Low End Mac Archive for March 12

March 12 in Low End Mac History

When should I replace my Mac?, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel. Look at your reasons, look at the cost, weigh the benefit, and make the right choice.
Consolidate or die?, Dan Knight. Why Apple stands alone - and should remain different.
Comparing high-end PowerBooks, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. The best used value is often the high-end model, not the less costly one.
Silence is golden, ColorIt!, StarMax upgrades, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Feedback on computer noise, free email, ColorIt!, and more.

Who stole my domain?, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Traffic aggregators are ready to buy your expired domains and redirect them to porn sites, online casinos.
Happiness is a new Power Mac 7600, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb. A longtime Windows user finds happiness with a Power Mac 7600.

USB for wireless networking, the rev. A b&w G3, beige G3 memory upgrades, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Reports from the field, further reports on Sawtooth AGP incompatibility, and a possible lawsuit against Apple over the *nix core of OS X.

Nice as they are, PowerBooks still have some room for improvement, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Heat, battery life, and squeaky hinges are some of the things Apple should try to fix in the next generation PowerBook.
Using the QuickCam Orbit on a Mac, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Logitech's latest QuickCam adds face tracking, but how well does it work on a Mac?
Widescreen iBook, Apple quality, PB G4 and iBook tutorials, USB Swiss Army Knife, and more, Charles W. Moore, The 'Book Review. Aluminum drive enclosure, touch-sensitive trackpads, MacFrog keyboard, portable DVD burner, bargain 'Books from $645 to $2,499, and more.

11 No Cost Tips for Optimizing Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Performance, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. If your Mac is getting sluggish, here are 11 tips that can help restore its original performance.
Pismo Spotlight and Find woes persist with latest version of Tiger, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. In early 2006, Spotlight and Find inexplicably stopped working on the G4-upgraded Pismo. A year and four OS X updates later, the situation hasn't changed.

Forward into the past: Finding older software for Macs, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. It's not easy finding out what older versions of software are compatible with which versions of the Mac OS, let alone finding a place to download them.
Maximum MacBook RAM, booting PowerPC Macs from USB, Eudora 8 'different', and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also possibly replacing a 1.33 GHz PowerBook with an Intel-based 'Book and recent iPod incompatibility with Panther.
Installing Leopard from an Intel Mac, keyboard layout, and DSLR advice, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. How to install OS X 10.5 to a PowerPC Mac from an Intel one, keyboard layout history, and feedback on digital SLRs.

Is making your own Hackintosh legal?, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Apple comes down on cloners like Psystar for blatantly selling OS X computers, but there seems to be nothing Apple can do to individual users.
$600 million LCD antitrust settlement should benefit end users, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. LG, Sharp, and others have been found guilty of price fixing and fined by the Department of Justice, but why don't they take the next step and distribute money to retail customers?

iPad ships April 3, iPhone stand made from cutlery, Apple's draconian developer agreement, and more, iNews Review. Also an open letter to Steve Jobs, Apple bans cell phone radiation app, wireless iPhone charging with Case-mate Hug, new apps, and more.
Apple tops in laptop support, rise of netbooks charted, 1 TB bus powered hard drive, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple files for patent on notebook cooling technology, the Mac user and his i7 laptop, HP's latest Vivienne Tan netbook, and more.
Consumer Reports rates Apple tops, Macs cost less to manage, 6 Core Mac Pro soon?, and more, Mac News Review. Also dreaming of a Mac mini on steroids, focus on word processiong, Ubuntu ditches brown for more Mac-like appearance, and more.