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June 20 in Low End Mac History

June 19 - June 21

2000

• Synergy time for Apple, Tor Fosheim, My Turn. "The wave at Apple has been synergy from the get-go...."
• Cease and desist, Apple-Palm fans!, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion. "You can't wait for Apple and Palm's new PDA, can you? Dream on! It ain't gonna happen."
• Reading your Web log, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. "As a webmaster, you probably know a lot about the content of your site. Web logs let you know how that content is being accessed."
• Observers pass Team User Friendly, Dan Knight, SETIonMac. We've been trying to catch them for over five weeks. Now 15th place is ours.

2001

• Towards equality in the high tech workplace, Beverly Woods, Acoustic Mac. "Fewer than half of the online professionals surveyed feel that women receive equal pay for equal work in the industry."
• Paying for Web content, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why you'll like micropayments.

2002

• Why real people use Macs for real work, Ben Wells, My Turn. "Real People" recognizes that we just want to use our computers, not become computer experts.
• Yellow Dog Linux on a Power Mac, Jason Walsh, PPC Linux. Why Yellow Dog Linux is a great starting point for Power Mac users who want to learn Linux.

2003

• Does Mac OS and Windows convergence threaten innovation?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. As Windows and the Mac OS borrow from each other, will both companies lose the ability to innovate the interface?
• 15.4" PowerBooks coming, G4/550 Pismo upgrade, iBreeze stand, iPod remote control, and more, The 'Book Review. Combo drive for Lombard and Pismo, SportFolio for 17" PowerBook, Bluetooth, USB Flash Drive, and bargain 'Books from $795 to $3,099.

2005

• No need to worry about Apple's switch to Intel, Michel Munger, Macinthoughts. "Switching the Macintosh platform to the x86 processor architecture is not a panacea, but Apple's adoption of Intel processors should not be a major source of headaches."
• Steve Jobs on living and dying, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. In his commencement address as Standford, Steve Jobs broke several cultural taboos while advising graduates how to better live their lives.
• How Jean Louis Gassée changed the Mac's direction, Tom Hormby, Orchard. Steve Jobs created the Macintosh as a proprietary, unexpandable information appliance. Gassée saw openness and expandability as essential to the Mac's survival.

2007

• No iPhones going to Cingular stores or independent AT&T wireless dealers, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. In a move certain to confuse, disappoint, and frustrate tens of thousands of people who want to buy the iPhone, AT&T isn't allowing Cingular franchisees or multiline mobile phone retailers to carry Apple's iPhone.

2008

• Mac sales up 50% in May, OS X on any PC with USB dongle?, share up to 5 USB devices, and more, Mac News Review. Also intimidating people with a Mac, CherryPal's inexpensive green 'cloud' computer, quad-core G5 YDP PowerStation, Radeon HD 3870 announced, and Nolobe Iris claims to be 'the ultimate image editor for OS X'.
• MacBook vs. MacBook Pro, 500 GB drive for MacBooks, Toshiba intros lightest laptop, and more, The 'Book Review. Also 17" MacBook Pro 'best desktop replacement', 15" MacBook Pro vertical stripes and off-color screen, solar power for the MacBook Air, magnesium shell for the MacBook, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,749, and more.
• iPhone fingernail problem, huge market for 1st gen iPhones, all about 3G, and more, iNews Review. Also United Airlines adds iPod/iPhone support, solar charger for iPod and iPhone, MLB At Bat and GolfFlyover coming to iPhone 2.0, e-book to MP3 software for Windows, and more.

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