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February 25 in Low End Mac History

Feb. 24 - Feb. 26

2000

• The growing iBook and PowerBook market, Dan Knight, The 'Book Page. Apple is well positioned to take advantage of the growing portable market.
• Games for '040s, Low End Mac Gaming, Brian Rumsey. This week Brian looks at games to play on 68040-based Macs.

2002

• Demystifying the digital hub, Clif C Hirtle, My Turn. Should a digital hub be simply a playback machine or a powerful content creation tool?
• The Internet vs. the consensus of the competent, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The cult of the professional vs. the freedom of the Internet.
• Dude, I can't help myself, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. In which we once again mercilessly pick on Steven the sleepy eyed slacker Dell dude.
• To err is human, to correct divine, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel. More information on trailing edge computers on the Web.

2003

• Independent Mac retailing done right, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. MacAuthority proves that independents can hold their own against Apple's own retail stores.
• 7 customized browsers reshape the Web experience, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. No need to let IE, Netscape, Safari, iCab, or Opera control things. These new programs provide real alternatives to today's staid browsers.
• The joy of Claris Home Page and some alternatives, yet more on 'dark side' CPUs, and supporting older Macs, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Why others love Home Page, finding or creating a replacement for it, assorted thoughts on CPUs and HTML, and raves for Low End Mac.

2004

• Building your own planetarium, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Fiberglass, inflatable, and cardboard domes - and an affordable 180-degree projector.
• Badtimes virus warning, The Lite Side. This is one nasty virus guaranteed to give anyone who runs is some very bad times indeed.

2005

• Trustworthy computing, untrustworthy customers, and Windows activation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Microsoft fights piracy by making it more of a pain to reinstall Windows XP by requiring phone activation.
• They just don't build laptop computers like they used to, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Today's 'Books may be smaller, lighter, and more affordable than ever, but that comes at the price of long-term reliability and ruggedness.
• PB 100 'best gadget ever', 17" PB the ultimate laptop, Apple overhauls iPod line, and more, The 'Book Review. Also SideTrack trackpad driver, 15" and 17" developer notes, Macs and music, bargain 'Books from $499 to $1,499, and more.

2008

• Apple design in the MacBook Air era, John Muir, My Turn. 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 Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. 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.

2009

• Dialup Is outdated, Eudora on Macintel, improving Tiger on low-end Macs, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Ongoing frustrations with Eudora and dialup, ways to tweak Tiger for better performance, and problems with a WD MyBook external hard drive.

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