Low End Mac Archive for June 28

June 28 in Apple and Low End Mac History

1993: Macintosh LC 520 introduced. 25 MHz all-in-one includes a 14" Trinitron screen, room for an internal CD-ROM drive.

Macintosh LC 520 introduced. 25 MHz all-in-one includes a 14" Trinitron screen, room for an internal CD-ROM drive.

Improving the LC 475, Mac Daniel. How to get the most out of a Performa or LC 476 (a.k.a. Quadra 605).

The cure for 'Mac envy', Dave Beekman, My First Mac. "After almost ten years, I've finally found the cure for Mac envy: buy a Mac."
Apple going back to the future, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. We wonder if they had this in mind when the proclaimed "Apple II Forever."

Expectations and reality in home networking, Matthew Urban, Matt's Mac. Setting up a home network is a bit more than plug-and-play, but it's worth the effort.
Expected at Macworld Expo, Dan Knight & Anne Onymus, RumorLog. Less than three weeks to the Expo. Here are our early predictions.
Benchmarks: SuperTech Spectrum/24 Series IV, NuBus Video Cards.

BeOS past, present, and possible future, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 06.28. Although it failed in the market, BeOS was the best desktop operating system ever made.
Multimedia on a vintage Mac: Am I insane?, Grady Truchelut, My Turn. With the right cards installed, even an ancient IIci can be used for high quality audio and video work.
Website automation with PHP and MySQL, part 11, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. Using PHP and MySQL to track how often a link is clicked.
New FireWire drive, new notebook cases, Norton SystemWorks bargain, and more, Charles Moore. New bags, high capacity FireWire drives, Norton SystemWorks 6.0 deal, and bargain 'Books.
External: One nation under God?, Dan Knight's Soapbox, Cobweb Publishing. Can prohibiting schoolchildren from freely reciting the Pledge of Allegiance solve anything?

Switching the small office from Windows to Macs, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. With Intel-based Macs, the time may be right to adopt OS X as your standard platform while providing Windows as an option when necessary.
More on the best classic Mac OS browser and video capture options with Mac OS 9, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. WaMCom as the best classic Mac browser, software suggestions for OS 9 video capture, and two hardware alternatives to having your Mac do the video conversion.

Pismo the best PowerBook, capacitor problems in Macs, XPostFacto for Leopard, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also more on tin whiskers and why you sometimes have to remove RAM to get OS X to install on older Macs.

The next iMac: Touchscreen, tablet style, 3D, or what?, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. Apple is working on touchscreen desktops, 3D displays, and who knows what other technologies. What can we expect in the next iMac?
iPhone 4 teardown, iOS 4 released, iPhone 4 screen issues, adults also text while driving, and more, iNews Review. Also iPad installed in a Ford Mustang, why Mom wants an iPad, iBooks updated for iOS 4, new Gmail interface for iPad, and more.

Dollar for Dollar, No One Updates You Like Apple, Chris Carson, Building Bridges. Although it's frustrating that the 2010 iPad will soon be left behind by iOS 6, the cost of Apple gear over its life is lower than ever.