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February 15 in Low End Mac History

Feb. 14 - Feb. 16

2000

• Rumor or speculation?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why Apple can but won't release Pismo or a faster iMac until the G4/500 is available.
• The long and winding road, Mike Butler, My First Mac. "The love-hate affair began in the early 90s, when I bought my first computer - an original LC."

2001

• 75 Mac Advantages, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. A look at the "75 Advantages" brochure to see which still apply.
• Team 6100 reaches 163 units, SETIonMac. Team of 60 and 66 MHz Power Macs keeps plugging away.

2002

• Replacing my PowerBook, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Time to replace the old, heavy PowerBook with a fast, light model better suited to OS X - but which one?
• Market share? That's so 1980s!, K. Chang, My Turn. Despite the press, being #1 in the PC market doesn't really matter - leadership does.
• Macs, myths, Mozilla, silent computing, and ViaVoice, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Windows not that different, Mozilla install problems, Internet speed, ear problems, and IBM's ViaVoice software.
• Sonnet firmware update boosts WallStreet to 512 MB, LaCie's 60 GB pocket drive, and more, Charles Moore. WallStreet upgrade, stylish USB hub, Finnish bags, LaCie PocketDrive, laptop lockers, and bargain 'Books.

2005

• Sp@mX: Fighting back against the spammers, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Reviews. Tired of receiving and deleting spam? This program lets you fight the problem at its source - ISPs who allow it onto the Internet in the first place.
• Napster's math doesn't account for the extinction factor, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. If Apple goes extinct, you still have the music you bought. But if Napster goes extinct, you have nothing to show for the money you've spent.

2006

• MacBook Pro value equation revisited, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The MacBook Pro is shipping at higher speeds than expected. But is it time for you to go Intel, or should you stick with PowerPC a while longer?
• System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6: The beginning and end of an era, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. System 7.5 and Mac OS 7.6 introduced many new features and greater modernity while staying within reach of most early Macintosh models.

2007

• The annoying white iMac, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. From a design standpoint, the iMac is brilliant, but the massive amounts of white plastic can distract you from what's on the display.

2008

• Recycle old computers by repurposing them, not retiring them, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Also software that lets your iPhone or iPod touch remote control your Mac, translation software, iPod-to-Mac music copying, and more.

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