Low End Mac Archive for September 23

September 23 in Low End Mac History

Still useful after all these years: The Mac II, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Mac II is cheap, moderately fast, and useful for a lot of basic computing tasks.
Automatic frustration machines, part 2, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "I suggested graphics and color and a modicum of intelligent programming could go a long ways in making ATMs more friendly and less frustrating."

Free and cheap .mac alternatives, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Eight free and three low cost alternatives for those about to lose their mac.com email address.
Rehabilitating an old school Quadra, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. Instead of letting schools pay someone to haul away their old Macs for recycling, here are steps users can take to rehabilitate vintage Macs.

FoxnewS loses abilitY to capiTaLize, use letter 'S' correctLy, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Fox News' coverage of Apple vs. Apple "symptomatic of Fox News' obsession with bashing anything liberal."

iTunes 5: Lots of little, worthwhile improvements, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. There aren't a lot of new features in iTunes 5, but everything seems to work a bit better.
Online personals: Looking at Match.com, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Match.com claims to be the world's largest online dating service. How do they stack up to the competition?
Mac sales exceed forecasts, Apple preps dual-core G5s, 1.94 GHz iMac G4 upgrade, first USB 2.0 keyboard, and more, Mac News Review. Also an OS X powered VW Touareg, an Xserve-based supercomputer, new mouse handles like a pen, smallest 4 GB flash drive, and more.
Apple's BookCam patent, end of hard drives, tiny 8 GB flash drive, fixing laptop insomnia, and more, The 'Book Review. Also PB FixIt Guide for new iBook G4, replacing TiBook hinges, MadsonLine's 3-in-1 Lucille power adapter, bargain 'Books from $200 to $1,949, and more.

Mac nano? Brick? How small could Apple make a Mac?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The iPhone and iPod touch show how small Apple can make a computer. What if Apple wanted to build a very, very small Macintosh?
SimpleTech SimpleDrive: Fast and stylish, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. With attractive design by Pininfarina, an illuminated capacity meter, and plenty of 7200 rpm storage space, SimpleDrive is a great backup drive.

The welcome to wireless broadband letters, Charles W Moore, Moore's Mailbag. Charles received a bunch of "welcome to broadband" emails in response to "Charles Moore Finally Gets Broadband!"

Mac 512Ke server, classic Eudora and Snow Leopard, danger of nonstandard optical discs, and more, Charles Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag. Also moving files from a dead iMac to a new one, troubles getting a Zip 100 Plus working with a Mac SE, and which CPU inside an iBook.
Bringing back the Pismo, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing. Rather than let a perfectly good iSub go to waste simply because it won't work with Leopard, John Hatchett pulled out the old Pismo for use with Tiger and iTunes 9.

Apple grows to #6 PC maker, firmware update for 2011 Mac mini, Photoshop Elements 10, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple's unstoppable winning streak, using Dropbox to sync your documents, $9 Bento 4 upgrade offer, and more.