May 2007
- What does Palm's subnotebook
Foleo mean for Mac users?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.31.
Palm's compact Foleo has a full-size keyboard, a widescreen
display, and weighs under 2.5 lb. Could it be a good Mac companion?
Could Apple go the subnotebook route?
- The summer of Macs: Mac mini,
MacBook Pro, and iMac overdue for an upgrade, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 05.30. Eight to nine months since their last revision,
these models are past due for an update. What can we expect at
WWDC?
- Macs for seniors, death of the Mac
mini, and more on running Macs from Compact Flash, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.30. More on teaching retirees to use Macs,
thoughts on what may replace the Mac mini, and further feedback on
running PowerBooks using flash memory.
- Operation FlashBook: Running
Tiger from flash on a PowerBook G4, John Muir, Mac Daniel,
05.29. With the hard drive failing and Compact Flash prices
falling, it was time to consider running the PowerBook G4 from
flash. Looking back at 6 months, was it worth it?
- If the Mac mini is dead, what
will replace it?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.29. Was Apple
discovered that selling a low-end computer for $599 doesn't work
when the market has a $299 mindset? If so, how can they reach the
low-end market?
- Bean: Free word processor is fast
and lean and looks great, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 05.29. Bean is a great tool for basic word processing,
but it doesn't support the kind of high-end features some users may
depend upon.
- Making new Mac users with old
iMacs and Tiger, buying newer vs. upgrading, booting Compact Flash,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.29. Getting
seniors online with old iMacs, buying a newer Mac rather than
upgrading an old one, booting PowerBooks from Compact Flash, and
questions about video conferencing.
- Is more RAM more important than
matched RAM in the MacBook?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.25.
Other World Computing has benchmarked 15 configurations with six
programs and concluded that more memory is better than matched
modules. Are they right?
- Running a PowerBook in OS X from
flash memory, CPU upgrades and cache size, USB and older Macs, and
more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.25. Also thoughts on
booting old PowerBooks from Compact Flash, better testbeds, and the
lack of Tiger drivers for many Lexmark printers.
- Apple sued over MacBook
display, new MacBook benchmarked, more RAM vs. paired RAM, and
more, The 'Book Review, 05.25. Also 'Santa Rosa' expected in
June MacBook Pro, optical drive noise, external display issue in
clamshell mode, Battery Drain utility, bargain 'Books from $170 to
$2,299, and more.
- iMac update in June?, OS 9/X
file sharing fixed, Apple offers free recycling to schools, and
more, Mac News Review, 05.25. Also an iChat headset, a happy
Apple service story, new technology for future Intel CPUs, 802.11n
for 24" iMac, and more.
- PowerPC G5: Apple's last fling with
PowerPC architecture, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 05.24.
Teaming up with IBM, Apple adopted the PowerPC G5 in 2003 - and
phased out the last G5 Power Mac three years later.
- The PowerPC G4: From 350 MHz to 2.0
GHz, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 05.24. AltiVec and dual
processor support made the G4 a big improvement over the earlier G3
processor.
- The PowerPC G3 story: From 233 MHz to
1.1 GHz, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 05.24. The history of
the PowerPC 750 family and its use in Apple computers from 1997
through 2004.
- Silence is golden: Running
your existing notebook using flash memory, Dan Knight, Low End
Mac Reviews, 05.23. With a new adapter from Addonics, you can
replace your laptop's IDE hard drive inexpensively and boot
silently from a Compact Flash card.
- Appearance Manager allows
Internet Explorer 5.1.7 to work with Mac OS 7.6.1, Max
Wallgren, Mac Daniel, 05.23. Want a fairly modern browser with an
old, fast operating system? Mac OS 7.6.1 plus the Appearance
Manager and Internet Explorer may be just what you want.
- Millions of colors is an
illusion, getting a Dell printer working with a Mac, Core Image,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.23. Also an
autofocus webcam for PCs and Macs, problems installing OS 9 on a
beige G3, upgrading an eMac's hard drive, and a solution to the AFP
connection problem.
- The truth about CRTs and shock
danger, Tom Lee, Online Tech Journal, 05.22. You've been warned
that CRT voltage can injure and even kill. The truth is that this
danger is overstated - and takes attention away from a greater
danger.
- Andy Ihnatko on Macs, writing,
innovation, and the Macquarium, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 05.22. "And as any writer will tell you, most of the
work you do is preparing the soil, so to speak, so that when you
sit down to write, Good Things Will Happen."
- 3 CPU upgrades for Mirror Drive
Door G4 Power Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.22. If your
Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac isn't fast enough, here are three CPU
upgrade option to get you to 1.33, 1.6, and 1.8 GHz.
- Code doesn't rust, Core Image and
G4 Macs, and a fallback plan for losing G3 support, Dan Knight,
Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.17. Old versions of the Mac OS are just
fine, Core Image requirements, alternatives to Apple's discontinued
AirPort Card, G4 Mac mini GPU doesn't support Core Image, and
more.
- Apple sued: Can 262,144 colors
be considered 'millions'?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.16. A
new class action lawsuit claims Apple is deceiving buyers when it
claims to display "millions of colors" on its notebook computers.
What's really going on here?
- Can you put 3 GB in a Mac mini?,
where are the Mirrored Drive Doors CPU upgrades?, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.21. Also a challenge to 'Mac-ify'
the Interweb, more on CRT voltage dangers, and fixing Low End Mac's
navigation bar in Firefox for Linux.
- Why I won't be getting an
iPhone this year, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User, 05.21.
The iPhone is likely to have early problems, prices are bound to
come down, and the current service contract won't allow the switch
until January 2008.
- Most durable 'Book, prepping a
blue & white G3 for OS X, 7200 rpm drive too hot for Pismo?,
and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.21. Also
how the need to run "Tiger" is a problem, an iBook G4 with serious
shutdown issues, and burning CDs at a lower speed may make them
easier to read in older Macs.
- Tough iPod protection: YoTank's
iTank Nano 2 case, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 05.18.
This iPod case is made from machined aluminum, held together with
hex bolts, and has a Lexan cover to protect the screen.
- MacBook improved, Apple's 9.9%
notebook market share, 3 GB MacBook upgrade, and more, The
'Book Review, 05.18. Also Apple acknowledges MacBook cracks, flash
MacBook confirmed, sleek portable hard drive designed by
Pininfarina, CoolBook software, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,299,
and more.
- Italy's 'Vintage Mac' museum,
guide to external drives, pray the rosary on your iPod, and
more, Mac News Review, 05.18. Also Lexar's secure JumpDrive
with a capacity meter, NewerTech's RAID 1 drive, CrossOver Mac
updated, iSoftPhone, and more.
- 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, 05.17. 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.
- The May 2007 MacBook value
equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.16. Bigger hard drives,
8% more processing power, 802.11n WiFi, and a faster SuperDrive
make the updated MacBook better than its predecessor, but is it a
better buy than the close-out model?
- 3 GB in a MacBook, CRT danger,
need for 'Tiger' already a problem, a BeOS for Mac source, and
more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.16. Also a display
problem in Safari, MS Office for OS X 10.2, G4 upgrades for Pismo,
an improved Extended Keyboard clone, the Backspace key, and how the
Enter key puts the Finder in rename mode.
- Too stressed to even think about
computers, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 05.16. "I've been so
preoccupied that I haven't been able to think about computers, much
less write about them."
- 8 free apps every Mac user should
know about, Trevor Wale, One More Thing, 05.15. Free
alternatives for browsing, backup, video conversion, watching
video, unstuffing files, playing with DOS apps, and more.
- More G3 support in Leopard
letters, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.15. Readers weigh
in with some new points regarding whether Leopard should support G3
Macs.
- Low End Mac readers weigh in
with suggestions to improve the site, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 05.15. Suggestions include splitting off newer Macs,
more photos, search and sort by feature, and adding a comment
system.
- Ready to give the MacBook a
second chance?, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job,
05.14. After three bad experiences with the original MacBook and a
subsequent switch back to Windows, this lawyer is considering the
Core 2 Duo MacBook as his next computer.
- Apple on mini CDs, 74 minute CD-Rs
more compatible, iBook G4 reliability, and more, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.14. Also installing OS X using Target
Disk Mode, partitioning your hard drive, Google's tool to simplify
web pages, Canada and copyright law, and more.
- LED backlight coming to
MacBooks, Intel's new Centrino CPUs, Danish iBook G4 complaint, and
more, The 'Book Review, 05.11. Also different drive sizes,
manganese could double battery life, using a MacBook with the
display turned off, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,299, and
more.
- Apple ramps up distribution,
future of the Mac mini, a fast and free word processor, and
more, Mac News Review, 05.11. Also the NeoOffice option, Miglia
TVMax+, OS X keyboard shortcuts, PowerLogix CPU Director updated, a
memory optimizer for OS X, and more.
- The MacBook is much more than just
an iBook with 'Intel inside', Trevor Wale, One More Thing,
05.10. With a bright widescreen display and the same dual-core CPU
as the MacBook Pro, the MacBook is a nearly perfect notebook
computer.
- OS X on a 6500, a Macquarium, and
the debate over G3 support in Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard', Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.09. Also where to look for BeOS for
the Mac and CRT dangers are very much overstated.
- Why Apple must continue G3
support in Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard', Dan Knight, Mac Musings,
05.08. "We're worried about what happens if Apple unchecks that box
in Xcode to include the instructions necessary to run OS X on
G3 processors at all."
- New ideas for Low End Mac?,
Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 05.08. Have an idea for making
Low End Mac even better? Send us an email.
- Is Canada a 'haven for pirates' or
a sovereign nation with it's own copyright laws?, Charles
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 05.07. The International
Intellectual Property Alliance is asking the US government to put
pressure on Canada to adopt laws as draconian as the Digital
Millennium Copyright Law.
- The 'Less than Intelligent Design'
letters, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.07. Feedback on
last week's "Less than Intelligent Design in Electronics and
Computing".
- Low End Mac: A wealth of
information for 10 years, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh,
05.04. Looking back at a heritage of low-end Mac support - and a
surprise in the near future.
- G3s and Leopard, SuperMac help,
and more on 30 Mac user mistakes, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Mailbag, 05.04. Most G3 Macs too old to do well with OS X 10.5, an
unbootable SuperMac, another internal USB/FireWire option, and more
feedback on "30 Mac User Mistakes".
- MacBooks drive Mac sales, LED
backlighting this year, flash laptops, battery update, and
more, The 'Book Review, 05.04. Also cracking MacBooks, RAID in
your 'Book, battery issues, a rugged USB flash drive, bargain
'Books from $170 to $2,299, and more.
- Intel V8 clones Mac Pro mobo,
Star Wars flash drives, $500 Blu-ray for pro Macs, and more,
Mac News Review, 05.04. Also Parallels launches Parallels
Technology Network, Apple updates Security Update 2007-004, Hitachi
ships first 1 TB hard drive, Google Desktop for Mac, and more.
- Less than intelligent design in
electronics and computing, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.03.
Stupid design includes VCRs that have to be shut off to record,
boom boxes that can't remember a radio station, mice with hidden
buttons, and iPods with no obvious way to replace the battery.
- 'Only' 6% to buy iPhone? That's
a lot of iPhones!, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 05.02. Markitecture
has determined that "only" 6% of cell phone owners will buy Apple's
iPhone in its first year. That's about 12 million phones!
- User mistakes or Mac mistakes?,
Backspace vs. Delete, and it's too easy to zap an icon in the
Dock, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.02. Readers weigh in
on "30 Top Mac User Mistakes" with explanations, history lessons,
and personal experience.
- Importance of G3 support in 10.5,
clever USB/FireWire solution, upgrade options, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 05.01. Also the loss of the PowerBook
brand, upgrading to an Intel iMac, Korg and the Mac, Quadra boot
problems, and the value of a Mac Classic.
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