February 11 in Low End Mac History
Feb. 10 - Feb.
12
1998
- Disposable modems, Dan
Knight, 56k Modem Page. Soon faster Internet access will become
widely available.
2000
2002
- Flea market Mac #2: The Plus
strikes back, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel. The years have done
little to this air cooled survivor.
- You don't have to leave it
behind, Alan Zisman, X-Wares. Looking at some traditional Mac
wares that have been ported to OS X.
- I love this Quadra!, Eric
McCann, My Turn. How a digital camera with no Mac port ended up
working with a Quadra 840av.
- If they come, will we bill
them?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. An insider's perspective on
subscriptions and the Mac Web.
- Dellmentia, Unintendonitis, and
X-ema, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Glossary of new
computer-related medical conditions also includes Torvaldic Shock
Syndrome, Low Enderoids, and Punditrella Syndrome.
2003
- Jaguar revisited, Steve
Watkins, The Practical Mac. Three months with Jaguar - a lot of
good, a little bad, and some nitpicky gripes.
- Using Jaguar's Finder for
FTP, Alan Zisman, X-Basics. You don't need any special software
to download files via FTP; it's already built into Jaguar.
- Future advertising blunders by
Microsoft, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Ten more ad blunders
just waiting for Microsoft to steal - er, innovate - them.
- Classic booting restored to iMac,
Beige G3 upgrades, Macs in heaven, and more, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Mailbag. Also the latest OS for a PPC upgraded Centris,
24-bit Macs, more on the PowerPC 970, and further thoughts on older
Macs and digital photography.
2005
- The key to Apple's success: If
you make it easy, they will come, Adam Robert Guha, Apple
Archive. All Apple needs to do to succeed is keep producing
easy-to-use products that people want to buy.
- 4 kinds of iPods, 6 storage
capacities: Which is best for you?, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens.
Choosing between the iPod, iPod mini, iPod photo, and iPod shuffle
made easier.
- PC enthusiasts willing to
consider a Mac, Mac mini tips, Dell clueless to home market, and
more, Mac News Review. Also Mac mini as a
low-cost server, C-Station's Relaxation Station, new Kanguru
Quicksilver hard drives, computing's silent revolution, and
more.
- 'Books tops in reliability,
support; replace or repair; PowerBook G5 still a ways off; and
more, The 'Book Review. Also hopes for a lighter
PowerBook, stainless steel replacement hinges for TiBook, bargain
'Books from $280 to $1,739, and more.
2008
- Could a
wireless dock be in the MacBook Air's future?, John Hatchett, My
Turn. The MacBook Air is too limited in terms of connectivity, but what
if Apple thought outside the box and created a MacBook Dock that
connected by WiFi?
- PowerBook 3400c and
Pismo: Two of Apple's best notebooks ever, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings. Two PowerBooks celebrate birthdays this week,
and each was the fastest laptop on the plant when it was
introduced.
- YouTube tips, Mac users who bash
Windows, iSub broken in Leopard, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Mailbag. The importance of expandable computers, ways to improve
YouTube viewing on older Macs, frustrating with losing iSub support in
OS X 10.5, and Windows bashers.
2009
2011
- Dell's MacBook Air Killer dies,
new MacBook Pros imminent?, SSD torture test, and more, The 'Book
Review. Also combo USB 3.0/SSD ExpressCard, Swiftpoint mouse piling up
awards, Plextor's first SSDs, and more.
- The Incredible
Shrinking Flash Memory Card, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing.
John Hatchett ran across an old CompactFlash card the other day and
compares it with today's microSD.
- Sandy Bridge flaw could benefit
Apple, 60 Steve Jobs quotes, rackmount for 2010 Mac mini, and more,
Mac News Review. Also dual-core Sandy Bridge to ship soon, first
wireless ebike, 'Learn the Switch to Mac' app just 99¢, and
more.
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