Low End Mac Archive

March 10 in Low End Mac History

Mar. 9 - Mar. 11

1999

• The CPort List, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion. Looking at the first email list for the iBook.

2000

• Where Mac games are going, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming. Incredible 3D graphics, more first-person views, and a blurring of genres.
• Honest speed, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Despite all the discussion of cutting edge performance, you can have enough computer speed.

2003

• 9 free POP3 email services and 2 low cost ones, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Nine no cost email sources that work with your email software - and two low-cost alternatives.
• More on b&w G3s, beige G3s, motherboard revisions, AGP video in Sawtooth, and wireless networking, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Importance of Revision 2 motherboards, ADC limitations of the Sawtooth Power Mac G4, ethernet vs. USB for wireless networking, and a wired alternative to ethernet.
• Recent and coming changes at Low End Mac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A look at some recent design tweaks at Low End Mac - and projects we're working on for the near future.

2005

• Lost Classic Mac OS features revived for OS X, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Regaining tabbed folders, booting in safe mode, adding system sounds, and replacing other features lost under OS X.
• Will the PowerPC 750vx appear in future Macs?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. There's a rumored IBM project to create a G3 processor with AltiVec. Even if it does exist, is it something Apple might use?

2006

• SiteShuffle turns your browser into a website launcher, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The new SiteShuffle service lets you create a personalized page with launch buttons for all of your favorite websites. There is some room for improvement.
• 2 GHz MacBook Pro vs. upgraded PowerBook G4, MacBook reviews, 'Simpson-proof' MagSafe, and more, The 'Book Review. Lots of new reviews and benchmarks of the MacBook Pro, a tiny USB 2.0 flash drive, 3 new PC Cards for OS X, bargain 'Books from $50 to $1,699, and more.
• Mac mini CPU transplant, Core Solo mini not so good?, how good is new graphics hardware?, and more, Mac News Review. Also the new mini compared to the old, upgrading RAM in the Intel Mac mini, Mac TCO half that of Windows, WINE version 0.9.9, and more.

2008

• Pixelmator 1.1.3: A serious challenger to Photoshop Elements?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Visually arresting, Pixlemator keeps improving, but Adobe is raising the bar with Elements 6 for Mac.
• Scanners and scanning software, Macs and non-Apple WiFi hardware, midrange Macs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also running a 12" PowerBook from Compact Flash, installing Diablo II on a PowerPC Mac with Leopard, and 30 mistakes switchers make.

2009

• Palm Pre: Chronicle of a death foretold, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. Palm is betting the company on Pre and running out of cash. Can Palm survive in the face of the iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android?
• $40 802.11g CardBus WiFi card for OS X 10.3 and later, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Whether it's the Buffalo or Belkin card, it has the same Broadcom chipset as Apple's AirPort Extreme and needs no special drivers.
• WiFi PC Cards for PowerBooks running Mac OS 9, MetaPhyzx, Mac Daniel. PCMCIA cards and drivers reported to be compatible with the Classic Mac OS.
• WiFi adapters for desktop Macs running Mac OS 9, MetaPhyzx, Mac Daniel. USB, ethernet, PCI, and other wireless hardware compatible with the Classic Mac OS.
• 'Digital Audio' Power Mac G4/533 MHz benchmarks. We run this 2001 Power Mac through its paces in Mac OS 9, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.5.

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