February 29 in Low End Mac History
Feb. 28 - Mar.
1
2000
2008
- Copycat
Microsoft has its own Reality Distortion Field, Frank Fox, Stop
the Noiz. The typical computer user could happily switch to the Mac,
but the Microsoft Reality Distortion Field has them believing Macs are
overpriced and don't have software.
- Mac again:
Picking the right MacBook, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the
Job. The 5-year-old PowerBook needed replacing, but is the MacBook Air
or the regular MacBook the better choice?
- Mac remote
control options built into Leopard, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple. Apple
has four tools for Macintosh remote control built right into the Mac OS
X 10.5 'Leopard' operating system.
- Jaguar or Panther on Pismo?, Mac
128K corrections, installing OS X from an iPod, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also an old iMac, an optical trackball for
ADB Macs, internal or external hard drive for an eMac, and Leopard on a
500 MHz PowerBook G4.
- New MacBook and MacBook Pro
models, MacBook Air design 'wasteful', Penryn benchmarked, and
more, The 'Book Review. Also hands on with the new MacBooks,
MagSafe issues, MacBook Air temperature tests, cooling stands and
notebook cases, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,349, and more.
- PC Magazine calls Leopard best
consumer OS ever, looking back at the Mac Plus, and more, Mac News
Review. Also OS X install tips for "somewhat broken" Macs, 1984 quote
in keyboard update, MetaRAM quadruples DIMM capacity, Hello Kitty
wireless mouse, and iFreeMac for OS X.
- House bill could unlock iPhone,
nanotech to power iPods, Britannica Mobile, and more, iNews
Review9. Also Apple posts 1.1.4 iPhone update, $6 disposable battery
powers iPod for 8 hours, iPhone can replace computer mouse, free phrase
books, and more.
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