July 9 in Low End Mac History

July 8 - July 10

2001

• Anti-spam measures marginalize low-end Macs, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. As ISPs adopt SMTP authentication to prevent spam, 68k Mac users seem are being left out in the cold.
• Color Classics on eBay, Bill Brown, Mac Musings. Observations on Color Classic sales on eBay, along with some good general advice.
• DSL diary, Dan Knight, No Hype 56k Modem Page. Initial impressions of DSL service and SMC Barrier router.
• The 25th Anniversary Mac, David, My Turn. Apple Computer is 25 years old - where's the 25th Anniversary Macintosh?
• The meaning of XP, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Windows XP - just what does XP stand for?
• Flat iMac design, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. Excellent design of a very plausible new iMac design.

2002

• eMac test drive, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. The G4, larger screen, and attractive price make the eMac a real alternative to the old CRT iMac.
• Women in IT, G3 PowerBooks, Mac OS X, lots more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Women in IT; PowerBook G3, 1400, and 5300 concerns; OS X on WallStreet, drivers for non-Apple CD-ROMs, where to find WordPerfect, and doing what's right.
• Dvorak, PCs, and 'weird' switchers, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Yes, Dvorak is right. Those people in the "Switch" ads are a bit weird - and there's a good reason for it.

2003

• A week with an eMac finds it an excellent value, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple's lowest cost computer acquits itself very nicely in its first week on the job at Low End Mac.
• Treading the line: Are Apple's applications helping or hurting?, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Apple's Final Cut drove Adobe Premiere from the Mac market. How are Apple's other apps impacting the rest of the software market.

2004

• Hardware failure, that rare Mac headache, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Macs are usually pretty reliable, but a hardware failure after just two-and-a-half years is still disappointing.
• Radeon Enabler unlocks video features, Walla challenges Gmail, new laptop accessories, and bargain 'Books, The 'Book Review. Enable hidden Radeon video features, Keynamics laptop stand, new bags, Kuna aluminum drive enclosure, WallaMail, and bargain 'Books from $45 to $2,599.

2008

• Low End Mac's Compleat Guide to the iBook G4, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Replacing the G3 iBook in October 2003, the iBook G4 was and remains a value leader until it was replaced by the MacBook in 2006.
• Turn your old Mac into a web server with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, Jason Packer, Macs in the Enterprise. Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP on an older Mac.
• Low end photography in the digital age, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. "If you can repurpose older computers, you can certainly use older cameras in a new universe."
• Hacked Leopard on G3 Power Macs, flash memory tips, a smelly MacBook Pro keyboard, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also moving files between a modern Mac and an eMate, Snow Leopard and PowerPC Macs, getting an iMac up and running, old QuickCam won't work with TiBook, and more.
• Leopard best OS for G4 PowerBooks, support expectations from Apple, back to Opera, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Leopard features worth a little performance compromise, depreciation and the best value Macs, voice dication software for PowerPC Macs, and more.

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