January 15 in Low End Mac History

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Jan. 14 - Jan. 16

1998

Disposable computers?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "The whole purpose of Low End Mac is proclaiming the ongoing usefulness of each and every Macintosh, although some are more limited than others."

2002

Going Ten, part 1, Dan Knight, 10 Forward. We've got the low-end hardware and are preparing for OS X.
Stop the email madness, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Fighting spam is a good thing, but some ISPs carry things too far.
Unknown OS redux, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. On reexamination, it looks like our "unknown" visitors are mostly spiders, not OS X users.

2003

Confessions of a Mac collecting addict, Dustin Rinebold, My Turn. "Hello, my name is Dustin, and I have an addiction to old Macs."
Gimp-Print to the rescue: Letting Macs with Jaguar print on Windows networks, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Gimp-Print adds support for a plethora of printers not otherwise supported by Mac OS X.

2004

Why do older Macs reset to 1904?, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. The clock on pre-PowerPC Macs runs from 1904 to 2040 - but why did Apple choose those dates?

2007

How much PowerBook or iBook do you need to run Mac OS X?, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living. You don't need the latest and greatest Mac to be productive in OS X. Here are six iBook and PowerBook suggestions built between 2000 and 2003.
IBM Model M: The best computer keyboard ever, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. Most of today's keyboards are cheap, mushy crap that won't hold up over time. Compared to them, the 20-year-old IBM Model M keyboard must come from a completely different universe.
PC Card WiFi for OS X PowerBooks, installing Classic for OS X, Gmail problem with Shiira, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. A low-cost WiFi PC Card for PowerBooks running OS X, tips on installing Classic under Tiger, Gmail broken with Shiira 1.2.2 browser, and stimulating a flashd rive on pre-USB PowerBooks.

2008

MacBook Air. Apple's ultralight has a full-sized keyboard, 13.3" display, 5 hour battery life, weighs just 3 lb., and is the thinnest notebook computer on the planet.
Something new in the air, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Macworld Keynote roundup: Time Capsule, iPhone and iPod touch improvements, iTunes Movie Rentals, Apple TV 2, and MacBook Air, Apple's best notebook ever.
Restore stability to a troubled Mac with a clean system install, Keith Winston, Linux to Mac. If your Mac is misbehaving, the best fix just might be a fresh reinstallation of Mac OS X - don't forget to backup first.

Jan. 14 - Jan. 16

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