Low End Mac Archive for January 6

January 6 in Low End Mac History

The new Apple, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. By not showcasing hardware, Steve Jobs is trying to teach us something important.

Way beyond AirPort, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Imagine the potential for high speed wireless Internet access from space....

Jaguar on a 400 MHz PowerBook G4, Dan Knight, 10 Forward. I upgraded to Jaguar last Friday. Will it be good enough to make OS X my primary operating system?
iApps go from free to fee?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Rumors are that Apple will charge for upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD. Does it make sense?
WordPerfect advice, AirPort via USB, browser feedback, the TextEdit service in OS X, and more, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also more on PC cards, CD-RW in iBooks and Pismos, recycling old computers, and Bible software for the Mac.

Xserve G5. Apple's server moves from 1.33 GHz G4s to 2.0 GHz G5s.
DEVONthink and Boswell: Two information managers for the Mac, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Two very different information managers for the Mac that you can try for free. Which will best meet your needs?
PowerBook G4 trade-ins, iFlex, Silent Night, bargain 'Books, and more, Charles W Moore, The 'Book Review. Apple TiBook trade-in program, SnowSeal and TiStick cases, quieting a 12" PB G4, bargain 'Books from $665 to $1,234, and more.

iLife and Tiger and Macs, oh my! What we might see at the Expo, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Flash iPods, headless Macs, new software, faster 'Books - what should we expect from next week's Macworld Expo?

iPod changes: Add video, subtract accessories, beware scratches, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The newest iPods add video and seem more delicate than earlier models. Also, cost cutting has eliminated the Dock, FireWire cable, and AC adapter.
Low-end Mac treasure trove found on Craigslist, Nathan Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence. A nighttime jaunt ads a Performa 6400, Power Mac 7600, and assorted Mac peripherals to the author's Mac collection.
PowerBook 1400: Dated and a bit slow, it's still very usable, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple's PowerBook 1400 was considered small and quick in 1997. Today it can still be a great little field computer.
15" PowerBook RAM slot failure, laptop reliability survey, PowerBook envy, 12" iBook EOL, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Intel Macs to be built by Quata and Asustek, dual-core 'Yonah' iBook would trump G4 PowerBook, Imation's tiny hard drive, bargain 'Books from $230 to $1,799, and more.
Mac OS X 'best OS', G5 Quad 'best workstation', Mac mini built into a kitchen, wireless USB, and more, Mac News Review. Also NewerTech miniStack named mini accessory of the year, Bluetooth firmware update, new Logitech keyboard and mouse for Mac, mailbox recovery tool, and more.

17" Unibody MacBook Pro. Thinner and lighter than ever, the unibody model tops out with 8 GB of RAM and a 2.93 GHz clock speed.
No, an overgrown iPod touch is not a netbook, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. BlackBerry pretends its Storm is a netbook, but a netbook needs to be big enough for a typable keyboard.
Apple's half-baked support for DisplayPort, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. The DisplayPort specification supports audio, so why does Apple use USB to route sound to the LED Cinema Display?
Adventures with an overheating PowerBook, the 10.5.6 update, and other things, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. After three years of reliable service, the PowerBook began to run so hot that the fan was almost always on. What was causing the problem, and what would fix it?

'Obsolete' tech, better YouTube on G4 Macs, a new paint program for OS X, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also PowerPC optimized browsers and WiFi connection problems with a Pismo PowerBook.
How Apple will profit from its tablet: Mobile advertising, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Anyone can build a tablet computer, but Apple has the vision to turn it into a profit center.
Netbook or tablet? It's all about the keyboard, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. The iPhone and iPod touch are wonderful devices, but for writing more than a few lines, you really need a keyboard.

SSDs for legacy Macs: Three cheers for OWC!, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. OWC has announced SSDs for PowerBooks, iBooks, G4 Mac minis, as well as pre-G5 iMacs, eMacs, and Power Macs.

Welcome Back to Mac, Quicken, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Quicken 2007, widely used on Mac, broke with OS X 10.7 Lion, and Quicken finally promises a Lion-compatible version.
How iOS Multitasking Really Works, iPad Deserves a Better Camera, $299 iPad Rumored, and More, iOS News Review. Also get the most out of your new iPad, iPad 3 rumors, PressReader 3.0 delivers the world's leading newspapers, and more.
Give Your MacBook a New Lease on Life, MacBook Air Better Than Any Copycat, Free WiFi Survey App, and More, The 'Book Review. Also why Ultrabooks may not do as well as many expect, dual-bay external drive shootout, and more.
Jony Ive Knighted, Mac mini Lion Server Great for Small Offices, Insync Takes on Dropbox, and More, Mac News Review. Also why Steve Jobs was never knighted, is technology making the 400-year-old King James Bible obsolete?, and more.
Happy 10th Birthday, 'Luxo Jr' iMac G4!, Low End Mac Round Table. It's hard to remember what a breakthrough a flat panel iMac was ten years ago, but the whole design was radical.
Adventures in Intel Mac Land, Part 1, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. With its dual-core Intel processor, the MacBook rips music and video far faster than a G4 ever could.