June 14 in Low End Mac History

June 13 - June 15

1999

• CSU feedback, MacInSchool. More on the impending migration to Windows by the Chancellor's Office at California State University.

2000

• 10 things I love about X, Kel Taylor, Mac to the Future. Ten things to look forward to in Mac OS X.
• SEs and Classics and PowerBooks, oh my!, Marco Maggiora, My First Mac. How a budding Macophile grew his collection of vintage Macs.

2001

• Are Apple users lefties?, Dirk Pilat, Mac UK. The conservative press denies the existence of Apple, while the liberal press embraces it.
• Why I use a Mac, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac. Our newest columnist explains his love affair with the Mac.
• Why the Cube failed, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. The Cube is just too hard to market to novices, while power users want slots.
• How to save Social Security, Dan Knight's Soapbox. How one small change could improve Social Security.

2002

• OS X on pre-G3 PCI Power Macs, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. The pros and cons of running Mac OS X on pre-G3 PCI Power Macs.
• Overclocking iBooks, new notebook cases, price drops on FW/USB 2.0 drives, and more, Charles Moore. Willow's TiBook case, Dr. Bott's iceBook case, overclocking the 700 MHz iBook, iPod cases, external drives, and bargain 'Books.

2004

• Apple PCI Radeons for $35, iBook G4 questions, iBook G3 heat, PB G3 upgrades, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Hot deal on Mac PCI Radeon cards, iBook preservation, 'Book of fire, OS 9 on newer Macs, G3 vs. G4 upgrades, OS X partitions, and distributed computing projects.

2006

• Drive matters, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. There's more to picking the right hard drive than size, spindle speed, buffer size, and price. But how can a 5400 rpm drive ever outperform a 7200 rpm drive?
• Mac nostalgia: Why Apple should introduce a modern Pismo and SE/30, Matthew Wright, My Turn. The best PowerBook ever made and the iconic all-in-one compact Mac are just crying out to be reinvented for our nostalgic "everything old is new again" retro culture.

2007

• The iPhone List, Apple TV List, and The iPod List launched.

June 13 - June 15

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