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October 9 in Low End Mac History

Oct. 8 - Oct. 10

1998

• HFS+ nightmares, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "Sometimes everything would run just fine, but that was the exception."

2000

• Hands on the FireWire iBook, Dan Knight, The 'Book Page. My wife needed to replace her dead PowerBook. I wanted to benchmark the PowerPC 750CX.
• The truth about the new G3, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. "I have to admit to feeling a bit cheated after running MacBench 5 on my wife's new indigo iBook."
• Software Review: Tex-Edit Enhancer, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. "Tex-Edit Enhancer is a shareware add-on that provides Tex-Edit or Tex-Edit Plus with a Tool Bar for quick, single-click access to many of Tex-Edit's features."

2001

• How good a value is the $799 iMac?, Dan Knight, iMac Musings. Is the $799 CD-ROM iMac a better value than the $999 CD-RW iMac?
• Some little programs that keep me using OS 9.x, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. A couple very helpful productivity tools not yet available for Mac OS X.
• BIAX vs. Apple, part 2, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Is Apple the right target for the BIAX suit - and what about prior art?

2002

• Switchers mean Apple must work harder, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. After convincing people to switch, Apple must do their best to keep them from switching back.

2003

• I am not a Mac fanatic, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Mac or PC should be a matter of choosing the best solution, not having adminstration dictate a one-platform-fits-all solution.

2006

• Better laptop performance: What's the best upgrade?, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac. Memory, CPU, bus speed, and hard drives all impact performance and battery life. Which upgrades will give you the most up time in the field?
• Ubuntu on older Macs; Lombard, Pismo, and WallStreet upgrade questions; installing clamshell RAM; and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also more on why some older Macs can't read modern CR-R discs and Russell Beattie's 'underhanded' criticism of OS X.

2007

• The future of 'Mirror Drive Door' Power Macs in the Age of Leopard, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Every indication is that the MDD Power Macs will be full supported by Leopard. Here's what makes them a good bet for OS X 10.5.
• Digitizing video, unpaid rebates, Low End Mac gaming, handheld PCs, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also why leasing computers makes no sense for schools, a misleading headline, problems using Compact Flash as a hard drive, and the OS 9 file system.

2008

• What would an $800 MacBook mean for the Mac mini?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. If Apple does release an $800 entry-level MacBook next week, the $600 Mac mini is going to look very overpriced.
• Modding your old Mac to make it more useful, Phil Herlihy, The Usefulness Equation. If your old Mac is too slow, too noisy, too plain looking, or has too little room for expansion, you might want to mod it.

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