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April 9 in Low End Mac History

April 8 - April 10

1997

• Profiles of Mac IIvx, IIvi posted.

2002

• Indispensable OS X wares, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. 10 freeware and shareware programs every OS X user should know about.
• Old files, online fiction, and Google searches, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. The oldest file on my Mac, why I keep them, prehistoric recording, and the things you can find using Google.
• In appreciation of depreciation, Jon Wareing, My Turn. Old Macs may be cool, but the best computing value may be something newer than beige.

2003

• iBox value and avoiding Apple legal complications, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. How to market the iBox to Mac hobbyists and not have to worry about a "cease and desist" from Apple's legal team.

2004

• Apple, PC-only policies, and computers in education, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "The no-Mac rule is being implemented without regard to educational consequences because teachers were not consulted about it...."
• Media players for OS 9 and X: The good, the slow, and the ugly, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Competition has given us QuickTime, Windows Media Player, and Real Player, but some are better than others.
• iCab strengths, WaMCom tips, importing bookmarks into Safari, and print preview, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. More on alternatives to Inernet Explorer on both the classic Mac OS and OS X.
• Disappointing PC laptops, Apple's superior laptops, 10 hour fuel cells, Apple ProCare, and more, The 'Book Review. iBook production moving to China, leather 'Book cases, G4 customer-installable parts, bargain 'Books from $50 to $2,649, and more.

2007

• Clamshell iBook upgrades, choppy iTunes video, Netscape 7 for Mac OS 9, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also fixing flash drive problems with Disk Utility, problems booting a secondhand iMac, PowerBook ramblings, and more.
• 'Think Different': The ad campaign that restored Apple's reputation, Tom Hormby, Orchard. After Steve Jobs' triumphant return and before the debut of the iMac, Apple had to do something to change people's opinion of the beleaguered company.
• A decade of progress, Michel Munger, Macinthoughts. 10 years ago, Windows 95 was a mess, System 7.5 was becoming unstable, and Apple's future was in doubt. Today OS X is rock solid, Vista has learned from Apple, and Apple is a runaway success.

2008

• Apple's MacBook hits a home run, Ryan Nelson, My Turn. It's beautiful, it's fast, it runs Mac OS X, and it's the best laptop under US$1,500.
• The Apple Store, Intel Macs, and classic apps, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Visiting the Apple Store to drop of an eMac for repair provides an opportunity to lust after today's wicked fast Intel-based Macs and muse about the future.
• 18-bit video inadequate, restoring AppleWorks speed, Macintosh display info, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also problems importing AppleWorks drawings and a damaged, unfixable mail database in Outlook Express 5.
• Frustrated with Opera and Firefox, classic form factors, 18-bit color, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Problems with Mac browsers, the sufficiency of 18-bit color, design classics, and the magic of Macs and baseball.

2009

• Fix for sluggish Leopard dialup, iMac a 3D gaming contender, Easter Mail stationery, and more, Mac News Review. Also new HP hardware design superior to Mac Pro, 2 GB of free online backup with IDriveforMac, fast and easy ZoHo Writer online word processing, and more.

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