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Visiting the Apple Store - worth the
trip?, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.30. "The whole point of
shopping in person is to respond to the packaging, pick up a box,
decide you want it, and buy it right then and there...."
Panther at the low end, and what to
do with Jaguar, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10.30. How much faster (or
slower) is OS X 10.3 on an eMac, iBook, iMac, or PowerBook - and what
should you do with your old copy of OS X?
Proteron: Tilting at windmills,
Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 10.29. "Far from being the 'original
application switcher,' there are several examples of application
switching on the Mac."
The little Mac that could, Jeff
Adkins, The Lite Side, 10.28. "Ever wonder what kind of bedtime stories
Mac fanatics tell their kids at bedtime?"
Is the Panther upgrade worth
it?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 10.24. Does Mac OS X 10.3
(Panther) really offer enough improvements to justify the $129
price?
Typing in student names vs. importing
them, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.23. Sometimes there are
advantages to doing things the old fashioned way instead of letting
your computer do all the work.
The new Mac value equation, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 10.22. How the new iBook G4 models and reduced
price eMacs impact Mac values across the line.
Notes for Windows Users Who Want to
Hate iTunes, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 10.21. "To help out those
poor Windows users who can't find anything to hate in iTunes, I thought
I'd offer up my own list of stuff they can adopt in their scathing
reviews...."
Software bugs could cost Apple
users and market share, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 10.17.
Whether it's a version of iTunes that eats files or an OS update that
breaks your network connection, Apple can't afford this kind of
mistakes.
Using iDisk effectively in the
classroom, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.16. iDisk provides a lot
of easy-to-use functionality that puts you on the cutting edge of
educational technology.
Microsoft's holding pattern,
Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 10.15. Development of Internet Explorer
and Windows seems stuck while Apple keeps improving Safari and OS
X.
What parts to keep when your Mac
dies, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 10.14. Don't just throw out your
old Mac, monitor, or printer - salvage and store as many parts as
possible. Here's how.
I am not a Mac fanatic, Jeff
Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 10.09. Mac or PC should be a matter of choosing
the best solution, not having adminstration dictate a
one-platform-fits-all solution.
POPmonitor 2: Kissing spam
goodbye, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10.08. POPmonitor 2 unleashes the
power of your Mac - under OS 8, 9, or X - to detect and delete spam
before you download it.
Sniglets for the Mac, Jeff Adkins,
The Lite Side, 10.07. Floppistation, blue screen of debt, frammistand,
and other words and phrases that should be in the Mac lexicon.
Quest for a replacement PowerBook
battery, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 10.06. A dead
Pismo battery leads to a search for the best value in a replacment
PowerBook battery.
iBlog revisited, Jeff Adkins, Mac
Lab Report, 10.02. Some tips and reflections on using iBlog.
Winds of change may benefit
Apple, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope, 10.02. As governments and
businesses look for alternatives to Windows, Apple has a chance to grow
their market.
Newtons, Palms, and Pocket PCs: Why
Apple needs a PDA, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 10.01. Mac users
deserve better than Palms and Pocket PCs have to offer, something that
works better both on its own and while connecting with a Mac.