No, it isn’t a typo. Compleat is a legitimate, albeit archaic, spelling for complete. As Kenneth G. Wilson says in The Columbia Guide to Standard American English: “This obsolete spelling of the adjective complete suggests an air of antiquity that seems to please some of those who name things….” We find that fitting for Low End Mac’s guides to “obsolete” hardware and software.
Low End Mac’s Compleat Guides are meant to provide a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, guide to “obsolete” Macs and software. They are listed in roughly chronological order for the hardware covered.
G3 and G4 Macs
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the Kanga PowerBook, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. The first G3 PowerBook was the world’s fastest laptop computer when it was released – and 2.5x as fast as the PowerBook 3400 that it replaced.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the WallStreet PowerBook G3, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. Introduced 10 years ago, the PowerBook G3 had a whole new design, a faster system bus, 2 expansion bays, 2 PC Card slots, and plenty of options.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the Lombard PowerBook G3, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. With the Lombard PowerBook, Apple abandoned the legacy ADB and serial ports for USB, trimmed 20% from WallStreet’s weight, and hit 400 MHz.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to Clamshell iBooks. Back in 2000, it was about time to replace the WallStreet PowerBook. Would a clamshell iBook be a better value than a newer PowerBook G3?
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the Pismo PowerBook, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. The first PowerBook with FireWire and AirPort support, Pismo had a great keyboard and lots of connection and expansion options.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to Titanium PowerBooks, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. Between January 2001 and November 2002, Apple went through four revisions and eight models ranging from 400 MHz to 1 GHz.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the Dual USB iBook G3, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. From a 500 MHz model introduced in May 2001 through 12″ and 14″ 900 MHz G3 iBooks rolled out in April 2003, these iBooks offered unprecedented value.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the iBook G4, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. Replacing the G3 iBook in October 2003, the iBook G4 was and remains a value leader until it was replaced by the MacBook in 2006.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the 15″ PowerBook, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. The 15″ PowerBook G4 gained speed, better graphics, faster WiFi, and much more with the transition to aluminum.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the 17″ PowerBook, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. The world’s first 17″ notebook had a spacious 1440 x 900 display, was just an inch thick, and ran at an impressive 1 GHz.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the 12″ PowerBook, Charles W Moore, ‘Book Value. The most compact PowerBook ever is very portable and has enough power to run Leopard decently.
Intel Macs
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to MacBooks, Daniel Knight. A look at the original 13″ MacBook line.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to the MacBook Air, Alan Zisman. A look at Apple’s thinnest computer (until the 2015″ 12″ MacBook took that honor).
Mac OS
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to Mac OS 9, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Mac OS 9 remains fast and stable, but Classic software hasn’t kept up with the changing internet. Which Macs support OS 9, where to buy it, and how to update to 9.2.2.
Other Hardware
- Floppy Drive Observations: A Compleat Guide to Mac Floppy Drives and Disk Formats, Scott Baret, Online Tech Journal. A history of the Mac floppy from the 400K drive in the Mac 128K through the manual-inject 1.4M SuperDrives used in the late 1990s.
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to Cards for the iMac’s Mezzanine Slot, Daniel Knight
- Low End Mac’s Compleat Guide to Zip Drives and Disks, Daniel Knight.
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