September 4 in Low End Mac History
Sept. 3 - Sept.
5
1999
- An iMac G4?, Dan Knight, iMac
channel. "If Apple can sell a G4/400 for the same price as a
G3/350, there seems no obstacle to replacing a G3/333 iMac with
G4/350 version at the same price point."
2001
- The Mac as a business
solution, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. The Mac finds a
home in real estate and banking.
- Low end Linux?, Jonathan
Ploudre, Back & Forth. Why Mac OS X isn't a low-end solution,
but Linux can be.
- Early Lisa user and beyond, Frank
Acevedo, My First Mac. Memories of computers past - and today's
low-end solution.
- Make Windows more reliable,
Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. A foolproof way for Microsoft to
distribute patches and updates - based on the way real Windows
users work.
- Benchmarks: Power Mac
6100. We updated this page over the weekend to include results
with a 1 MB level 2 cache.
2002
- Jaguar fat, slow, and deeply
flawed?, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out, 2002.09.04. What to do
when Jaguar won't support the modem that worked under OS X? Back to
OS 9.
- Marketing the whole widget,
Korin Hasegawa-John, My Turn, 2002.09.04. How Apple can use their
hardware/software integration to grow market share.
- Low-end PowerBooks for
college, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. A faithful
5300 and newer 1400 head for college and a dorm Internet
hookup.
- Guide to Power Mac G4
Upgrades created.
2003
2007
- PowerBook 540c: Still the king
of notebook computers, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection Spotlight.
The PowerBook 500 family introduced a curvy new design, the trackpad,
intelligent NiMH batteries, drive bays, PCMCIA expansion, and 16-bit
stereo sound to the world of notebook computers.
- Apple's first subnotebooks: The
PowerBook Duo family and the PowerBook 2400c, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings. With rampant rumors of a subnotebook MacBook
Pro, it's a good time to look back at Apple's earlier attempts at
subnotebook computers.
- Apple's AAUI ethernet connector, Dan
Knight, Online Tech Journal. From 1991 through 1995, Apple used a
proprietary ethernet connection. Why they created AAUI and where to
find adapters.
- A brief history of the iPod,
Tom Hormby and Dan Knight, Orchard. Apple's most profitable division
grew from one man's vision for a small, easy to use, hard drive-based
MP3 player linked to a content delivery system.
2008
- Tomorrow's solid
state drives and notebooks, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Flash drives
are great but have some shortcomings. Some thoughts on building better
SSDs and notebooks to use them.
- Overclocking a Mac
mini got me hooked on souping up Macs, Adam Geller, My First Mac.
Stories of hot rodding iBooks, G3 iMacs, and PCI Power Macs on the
cheap.
- Only Leopard runs routine
maintenance tasks after startup or waking from sleep, Charles
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Mac OS X 10.5 runs routine system
maintenance scripts as soon as possible after starting up or waking up
your Mac. Earlier versions of OS X do not do this.
- Apple will not abandon optical
drives, the Mac drought, purposeful Mac acquisition, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Mac OS X 10.5 on a G4-upgraded Blue
& White G3 and problems using a flat panel display with a Quadra
700.
2009
- 100 apps incompatible with 'Snow
Leopard', Mac mini and SuperDrive firmware updates, and more, Mac
News Review. Also August market share changes, retrieving a stuck disc,
anti-malware in Snow Leopard, USB 3.0 certification begins, and
more.
- Wake on demand in 'Snow Leopard',
extended repair policy for MacBook Air hinges, big drives, and
more, The 'Book Review. Also Windows 7 great on a MacBook Pro,
gScreen preparing dual display notebook, free OS X 10.6 deal from
QuickerTek, bargain 'Books from $179 to $2,294, and more.
- Sept. 9 iPod event, Whoopi and
the iPhone, FoodGauge helps with nutrition, eco-driving, and more,
iNews Review. Also Apple expected to go with multiple carriers in 2010,
solar charging case for iPod touch, Vonage coming to the iPhone, and
more.
2010
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