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April 13 in Mac and LEM History

April 12 - April 14

1995

• Performa 580 introduced to replace Performa 575. Changes include use of IDE (rather than SCSI) hard drive and less costly monitor (vs. Trinitron in 575).

1999

• Low-cost USB removables compared, Paulo Rodrigues, Tanerine Fusion. Zip, floppy, or SuperDisk?

2001

• Taste, style, and the Mac, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. A look at Macintosh styling - the good, the bad, and the ugly.
• Make mine OS 9, John C. Foster, My Turn. "I grew up, so to speak, using the Classic Mac operating system, and I am resisting the culture switch to OS X."
• 10 uses for an older Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Get a kid started, set up a print server, build a Macquarium, use old SCSI peripherals....
• Mac, faith, and religion, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Thoughts on the Christian faith, the Christian church, and the Macintosh community.
• WallStreet and PB 1400 CPU upgrades, bargain 'Books from $1,399, and RAM deals, Dan Knight. Bargains on G3 'Books, processor upgrades, and the week's best memory prices.

2004

• eMac 1.25 GHz released, bumps speed from 1 GHz to 1.25 GHz.

2006

• Heavily used 12" PowerBook on last legs, but what next?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. After three years of heavy use, this PowerBook is worn and feels sluggish. But what would make the best replacement in 2006?
• Project management when working with others, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User. Sometimes you can't do the work alone and need to collaborate. Here are several useful tools, many of them free, for multimember projects.
• MacBook theft alarm, consumer notebooks outsell corporate, MacBook Pro vs. PC competition, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Daystar responds to problems with 1.92 GHz PowerBook G4 upgrade; new handle, stand, and cases for 'Books; and bargain 'Books from $230 to $1,399.
• Tiny TVMicro tuner, iPatch iSight cover, Intel iMac boots Vista, bank goes Mac, and more, Mac News Review. Also original ways to get people to switch to the Mac and The Memory Place offers savings on Mac memory upgrades.
• iPod bunny covers, Bluetooth iPod soon?, pod couture, an iPod dictionary, and more, iPod News Review. Also things you didn't know about your iPod, waterproof Drypod, iPod Hi-Fi case, interference-free wireless audio, and more.

2007

• Leopard delayed to October. And the bad thing is?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5) won't ship until October, 30 months after Tiger, and our Macs will be as happy as clams until then.
• Macs more secure than Windows in the online world, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. Mac OS X always asks users if they want to install software. Before Vista, Windows didn't do that by default - and Vista natters about way too many things.
• First Blu-ray drive for Apple's 'Books, replace notebook hard drive with Compact Flash, and more, The 'Book Review. Also 160 GB 7200 rpm hard drives, upgrading from a MacBook Pro to a MacBook, Waterfield's flexible new Sling bag, bargain 'Books from $170 to $1,699, and more.
• Apple TV runs OS X, 8-core Mac Pro benchmarks, Best Buy to carry Apple Computers, and more, Mac News Review. Also Scoble says 'buy a Mac', satisfaction the key to Apple's loyal customers, first keyboard with an iPod dock, 'ultimate' computer desk includes aquarium, and more.

2009

• 'Mac Migration' an excellent resource for Windows users moving to the Mac, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. "'Mac Migration: The Small Business Guide to Switching to the Mac' manages to a pretty much cover all of relevant bases inside of 350 pages."

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