Low End Mac Archive for May 17

May 17 in Low End Mac History

On the Web: Take one, Matthew Urban, Matt's Mac. Choices when working with images: final quality, file type, tools, and more.
Mac-friendly news sites, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Where in the Web will you find good news, good science coverage, and good Mac compatibility?

Educational computing done wrong, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Poorly maintained and rarely updated computers undermine their use as educational tools.
Is Apple's insider selling market driven?, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. Why are so many Apple executives unloading AAPL stock these days?
Learning Linux on a PC?, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out. Why in the world is Dirk running Linux on an ugly beige Pentium box?
Intrigo Lapstation, Easy-Plug Easy-Go notebook drives, new notebook cases, and more, Charles Moore. Backup and hard drive price reductions, new iPod case and laptop bags, lapstations, and bargain 'Books.

Pismo CPU upgrades, Mac OS versions, and printers; WallStreet troubles with OS X, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Several Pismo issues, solving WallStreet problems, deals the Apple retail stores, and PowerBooks as DVD players.

13" MacBook introduced, 15" MacBook Pro speed bump, The 'Book Review. The iBook replacement has a 13.3" widescreen display, 1.83 and 2.0 GHz Core Duo processors, extended desktop, sudden motion sensors, iSight, Front Row with remote, and much more.
MacBook glossy screen problems, Classic option for Intel Macs, and more on replacing Home Page, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Reader unconvinced a glossy laptop screen is a good idea, SheepShaver PowerPC emulator puts Classic on Macintel, more thoughts on WYSIWYG HTML editors, and eMac CPU upgrade possibilities.
X11: Your window for using Unix apps on the Mac, Leaman Crews, Plays Well with Others. Mac OS X is a Unix variant. X11 is the tool that lets you access Unix applications using a graphical interface with mouse support.

World's fastest G3, Core Image unsupported in most G4 Macs, and other thoughts on OS X 10.5, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Where a 1.1 GHz G3 really rocks, too many G3 Macs in use to drop them with Leopard, and whether Core Image might be the technology that determines which Macs can't run OS X 10.5.

Apple vs. Flash: A battle of power and perception, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. If Apple allows Flash on its mobile devices, it surrenders some control over the platform to Adobe, which has a poor track record for Apple support.
Droid outselling iPhone?, do you need a 3G iPad?, Obama doesn't get the iPad, and more, iNews Review. Also Apple may regret the iPad, inconsistent iPad usability, next gen iPhone to use A4 processor, BibleReader updated for iPad, solar dock for iPhone, and more.

Preparing for the end of PowerPC support when Lion arrives, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. Mac OS X 10.7 Lion previews don't include Rosetta, and when it ships, support for PowerPC software will likely be history.