other previous incarnations of OS X."
Flash memory improves PowerBook, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. Using Compact Flash to boot, save files, run silently, extend battery life, and as virtual memory on a PowerBook.
Apple, let my email go, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple is preventing hundreds of mac.com users from receiving email from the Low End Mac lists they've subscribed to.

Panther, iTunes for Windows, and G5 drawing people to the Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Apple must be doing something right - more and more Windows users are asking about Macs.
iBook G4 field report, drive replacement, 1 GB upgrade; Temperature Monitor; new iPod case; and more, The 'Book Review. Also new cases, a new wireless option for 'Books, and bargain 'Books from $470 to $2,625.

Welcome to Mac Fallout Shelter, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter. Macs provide a pleasant, safe, reliable, strong place to protect you from Internet dangers and treat you nice.
iCab 3.0 beta: The last new browser for the classic Mac OS?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. iCab 3.0, developed for Mac OS 8.5 and later (including OS X) is very robust and offers some useful, unique features.

Apple's failed BigMac project: Precursor of the Mac II and NeXT Cube, Cortland. Way back in 1985 Steve Jobs wanted to move the Mac to Unix. The BigMac project failed, but the ideas lived on in the Macintosh II and NeXT Computer.
The Lite Side's ABC link list primer, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Around the Web in 26 links from A through Z.

1 working eMac from 2 broken ones, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. A pair of matching eMacs, each with a different failure, results in one working eMac and lots of leftovers.
Could the $200 'green' PC with gOS Linux become a threat to Apple?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The low cost, low power Everex desktop comes with a customized version of Ubuntu Linux, has a Mac-like Dock, and sells for $400 less than the Mac mini.
Leopard problems with GeForce graphics, on eMacs and Power Macs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. More success running Mac OS X 10.5 on iMacs, eMacs, Power Macs, and PowerBooks. Also failures with a Cube and a Blue and White G3 with a G4 upgrade.

OS X netbook not from Apple, one-third of notebook buyers leaning to Apple, Spaces made for 'Books, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple's 'special deals' site, good-bye to a faithful TiBook, bent Unibody MacBook Pro, 10 hour battery for MacBook Pro, 6 GB RAM solutions and benchmarks, bargain 'Books from $480 to $2,399, and more.
What the next Mac mini needs, FireWire alive and well, Parallels 4.0 for Mac, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple will weather rough economy better than competitors, Logitech diNovo Keyboard for Mac, gift tracking software, Logos Bible Software pre-release offer, and more.
iPhone more reliable than Blackberry or Treo, when to restore your iPhone, FourTrack recording, and more, iNews Review. Also using your iPhone as a trackpad, backup battery for iPhone, new charging solutions, more cases, lots of additional apps, and more.

6 New iPad Competitors, Adobe Ends Flash Mobile Development, White Keyboard Case for iPad 2, and More, iNews Review. Also Android veteran and tablet skeptic both fall for iPad, Adobe Reader for iOS, battery manager app, iPad cable with extra USB charging port, and more.