Low End Mac Editorial Archive
March 2007
- Windows Vista 'a compelling reason' to buy a new PC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 03.30. After 3 weeks with Vista, that author finds it a viable alternative to Mac OS X - at least on recent hardware.
- Cracked MacBook photos, first 64 GB solid state drive, overheating problems, and more, The 'Book Review, 03.30. Also 8 laptop coolers reviewed and rated, upgrading a 12" PowerBook, troubleshooting power adaptors, ThermographX goes universal, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and more.
- 2 GHz upgrade for G4 Power Macs, Apple named in Bluetooth suit, Boot Camp gains Vista support, and more, Mac News Review, 03.30. Also Macs vs. Windows for gaming, Apple's share of high-end market, upcoming Core 2 CPUs to pass 3 GHz, 802.11n for Intel Mac mini, and more.
- Allegro USB 2.0 a great way to add several USB 2.0 ports to your Power Mac, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Reviews, 03.28. You can never have too many USB ports. Whether your Power Mac has no USB 2.0 ports or too few, this $30 card is a great way to add the ports you need.
- Empower your notebook computer with a dock, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job, 03.27. The key to good dock use is consistency: Have the same monitor, mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals at each location.
- Drag and drop problems with flash drive, troubleshooting a Mac with Linux, G3 video problems, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.27. Also FireWire boot drives, bootable partitions, bootable external DVD drives, and maximum hard drive size on older Macs.
- Bringing my Apple Lisa back to life, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 03.26. The floppy drive wasn't working the keyboard was rough. Some homebrew fixes got everything working again.
- Griffin TuneBuds 'a vast improvement' over Apple's earbuds, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 03.23. Where Apple's earphones lack bass, the TuneBuds provide plenty. A great replacement for the iPod's earbuds at just $30.
- Apple among best travel notebooks, first 300 GB laptop drive, 17" MacBook Pro concerns, and more, The 'Book Review, 03.23. Also getting the best battery life on long flights, cleaning the MagSafe connector, first 3 GB upgrade for MacBooks, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and more.
- Lack of OS X malware befuddles security experts, the Software Update prebinding bug, and more, Mac News Review, 03.23. Also, 10 reasons to buy a Mac, OWC launches Blu-ray drives, Liquifile thinks different about the Finder, and more.
- Maximum drive size in older Macs, 12" PowerBook 'the new Pismo', best browser for archiving, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.21. Also WiFi cards for PowerBooks, video problem with a blue & white G3, installing OS X using NetBoot, and more.
- The iPhone: Is it a Macintosh?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 03.20. Is the iPhone nothing more than the union of iPod and cell phone technology, or does OS X make it a real Macintosh?
- Troubleshooting an iMac and possible Pismo overheating, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.19. Figuring out what's wrong with a G3 iMac that won't boot properly and possily spurious temperature readings from Gauge Pro.
- Pismo Spotlight woes solved with simple fix, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.16. After working for 8 months, Tiger's Spotlight indexing had simply stopped working. Here's why - and the easy solution to the problem.
- Flaming MacBook, flash-based MacBook mini speculation, NEC's daylight-friendly LCD, and more, The 'Book Review, 03.16. Also tricking out the MacBook Pro, SanDisk and Intel enter flash drive market, DuelAdapter lets MacBook Pro use PCMCIA and CardBus cards, bargain 'Books from $180 to $1,999, and more.
- Mac Pro could go 8-core with quad-core Xeons, and Intel enters flash drive market, Mac News Review, 03.16. Intel released the quad-core Xeon this week; it's just a matter of time before we'll see it in the Mac Pro.
- Making floppies and CDs for older Macs using modern Macs, Windows, and Linux PCs, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations, 03.15. Older Macs use HFS floppies and CDs. Here are the free resources you'll need to write floppies or CDs for vintage Macs using your modern computer.
- Interview with Ray Arachelian, creator of the Lisa emulator, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 03.13. Ray Arachelian spent most of a decade creating the world's first working Lisa emulator. Why he did it and some of the obstacles he had to overcome.
- 11 No Cost Tips for Optimizing Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Performance, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User, 03.12. If your Mac is getting sluggish, here are 11 tips that can help restore its original performance.
- Pismo Spotlight and Find woes persist with latest version of Tiger, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.12. In early 2006, Spotlight and Find inexplicably stopped working on the G4-upgraded Pismo. A year and four OS X updates later, the situation hasn't changed.
- DST fixes & info for OS X, Classic Mac OS; Maynor demos WiFi hack; Samsung's hybrid drive; and more, The 'Book Review, 03.09. Also glossy vs. matte displays, troubleshooting slot-loading drives, MogoMouse charges in PC Card slot, bargain 'Books from $209 to $2,299, and more.
- DST fixes & info for OS X, Classic Mac OS; Mac sales double in January; 3 Spotlight enhancers; and more, Mac News Review, 03.09. Also bloated Universal Binaries, 24" iMac "nearly perfect", Carbon Copy Cloner expands into backup app, and more.
- Tripping the light fantastic with Griffin's disko iPod case, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 03.07. Griffin's disko nano case not only protects your iPod nano - it gives you a light show as well.
- The $900 notebook: Where is Apple?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 03.06. With cheap Windows laptops starting below $500 and good ones in the $800 range, Apple should introduce a MacBook that sells for less than $1,100.
- Why OS X 10.2 is best for Classic, switching to Opera, installing Tiger on a B&W G3, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.05. Also thoughts on Firefox, modem problems on a Pismo with OS X 10.4, and connecting an Apple Studio Display to a MacBook.
- The First Expandable Macs: Mac II and SE, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 03.02. Until March 2, 1987, Macs were closed boxes with no internal expansion slots, no support for color, and no internal hard drives. The Mac II and SE changed all that.
- $25 802.11g card for PCI Macs, drive support for 802.11n AirPort Extreme, Adtron ups flash disks, and more, Mac News Review, 03.02. Also firmware update info for Intel Macs, washable medical mouse and keyboard, TechTool Protogo, and more.
- 12" PowerBook G4 the new Pismo?, recovering MacBook Pro wakeup failure, MacBook Pro noise, and more, The 'Book Review, 03.02. Also why you should buy a MacBook Pro, Apple Store's inefficient RAM upgrade, PB/iBook lower RAM slot failure, bargain 'Books from $209 to $2,299, and more.
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