Tue, 15 May 2012 02:41:00 EDT Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/ http://lowendmac.com/ Resources for Mac users. en-us Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/88x31.gif 31 88 webmaster@lowendmac.com (Dan Knight) webmaster@lowendmac.com (Dan Knight) en-us 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 23 24 Saturday Sunday 17" MacBook Pro on the Way Out or Changing with the Times?, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/12db/macbook-pro-fate.html No other MacBook rivals its expansion options, but is that enough reason for Apple to keep the largest MacBook Pro around? May 16 in LEM history http://lowendmac.com/arc/0516.html 98: iMac reconsidered - 01: The exclusivist Mac - Cubed - Troubleshooting - 02: SE/30 catharsis - Microsoft free - 03: SCSI and OS X on a beige G3 - 05: Failures: Apple III and Lisa - Bigger, faster, more - 06: MacBook - PowerBook 3400 still useful - 07: 3 GB in a MacBook - 08: Mac Pro beats HP and Dell - Limited USB power in Santa Rosa Macs 3 Ways to Use Microsoft Office on Your iPad, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac http://lowendmac.com/zisman/12az/office-for-ipad.html You can't run Microsoft Office natively on the iPad, but one of these workarounds may do the job for you. Swapless: Disabling Virtual Memory in Ubuntu, Austin Leeds, Low End PC http://lowendmac.com/lowendpc/12pc/swapless-ubuntu.html A slow hard drive slows virtual memory, and virtual memory can reduce the life of flash memory, so you may want to turn it off. Apple May No Longer Support Your Older Mac, but Microsoft Will, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/12sr/windows-supports-macs.html Believe it or not, Windows 7 and 8 can run nicely on Macs than can't run OS X 10.7 or 10.8 at all. Safari 5.1.7 and OS X 10.7.4, How Flashback Works, Free Lion Boot Disk Tool, and More, Mac News Review http://lowendmac.com/newsrev/12mnr/0511.html Also Chrome passes Firefox for #2 spot, use Android with your Mac, Amazon and Microsoft cloud services for Macs, and more. Tablets Out to Kill Laptops, New iPad vs. MacBook Air, $799 MacBook Air This Fall?, and More, The 'Book Review http://lowendmac.com/bookrev/12br/0511.html Also should Apple discontinue the 17" MacBook Air?, 2012 MacBook Pro may include SSD and bigger batteries, and more. New iPad Design Apple's Second Choice?, Updated iPad 2 Improves Battery Life, and More, iOS News Review http://lowendmac.com/inews/12ios/0511.html Also hack improves iPad editing, Netgear Genie printing app, dual tip iPad stylus, recycled iPhone 4/4S case, and more.