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The Low End Mac Link Archive, January 2000

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Advice: Doubling up, Simply Stated, MacSimple, 1/31. Sharing an internet connection with 2 or 3 Macs.
Analysis: Apple is out of business, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 1/30. "Business purchase decisions are approached differently than home purchase decisions."
OS: Time to move to BeOS?, Stephen Van Esch, osOpinion.
OS: Web serving for cheap, Michael J. Norton, webreview, 1/28. Recommended system is a NuBus Power Mac with MkLinux.
Opinion: A thank you to the grunts at the mothership, Rodney O. Lain, iBrotha, MacAddict. Rodney's debut column at MacAddict.
News: iBook tops portable sales, MacNN, 1/25.
Opinion: Call my crazy, but I think Apple's gone nuts, Marty Cortinas, TechWeb, 1/27. Apple now says graphic design is not a core market?
Opinion: What ever happened to Don Crabb?, Rodney O. Lain, The iMac, 1/20. Turns out Crabb has been in the hospital - we wish him a full and speedy recovery.
News: Apple stock hits all time high, MacCentral, 1/20.
Analysis: Forecast is for days of wine and roses, Wes George, Mac Observer, 1/20. "...Apple is delivering strong growth on every front."
OS: Free BeOS 5 to run on pre-G3 Power Macs, Be. May have problems with some 8600, 9600 configurations. (more)
News: Apple blows away estimates, Steve gets an airplane, Mac Observer, 1/19. Earnings of $1 per share!
Interview: Daily iMac's Amy Hoy, MacMilitia, 1/19.
News: San Diego County program nixes Mac purchases, MacCentral, 1/19. Programs lets employees buy computer with 60-month payback - except for Macs.
SuperMac: Umax E100 card compatibility reports, Accelerate Your Mac!
Opinion: Eight year old Macintosh 2000 predictions revisited, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 1/19.
Advocacy: Tips for getting your parents to want to use a computer, Nancy Gravley, Mac Observer, 1/19. "...people who grew up during the depression have spent their whole lives eschewing frivolous things, saving money, and doing without."
Web: MacVoice email list, The Macintosh Guy. A new forum for discussion of everything having to do with speech recognition on the Mac including ViaVoice, Naturally Speaking, MacSpeech and more.
Review: Unreal Tournament, MacGamez, 1/19. Even the individual player should enjoy this networkable multiplayer tour de force.
Advice: Speed up your Mac! tips revisited, AppleCentral, 1/19.
Opinion: Apple's NeXT enterprise moves, David K. Every, MacWeek, 1/18. "The companies that have been using Apple's solutions swear by them (as opposed to many Microsoft solutions, where people swear at them)."
News: Excite@Home usenet death penalty lifted, Cnet, 1/18 [Slashdot].
Consumer: Beware of online digicam scam, Steve's Digicams, 1/14. Clever scam won't be limited to digicams, so be careful buying from individuals online.
Opinion: Nitty gritty look at MSIE 5.0 beta, Amy Hoy, Daily Mac, 1/18. "...some of the changes seen in the latest beta of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 may rub you the wrong way."
Web: Top Links, MyAppleMenu. Find out what articles the leading Mac sites are linking to.
USB: MyView, Eskape Labs. MyView mirrors 640 x 480 screen via USB to TV, composite monitor or video projector, VCR.
News: World Wide Web tops a billion pages, Newsbytes, 1/18. We've got about 0.0001% of them right here at Low End Mac :-)
OS: System 6 for the Macintosh, Ruud Dingemans. Updated site with information on System 6 and compatible software.
Web: 1984 Mac Online has a clean new look. (It wants a wide browser window.)
News: PC life-span cut to two years, MacCentral, 1/18. As for Macs, we're still using some nine-year-old Mac IIcis at work.
Advice: Video out for older iMacs, 1984 Mac Online.
Review: Canon PowerShot S10, MacInTouch, 1/18.
Review: IPNetRouter, Apple Wizards. A great way to share an internet connection among networked Macs.
Opinion: Web ads a necessary evil, Michel Munger, Mac Observer, 1/17.
Web: Right On Mac is back after a one-year hiatus.
Web: Mac Cards, like iCards, but they've been around longer.
Opinion: A tale of two computers, MacSimple, 1/17. A Power Mac G4 - and a ten-year-old Mac Luggable (er, Portable).
Opinion: A funny thing happened to me at CompUSA, Rodnay O. Lain, The iMac, 1/16. "I won't say that Apple and the Mac now has respect in the retail chains, but I can say that everyone at the very least tolerates it...."
Opinion: OS X: Who cares about cost? I want it!, Rodney O. Lain, The iMac, 1/15. "...think about how little the Mac OS has changed over the years. Isn't it long overdue for a revamp?"
Interview: Low End Mac's Dan Knight, MacMilitia, 1/14. 'Nuff said.
OS: Mac OS X, AppleInsider, 1/14. Good overview of new OS, includes preliminary system requirements.
News: Apple, Sotec reach settlement, MacInTouch, 1/14. "Sotec has agreed to pay Apple 10 million yen (about US$95,000) in damages...."
Benchmark: Is AirPort a good substitute for ethernet?, Bare Feats, 1/14. Half the speed of 10Base-T isn't so bad.
Review: CardBus to USB adapter, The Review, 1/14. Finally, a USB solution for PowerBooks with CardBus support.
History: The Mothership, Apple Lisa and early Macintosh archive.
Advice: PB 1400 not an OS X machine, Go2Mac, 1/14. With a 64 MB memory ceiling, it's barely feasible for OS 9.
News: Beleaguered Microsoft replaces Bill Gates as CEO, Mac Observer, 1/14. Yes, Microsoft is beleaguered by legal problems. Great headline - good read, too.
News: Gates abdicates Microsoft throne to Ballmer, Yahoo/Reuters, 1/14. Gates will remain chariman, take title "chief software architect."
News: Bill bows out, MacAddict, 1/13.
Opinion: Copyrights and copywrongs, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 1/13. "...making copies of copyrighted material for private use is legal under Canada's copyright legislation, so the new tax/levy is a penalty placed on legal activity in many cases of copying."
Opinion: Apple's big mistake, 1/13. "...Aqua is attractive, but unfortunately Apple has sacrificed usability for looks."
News: Legal tumlt over Aqua look, MacWeek, 1/13.
Review: iMac DV Special Edition, MacAddict. "The ultimate hobby machine."
Dark Side: Windows 2000 virus detected, Cnet, 1/13. "Windows 2000 won't come out for another month, but anti-virus software makers say they've found the first virus...."
Consumer: @Home gets Usenet death penalty, Slashdot, 1/13. If @Home doesn't block spammers, subscribers will be blocked from Usenet effective 1/18/2000.
• @Home responds to UDP notice, Slashdot, 1/13.
Opinion: Skin o' trouble, MyAppleMenu, 1/13. Apple wants to make it impossible for Windows users to have a Mac OS appearance.
Opinion: Apple gets testy about GUI, Slashdot, 1/13. "...it's an original work - just inspired by the aqua GUI."
Review: CameraMate, The Review, 1/13. USB device reads Compact Flash, Smart Media.
Review: iMac 350, Macworld. A bargain - if you don't need FireWire, DVD, or iMovie.
Consumer: ramseeker adds Compact Flash, Smart Media, Flash ATA price tracking.
Low End: Jag's House Timeline, Jag's House. Jag's story from his first Mac until now.
Opinion: iReview reviewed, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/12. "Maybe I shouldn't be disappointed that Low End Mac didn't make the cut at iReview. I'm in very good company."
News: Sonnet announces second 1400 G3 upgrade, PowerBook Zone, 1/12. This one will have a 1 MB cache for even more speed.
Consumer: Cash discounting, PowerBook Central, 1/12. If you pay with a credit card, it may cost more than you thought through some dealers.
Opinion: Plea for a better USB keyboard, Amy Hoy, Daily Mac, 1/12. "Apple, please, listen to us...."
Web: Google for Mac: a response, Macinstein, 1/12. Macinstein has been a 100% Macintosh search engine for over a year.
Opinion: Paranoia probably justified but ultimately destructive, John Farr, Applelinks, 1/11. "And then we considered the effect of the iReview efforts...."
Tech: Using DVD-RAM discs, Apple TIL. Now we know that you can't boot from Apple's slow DVD-RAM drive. :-(
News: Microconnect ships USB keyboard in six colors, AllUSB. $50 keyboard matches iMac colors, Apple extended layout.
Consumer: Phase 5 offers G4 upgrades for under US$500, Applelinks, 1/11. 350 MHz daughter card, ZIF, L2, and Umax C series upgrades all under $500.
Opinion: What's wrong with this picture?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 1/11. Still no Apple Store for Canada, while Hong Kong, Belgium, and Australia have them.
Deal: ATI RAGE 128 Pro with Mac OS 9, $99, The Apple Store. Only for the "Sawtooth" G4, but the card + OS 9 costs as much as OS 9 does!
Web: Apple-specific search engine, Google. It's fast.
News: NewerRAM has 128 MB SIMMs for 6100, Applelinks, 1/11. It begs the question of spending $800 on memory for a six-year-old design.
News: Time Warner, AOL to merge, The Standard, 1/10.
Opinion: Hey, Mac-rumor sites, Apple made fools of you!, Rodney O. Lain, My Mac. "The sad thing is that you guys get more hits and readership the more ridiculous your claims get."
Humor: Introducing the iCar, probably the world's first translucent automobile.
Opinion: Waiting for Pismo, Jason O'Grady, MacWeek, 1/7. "Just when I think Apple has become predictable, it throws a curve ball."
News: iTools - Mac OS 9 only?, iTools Tamer [MacSurfer]. You can sign up for "@mac.com" email, then use iDisk and submit iReview feedback.
Opinion: Conspiracy!, MacBC, 1/8. "The Mac web promotes a sense of strong community among the Mac users, and I don't think Apple really wants to destroy that."
Opinion: Problems, comments concerning iTools, MacNN, 1/7.
Top Pick: VST USB/FireWire Hard Drives. With no new Apple hardware, the smartest introduction of the show may be the 6-25 GB hard drives from VST that support both USB and FireWire.
Interview: Steve Wozniak unbound, Slashdot, 1/7.
Consumer: Galaxy Quest, Salon, 1/7. "...for science-fiction nerds and for anyone who's ever laughed at them."
Opinion: The fall and rise of PowerBook 1400 G3 upgrades, MacCPU, 1/7. They call the PB 1400 Apple's best ever, but upgrades have been a problem.
News: A chat with 3dfx, Mac Observer, 1/7. "...the chip for the new boards, the VSA-100, was designed with cross-platform application in mind."
News: Apple says "never" to Mac with more than three slots, Mac Observer, 1/7. Funny, I thought the G4 already had four slots.
Opinion: The end of the Mac web (as we know it), MacBC, 1/7. "Apple's iReview is the biggest threat to the independent Mac websites that has ever existed."
News: Blueberry iBook falls to #2 spot, The Register, 1/6. As with the iMac, PC Data counts each color as a separate model.
Opinion: The meat cleaver inside the bouquet!, John Farr, Applelinks, 1/6. "...long hassled and harried by a swarm of Macintosh web sites, Apple Computer has made a move to reduce their numbers."
News: Apple fans demand . . . a new mouse, Nando, 1/6. "...please, can't someone get rid of that silly, round mouse?"
Preview: Screenshots of IE 5.0, AppleInsider, 1/5. New interface includes switchable themes.
News: OSHA withdraws home safety rules, Prodigy News, 1/5 [Slashdot]. "Putting home workers in the position of having to comply with thousands of pages of OSHA regulations and making employers responsible for making sure that they do is simply foolish," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich.
News: Sonnet announced G3/333 for PB 1400, 1/5. Due in February at US$400, the copper chip will actually improve battery life.
News: 3dfx announces Voodoo for Mac market, Apple, 1/5 [Accelerate Your Mac!]. New boards with Mac support and VSA-100 processor forthcoming.
Also see 3dfx press release at Accelerate Your Mac!
Analysis: Mac OS X at Macworld, Xappeal, 1/5.
Analysis: Apple moves beyond the box, MacWeek, 1/5. "...Apple clearly has the most sophisticated and advanced vision of consumer-level computing out there."
More Macworld reports on Macs Only!, MacNN, Think Secret, MacInTouch, AppleInsider,
News: Macworld 2000 Keynote Address Special Report, Mac News Today, 1/5. We couldn't be there, but caught it through the miracle of QuickTime 4.
Benchmark: Can a Beige G3 with G4 run with the big dogs?, Bare Feats, 1/5. G4/400 is a big improvement over G3/266, but....
News: PowerLogics delivers dual-G4 upgrade, MacCentral, 1/5. Available February in daughter-card and ZIF variants in 350 and 400 MHz speeds.
News: Harman Kardon to ship iSub in February, Yahoo/Business Wire, 1/5. Months later than expected, but better late than never.
Dark Side: Intel rolls out higher-speed Celeron, Yahoo/ZDNet, 1/5. 533 MHz chips makes the G4/450 sound slow.
News: Macworld warm-up rally, Mac Observer, 1/4. Users really do hate the round mouse.
Macworld Expo 2000 in San Francisco began Tuesday with a "warm up" rally. The big news is due on Wednesday. We'll have all the details with our Wednesday afternoon update - assuming we can connect to the QuickTime webcast.
News: OSHA covers at-home workers, MSNBC, 1/4 [Slashdot]. Ludicrous but true: "Companies that allow employees to work at home are responsible for . . . the home work site...."
Connectivity: Mac DSL Center. Faster internet connections may be available in your area.
Deal: Polaroid 30 MB CompactFlash card, US$49.99, PCMall [dealmac]. I just spent $79 last week for a 32MB card - and thought that was a good price.
Opinion: The Best Macs Ever, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 1/3. "Apple has a tradition of great computers...."
Opinion: Vaporware '99: the winners, Wired, 1/3. Big surprise - Win2K tops the list.
Opinion: Macworld has many challenges to address, Wes George, Mac Observer, 1/3. "It is precisely because Apple has so well defined its hardware trajectory that the potential for real surprises is possible."
Review: PowerLogix G3/350 upgrades, Macs Only!, 1/3. "The G4 CPU upgrade cards perform as well or better than Apple's PowerMac G4...."
Analysis: Apple in a color bind, SiliconValley.com, 1/2. "The problem is not that lime and tangerine computers don't sell...."
Opinion: The perfect consumer setup, Doug Campbell, MacNerds, 1/1.
Opinion: What will, and won't, be announced at Macworld, Bryan Chaffin, Mac Observer, 12/31. Pismo, yes. 17" iMac, no. More.
Opinion: Last Busman's Holiday for 1999, Steve Wood, 12/31.
OS: New home version of Yellow Dog Linux coming, Mac Observer, 12/31.
Advice: Millennium Voodoo, Macworld. Best 3D cards for the Mac are made for PCs.
Advice: Want American Express Blue? Better get a PC, Mac Observer, 12/30. "...the representative told us that it is not compatible with the Mac OS."
Advice: Email attachments, Deb Shadovitz, MacCentral, 12/30. "Each computer platform has a different file format, and that's where complications set in."

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