Low End Mac Archive for November 29

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November 29 in Low End Mac History

Nov. 28 - Nov. 30

1999

Should I wait for OS X?, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. "Since nothing I own may ever run OS X, that's not an issue for me."
Teacher Tools: Teachers love 'free', Steve Wood, View From the Classroom. Freeware for teachers.

2000

The ideal machine for creative writing, Marten van de Kraats, My Turn. Hint: It's a Macintosh - but which one?
SCSI and FireWire Disk Modes, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion. How to use SCSI Disk Mode and FireWire Target Disk Mode for ultrafast file transfers.
Reforming the voting process, Dan Knight's Soapbox. We need to improve the voting process to minimize spoiled and miscast votes.

2001

Time to go with point one, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. If your computer can handle it and your applications are Carbonized or Native, you should switch to 10.1
Macs an inseparable part of my life, Dave Mitchell, My First Mac. A dozen years with Macs and encounters with crashing Window machines confirm the Mac's superiority.
Good surveys and bad surveys, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why some surveys are meaningful and others meaningless.
Rest of the Mac Web survey. Share your opinion of 41 sites not included on the "Best of the Mac Web" survey.

2002

iClone software no threat to Apple, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Windows users are cloning the iApps for use on Windows. This can benefit Apple.
Stunningly expandable, affordable, compact successor to CRT iMac, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. The classic G3 CRT iMac is almost dead. Here's how Apple will replace it.
Metal Gear, Willow sale, FireWire CardBus card, inexpensive hard drives, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Shreve Systems' going out of business sale, Location Manager replacement for Mac OS X, bargain 'Books from $869 to $1,999, and Canadian 'Book deals from $199 to $1,499.

2004

Organize and track your book, video, or CD collection with Delicious Library, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. If you have iSight or a bar code reader, Delicious Library can do all of the data entry for you.
Support for modern Internet services dwindles for older Macs, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Slower CPUs, less memory, and older versions of the classic Mac OS sometimes leave Mac users unable to use the latest things on the Internet.

2005

The legendary DayStar Turbo 040 hot rods 68030 Macs, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. DayStar's vintage upgrade can make an SE/30 and most models in the Mac II series faster than the 'wicked fast' Mac IIfx.
How to set up your own Mac Plus (or later) web server, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter. All you need is an old Mac Plus with 4 MB of RAM, a hard drive, System 7 or later, some free software, and an Internet connection.

2006

The Universal Zune tax: Coming soon to an iPod near you?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Universal Music's CEO calls iPod users thieves and suggests that Universal will attempt to negotiate a fee for every iPod sold.

2007

I'm never going back to Windows, Ben Zalutsky, My First Mac. Early exposure to an iMac (in 4th grade) has created an obsession for older, useful Macs.
Pros and cons of vampire video, another way to install Leopard, looking for EasyShare, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. More details on integrated graphics, going G4 on the cheap, more unsupported Leopard reports, the death of DropStuff, and more.
Control your Mac from iPhone/iPod touch, WeatherBug goes mobile, in-car video hack, and more, iNews Review. Also hacking the iPhone, RIM developing "device to rival iPhone", iBoom Travel iPod alarm clock, TuneBuds in six new colors, armband for 3G iPod nano, and more.

Nov. 28 - Nov. 30

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