Low End Mac Archive for April 5

April 5 in Apple and Low End Mac History

2006: Boot Camp released as beta for OS X 10.4 Tiger, allows Intel-based Macs to boot Windows XP and Vista natively.

AppleShare IP woes, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis. "...in the last few weeks I have had many problems with just getting AppleShare IP (ASIP) running."
Bulldozing for a faster drive, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion. It takes some time, but here's on inexpensive way to speed up your old hard drive.
Web design, part 4: Site graphics, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. Choosing the right image format and file size.

Compressing movies, Matthew Urban, Matt's Mac. Why you need to compress your QuickTime movies.

Obsessed with old Macs, Jody Dugan, My Turn. The simplicity of the first Mac lead to an obsession to collect as wide a variety as possible.
Everything is not easier on a Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Sorry, Apple, but some things really are easier on Windows.
x86? Apple has other plans!, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. Apple has some projects that are so far ahead of x86 it isn't funny. Some may offer 16 to 64 GHz of computing power.
Battery Powered Portable Hard Drive, Slimmest and Lightest 16x FireWire CD-RW Drive, and More, Charles Moore. Battery powered FireWire drives, PowerBook ResQ, very portable Poma device, Fuji FinePix deal, bargain 'Books, and more.

Television for the rest of us: Why Apple should make a DVR, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. TiVo and Replay TV are hot, but an Apple-branded digital video recorder could be even hotter - and good for Apple's bottom line.
Migrating files to a newer Mac, RAM compatibility, Firemail.de, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Tips on moving files to a newer Mac, comments on RAM compatibility and Firemail.de, iBook failures, and Acard problems in older Power Macs.

How Apple could make the 12" 'Books even smaller, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Dell makes a compact, lightweight laptop using a widescreen 12.1" display. What if Apple did the same?

Boot Camp released, allows Intel-based Macs to boot WinXP.
Chronically ailing Yikes! G4 cured while overclocking, Hardy Menagh, Empowered. This PCI Power Mac G4 had been acting up for years and resisted all attempts to bring stability. But when the new owner attempted to overclock it, things became clear.
Damaged goods: A Quadra 840av brought back from the brink, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. The Quadra 840av motherboard somehow survived a tragic shipping fiasco, but where would it live and what would it be used for?

8-core Mac Pro, best tech products of all time, multisession disc burning reinvented, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple cuts Cinema Display prices, picking OS X over Linux, an in-desk iPod dock, calendar printing software, and more.
Another sudden shutdown fix, sunshade for notebooks, Modbook sensitivity improved, and more, The 'Book Review. Also new MacBooks could constrain MLCC supply, new enclosure for SATA notebook drives, turn off backlighting with LightMe, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and more.

Notebook value paradox: The hole in the middle, Charles W Moore, 'Book Value. While low-cost netbooks and $1,000-plus Apple notebooks are selling well, midrange notebook sales languish.

Flash, YouTube, and .docx file conversion for Mac OS 9, Sebastian M. Patting, My Turn. Although Adobe and Microsoft dropped OS 9 support years ago, there are workarounds for viewing YouTube videos and using Word documents.
TenFourFox: The best browser for PowerPC Macs running Tiger?, Charles W Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. TenFourFox is out of beta, stable, and fast. It could be the best overall browser for Mac OS X 10.5 on G3, G4, and G5 Macs.

iPad Home Button Unnecessary?, New iPad Tops Says Consumer Reports, Nat Geo Titanic App, and More, iOS News Review. Also 6 reasons to think twice about new iPad, Android holds majority of US smartphone market, 2 cool photo apps, Word-2-Text converter, and more.
Use MacBook Air SuperDrive with Most Macs, New Ivy Bridge CPUs and MacBooks Soon, and More, The 'Book Review. Also a DIY external MacBook battery, updated Ivy Bridge release schedule, USB device sharing over ethernet, and more.
600,000 Macs Infected by Flashback Trojan, Kutcher to Play Jobs in Biopic, Mac Java Updates, and More, Mac News Review. Also Apple wins American Brand Excellence Award, OWC wins Best Mac Peripheral Reseller award, ClamXav antivirus updated, and more.