The My Turn 2002/03 Archive

• Why I'm sticking with Mac OS 9 and not switching to OS X, John Droz Jr, 08.06. Moving to OS X was absolutely the right thing for Apple to do in most respects, but why did they get so many of the details wrong?
• Secrets of the PowerPC 970: Why the G5 runs so fast, Chris Lozaga, 07.01. With two floating point units and more efficient instructions, the PowerPC 970 is designed to be faster than any Pentium.
• Why text browsers? MacLynx vs. WannaBe, D. W. Owens, 06.13. Why text browsers are great, and why MacLynx is sometimes a better choice than WannaBe.
• Why Apple can't use IBM's PowerPC 970, Patrick Pietrasz, 02.06. "The sad truth of the matter is that Apple can not and will not use IBM's PowerPC 970 64-bit chip in any of its systems anytime in the foreseeable future."
• Coming back to the Mac after years with Windows, Julian O'Connor, 01.29. Early exposure to a Mac Plus paved the way for a Mac addiction later in life.
• Confessions of a Mac collecting addict, Dustin Rinebold, 01.15. "Hello, my name is Dustin, and I have an addiction to old Macs."

2002

• Apple: Above and beyond the PVR, Danny Ricci, 12.30. How an Apple-branded personal video recorder could become Apple's next success story.
• More about Jaguar on the 800 MHz iBook, Korin Hasegawa-John, 12.18. Hidden dock vs. column view, the journaling file system, and IP over FireWire.
• The future of the low cost Mac, Chris Lozaga, 12.16. Why a low-cost Mac would be a risky proposition for Apple.
• Further reflections on the low cost Mac, 12.13. Three readers weigh in on low-cost Macs, the education market, and automobile analogies.
• Jaguar on the 800 MHz iBook, Korin Hasegawa-John, 12.11. Once you have enough memory, Mac OS X 10.2 is a real joy to use.
• Resurrecting the low cost Mac, Ben Wells, 12.09. To grow, Apple needs to offer a lower cost Mac that meets the needs of schools, families, and others who can't justify $1,000 to make the switch.
• Time to Buy an iBook, Korin Hasegawa-John, 11.18. The faithful old PowerBook 2400 has given it's all. Time to replace it with a new 800 MHz iBook.
• Bush Speaks on Microsoft settlement restrictions, Patrick McCloskey, 11.12. President Bush makes it clear that Bill Gates "must fully disclose and destroy his proprietary software of mass dysfunction."
• Using REALbasic 4.5.1 Classic, M Borselli, 11.06. REALbasic makes it possible for the novice programmer to create useful programs for the classic Mac OS, OS X, and even Windows.
• Why don't all Macs come with RAID?, Robert Crane, 11.04. RAID 1 automatically backs up data on the fly, makes recovery from crashes easier, and costs very little to add to today's computers.
• Quartz lament: 10.2 on the low end, David Parker, 10.31. Looking at the upgrade options that support Quartz Extreme and a dual monitor setup.
• Hot rodding an old Power Mac for OS X, Maxwell M. Cabral, 10.07. How one low-cost upgrade after another helps an older Power Mac keep up with much newer ones.
• Think twice about upgrades, Roger Harris, 10.04. When looking at processor upgrades, be sure to consider your needs and the rest of your hardware.
• ATI, where's my All In Wonder?, Katherine Keller, 10.02. ATI's All In Wonder lets Windows users watch TV, digitize video, and record to VHS. How come Mac users can't have it?
• Old Power Mac reaches 800 MHz, Maxwell M Cabral, 09.30. Sonnet's affordable G4 upgrade boosts an old Power Mac 7300 to a whopping 800 MHz.
• Wireless Internet on a low-end PowerBook, Jim Williams, 09.20. Cellular modems can let you use most PowerBooks with PCMCIA and PC Card slots anywhere your cell phone works.
• Integrating vintage Macs into a home studio, Grady Truchelut, 09.18. The varied tasks Macs of different vintages can perform in a home multimedia studio.
• Apple's changing colors, Max Morgenthaler, 09.16. The company that ignited the 'colorful technology' trend has gone to white.
• Everything old is new again, Patrick McCloskey, 09.13. vMac lets you create a virtual Mac that runs System 6 or 7 on your current Mac OS 9 or X computer.
• Building a fast, reliable network economically, David L. Mitchell, 09.09. Setting up eight user systems, a server, a fast network, and software for under $4,000 using older Power Macs.
• Marketing the whole widget, Korin Hasegawa-John, 09.04. How Apple can use their hardware/software integration to grow market share.
• Serious Apple server released, many skeptical, Sam Burrish, 08.09. Why Apple's Xserve is at the top of its league - and a real bargain, too.
• Open Letter to Steve Jobs about .mac, John Droz, Jr., 07.23. Charging $100/year for iTools (.mac) will do nothing to increase Apple's market share - and could hurt it.
• Making Jaguar, .mac more palatable, Daniel Jansen, 07.22. How Apple could turn the Jaguar and .mac fee lemon into lemonade.
• When quality isn't job one, Per Klöfver, 07.11. The software industry is plagued by bad quality. Maybe if hardware innovation slows, software can catch up.
• OS X: More than just another Unix variant, Zack Martin, 07.08. Working with desktop Linux creates even more respect for what Apple has accomplished in Mac OS X.
• Overcapacity or underutilization?, James Brock Clark, 07.03. We have the technology to vastly improve communication, but too many resist change, preferring yesterday's solutions.
• The underrated PowerBook 190, Heather Anne Hurd, 07.01. How a seven-year-old PowerBook became a personal favorite.
• Multimedia on a vintage Mac: Am I insane?, Grady Truchelut, 06.28. With the right cards installed, even an ancient IIci can be used for high quality audio and video work.
• John Dvorak is an Apple basher, John Christie, 06.26. If Dvorak isn't an Apple basher, where are the bashings Microsoft and Dell so richly deserve?
• Why real people use Macs for real work, Ben Wells, 06.20. "Real People" recognizes that we just want to use our computers, not become computer experts.
• The joys of a silent Mac, Dustin Rinebold, 06.11. No fan and no hard drive - the silence of floppy-based computing is a treat.
• How a Colour Classic became my only desktop Mac, Stuart Bell, 05.28. Thanks to an iBook, an '040 accelerated "Mystic" Color Classic comfortably replaced a G3 upgraded Power Mac 6500 on the desktop.
• Why laptops need docks, Jason Laffin, 05.15. To function both as a field machine and a desktop replacement, your laptop should have a dock.
• PowerBooking in China, Korin Hasegawa-John, 05.03. Tips on traveling abroad with your PowerBook.
• Will Apple follow Polaroid into bankruptcy?, Gregg Eshelman, 04.24. Both Polaroid and Apple are fiercely protective of their products, which endangers both companies.
• The next step for Mac OS X, part 2, Jason Walsh, 04.19. The big thing that Mac OS X gets right - that most other Unicies get wrong - is configurability.
• The next step for Mac OS X, part 1, Jason Walsh, 04.18. After 20 years with mice and GUIs, isn't it time we stopped pointing and clicking?
• SETI@home and the Megahertz Myth, Roberto Perez, 04.15. How SETI@home helps dispel the Megahertz Myth.
• Lean on the low end, James Brock Clark, 04.11. Get the most out of older Macs by choosing lean applications instead of bloatware.
• In appreciation of depreciation, Jon Wareing, 04.09. Old Macs may be cool, but the best computing value may be something newer than beige.
• Obsessed with old Macs, Jody Dugan, 04.05. The simplicity of the first Mac lead to an obsession to collect as wide a variety as possible.
• Why BeOS lost, Chris Lozaga, 04.03. BeOS was a great operating system, but you can't blame Microsoft, Apple, or NeXT for its failure.
• Peak Performa, Anne Onymus, 04.01. The best Macs ever? The 630, 630 DOS Compatible, and 575. Here's why.
• Addicted to old Macs, John C. Foster, 03.29. I know that I have a problem: I am addicted to old Macs. I can't help it.
• Bad vibes from USR, devilz@mlode.com, 03.27. The dark side of customer service and product support.
• iClip: The app I want for Christmas, Guy McLimore, 03.25. This could be a killer app for anyone who works with graphics on the Mac.
• Keeping the Web free, Hank Roberts, 03.20. Don't allow anyone to siphon off the good will and generosity that has built up thanks to users freely sharing information.
• Wanted: A rack mount Mac, Jason Laffin, 03.15. Whether for the home theatre or lab, the market wants a rack mount Power Mac.
• Microsoft and the future of television, Pastor Mac, 03.13. How Microsoft could do for television what it's already done for computing - and it isn't a good thing.
• Another perspective on processor upgrades, Tom Gabriel, 03.11. Sometimes a CPU upgrade and a little more memory is all an old Mac needs to remain comfortably productive.
• Demystifying the digital hub, Clif C Hirtle, 02.25. Should a digital hub be simply a playback machine or a powerful content creation tool?
• Mac OS X emerges from painful adolescence, Alan Zisman, 02.22. In deciding that all new Macs will boot up to OS X, Apple decided that its technology (and users) are finally ready to make the change.
• Easier. Why not Faster?, Korin Hasegawa-John, 02.20. Sure, Macs are easy to use, but why hasn't Apple adopter PC technologies like a 266 MHz system bus, Ultra ATA 133, and surround sound?
• Online ads and the Mac Web, Jeff Adkins, 02.18. Some thoughts on advertising (online and off), subscriptions, and the Mac Web.
• Market share? That's so 1980s!, K. Chang, 02.15. Despite the press, being #1 in the PC market doesn't really matter - leadership does.
• Rage against the Macintosh, MindTrip, 02.13. It's always interesting to read a rant from someone who actually has a working knowledge of the Mac.
• I love this Quadra!, Eric McCann, 02.11. How a digital camera with no Mac port ended up working with a Quadra 840av.
• It's a fantastic idea to port OS X to Intel, Matt Schultz, 02.08. The solution is Apple-branded Intel (or AMD) hardware, not putting OS X on every Wintel clone out there.
• Piracy, value, and unrippable CDs, Jody Dugan, 02.06. Cost vs. value - why we copy our music.
• Video board victory, Stephen Archer, 01.28. Norton System Ratings shed some light on which is the most valuable system upgrade.
• Not another ten best list, Mike Sherman, 01.23. The ten best and most significant Macs ever - and the five worst.
• Progress and the right handed Mac, Frank Wells, 01.21. Who'd have thought that moving the access door from the left on the Power Mac 8600 to right on the blue & white G3 would cause such problems?
• Why Apple shouldn't port OS X to PCs, Korin Hasegawa-John, 01.18. How selling OS X to PC users would destroy Apple and give Microsoft a monopoly.
• PowerBook 100 series still rocks, Heather Anne Hurd, 01.16. A decade after their introduction, old PowerBooks are still great tools that put PDAs to shame.
• Apple needs a revolution, not just a new iMac, Steve, Jason Laffin, 01.14. The new iMac looks great, but it's not revolutionary. Here's what Apple needs to stoke the revolution.
• iCab beats Opera as fastest low-end browser, Clarisse Leite Motter, 01.07. For an older Power Mac with a dialup connection, nothing beats iCab.
• Low End Mac's low cost holiday gift list, Tristram Perry, 2001.12.19. More than a dozen low cost Mac-related gifts from free to about $35.