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April 17 in Low End Mac History

April 16 - April 18

2000

• Eccentrica Gallumbits blows past Team Mac Observer, Team BeOS, Mac Musings. Upstart team zooms into Top 20 during first week.

2001

• Cube hitting its stride?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Thanks to recent price reductions, the Cube appears to be hitting its stride.
• Do more with OS X, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered. A look at some OS X applications to reduce dependence on the Classic mode.

2002

• Apple, new iMac under the microscope, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. With Apple's quarterly report due today, the press will be taking a close look at Apple - and the new iMac's sales figures.
• Entourage or Palm Desktop on OS X?, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. Which is the better information manager for OS X users, Microsoft Entourage or Palm Desktop?
• The all-purpose home computer is alive and well, Jesse Mathewson, My Turn. Today's Macs are better all-purpose computers than ever, which is why so many families now have two or more of them.
• Free POP3 email, Kanga vs. WallStreet, Bible software, usenet with OS X, and more, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Free email, picking a 'Book, installer problems, Bible software for Newton, health care, news readers for OS X, Mozilla, BlueChip troubles, more.

2003

• Microsoftopoly, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Microsoft's version of the monopoly game is only about one thing - taking it all.

2006

• Best Lombard replacement, Pismo CPU upgrades, a trackball tip, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also a "Frankenpismo" project, market value of the color PowerBook 170, and thoughts from another David Pogue fan.
• Apple product development and sales cycle, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. If you've ever wondered how an Apple product makes it from initial idea to finished, marketed product, here's the answer.

2007

• Boot Camp users have nothing to fear from Leopard's delay, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Although the current beta of Boot Camp is set to expire at the end of September, Apple has plenty of time to release an update - and users have plenty of time to remove it if Apple doesn't.

2008

• Clamshell iBooks reconsidered, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Back in 2000, it was about time to replace the WallStreet PowerBook. Would a clamshell iBook be a better value than a newer PowerBook G3?
• Mac security a result of diversity and smart planning, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. "You can't fault the better gardener for spending less time weeding and more on growing."
• Mac mini with HDTV, Lucida Grande on Low End Mac, the Open Computer, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also using a computer display with HDTV and cleaning your keyboard in the dishwasher.

2009

• Is Leopard slower than Tiger on G4 Macs?, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum. Truth be told, when you have 1 GB of RAM, Leopard benchmarks an insigificant 4% slower than Tiger.
• Apple netbook aimed at business?, Dell Adamo teardown, the future of Linux netbooks, and more, The 'Book Review. Also the 3G 'subsidy grenade', tips for using the glass trackpad, USB squid hub, preowned Modbooks, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,550, and more.
• New education iMac, first third-party Mini DisplayPort monitors, 8x Blu-ray for Mac, and more, Mac News Review. Also giving the iMac a matte display, when to reset PRAM, dissecting an eMac, cloud computing for the Mac, and more.
• Forrester up on iPhone in enterprise, teens love iPod but reject Zune, ATM Hunter app, and more, iNews Review. Also a steam powered iPod charger, free Wall Street Journal app, new Twitter client, never locked iPhone $799, and more.

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