Low End Mac Archive for June 25

June 25 in Low End Mac History

Connecting your Mac to your stereo, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel. How to connect your Mac and stereo for better sound - and so you can record from your stereo to your Mac.
The Mac and politics: Point and counterpoint, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. More thoughts and reader feedback on Mac users and the political spectrum.
Making a trifold brochure, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. Tips on designing and printing a full color trifold brochure on a Mac using AppleWorks.
Micropayment reader feedback, Mac Musings. Readers share their thoughts on the idea of micropay.

Are Mac users losers?, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Are switchers nothing more than "a stark collection of life's losers"?
InDesign tries again, Alan Zisman. InDesign 2.0 can help designers unleash their creativity on the printed page and beyond.

Is the G5 enough to entice switchers?, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. The Power Mac G5 eliminates the speed difference, but is that enough to bring Windows users to the Mac?
Blowout G4s or forthcoming G5s, which wins the value comparison?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 06.25. When we look at the end-of-life pricing on the Power Mac G4s and the value of the Power Mac G5s, two models stand apart from the pack as undisputed best buys.

Can you add FireWire and DVD to a tray-loading iMac?, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. You can add FireWire with the Harmoni upgrade and then get an external DVD drive, but there's a more economical solution.
Repair program extends to all white G3 iBooks, Avanti G3/400 and 417 WallStreet upgrades, PC Card video, and more, The 'Book Review. Low cost aluminum drive enclosure, fuel cells and laptops, new 'Book and iPod cases and accessories, and bargain 'Books from $379 to $2,599.

Network administration tools for Mac OS X users, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter. Thanks to Mac OS X, today's Macs are great network citizens and excellent tools for doing network administration.
My first mobile Mac: A Classic II, Jacek A. Rochacki, Miscellaneous Ramblings. When a PowerBook 100 was beyond the author's means, he bought a second-hand Mac Classic II and fabricated his own carrying case to make it mobile.

Snow Leopard may be the most important OS X release ever, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. "With just the few new technologies that we have been given a glimpse of, it is plain to see that Snow Leopard will be a huge step into the future."
What Snow Leopard means for Macs in the enterprise, Jason Packer, Macs in the Enterprise5. With Exchange and Active Directory support coming in Mac OS X 10.6, two of the big obstacles to Macs in the workplace will be swept away.
Pismo slow running OS X from Compact Flash, Leopard DVD Player on G4 Pismo, and more Linux tips, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Pismo runs Mac OS 9 quickly from Compact Flash, but OS X is slow. Also how to hack Leopard so DVD Player works in a G4-upgraded Pismo, and more tips on using Linux on Macs.

More blackout workaround strategies, Charles W Moore, 'Book Value. With climate change, power outages are more common than ever. Two tools to keep you powered when the lights go out.

Could a smartphone replace your laptop?, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. With the ever-improving iPhone and newer Android phones, a lot of what you do on your laptop can now be done with a smartphone.
Kimmel tapes episode on MacBook Pro, iPad replaces 'Book in the field, new Iomega drives, and more, The 'Book Review. Also is the high-end laptop dead?, Avatrion Air Display reviewed, battery calibration app, Toshiba's dual-touch-screen Libretto W100 challenges iPad, and more.
Multitouch iOS iMac coming?, Internet dumbifies poor kids, Mac mini reviews and benchmarks, and more, Mac News Review. Also Mac OS X 10.7 'gathering speed', SeaMonkey 2.0.5 released, programs to export PDF to other formats, and more.
Saving on broadband, iBook G4 on the fritz, and a pair of Pismos with problems, Charles W Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. If there's broadband competition in your area, you may be able to get your current ISP to price match. Also, Pismo clean install and startup problems.

Bike Across the Country While in Your Basement, Jeff Adkins, Mac Musings. By linking your exercise bike to a PC running Google Maps Street View, you can virtually bike across the country.
I Hate It When Apple's Marketing Mavens Are Right, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. After years and years as a PowerBook and MacBook user, John Hatchett finds himself turning more and more to the iPad, although printing frustrates him.