Low End Mac Archive for July 7

July 7 in Low End Mac History

iMitation, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery....

Review: Macally iceKey slim USB keyboard, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. This inexpensive, white keyboard has short key travel and light keyboard action.
3 glitches in Safari 1.0, Dan Knight, 10 Forward. Safari developer Dave Hyatt has asked for a Top 10 list of Safari problems. Try as I might, I can only come up with three.
New Gig announces G5 upgrade for AGP Power Macs, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. New Gig engineers overcome PowerPC 970 design limitations to produce first G5 CPU upgrade ever.

A dead iBook, WallStreet screen swap, broken iBook ethernet port, a B&W G3 boot problem, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also Pismo screen problems, ColorSync profiles, iDVD for OS 9, refurbished cosmetics, Sawtooth boot problems, and more.

Letters on living, dying, religion, and truth, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. More conversation on Jobs' commencement address and Moore's response.
Core compatibility, Pentium M destined for Macintel?, Firefox ready for Intel Macs, future Intel CPUs, and more, The Macintel Report. Also running OS X and Windows on the same computer, IBM says it could meet Apple's needs, the inaccuracy of online surveys, and more.
Aluminum shuffle protection, wild iPod covers, retractable ear buds, new copy software, and more, iPod News Review. Also Apple's back to school promo, HP's new offerings, hearing loss, customize your iPods images, and more.

Western Digital inferior?, the education iMac, metric politics, and a new Mac user, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Are WD hard drives better or worse than average? Is the education Mac really a good deal? The politics behind the metric system, and a new Mac user starts with a Power Mac G4.
$899 education iMac, Classic on Intel Macs, LCD in an eMac, Mac mini in a Prius, and more, Mac News Review. Also Mac mini "almost sinfully attractive", Mac mini benchmarks, iPod Updater 2006-06-28, new iPod car options, and more.
Apple fixes MacBook discoloration, 'Book sales see 39% growth, keeping your 'Book cool, and more, The 'Book Review. Also MacBook a sales success, another dead Mac, 10.4.7 updates adds two-finger right click, MacBook Pro biometrics, bargain 'Books from $139 to $1,650, and more.

Macintosh reliability improving since the shift to Intel, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. For a while in the G3 and G4 era, Apple was plagued with logic board failures and analog board problems, but they seem to be a thing of the past.
1.8 GHz, SSD MacBook Air price cuts; Samsung vs. Hitachi notebook drives; Centrino 2 preorders; and more, The 'Book Review. Also MacBook shipments up 61% over Q1 2007, Apple notebook redesign rumored, Santa Rosa MacBook Pro video failure, Mopar in-vehicle wireless Internet, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,749, and more.
iPhone 3G service more costly in States, outrageous in Canada, and more, iNews Review. Also long fingernails and the iPhone, future iPhone may include keyboard and Intel Atom CPU, voice control for iPods, Ringtons Studio for the iPhone, and more.

The Microsoft model isn't working for smartphones, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. Already in fourth place in the smartphone market, Windows Mobile is outdated and simply isn't attracting the developers needed to grow the platform.

Linux for $37 netbook?, Pismo back in service thanks to disk mode, broadband competition, and more, Charles Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. Also using Sophie's Cards with Snow Leopard, new Mac mini less toxic than most PCs, removing Pismo's port door, and Pismo boot issues.

Resurrecting a Pismo PowerBook, Episode 1, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. Bringing the 2000 PowerBook as far forward as it will go.
Building a PC that can run OS X, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. If you want to build a PC for Mac OS X, pick the right components. And if you also want to run Windows, install OS X first.