Low End Mac Archive for July 13

July 13 in Low End Mac History

Planning ahead, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "According to Apple, they sold over 7,000,000 PowerPC-based Macs before introducing the G3 last year. That's a lot of users to leave behind [with OS X]."

A computer on every desk, Evan Kleiman, Mac Happens. "One day we'll see an iMac on every desk, not a boring beige box."

Picking fast software, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. All software is not created equal: some programs let you work more efficiently.

Mac myopia, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The benefits and dangers of Mac myopia.
Sometimes you can fix your Mac yourself, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Software or system problems? You may be able to fix them yourself. Here's how.
The 'Book Review 2001.07.13, Charles Moore. Small USB hard drive, several new cases and case deals, AC adapter recall, iListen deal, PCI expansion, Mac OS 8 bargain, and good deals on new & used 'Books.

Peerflix: Trade your old DVDs inexpensively, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. If you have DVDs you no longer watch, Peerflix can be a great way to exchange them for DVDs you'd like to see.

Higher resolution content, video iPod speculation, and Apple's big file size problem, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Apple says movie downloads would weigh in at 1.5 GB, but at iPod video quality, that seems 2-4x bigger than necessary. What is Apple planning? And how will they move all those big files?
Windows on Intel Macs will/won't grow market, Parallels Desktop review and tips, and return of the Itanic, The Macintel Report. Analysts divided on impact of Intel migration and support for Windows, Leopard won't include virtualization, notebook sales pick up after CPU price cuts, and Itanium 2 stumbles forward.

The gaping hole in Apple's desktop line, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. $599 for a Mac mini with very limited expandability, $999 for an iMac with limited expandability, or $2,200 for a the very expandable Mac Pro.
Apple's iPhone: A 21st century Newton, Scott Baret, My Turn. The iPhone is more than most people need in a phone - and overpriced as well.
Laptops trump handhelds, 1.3 MP webcam in new MacBook Pro, a foldable mouse, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Sony takes a lesson from the MacBook, SuperDrive Firmware Update warning, Plantronics' new USB headset, Belkin's Mouse Trap, bargain 'Books from $130 to $2,199, and more.
Macs 'smarter money' than Windows, a bamboo optical mouse, miniStack v3 adds SATA and FW 800, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple's first handheld, an 8-core Mac Pro review, Belkin's washable mouse and twistable USB hub, Quicky-PCI adds 802.11n to Power Macs, and more.

VirtualBox 3.0: Free virtualizer is almost grown up, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. With version 3, VirtualBox has become a serious alternative to Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion.
Safari 4: 'I actually like Safari now', Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. After fixing the looping dialog bug from Security Update 2009-002, Safari is working over dialup - and it's fast.

Apple's launchd is anti-Unix, Keith Winston, Linux to Mac. Unix prefers programs that do one thing very well, but Apple's launchd takes the opposite approach.
My low-end iPhone 3G: Bugs, iOS updates, and keeping it working, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple. The problem started with the iPhone OS 3.1 update, and while upgrading to iOS 4 solved that, it made the iPhone slower than molasses.

Apple's control helps maintain a secure computing platform, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Microsoft built a system that became a very attractive malware target. As the Mac becomes more popular, how will Apple prevent the same thing?
OS X Lion and the Post-PC Era: Yay or no way?, Part 1, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. Mac OS X 10.7 is going to change a lot of things, but are the changes for the better or worse for current Mac users?

Woz Says Surface Like Something Jobs Would Design, Nexus 7 the iPad's Chief Competitor, and More, iNews Review. Also why smaller tablets will dominate, poor reviews of Touchfire keyboard, $150 edifi "Christian" tablet launched, and more.
Upgrade MacBook Pro or Buy New?, 5 MP Video Conferencing on Retina MacBook Pro, and More, The 'Book Review. Also Retina MacBook Pro benchmarked with Aperture and Motion, Dell developing Linux laptop, Apple's FireWire-Thunderbolt adapter, and more.
List of Macs Officially Supported by Mountain Lion, Apple Withdraws from EPEAT, and More, Mac News Review. Are Power Macs energy hogs?, Chrome dropping OS X Leopard , Logitech Control Center drops PowerPC and Leopard, and more.