February 2008
- Copycat
Microsoft has its own Reality Distortion Field, Frank Fox, Stop
the Noiz, 02.27. The typical computer user could happily switch to the
Mac, but the Microsoft Reality Distortion Field has them believing Macs
are overpriced and don't have software.
- Mac again:
Picking the right MacBook, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the
Job, 02.27. The 5-year-old PowerBook needed replacing, but is the
MacBook Air or the regular MacBook the better choice?
- Mac remote
control options built into Leopard, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple,
02.29. Apple has four tools for Macintosh remote control built right
into the Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' operating system.
- Jaguar or Panther on Pismo?, Mac
128K corrections, installing OS X from an iPod, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.29. Also an old iMac, an optical
trackball for ADB Macs, internal or external hard drive for an eMac,
and Leopard on a 500 MHz PowerBook G4.
- New MacBook and MacBook Pro
models, MacBook Air design 'wasteful', Penryn benchmarked, and
more, The 'Book Review, 02.29. Also hands on with the new MacBooks,
MagSafe issues, MacBook Air temperature tests, cooling stands and
notebook cases, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,349, and more.
- PC Magazine calls Leopard best
consumer OS ever, looking back at the Mac Plus, and more, Mac News
Review, 02.29. Also OS X install tips for "somewhat broken" Macs, 1984
quote in keyboard update, MetaRAM quadruples DIMM capacity, Hello Kitty
wireless mouse, and iFreeMac for OS X.
- House bill could unlock iPhone,
nanotech to power iPods, Britannica Mobile, and more, iNews Review,
02.29. Also Apple posts 1.1.4 iPhone update, $6 disposable battery
powers iPod for 8 hours, iPhone can replace computer mouse, free phrase
books, and more.
- The 2008
MacBook value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.28. Comparing
close-out prices against the new white MacBooks, it's pretty close. But
if you want a black MacBook, there are deals to be had.
- What's
the best version of OS X for my Mac?, Ian R Campbell, The Sensible
Mac, 02.28. Which version of Mac OS X is best for your hardware depends
on several factors.
- Mac again,
thanks to Microsoft, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job,
02.27. It was Microsoft Exchange Server that drew me away from the Mac,
but now Office: 2008 lets me back into the Macintosh world.
- Apple products:
Better by design, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 02.27. "Mac users have
come to trust Apple to make things simple but not underpowered."
- The 2008
MacBook Pro value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.27.
"Perhaps the best thing about the new models is what they've done to
prices of last year's MacBook Pro line."
- Megapixels, noise, image quality,
and fixing photos in software, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag,
02.27. Also iMac vs. Mac mini, a possible fix for failing optical
drives, optical mice for ADB Macs, and where to buy Macs in
Philly.
- 14 years
of useful service from a Macintosh LC III, Mark Shipp, My Turn,
02.26. Purchased in 1993, this LC III has been used as a multimedia
center, word processing machine, mail server, Internet router, and
print server.
- $18 USB WiFi adapter, AirPort flaw
in last gen iBook, SuperDrive failure in MacBook, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.26. Also DVD-RAM for MacBooks, the
quietest MacBook, aluminum PowerBooks and Mac OS 9, and expansion slots
in affordable Macs.
- Apple
design in the MacBook Air era, John Muir, My Turn, 02.25. The
MacBook Air represents Apple's first fully new Macintosh design since
the Mac mini was introduced, and it's destined to shape the look of
Macs to come.
- Test driving Eudora 8
beta 3: Better but not ready for prime time, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 01.21. The Penelope team has improved some
things, but problems with multiple SMTP servers, messages over 50 KB in
size, and stalling mean that it's still unusable.
- MacBook Air a
compelling option for the true road warrior, Steve Watkins, The
Practical Mac, 02.22. Although it's not intended as a desktop
replacement and has a few shortcomings, the lightweight MacBook Air
with its 13" display could be the perfect field computer.
- Mac users are snobs, Mac
freeware, 5x the range with AirPort Extreme, and more, Mac News
Review, 02.22. Also make room for 4 more drives in the 2008 Mac Pro,
basic ethernet for PCI Express, MacSpeech Dictate software shipping,
problems installing Leopard when SideTrack is present, and more.
- MacBook Air selling poorly?, Macs
benchmarked with Leopard, MacBook Air reviews, and more, The 'Book
Review, 02.22. Also Travelstar 7K200 a great replacement drive,
keyboard update restores first keypress, MBA ethernet adapter works
with other Macs, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,849, and more.
- iPod sales drop expected, 2 GB
iPod shuffle, iPhone love stumps mobile experts, and more, iNews
Review, 02.22. Also living without an iPod, Land Rover LRX controlled
by iPhone, webcomics for iPhone and iPod touch, wide-angle lens for
iPhone, privacy screen for iPhone, new cases, and more.
- High
megapixel compact digicams may be worse than we thought, Dan
Knight, Digigraphica, 02.21. In the rush to squeeze more megapixels
into a tiny image sensor, manufacturers are sometimes making
compromises that result in fuzzy, grainy, washed out images.
- Power
your recycled laptop with a rebuilt battery, John Hatchett,
Recycled Computing, 02.20. Old notebook computers usually mean old
batteries that may be dead or on their last legs. You can buy a
replacement battery, or you can have your old battery rebuilt.
- Restoring a
crashed Mac with an install disc and Time Machine, Alan Zisman, Zis
Mac, 02.06. Thanks to Leopard's Time Machine backup feature, it's easy
to restore your Mac to an earlier setup if you've inadvertently deleted
essential files.
- Idiot proof:
It isn't good enough to make things intuitive, Frank Fox, Stop the
Noiz, 02.20. "Good design isn't about making things intuitive; it's
about making them idiot proof."
- What is a 'reconditioned' laptop?,
finding Tiger for an iBook, Pismo burning through CPUs, and more,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.18. Where to find a copy of
OS X 10.4 for an iBook, 'reconditioned' vs. 'refurbished', Pismo
problems, and political discussion on the Mac Web.
- Recycle old
computers by repurposing them, not retiring them, John Hatchett,
Recycled Computing, 02.12. Old computers, especially Macs, may have a
lot of life in them when we're done using them. What if we reused them
for those who otherwise would have no acces to computers?
- Software to
remotely control and reboot your Mac, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple,
02.15. Commercial software to control your Mac over a network or the
Internet. Also how to restart a remote Mac.
- Installing
Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL on Leopard, Keith Winston, Linux to
Mac, 02.15. The combination of Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL is a
powerful and popular development environment. Here's how to get both
running under Mac OS X 10.5.
- Safari 3.1 will be 'crazy fast',
OS X 10.5.2 update, 20x SuperDrive from $35, and more, Mac News
Review, 02.15. Also Security Update for Tiger, Graphics Update for
Leopard, Mac mini "as powerful as a larger desktop", TechTool Deluxe
update, and more.
- Reinstall OS X on MacBook Air,
going from MacBook to Eee PC, high capacity batteries, and more,
The 'Book Review, 02.15. Also thoughts on the next MacBook Pro, more
MacBook Air reviews, updates from Apple, Windows XP almost ready for
OLPC, and bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,599.
- Consumers worldwide flock to
iPhone, portable iPhone dpeakers, Bruce Lee cases, and more, iNews
Review, 02.15. Also software that lets your iPhone or iPod touch remote
control your Mac, translation software, iPod-to-Mac music copying, and
more.
- Falling in love
with Mac OS X, Germán Rotondo, My Turn, 02.14. Helping a
friend get an iMac up and running was the author's first exposure to
Macs. Today he only wishes he'd discovered Mac OS X sooner.
- Apple a pro at
building buzz for new products, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 02.14.
The recent introduction of the MacBook Air is just one example of how
the whole world is paying attention to what Apple is doing.
- I needed to
find an older Mac, Nick Sava, My Turn, 02.13. Getting nostalgic for
old Mac games that don't work under Mac OS 9.2.2, the author decides to
find an old Mac to play them on.
- Apple Stores near Philly, iSub
works 'most of the time', the Mac vs. PC debate, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.13. Why Apple doesn't have a store in
Philadelphia, iSub issues, looking at used iBooks, and irritating Mac
lovers.
- Cursed with
options: Too much software choice is not a blessing, Frank Fox,
Stop the Noiz, 02.12. Wouldn't you rather have a small selection of
quality programs than a vast array of copycat software?
- A month
with Windows: One Apple fanboy's experiment, Ben Zalutsky, No
Windows for Me, 02.12. Is the Mac really that much better than Windows?
To find out, this Apple lover is spending a month with Windows XP and a
couple of PC notebook.
- iSub issues with
Intel Macs, no Apple Store in Philly, Gainsaver problem, and more,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.12. Also more on why Macs are
better than PCs, a CPU upgrade that doesn't like Tiger, and an
unsupported Leopard report on an 800 MHz Quicksilver Power Mac.
- Could a
wireless dock be in the MacBook Air's future?, John Hatchett, My
Turn, 02.11. The MacBook Air is too limited in terms of connectivity,
but what if Apple thought outside the box and created a MacBook Dock
that connected by WiFi?
- PowerBook 3400c and
Pismo: Two of Apple's best notebooks ever, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.11. Two PowerBooks celebrate birthdays this
week, and each was the fastest laptop on the plant when it was
introduced.
- Feb. 10, 1993: Apple rolls out 6 new Macs at
once, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 02.11. What was Apple thinking
introducing six new Macs in February 1993? Looking back at Apple's
broadest product rollout ever.
- YouTube tips, Mac users who bash
Windows, iSub broken in Leopard, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Mailbag, 02.11. The importance of expandable computers, ways to improve
YouTube viewing on older Macs, frustrating with losing iSub support in
OS X 10.5, and Windows bashers.
- Remembering
my first Apple and Macintosh experiences, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 02.08. Some things we never forget, especially firsts - like
the first time you used an Apple II, the first time you used a Mac, and
the first Mac you owned.
- 11 reasons to choose Macs? I don't
think so, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.08. Readers weigh in
pro and con on 'The top 11 reasons to choose Macs over PCs'.
- Mac's record market share
expected to double, Safari 'solid third' in browsers, and more, Mac
News Review, 02.08. Also the future is "Apple, open source, and green",
the fastest Mac ever, and SuperDuper upgraded for Leopard support.
- Solid state drive vs. hard drive
in MacBook Air, Mac drivers for Atheros WiFi cards, and more, The
'Book Review, 02.08. Also MacBook Air reviewed, Intel offers new CPU to
all, MacBook Pro update imminent, MBA teardown, 8x SuperDrive for
MacBooks, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,599, and more.
- Microsoft's plans for Yahoo, dead
pixels, YouTube on old Macs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac
Mailbag, 02.06. Also hard drive upgrade advice for a notebook computer,
Apple's USB ethernet adapter, Loepard on another Digital Audio G4, and
thoughts on Low End Mac's latest logo.
- 16 GB iPhone, 32 GB iPod touch
introduced, iFob social networking for iPhone users, and more,
iNews Review, 02.07. Also developers prepare for iPhone SDK,
iPhoneDrive software, Polk Audio iPod accessories coming to Apple
Store, and more.
- 3 ways to better YouTube viewing
on older Macs, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.06. Watching
YouTube videos in your browser on G3 Macs can be painfully slow, but
there are several ways to improve your YouTube viewing experience.
- Is the
MacBook Air too lightweight for serious users?, Alan Zisman, Zis
Mac, 02.06. Apple's slim, ultralight notebook incites lust, but with so
many compromises it may not be your ideal field computer.
- The top 11
reasons to choose Macs over PCs, Frank Fox, My Turn, 02.06. The 11
most important reasons for choosing a Mac over a Windows PC.
- Better YouTube viewing on older
Macs, too many dead pixels, Safari problems in Panther, and more,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 02.05. Also picking the right used G4
iBook, Quartz Extreme support for PCI video, problems with Mac OS 9.x
on G4 Power Macs, open firmware problems with 667 MHz PowerBook, and
more.
- Acquiring Yahoo:
Microsoft is playing the same old game, Dan Knight, Mac Musings,
02.04. Microsoft has a long history of copying others, leveraging its
dominance, and acquiring other companies when it can't take over a
market on its own.
- MacBook Air upgradable enough?,
Lombard cache problem, and more on the liberal-conservative debate,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 02.04. Another go around on
whether Mac users are liberal or conservative. Also looking for an OS X
driver for the Netgear WG511T.
- Remotely
control your OS 9 or OS X Mac, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple, 02.01.
With the right software, some of it free, you can remotely control your
Mac from another Mac or a Windows or Unix PC.
- Boosting an
old Power Mac with NewerTech's 1.8 GHz G4 upgrade, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Reviews, 02.01. Got a faithful old Power Mac that's reliable
but feeling sluggish? A brain transplant well beyond the 1 GHz mark can
make a world of difference.
- MacBook Air reviews, Modbook
interview, cracking open the Clamshell iBook, and more, The 'Book
Review, 02.01. Also info on the Solid State Drive for the MBA, Intel's
custom MBA CPU, MBA Developer Note, MacBook User Guide, bargain 'Books
from $200 to $3,079, and more.
- Leopard on a PC without hacking,
KDE comes to OS X, new Mac Pro benchmarked, and more, Mac News
Review, 02.01. Also saying good-bye to .mac, a review of Apple's
aluminum keyboard, and how to disinfect your keyboard, mouse, and
trackpad.
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