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August 28 in Mac and LEM History

August 27 - August 29

1995

• PowerBook Duo 2300 introduced.

2000

• Gaming on older Power Macs, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming. The best games to play on the oldest Power Macs.

2001

• AppleShare on Linux, L. Victor Marks, Online Tech Journal. How to set up an inexpensive Linux file server for Mac users and overcome the limitations of File Sharing.
• From Beebs to PCs to Acorns to PCs to Macs, Fred W., My First Mac. BBC Microcomputers, Acorn Archimedes, Windows, and Macs.
• Selling well on eBay, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Tips when selling your Mac on eBay.

2002

• Sleep of Death, LC 520, Netscape 4.8, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Wake from sleep and RAM issues with Pismo, the old LC 520, thoughts on Apple and Microsoft, and more.
• Think smarter? Just the advice Gateway needs, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. "Simplistic tests, misleading comparisons, and skewed pricing information all point to the fact that the iMac is a better deal."
• It's the software, stupid, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. MHz matters less than ever at today's computer speeds. It's the software that makes the difference.

2006

• The PowerBook 5300 turns 11: A reminiscence, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. The first PowerPC PowerBook was a mixed bag with a new design, some very nice new features, some shortcomings, and a few serious problems.
• You might be a Mac fanatic if..., Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. You might be a Mac fanatic if you named your Mac's hard drive some cute name like 'Froggy Bottom' instead of 'C:'.
• Apple's product line: Hiding complexity behind elegant simplicity, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Consumers are not well served when model after model comes from Apple with the exact same product name but very different configurations.

2008

• 10 Mac browsers compared, Simon Royal, Mac Spectrum. A look at Internet Explorer, Radon, Opera, Safari, Shiira, iCab, Firefox, Netscape Navigator, Flock, and Camino running in Leopard.
• Clone and boot: Another advantage of the Mac OS, Kev Kitchens, Kitchens Sync. Unlike Windows, Apple makes it possible to clone a bootable drive (Classic Mac OS or OS X) and use it with another supported Mac.

2009

• MacBook with 'Snow Leopard' trumps $1,000 Windows notebooks, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. If you're on a $1,000 laptop budget, hunt up a MacBook. If you need 17 inches, hunt for a PowerBook or early MacBook Pro.
• 14 alternative browsers, OS X on PCs without hacking software, Macs 10% of Canadian market, and more, Mac News Review. Also memory prices heading up, faxing in OS X, Bluetooth firmware update, Parallels 'Switch to Mac' edition, and more.
• Can a Mac lover go PC?, notebook vs. desktop, add a second drive to Unibody MacBook Pro, and more, The 'Book Review. Also how to clean a spill, stacked MacBooks may sleep unexpectedly, BookArc laptop holder, 750 GB overnight drive upgrade, bargain 'Books from $179 to $1,999, and more.
• Handsfree phones more dangerous?, texting PSA too graphic?, iPhone app takes on SAD, and more, iNews Review. Also why can't smartphones kill netbooks?, RealNetworks working on iPhone app, "iPhone moms" account for 29.5% of market, tiny PocketDock, and more.

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