Mac Musings
Week In Review
4 December 1999 - Daniel Knight
We've been making some design changes at Low End Mac
- Larger type for the visually challenged (I'm not that many years away from bifocals - or so the optometrist tells me).
- Navigation bar on the right. It's really the best place for it, although the norm on the web has been navigation on the left.
- The main text box on the right. I'm doing this for those who use text-based browsers. Now they won't have to scroll through nearly as much material to read the page content. This should also make the site friendlier to those with smaller screens (no more need to scroll right to read) and those using text readers.
Over the coming weeks we'll be moving the bulk of the site to the new format.
A quick look back at some of this week's content on Low End Mac.
- Old AV Mac Saves PC User
- Monitor dot pitch
- Salvaged Compact Macs
- Apple revs G4/350
- Upgrade Guides: G3 and G4 accelerators
- Guide to USB Keyboards
- Upgrade Guides for Umax SuperMac Computers
Old AV Mac Saves PC User, Anthony Lucente, Mac Musings, 11/30
These are the kind of tales we're developing a reputation for: using ancient Macs to do things PCs can't.
Monitor dot pitch, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 12/1
Confused by "dot pitch" vs. "horizontal dot pitch" vs. "AG pitch" - let this article clear things up.
Salvaged Compact Macs, "Adam Ant," My First Mac, 12/2
One school's discards are this users goldmine.
Apple revs G4/350, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 12/2
Probably the most unexpected news of the week, and nearly as exciting as Apple stock closing at US$115.00 per share.
Lots of accelerator news this week, so lots of new pages and updates.
- Guide to G3 Accelerators for Level 2 Cache Slot
- Guide to G3 NuBus Upgrades
- Guide to G3 ZIF Upgrades
- Guide to G3 aughter Card Upgrades
- Guide to G4 upgrades for NuBus Power Macs
- Guide to G4 accelerators for L2 cache slot
Guide to USB Keyboards, MacUSB.
Most comprehensive listing of USB keyboards on the web lists over two dozen keyboards - some with iMac colors and the standard Apple layout.
We've finally created upgrade guides covering Umax SuperMac specific upgrades: ZIF upgrades for the C500/C600 and second processor cards for the S900/910.
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Dan Knight has been using Macs since 1986, sold Macs for several years, supported them for many more years, and has been publishing Low End Mac since April 7, 1997. You can learn more about his current computer system in Dan Knight's TiBook.
Recent Mac Musings & articles by Dan Knight
- Is Jaguar worth $129, Expo Coverage, 07.18. There's no doubt that OS X 10.2 offers a lot for $129, but is it enough to justify the price?
- Faster G4s coming some day, 07.22. A look at Apple's track record in releasing faster models and suggestions for clearing out the current G4 inventory.
- Links and the changing Mac Web, 07.29. The importance of linking, and the changing face of the Mac Web.
- articles in the Mac Musings index
Other New Content on LEM
- A Runtime Revolution for Linux and the Mac OS, Jason Walsh, PPC Linux, 07.31. Runtime Revolution brings the promise of write once multimedia to Linux, Windows, OS X, and the classic Mac OS.
- Week's best Power Mac G4 deals, 07.31. Up to 512 MB free RAM with new, and used G4s starting as low as $899.
- July 31 in LEM history. A Revolutionary Database - My New iBook - Macs, MIDI, and Making Music - Sticker Voids Apple Warranty
- Apple's retail upswing, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, 07.30. Apple isn't just turning a profit - they're also retailing computers right.
- News headlines other sites ignore, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 07.30. Headlines you'll never see linked on the major Mac news services.
- Week's best CRT iMac deals, 07.30. Wow, used from $399, refurb from $629, and new from $749.
- PPC Linux: The end?, Jason Walsh, PPC Linux, 07.29. PPC Linux resources - and the possible end of the road for the PPC Linux column.
- Announcing .lowendmac services, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill, 07.29. In response to one-price-for-all .mac, Low End Mac offers .lowendmac services on low-end hardware for low-end prices.
- Mac vs. PC platform passion, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 07.26. Both Mac and PC users run the range from passion for their computing platform to indifference.
- 60 GB laptop drive, stolen 'Book trackers, Jaguar and OS X Up-To-Date, bargain 'Books, more, Charles W Moore, The 'Book Review, 07.26. Also laptop cooling, Drive 10, a hood for brightly lit conditions, ATA/FireWire upgrade kit, and e.Digital's iPod look alike Odyssey 1000.