July 5 in Mac and LEM History

July 4 - July 6

1998

• The iMac: First of a family?, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. "...just as the first Macintosh gave birth to the Fat Mac, Mac Plus, Mac II, and dozens of other models, I believe the iMac will soon be seen as the ancestor of a whole family of iMacs."
• The iMac: Perfect for schools, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. "Although . . . Windows becomes more Mac-like with each incarnation, innovation and interface superiority won't cut it with the taxpayer or school administration."

2000

• Apple is not your friend, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. "Apple did not create this community. The Mac community is a product of Macintosh users."

2001

• 75 Mac Advantages, part 06. Advantages 63-75 updated, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Cross platform, stability, ease of use, and other Mac advantages vs. Windows.
• 75 Mac Advantages Revisited: Summary, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Final tally - 56 of 75 Mac Advantages still apply.
• Exploring the fractal universe, Beverly Woods, Acoustic Mac. You've seen the stunning graphics. Did you know you could explore fractals on your Mac?
• Do you trust me?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The RIAA doesn't trust you. Microsoft doesn't trust you. Movie studios don't trust you. Here's why.

2002

• The joy of X with Classic, Dan Knight, 10 Forward. "Mac users with the right hardware have little to lose and much to gain by running their favorite applications in Classic mode under OS X."
• The good, the bad, and the intrusive, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Windows, BeOS, and the Mac OSes each have some good points and some bad ones.
• The 'Book Review 2002.07.05, Charles Moore. Chromium FireWire drive enclosure, world's smallest AC adapter for TiBook, updated case designs, USB-friendly router, and 'Book deals from US$101.

2005

• No Quartz Extreme support for Pismo, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Pismo's onboard video just can't support Quartz Extreme - but a CPU upgrade can improve Quartz performance.
• Full circle: A brief history of NeXT, Tom Hormby, Orchard. Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985, founded NeXT, developed a powerful object oriented operating system, and saw it become Apple's modern OS.

2006

• Education iMac introduced. Low-cost model uses integrated Intel graphics, Combo drive, and eliminated Bluetooth to get the price down.
• iTunes and the French interoperability law, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Interoperability is a ruse to break Apple's dominance in the digital music market one nation at a time...."
• TopXNotes: A user-friendly solution for creating, managing, and accessing your notes, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. TopXNotes is a shareware tool for managing your text notes, replacing the Note Pad of the Classic Mac OS.
• Apple's secret battery reset utility for WallStreet and Clamshell iBooks, Joe Rivera, Mac Fallout Shelter. If your old 'Books battery isn't taking a charge like it used to, Battery Reset 2.0 could help recover its useful life.
• Misleading hard drive capacity and the WD settlement, long term Mac value, SCSI drive upgrades, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also thoughts on Color Classic upgrades, questions about Low End Mac's online survey, iPod hard drive upgrades, and the value of a used iPod.

July 4 - July 6

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