Low End Mac Archive for January 4

January 4 in Low End Mac History

Time magazine names the personal computer as it's 1982 "Man of the Year". Over 2 million personal computers were sold in 1981/82.

1998: Apple sells the sizzle, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A look back at Think Different, the snail ad, the iMac, and more.

PowerBook 540c, a best buy, Low End Mac. The Blackbird series was Apple's best pre-PPC machine, and the 540c the best value among them.
MegaCase solves blue G3, G4 woes, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill. "Where is that fifth card going to fit?"
Macworld prediction scorecard, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Rate my predictions from late December against the reality of Macworld.
1999 at Low End Mac, Dan Knight. The publisher looks back at a very busy year for Low End Mac.

TV scan converters vs. projectors, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. How to choose the right alternative when you need to use a large display.
Starting a presentation in AppleWorks, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Getting started with presentations in AppleWorks.
OS ascendant, Scott Atkinson, My Turn. A look at two recent books: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs and Free For All.

Hands on: Virtual PC 5.0, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. If you need to run PC software but love your Mac, Virtual PC may be for you.
Remote control your Mac, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. The pros and cons of using Timbuktu or Network Assistant to remotely manage Macs.
Apple's retail grab: The future, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. The economics and deployment of Apple's retail store strategy.
Technogeek falls in love with OS X, Rob D Libbert, My First Mac. Linux power user discovers OS X, falls in love with the interface.
My ideal laptop, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The TiBook is too wide, the iBook's screen is too small, and my Lombard is too big and heavy.
Dreams for Macworld Expo, Dan Knight & Anne Onymus, RumorLog. Four ideas (not rumors) we'd love to see Apple introduce at next week's Expo.
iBook port Portector, PowerBook G4/500 vs. 550, Willow NotePack Laptop Case, and More, Charles Moore. G4/500 vs. G4/550 performance, iBook port protection, Kerouac carrying case, MCE's new light CD-RW drive, and hot deals on older PowerBooks.

The headless iMac: Once again ahead of my time, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Calls for a "headless iMac" have a long history with Mac Lab Report.

System 7: Bigger, better, more expandable, and a bit slower than System 6, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. The early versions of System 7 provide broader capability for modern tasks than System 6 while still being practical for even the lowliest Macs.
Dealing with resource forks and .DS_Store files on non-Mac volumes, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others. Macs readily connect to non-Mac servers, but OS X tends to leave .DS_Store files and separate resource files behind. Here's how to keep your Mac from cluttering up those servers.
Evolution and Intelligent Design in the classroom, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Intelligent Design is not science, but that doesn't mean it can't be discussed in science class.

The past and possible future of Apple's Intel transition, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End. Going Intel has been Apple's third successful CPU transition since the Apple II era - and the future is wide open.

Upgrading a Power Mac G4 on the cheap, Mark Garbowski, My Turn. For under $200, the author upgraded memory, dropped in a SuperDrive, added a better video card, and moved up to USB 2.0.
Think bull: Why the shuttering of Think Secret is no big deal, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. Apple and Ciarelli have reached a mutually satisfactory agreement, and journalism is not at stake here.
Using ProTools Free 3.4 with older Macs, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple, 02.04. How to install and use the free version of ProTools 3.4 with the Classic Mac OS on a wide range of older hardware.
Unpartitioned FireWire iBook, Mac IIfx SIMMs, Compact Flash in a PowerBook 1400, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also another unsupported Leopard field reports and details on the iPhone Terms of Service with AT&T.
Modbook shipping, new MacBook confirmed, Blu-ray for MacBook Pro, XO vs. eMate, and more, The 'Book Review. Also fixing MIA Bluetooth on MacBook Pro, US bans spare batteries from checked luggage, an in-flight laptop stand, bargain 'Books from $200 to $2,649, and more.
Ultimate Leopard tweaking guide, used Mac beats new PC, the megapixel myth, and more, Mac News Review. Also 'spectacular' growth in Mac usage to continue through 2008, why Leopard trumps Windows, Dell XPS and Apple iMac 'both suck', ditch your DVD player for a Mac mini, and more.

The Mac value equation revisited, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The way Low End Mac has traditionally calculated the Mac value equation is somewhat simplistic.
Opera 10.5 Preview better and faster than ever, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Opera 10.1 is already a wonderful browser, but version 10.5 for Mac (Intel only) is now written in Cocoa and the JavaScript engine is the fastest yet.

Does 'bad grammar' have anything to do with Apple's success?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A couple pundits have recently called bad grammar a key to Apple's success. The sad thing is, they're all wrong about the grammar.
Competitors aim to take a bite out of Apple, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. Apple's success has others working to take a piece of the tablet, MP3 player, smartphone, and media markets, among others.
I love Ubuntu 10.10 on older Macs, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere, 01.03. For older, slower G3 Macs, Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat has it all over Mac OS X 10.4.