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May 25 in Low End Mac History

May 24 - May 26

1999

• OS X and the econoMac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Once OS X Client ships, a lot of Mac owners are going to be left out in the cold."
• iMac iMpact, Evan Kleiman, The iMac Channel. "... the iMac has made more of an impact on the world than any other computer ever."

2000

• Is a Mac better than a PC?, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis. "While Mac OS is not the fastest operating system, it definitely wins for ease of use."
• A history of font technologies, Jonathan Ploudre, My Turn. All about bit-mapped, Postscript, TrueType fonts, and anti-aliasing.
• Is Video CD a real alternative to DVD?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Video Compact Disc (VCD) lets you watch movies on Macs or PCs that don't have DVD drives."

2001

• 1993: PowerBook vs. ThinkPad, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Even eight years ago, PowerBooks had advantages over Wintel laptops.
• Old files on a new Mac, Manuel Mejia Jr, Mac Daniel. Moving old files to a new Mac - and updating them for current versions of software.
• If TV characters used real computers, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. What would Lisa Simpson, Mr. Burns, the Comic Shop Guy, Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine, Kramer, and others use?
• Cutoff for free OS X upgrade, Combo drive iBook available to all, OWC's mobility bundles, and more, Charles Moore. The weeks' best 'Book bargains, free OS X cutoff, mobility bundles, combo desktop/laptop prototype, more.

2005

• First Mac minis in classroom a big hit, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. They're tiny, affordable, and much more powerful than anything else in this classroom.
• Of mice and keyboards, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. There are better choices than Apple's mouse and keyboard.

2006

• What's the best 'Book for my needs: MacBook, MacBook Pro, iBook, or PowerBook?, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac. You need to balance size, weight, price, power, and processor to find just the right 'Book for your own needs.
• The productive Mac: Tracking your projects and doing the work, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max. The Mac can be a great tool for any type of project, including collaboration and scheduling.
• Apple shuns 'superstar' PowerPC startup, Intel Core speed bumps and price cuts, and more, The Macintel Report. Also MacBook puts Apple on target to meet or beat earnings projections, guide to taking "the Macintel plunge", Intel's new vPro chip, and startup key combos for Intel Macs.

2007

• Is more RAM more important than matched RAM in the MacBook?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Other World Computing has benchmarked 15 configurations with six programs and concluded that more memory is better than matched modules. Are they right?
• Running a PowerBook in OS X from flash memory, CPU upgrades and cache size, USB and older Macs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also thoughts on booting old PowerBooks from Compact Flash, better testbeds, and the lack of Tiger drivers for many Lexmark printers.
• Apple sued over MacBook display, new MacBook benchmarked, more RAM vs. paired RAM, and more, The 'Book Review5. Also 'Santa Rosa' expected in June MacBook Pro, optical drive noise, external display issue in clamshell mode, Battery Drain utility, bargain 'Books from $170 to $2,299, and more.
• iMac update in June?, OS 9/X file sharing fixed, Apple offers free recycling to schools, and more, Mac News Review. Also an iChat headset, a happy Apple service story, new technology for future Intel CPUs, 802.11n for 24" iMac, and more.

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