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Opinion: Apple should count the cost before alienating its friends, Charles W. Moore, MacOS Daily, 3/31. "...Apple has been on a binge of alienating friends right and left lately."
Review: Kinesis MPC Switchable Ergonomic Keyboard, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/31. Unconventional keyboard design is a winner.
Analysis: Can PowerPC keep up with Intel?, MacWeek, 3/30. "Mac users can be forgiven for feeling some processor envy these days."
News: Upgrades put some beige G3s in jeopardy, Macworld, 3/30. Macs with Royal Technology voltage regulator must replace that component first.
Web: A plague on all your mouses, Telegraph, 3/30 [Mac Surfer]. The story of David Smith and the Melissa virus he unleashed a year ago.
Interview: Rodney O. Lain, Real Life Macs, MacAddict, 3/29. His columns appear almost everywhere; learn more about him here.
Web: Judge OKs deep links, USA Today, 3/29. "[U.S. District Judge Harry] Hupp said hyperlinking was not illegal as long as consumers understand whose site they are on...." Low End Mac has long supported open links.
Opinion: Goldilocks, Aristotlte and the three PowerBook form factors, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, 3/29. "Should Apple make a smaller (and maybe even a bigger) 'Book? "
Opinion: Do "rumor sites" really hurt Apple or you?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/29. "I would suggest that a perusal of Apple's stock price chart over the past three months blows the theory to smithereens."
Web: mac2400, the leading PowerBook 2400 site (in English) has moved [Macs Only!].
Fun: April Fool's practical jokes, Inspired Logic [Apple's Orchard].
Media: X-Men: The Movie trailer now available in small, medium, large, and full screen formats.
Opinion: Geek profiling: The next W.A.V.E., Jon Katz, Slashdot, 3/29. "It's a carbon copy of the Hitler Youth program used so successfully in World War II Germany to root out dissidents and oddballs."
News: 800 MHz Macs on the way this year, MacUser UK, 3/29. Enhanced G4 will include on-chip 256 KB level 2 cache running at full CPU speed and a second AltiVec unit.
Review: Presto Plus, The Review, MacNN, 3/29. US$299-399 upgrade adds 33 MHz '040, ethernet, and 32 MB RAM to pre-6804 Macs with LC PDS slots.
Opinion: John Dvorak proclaims death of FireWire, FireWire World, 3/29. Considering his track record, this bodes well for FireWire.
Advice: How to make IE 5 work right, David Nagel, Creative Mac, 3/29. Ah, someone knows how to change the annoying tab behavior!
Huh? Mini iMac, No Beige, 3/29. I want one before Apple sues whoever made it out of business.
Opinion: Apple legal dumps cold water on yet another flame of Mac enthusiasm, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/28. "Apple Legal has worked its 900 pound gorilla magic on another Website...."
Advice: Dealing with IE 5's font and resolution settings, iMac NewsPage. Visual guide to how point-size and pixel-size text appears in Microsoft's new browser.
Web: The Web is wonderful for kids, ZDNet, 3/28. "Children (and parents) use e-mail, chat rooms and instant messaging, for example, to connect with other people, not avoid them," the report says.
Opinion: Why does my refrigerator need an ISP?, Daniel J. Lyons, MacBC, 3/28. "It would be silly to have Internet connections for every device in your house."
Web: Jag's House launches System 6 email list
Opinion: Why rumor sites hurt you and Apple, Michael Munger, Mac Observer, 3/28. "A good dose of common sense."
News: Apple goes postal on Mac Cards, Macworld UK, 3/28. "Apple claimed that visitors would confuse the site with its own."
Opnion: Isn't it time Apple got some perspective?, MacUser UK, 3/28. "It's difficult to see what Apple has to gain by this heavy-handed approach."
Opinion: Are any Mac sites safe?, Macinstein, 3/28. "It kind of has a 'Big Brother' feel to it and had us thinking about all the effort we put into promoting the Mac."
Opinion: Apple: Big Brother 2000?, NoBeige.com, 3/28. "Apple is acting like the Big Brother that it mocked in 1984."
News: Apple shuts down Mac Cards for trademark violation, MacNN, 3/27. In what is becoming increasingly common Apple practice, they sent in the lawyers before contacting the webmaster. Why ask for cooperation when you can coerce it?
News: Jobs intervenes as Mac Cards gets pulled, MacUser UK, 3/27. "...the action was triggered when Jobs sent a card from the site to another senior Apple employee questioning its use of Apple branding materials and images."
Web: Where has the Mac Cards website gone?, Mac Cards. "...my enthusiasm to promote the Mac or any Apple product . . . has been completely destroyed."
Opinion: Does Darwin open the door to Intel?, Tony Smith, MacWeek, 3/27. "Look at it this way: what sells the iMac? Is it the processor...?"
Opinion: IE 5 brings good and bad to Mac users and web authors, W3Nation. "...the most fully featured, best rendering, and fastest browser available on the Mac today."
Review: Internet Explorer 5.0, The Review, MacNN, 3/27
Analysis: IE 5 changes how Mac users see the Web, MacWeek, 3/27. "...a default installation of IE 5 for the Mac will display Web pages pretty much the same way that Windows users see them."
News: Macs Only! has some screen shots, comments on Internet Explorer 5.0, 3/27.
Opinion: The unfortunate truths, Jack Shedd, osOpinion. "...this is what happens when a nerd and a businessman meet."
Opinion: The not-so-sorry state of Mac gaming, Holy Mac, 3/27. "...most of the worthy games do make it to the Macintosh."
Web: Why the Mac Is So Great, a new Mac-centric multilingual site.
AAPL: Apple hits 150, closes down in last hour, Wes George, Mac Observer, 3/23. "Apple set a new intraday high of 150 5/16 before the profit takers, unable to resist AAPL's 44 dollar gain since last Thursday, shaved the stock price back."
News: Accelerate Your Mac! has downloadable color profiles for the iBook and recent PowerBooks that really improve on-screen color.
Web: MyAppleMenu has a new look and a new ULR, 3/23.
Opinion: Giving your iMac a brain transplant, Gene Steinberg, Arizona Central, 3/23. You can upgrade an old iMac to 466 MHz, but is it worth the cost?
News: Orange Micro cures G4/G3 port envy, Applelinks, 3/23. US$99 card adds fast SCSI-2 and two serial ports via PCI slot.
News: The rack-mount iMac, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/23. ISP repacks $1,000 iMac (less monitor) for a small, inexpensive, powerful server.
Opinion: Two great Mac success stories, Nancy Gravely, Mac Observer, 3/22. "Both are about men who, because of their age or life experiences, approached the whole computer concept with great trepidation."
Review: PowerBook (FireWire) 500, Accelerate Your Mac!, 3/22. "If you've never owned a PowerBook, there's never been a better time to buy."
AAPL: Second record high in as many days!, Wes George, Mac Observer, 3/22. Apple stock is soaring.
News: AirPort software may damage WaveLAN card, MacCentral, 3/22. "If you choose the Apple Airport driver, the included automatic firmware update may cause irreparable damage to Lucent's card."
Poll: What's your favorite pre-Quadra Mac?, Jag's House.
Opinion: Pismo's progress, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, 3/22. "How has it been faring in its first month in the real world?"
Review: JamC@m, MacUser UK. Inexpensive digicam lowers digital photography entry fee.
Gaming: There's a new RPG in town, Mac Observer, 3/22. Avernum uses 3D graphics in a game reminiscent of Ultima, Wizardry.
AAPL: Apple surges 9.7% to new record high, Wes George, Mac Observer, 3/21.
Gaming: Top 10 gaming resources, Inside Mac Games.
Opinion: What makes a Mac a Mac?, Bob Allis, MacBC, 3/21. It's the OS - this article explains why.
Web: Why Windows web pages have tiny text, Geoff Duncan, TidBITS #467. Very helpful explanation of differences between Mac and Windows displays.
Opinion: Train wreck journalism, Tim Hillman, MacOS Daily, 3/20. The Mac OS is dead. Long live OS X?
Review: PowerBook 500, MacUser UK.
News: Program matches equipment donors with schools in need, Paul Shields, Applelinks, 3/18. "MacTreasures started a program a few weeks ago to match those individuals and businesses with excess Macintosh equipment with schools in need."
Deal: Cyberdog 2000 + Mac OS 9, $49 extended through 3/17/00, Xeosoft [MacSurfer]. Even if you don't care about Cyberdog, it's a great price for OS 9.
Opinion: Should technology make everything easier?, David K. Schultz, MacOS Daily, 3/15. Provocative.
News: Mac servers withstand hacker attack on Army site, MacCentral, 3/15. Brazilian "Crime Boys" unable to break into Army's WebStar servers.
News: Motorola denies IBM G4 ban, MacUser UK, 3/14. "Motorola has placed no restrictions on IBM that will prevent it from manufacturing and selling the MPC7400, at any clock speed, to Apple."
News: Mac OS 09. Temporary Items not deleted at startup, Apple TIL 25134, 3/13. OS 9 neglects cleanup after a crash. TIL includes a flawed Applescript to perform cleanup on restart. MacInTouch has a functional script.
Opinion: AppleWorks 6: A step backward?, Julie Lewis, The Round Peg, 3/13. Based on field reports, users may be better of with AppleWorks 5.
Analysis: Why Web traffic counts are not quite right, ZDNet, 3/13. About 18% of visitors are seeing site via proxy server, causing log data to undercount traffic.
Opinion: Does Apple offer too many different products?, Micheal Munger, Mac Observer, 3/13. "Apple manufactures so many different Macs that there is something for everyone."
Opinion: On our own terms, Mark Newhouse, Keeper of the iBook, 3/13. "Apple still makes the best hardware and software for getting things done on our terms - even before we know what our terms are."
Review: Promax Turbomax PCI, MacNerds.com. "For less than $250 I had 18 gigs of space that outperformed the old 2gig drive I was using."
Review: G4 ZIF socket upgrades, Macworld. For non-AltiVec tests, "performance gains were minimal." (Also see our Guide to G4 ZIF Upgrades.)
Opinion: Does Maytag equal Apple?, Samuel Sharp, MacSoldiers, 3/13. "Maytag's stock has fallen precipitously. Analysts say that its products are too well made: Since they don't break down too often, there is no need for them to be replaced."
Analysis: The futility of an internet sales tax, Alan Reynolds, American Outlook [Slashdot]. "Internet commerce is and will continue to be overwhelmingly dominated by goods and services that would not be subject to state sales taxes even if the Internet did not exist."
Web: MacOS Daily returns. "Once upon a time, MacOS daily (MOSD) was one of the premiere Apple and Macintosh websites for commentary and reviews."
Web: Mac Gorilla, new site covers "best platforms on the planet," which they list as Mac OS, Linux, and Amiga. No, they don't do Windows.
Opinion: Mac users unite!, Julie Lewis, The Round Peg, 3/13. New columnist at Mac Junkie comes from a non-power user perspective. Looking forward to future articles, as this one is excellent.
Advice: Sharing printers, The Business Mac, Applelinks.
News: 666 MHz iBook, Go2Mac, 3/13. No, you can't drop in a 666 MHz G3 today, but the motherboard could support one. (Overclocking your CPU will void your warranty.)
Advice: Building an ATX G3, Timothy A. Seufert, Accelerate Your Mac!, 3/13. How to drop a Beige G3 motherboard into a standard ATX case. (Not for the faint of heart.)
OS: BSD's big break?, Wide Open News, 3/12. BSD Unix is older than Linux, should benefit from merger of FreeBSD and BSD/OS as Open Source.
News: Some voters shut out from online election, Southern Arizona Online, 3/11. "Frustrated after repeated attempts to participate in the nation's first binding Internet election, Wing and Harris . . . were told that Mac-using Democrats from around the state experienced similar difficulties."
Opinion: Of megahertz, man, and processor woes, Dan Willis, Daily iMac, 3/10. "...if Apple isn't already looking beyond Motorola for a new source of processors, it's quite possible that they will in the very near future."
Deal: DealMac is reporting $1,299 Power Mac G4/350s may be available at your local CompUSA. Supply is limited.
Opinion: Vintage Macs are a good buy, Macintosh Online User. "While these machines may not fit the bill for everyday web surfing or intensive number crunching, they can still perform 90 percent of the tasks people purchase computers."
News: iBook, PowerBook data corruption on sleep, Apple TIL 25130. Apple recommends against using "preserve memory contents on sleep" until they can release a patch.
Opinion: Snake oil, Marc Zeedar, MacOpinion, 3/10. All about rebates.
Web: The history and basics of HTML, David K. Every, MacWeek, 3/9. "This simple concept was so hot - and so needed - that everyone jumped on the bandwagon."
Opinion: Power printing for the people, Eolake Stobblehouse, MacCreator. Epson Stylus Photo 870 not only offers quality, but improved archival stability.
News: Apple #1 in education with 30.6% market share, Mac Observer, 3/9. "Apple has seemingly held the #1 position in education since Jimmy Carter was president"
Opinion: Dan Knight takes an honest look at the struggles within the AIM (Apple/IBM/Motorola) PowerPC alliance, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/9.
Opinion: The platform wars, David Bailie, MacBC, 3/9.
Opinion: MP3s now more popular than sex?, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/9. With that headline, how could we avoid linking. ;-)
Opinion: Windows 2000, fact and fiction, John Deke, Mac Traitor, 3/9. "Perhaps the greatest irony in the Mac vs. PC debate is the fact that the difference in ease of use between the Mac and PC is actually greater for the "power user" than for the novice."
Advice: How to share your Internet connection, MacMilitia, 3/8. "Apple never lost a platform war. The so-called war is an illusion."
Opinion: Apple's OS X is a Unix-Mac attack, Oliver Rist, TechWeb, 3/6. Labels OS X and Aqua "amazing."
News: Apple issues warning that Pismo PowerBook not compatible with OS 8.6 password security, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/8.
Opinion: Motorola acting like "spoiled brat" says Register's Tony Smith, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 3/8.
Advice: A must have application for anyone who uses images, Nancy Gravley, Mac Observer, 3/8. Program uses tabbed folder metaphor to organize images.
Low End: Mac-Gyver's Mac Page. It's even more low-end friendly than Low End Mac.
Opinion: The art of war, David Schultz, osOpinion. "The Mac is back and Wintel users have their backs to the wall - they are fighting back."
Advice: The $800 iMac system, Brent Hecht, Applelinks, 3/8. That price includes a color printer.
News: Motorola slammed with PPC G4 supply limitation allegations, Tony Smith, The Register, 3/7. "IBM . . . is now able to churn out not only 500MHZ G4s, but 600 and 650MHz parts in decent volumes too."
Analysis: Can IBM and Motorola get along, Tony Smith, MacWeek, 3/7. "We're solidly in rumorland here, but such is the importance of the PowerPC alliance to Apple that it's worth taking a closer look at the allegation."
Opinion: Should iReview be Mac only, Macinstein, 3/7. "...there's a lot more out there . . . and they're not listed on iReview. "
Low End: Apple's site no longer accessible via MacTCP, Jag's House, 3/7. Mac users must have Open Transport installed to visit Apple's site.
Web: Comprehensive list of G4 accelerated software, Mac Speed Zone. Mostly graphics, video, and sound applications.
Opinion: Apple's advanced hardware and crippled mouse, Mark Guertin, MacDiscussion. "Let's make these 3 buttons a valuable and indespensible part of the user experience."
Opinion: My review of iReview: It sucks, Victor Rhee, MacChat, 3/6. The title says it all.
Huh? Is your computer possessed by a demon?, Weekly World News [Apple's Orchard]. "'Any PC built after 1985 has the storage capacity to house an evil spirit,' the minister confirmed."
Web: Low Bandwidth Website Design Contest Announced, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 3/6. (See Low End Mac's entry, a mini home page.)
Web: Microsoft owns the web, osOpinion. Why you shouldn't use Internet Explorer 5.
Web: CompUSA Mac Employee Forum, Rodney O. Lain and David K. Schultz, Applelust, 3/7. A place for CompUSA Mac specialists to interact online.
Digicams: Canon PowerShot S20 review, Digital Camera Resource Page, 3/6. "It's fast, well-designed, and really easy to use."
Doh! France bans "email," Applelinks, 3/6. "...French civil servants may no longer say 'email' but must use 'courrier electronique' (electronic letter)."
AAPL: Apple's big break out, Wes George, Mac Observer, 3/6. Apple to ship over 1,000,000 computers this quarter.
Web: MacLaunch to acquire MacOpinion, Applelinks, 3/6. "Founded in December 1997 by Ben Garland, MacOpinion has grown to become one of the most popular Mac sites on the web."
Opinion: Power Mac G4 over-priced, under-powered, Mac Traitor, Mac Junkie, 3/6. Athlon approaching G4 Photoshop performance, but much cheaper.
Opinion: Compaq's iPaq: midget PC, not internet appliance, Mac Junkie, 3/6. "...price it very cheaply and make everything else an option."
Opinion: We don't need rude software, John Martellaro, osOpinion, 3/3. "Asking the user for his/her data file password just before the registration program is going to spill its guts to the Internet is absolutely the most stupid, alarming, inappropriate and thoughtless thing one could possibly conceive of."
Opinion: What's wrong with older Macs?, Phil Shapiro, Jag's House. "No tool is ever outdated if it serves the needs of the person using it."
Contest: The 5k, an award for excellence in web design and production. Can you design a page measuring under 5k in size, graphics included? I have!
News: Team Mac Observer passes Yahoo SETI Team, Mac Observer, 3/3. It's been a long, hard climb to 18th place.
Opinion: Should politics be taboo on Mac websites?, Charles Moore, MacSimple, 3/3. "I don't think there is anything wrong with advocacy, so long as you do your best to be scrupulously fair, and don't try to pretend that you're merely an unbiased fly-on-the-wall."
Opinion: The great G4 debacle: Why it is Apple's fault, Sean Terrill, Mac Junkie, 3/3. Provocative, although I lay the blame elsewhere.
Connectivity: @Home cable modem service, Go2Mac.com, 3/3. I've put in for AT&T @Home and hope it goes as well as this.
News: SETI@home must have update, Mac Observer, 3/3. Includes OS 9 multi-user support. (Low End Mac supports Team Mac Observer.)
Opinion: Aqua: I don't want to lick my computer, I just want to get my work done, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 3/2.
Advice: Networking your Macs, iTeen, Mac Observer, 3/2.
Obituary: Floppy Disk, 48, dies of obsolescence, Stephen Lynch, Orange County Register, 3/1. "It was a tragic end for a celebrity that once rode in the pocket protectors of every Silicon Valley programmer."
Advice: Email, privacy, and the law, Greg Knauss, Sendmail.net, 3/1 [Slashdot]. "It's a nightmare scenario: You make someone mad, they sue, and suddenly your once private email is delivered directly into their hands...."
Opinion: The OS wars are over and everybody won, Peter Olsen, osOpinion. Thanks to the web and cross-platform applications, OS matters less than ever.
AAPL: Apple shatters old record, closes over 130, Wes George, Mac Observer, 3/1.
Opinion: The leaders and the followers, David Larson, MacinStart, 3/1. The Easy PC Initiative shows who is following the leader.
Humor: Dr. !Seuss on Aqua, Mac Observer, 3/1. "I do not like it, JOBS-I-am. I do not like The Aqua Dock."
News: Newer Tech, Tri-M announce partnership, Insanely Great Mac, 3/1. Newer will remain in business with Tri-M's equity investment.
Opinion: PowerBook speed: How much do you need?, Charles Moore, Road Warrior, 3/1. "However, for most of us, the 500 MHz G3 should be amply speedy - luxuriously speedy - for years to come...."
Advice: Tips, short cuts, and the occasional miracle, Computing With Bifocals, 3/1.
Opinion: Rumors revisited: some that didn't come true, Ben Apple, Mac Junkie, 3/1. Where are the hand-cranked $1,200 lightweight iBook and the 17" iMac?
Opinion: Does Steve Jobs hate us evangelists?, Rodney Lain, Applelinks, 3/1. "If anything, he probably wishes people like me would dry up and die."

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