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September 1 in Mac and LEM History

August 31 - Sept. 2

1998

• 'WallStreet' PowerBook G3 Series II: 233, 266, and 300 MHz models.
• The iMac: Not for me, Dan Knight, iMac Channel. "...I don't own an iMac, haven't ordered an iMac, and doubt I'll buy an iMac."

2000

• Speeding up an old iMac, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. There are several ways to make an old drawer-loading iMac work faster.
• Making the most of the LC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Although old and slow, the LC and LC II have practical upgrade potential.
• hors d'oeuvres, Cozmo, Cozmo's Email. Our latest columnist, Cozmo (not Kramer) shares interesting tidbits from his email.

2004

• The iMac G5: iPod success or Cube fiasco?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The iMac G5 is undeniably cool and seems to be a good value, but will consumers flock to it or ignore it?
• Peering through Windows: Why the Mac OS alone isn't enough, Jason Walsh, The Low End Designer. For production, using a Mac is fine, but you also need to know how your Windows-using client is going to view things.

2005

• What in the world do you do with a 250 GB hard drive?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The 250 GB hard drive was a steal at US$100, but what's the best way to make use of all the space?
• Organize your files and never lose track of them in OS X, Michel Munger, iBasics. Create a filing system the works for you and other tips for OS X users.
• iTunes phone due next week, flash iPod mini tales, iPod battery settlement approved, and more, iPod News Review. Also iPod sales still climbing, one stupid iPod thief, Godcasting, a motion-based remote control, iPod Music Liberator, and more.
• Intel preps OS X tools, Apple locks in G4 chip supply, and new CPUs more efficient than Pentium 4, The Macintel Report. Intel porting software tools to OS X, Apple to buy G4s through 2008, next generation Intel CPUs to be more efficient than today's, and AMD Opteron less power hungry than Intel Xeon.

2006

• Apple III chaos: What happened when Apple tried to enter the business market, Joshua Coventry, Cortland. Apple had known nothing but success with its Apple II product line, but when it tried to enter the business world with the Apple III, the learned the cost of failure.
• The Amiga story: Conceived at Atari, born at Commodore, Tom Hormby, Orchard. Conceived by Atari's Jay Miner as a floppy-based 16-bit game console, the Amiga grew into a powerful video system far ahead of its time - then stagnated
• Setting up a titanium PowerBook for video editing, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Working with a limited budget, a 867 MHz TiBook should be sufficient for basic video editing.
• Death of a Mac Plus and refurbishing old Macs for students, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. A funeral fit for a Mac, and how one person has refurbished hundreds upon hundreds of Macs and given them away to students.
• Apple updates battery recall, MacBook 'best computer for school', random MacBook shutdown, and more, The 'Book Review. Also more on battery safety, high capacity battery for 14" iBooks, low-cost USB 2.0 PC Cards, turn your 'Book into a reading light, bargain 'Books from $380 to $2,399, and more.
• Logitech's scrolling revolution, G4 upgrades reach 2.0 GHz Mark, Solar Charger for iPods and cell phones, and more, Mac News Review. Also Mac Pro "the ultimate in desktop computing", Apple USB modem meltdown, Parallels coming to Mac Pro, Mac Pro memory upgrades, and more.
• Toshiba to build Zune, make your own .mac, how soon an email response?, 17 Office killers, and more, Ed Eubanks Jr, Tech Tracker. Also skipping morning classes in favor of the podcast, a Star Trek thesis, and Nokia's new N80 multimedia phone.

2009

• PowerBook 180 reincarnated, Leo Titus LeBron V, Collection Spotlight. The dead PB 180 had once been king of the PowerBook line. Thanks to a PowerBook 165 and some part swaps, it was brought back to life.
• Affordable, ultralight 13" laptop case perfect for MacBooks, Charles Moore, 'Book Value. Thin and light $40 notebook sleeve fits MacBook, 13" MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air like a glove.
• 'Snow Leopard' isn't just an upgrade, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Apple is using Mac OS X 10.6 as a tool for selling new Macintosh hardware, since most older Macs can't support all of its features.

August 31 - Sept. 2

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