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Recent Content on Low End Mac
- The Long Term Value of a High End Mac, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job, 11.21. Low-end Macs are more affordable up front, but the flexibility and upgrade options of a top-end Mac can make it the better value in the long run.
- iPhone #1 Worldwide, Google Voice Search for iPhone, iPhone 3G Battery Pack, and More, iNews Review, 11.21. Also British accents throw off Google voice search, lots of new iPhone apps, universal USB car charger, new protective cases, and more.
- 15 Reasons Macs Are Better, Quad-core iMac in January?, USB 3.0 Spec Finalized, and More, Mac News Review, 11.21. Also 25 years of Macs, 'Snow Leopard' in Q1?, SimpleTech's faster and greener hard drive, Hyperspaces, StarOffice for OS X, and more.
- DisplayPort Copy Protection, Trackpad Update, Netbooks Not to Be Taken Lightly, and More, The 'Book Review, 11.21. Also Apple set for record sales, 4-finger gestures on original MacBook Air, MacBook Apple's best consumer notebook to date, Cricket laptop stand, bargain 'Books from $490 to $2,299, and more.
- Virtualization Shootout: VMWare Fusion 2 vs. Parallels Desktop 4, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync, 11.20. Both programs do the same thing, but one runs Windows XP smoothly alongside Mac apps, while the other bogs down everything but Windows.
- Just Right: Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear MacBooks, Charles W. Moore, 'Book Value, 11.20. Some people like small and light notebooks, others prefer huge desktop replacements, but the best value tends to be in the middle.
- Apple Caves to Hollywood with DRM on iTunes Videos, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 11.20. HDCP on the new MacBooks means that you may never really own those videos you buy from the iTunes Store.
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Around the Web
- Rights: Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks, Brian X. Chen, Wired, 11.19. "Apple has secretly included a copy protection scheme called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) in the external display ports on the latest models of it MacBooks...."
- Rights: Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots?, Slashdot, 11.19. "[A] management-side attorney . . . believes that, in most cases, computer booting does not warrant being called work."
- Software: Camino 1.6.5 Web Browser Released, Applelinks, 11.19. If you haven't tried Camino lately, we urge you to give it a try. It's our favorite browser at Low End Mac headquarters.
- Rights: MacBook Owners Enraged As Apple Blocks Some Displays, Ed Sutherland, Cult of Mac, 11.18. "MacBook fans are in an uproar after discovering the new laptops contain hardware-based copyright protection that prevents the viewing of iTunes movies on some external displays...."
- News: Judge dismisses Psystar antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Jim Dalrymple, Macworld, 11.18. "Psystar contends that because the EULA bars users from installing the OS on non-Apple hardware, it's an unlawful restraint of trade."
- Virus: Hackers Update Mac Porn RSPlug Trojan Horse, Ed Sutherland, Cult of Mac, 11.18. 1) Visit malicious porn site. 2) Agree to download file (often named "cleanlive.dmg"). 3) Let it open the disk image, install itself, and launch itself.
- Advocacy: 15 reasons Macs are still better than Windows PCs, Dan Warne, APC, 11.14. If you're a longtime Mac user, you may be surprised at some of the things Windows still doesn't get right that Macs have had for years.
- Review: Comparing Five iPhone File Transfer Apps, David Strom, TidBITS, 11.14. Unlike traditional iPods, Apple doesn't allow the iPhone to function as an external hard drive. These five apps let you store files on your iPhone.
- Advice: How To Prepare a Mac For Sale, Dan Benjamin, 11.14. "Following these steps will let you sleep a bit better at night and has the added benefit of creating a great first-experience for the buyer."
- Opinion: Opinion: Kids Make Perfect Low End Mac Users, Giles Turnbull, Cult of Mac, 11.14. "Round them up, re-install whatever version of whatever operating system they are capable of running, and get those things in use. Give them to kids."
- News: Spam declines after hosting company shut-down, Robert Vamosi, CNET News, 11.12. "Internet hosting site McColo disappeared on Tuesday. Along with it went thousands of pieces of spam, thanks, in part, to investigative work by Washington Post reporter Brian Krebs."
- Review: Nehalem by the numbers: The Ars review, Joel Hruska, ars technica, 11.13. "Nehalem's performance is excellent from any angle, from single-threaded, unoptimized ALU/FPU tests to eight-way threading through Maxwell or Handbrake."
- Benchmarks: Customized MacBook Pro benchmarks, James Galbraith, Macworld, 11.12. Unibody MacBook Pro with 2.8 GHz CPU and 7200 rpm hard drive benchmarked - overall 12% faster than 2.53 GHz version with 5400 rpm drive.
- History: The 5 Best - and 5 Worst - Apple Laptops of All Time, Ever!, Michael Simon, MacLife, 11.11. You're bound to disagree with a few of the author's choices, but it's a fun read.
- News: Gmail Adds Voice and Video Cha, Harry McCracken, Technologizer, 11.12. "When you're in Gmail, your contact list will show a little green camera icon next to any buddy who has a Webcam, is online, and has installed the Gmail Voice and Video Chat plug-in...."
- Opinion: Solving the e-waste dilemma with One Used Mac Per Child, Newton Poetry, 11.12. "...we could initiate a One Used Mac Per Child. It would require rounding up thousands of usable Macs, installing OS 9 or OS X and some basic apps, and making minor upgrades where possible."
- Humor: The Matrix runs on XP, Bill Stiteler, AppleTell, 11.10. Clever parody of The Matrix and Windows XP - complete with Clippy.
- Analysis: Apple Bandai Pippin in retrospective, Allan Yogasingam, EE Times, 11.10. "Apple pioneered the integration of online capabilities into video gaming. Without that bold idea, who knows if popular online gaming platforms like Xbox Live would exist today?"
- News: iPhone Takes Number One Spot, Surpassing the RAZR, David Appleyard, The Apple Blog, 11.10. "According to The NPD Group . . . the iPhone 3G surpassed the Motorola RAZR as the leading handset purchased by US adult consumers in the third quarter of 2008."
- Review: MacBook Air 1.86GHz test results, James Galbraith, Macworld, 11.07. Overall, it beats the previous 1.8 GHz MacBook Air, but on graphics, it completely smokes it.
Power Mac Resources
- Guide to Power Mac G4 Upgrades
- Guide to G3 Daughter Cards
- Guide to G4 Daughter Cards
- Guide to G3 ZIF Upgrades
- Guide to G4 ZIF Upgrades
- Guide to G3 NuBus Upgrades
- Guide to G3 Level 2 Upgrades
- G3 (beige) motherboard
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