Low End Mac Archive for October 18

October 18 in Apple and Low End Mac History

Macintosh LC III+/Performa 460 introduced, boosting 25 MHz LC III/Performa 450 to 33 MHz speed.
Performa 475/476 introduced. First Performas with '040 processors.

The iMac 300, Dan Knight, iMac Musings. "...come January, 233 MHz is going to seem so, well, 1998. Apple needs to up the ante."

Setting up a 6100, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Was picking up some Power Mac 6100s for $200 each really such a good deal?

Macs are home computers, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. Not that it isn't a good business machine, but recent evidence points to the Mac as a great home computer.
Owning AAPL, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Today I put my money where my mouth is - I invested in Apple stock.

OS X: Stability or usability?, Dirk Pilat, Mac UK. OS X 10.1 works and is stable, but does using it have to be so much work to get it working?
A teacher explains technology integration, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. If computers aren't helping your students, maybe you shouldn't have them in the classroom.
Saving time, space, and privacy in email, Beverly Woods, Acoustic Mac. Advice on configuring your email program, forwarding messages, when to use BCC, and setting up an email list.
PowerBook deathmatch, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac. The author's PPC-upgraded 540c vs. a friend's 5300cs - which is the better machine?

Forced obsolescence, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Today's PC buyers are looking for features and value, not buying because their old computer is obsolete.
Wireless power, LapCop, Pismo G4 upgrade, new laptop cases, and more, Charles W Moore, The 'Book Review. Also a very compact USB hub, new external drive cases, a source for Torx-8 screwdrivers, and this week's bargain 'Books.

October one of Apple's favorite months for new products: What next?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple has new product almost every October, but will it be a color 60 GB iPod, a flat-panel eMac, an Apple-branded PDA, a digital video recorder, or something else?
ImageJ: Advanced image editing at a low-end price (free), Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Free image editing tool good for working with bitmap images.

Mac TV: 12 years before the iMac G5 with Front Row, Tom Hormby, Orchard. Apple's first 'living room' computer was Macintosh TV, the first Mac with a built-in television tuner.
OS X and G3 Macs: How old is too old?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Mac OS X has changed everything, and nowhere is it more obvious than in the market for 6-8 year old Macs, the earliest models supported under OS X.

The future of G4 iMacs in the Age of Leopard, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Some G4 iMacs are officially supported under Mac OS X 10.5, but some aren't. Could Leopard run well on 700-800 MHz G4 iMacs?
Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' and the Macs left behind, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Thoughts on the Macs left behind by Leopard, the viability of Tiger in the long haul, and more on L3 caches and DDR memory.
22 iPhone tips, Greenpeace admits iPhone compliant, iPod 'best gadget ever', jailbreaking, and more, iNews Review. Also 3 weeks using the iPhone as a main computer, iPhone trademark problem in Canada, iPod touch 'short on battery life', Apple TV powers in-car navigation system, Replug 'like MagSafe for earphones', and more.

Tomorrow's Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The technologies and changes we may see in the next generation MacBook Air, MacBook, and Macs of the future.