Low End Mac Archive for August 11

August 11 in Low End Mac History

Cable or DSL?, Dan Knight, 56k Modem Page. Which is the better choice, a cable modem or DSL?

The Cube: Just what we ordered?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. A look at the limitations of the Power Mac G4 Cube.

Good enough or better yet?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Consumerism preaches that newer is better, and it often is, but why upgrade if what you're using is good enough?
Remembering HyperCard, Manuel Mejia Jr, Triassic Mac. Apple's easy to use, powerful environment for creating media-rich interactive programs is fading away.
iCab 2.9.5: Tabbed browsing comes to legacy Macs, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Latest version of iCab still supports 68K and early Power Macs, adds tabbed browsing, remains small and fast.

DRM on Macintel: Does Apple trust you?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Macintel developer systems have a Trusted Computing chip onboard, but is the panic on the Mac Web justified?
The Trusted Computing controversy, Apple's Macintel business model, OS X on the brink, and more, The Macintel Report. Also, new Intel developments, Macintel and Windows, Apple fails 'smell test', and more.
iTunes incompatible CDs, Apple to refund Canadian iPod levy, iPods in new cars, and more, iPod News Review. Also iPod security concerns, globalization, Marc Ecko case targets breast cancer, new speakers, and more.

What a Legacy: The Origin of the IBM PC, Tom Hormby, Orchard. IBM introduced its PC on August 12, 1981, shaking up the entire personal computer industry. Today even Apple makes its computers IBM compatible.
Clamshell iBook still a fun and practical notebook, Charles Webb, PowerBook Beat. "Granted, this iBook isn't a speed demon in any way, but it's amazing what a 7-year-old Apple notebook can do."
Free Desktop Manager reduces clutter, improves work flow, Brian Richards, Advantage Mac. Instead of cluttering your desktop with every program you're running, Desktop Manager lets you cut the clutter to focus on your work.
Mac Pro take apart, Mac Pro vs. Quad G5, no Virtual PC for Macintel, MacMice updates, and more, Mac News Review. Also first Mac Pro security update, online Mac backup, an iPod cover featuring the first Mac, and more.
Apple quality slipping?, 160 GB notebook drives, SiesMaCalibrate calibrates SMS, PowerBook retrospective, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Washington high-rise offers MacBook with lease, carry handles for MacBook and 17" MacBook Pro, new ExpressCard developments, NewerTech battery recycling, bargain 'Books from $230 to $2,149, and more.

Apple after Steve Jobs: What about the vision thing?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. "Jobs is arguably unique in the extent to which his identity and fate are intertwined with those of his company."
Calculating the usefulness equation, Phil Herlihy, The Usefulness Equation. A big factor in the usefulness equation is how long your computer will be able to do the taskes required of it.
Mac booty rescued from Davy Jones' locker, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. New iMacs at school means the older PowerPC Macs get redistributed - and the oldest Macs are abandoned.
Why Paris Hilton could take on IBM-Linux or Apple better than Bob Enderle, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. "Only the biggest Apple fans or Microsoft haters believe you have to eliminate Microsoft to defeat them."

Apple's iPhone crushes netbooks where it counts, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Apple's overall profit on the iPhone beats that of all brands of netbooks combined.
The perfect Mac: MacBook Pro or iMac?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The 15" MacBook Pro with antiglare could be the perfect Mac, but the iMac also has much to commend it.
2 steps forward: Logitech Control Center 3.0 and Unifying Receiver, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. With the Unifying Receiver, several wireless Logitech devices need only one USB dongle, and the LCC 3.0 software is the best version yet.

Microsoft's New PC vs. Mac pages don't tell us anything new, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Microsoft points out the real advantages of choosing a PC over a Mac: more color choices, models with built-in TV tuners and Blu-ray, and a lot more models at a lot more price points.

Save As command gone with Lion and new apps, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. The "Save As" command mystified some users, so Apple has changed it to "Duplicate" - which is exactly what it does.