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November 20 in Low End Mac History

Nov. 19 - Nov. 21

1985

• Windows 1.0 released

2000

• Mac dreams, Niran Sabanathan, My First Mac. "After seventeen years of disdainful PC use, I was tired. I was tired of 'The Blue Screen of Death' every three or four hours...."

2001

• Stop the upgrade insanity, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. Slow down - you don't need a new computer every six month or two years.
• MSN, black bras, and the future of Apple, Dirk Pilat, Mac UK. An MSN UK billboard inspires thoughts for future Apple ad campaigns.
• Good people, good software, good business, John C. Foster, My Turn. Some of the people, programs, and places on the Web that make it great to own an older Mac.
• The digital lifestyle: Text, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. The advantages and disadvantages of dealing with digital text.
• Eudora's Mood Watch: Annoying or entertaining?, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Is Mood Watch annoying censorware or an example of why censorware doesn't work?

2002

• Komando strikes again, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Kim Komanda continues to provide inaccurate information about the Mac to her audience.

2006

• To AppleCare or not to AppleCare?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Consumer Reports, which generally recommends against extended warranties, says AppleCare makes sense. But does it?
• One year with my 'free' Mac mini, Hardy Menagh, Empowered. "For something the size of a fruitcake, the mini is a powerful little computer."

2007

• Merely adequate: Why you want to avoid integrated graphics, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A couple years ago, Apple laughingly pointed at Windows PCs with 'integrated Intel graphics' as substandard. Today low-end Macs all suffer from those barely adequate graphics processors.
• Problem with Leopard on a MDD, the Road Apple label, bubble ads, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Problems getting a Mirror Drive Door G4 to boot Leopard, Mac mini and the Road Apple label, problems with SCSI and Compact Flash, and more thoughts on contextual ads.

2008

• Apple caves to Hollywood with DRM on iTunes videos, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. HDCP on the new MacBooks means that you may never really own those videos you buy from the iTunes Store.
• Virtualization shootout: VMWare Fusion 2 vs. Parallels Desktop 4, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. Both programs do the same thing, but one runs Windows XP smoothly alongside Mac apps, while the other bogs down everything but Windows.
• Just right: Papa bear, mama bear, and baby bear MacBooks, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Some people like small and light notebooks, others prefer huge desktop replacements, but the best value tends to be in the middle.

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