The Low End Mac Link Archive, February 2000
External news links are listed below by the date of publication
with the most recent articles listed at the top, older ones below
them. Other monthly archive indexes are linked on the right. Links
were correct when originally posted. However, we cannot guarantee
that these links are still active.
- Low End: Connecting
LocalTalk devices to ethernet networks, Jag's House. Been
there. Done that. Good advice.
- Review: iMAXpowr,
The Review, 2/29. "The iMAXpowr leaves nothing to be desired - it
does exactly what it promises...."
- News: Open
Transport 2.6 fixes cable modem problem, Mac Night Owl. Problem
introduced with OS 9 solved with OT 2.6.
- Review: Contour
UniMouse, Mac Junkie, 2/29. Calls our favorite mouse
"everything you need in a mouse, and nothing you don't."
- Opinion: On
second thought . . . make mine a PowerBook, MacRocks. "If you
need the power and flexibility of a desktop Mac combined with
mobility, don't look to the iBook; get a PowerBook."
- Opinion: Apple
on sidelines as Intel, AMD race for 1 GHz, Ben Apple, Mac
Junkie, 2/29. "Comparing the graphic output of an iMac to that of a
Celeron with an obsolete graphics card is simply low."
- Opinion:
Rumor sites re-rebranding, David K. Schultz, Applelust, 2/28.
After all their poor predictions, would you expect good tech advice
from a rumors site?
- Web: Secret About
Box has overhauled their design. Very nice.
- News: Retail
desktop PC prices climb in January, Yahoo/PRNewswire, 2/28. PCs
grow at 7.7% rate, while Mac share grows 17%.
- Opinion: Apple squandering
the advantage, Ask Tog. Apple had a scrolling mouse prototype
ten years ago!
- Opinion: The
Mac Traitor, John Deke, Mac Junkie, 2/28. New column by a
recent Windows convert.
- Review: Free
internet access for the Mac, Mac Junkie, 2/28. "Freei.net works
well enough for daily use, and for the casual user is a viable
replacement for services like AOL."
- Opinion: OS X:
What do we do with the Apple logo now?, Right On Mac!, 2/28. At
this point, it's purely ornamental in OS X.
- Opinion: Requiem for
an abandoned email program, Mac Night Owl, 2/26. Orphaned
Emailer still does yoeman duty on OS 9.
- Opinion:
Making iMountains out of molehills, Oliver Dueck, Mac Observer,
2/28. "...Apple seems to be pushing out products with relatively
minor updates as if they were revolutionary...."
- Opinion: Requiem for
an abandoned email program, Mac Night Owl, 2/26. Orphaned
Emailer still does yoeman duty on OS 9.
- Opinion: Why at 7300/200 is good enough for me, James Dilworth,
Macville, 2/25. James chose a Low End
Mac "good buy" - and explains why.
News: Compucentre to
start selling Macs again, MacNN, 2/24.- News:
iBooks, PowerBooks four of top ten laptops in Japan, MarketView
[iMac NewsPage].
iBook SE takes #2 spot on the list.
- Opinion: Checking
out Eudora 4.3, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 2/24. A long-time
Eudora fan finds 4.3 "sort of the Eudora Light experience
amplified."
- Adviced:
Creating the two-headed Mac monster, epinions, 2/24. Adding a
second monitor to a Mac really is easy.
- Opinion: 2...4...8...16...32...64...68?!?!,
Fred Orispää, osOpinion. Interesting thoughts on computer
speed. Not a Mac article, but a good read.
- Opinion: The
MacRumor millers, Robert Leone, osOpinion. "It is very easy to
create a rumor." Includes two original rumors.
- Web: Low End Mac home page now available in a printer-friendly,
WebTV-friendly version.
- Hands on: Power Mac
G4/400, Daniel Lyons, MacBC, 2/24. "Out of sheer luck, I wasn't
ready to order my new machine until after the keynote
address...."
- Review: Beige is
beautiful with G3/466 upgrade, Bare Feats, 2/24. US$260 upgrade
turns old G3/266 into a powerhouse.
- Opinion: How much
power do we need?, Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe, 2/24. "I can't
recall the last time I needed more horsepower than these [older]
machines provide."
- News: MacTreasures
site coordinating Mac school donations, Applelinks, 2/24.
Company facilitates contact between schools and donors.
- Opinion: Pismo (or not) and the new iBooks, Charles Moore,
MacSimple, 2/23. The Road Warrior calls the new PowerBook Apple's
best ever.
- Review:
Kensington TurboBall, Mac Observer, 2/23. One of the best
negative product reviews I've ever seen.
- Opinion: It's time to bring back
eWorld, Christopher Turner, MacinStart, 2/23. "I believe the
time is right for eWorld to make a comeback . . . as a
WebObjects-based extension of the whole iTools idea."
- Opinion: Why me? I
didn't ask for the job, Greg Gazin, Edmonton Sun, 2/23. "When
someone finds out you're a Mac User, it opens a great big can of
worms."
- Opinion: Two eyeballs,
one user, Lisa Schmeiser, Macworld, 2/23. "All the Internet
sites look similar. How do you create a brand image that
works...?"
- Humor: Mac
decelerator card announced, Not Macworld, 2/23. Top quality CPU
replacment drops any Mac's performance.
- Deal: Hawking 10/100 Broadband
DSL/Cable SOHO Router, from $147 before $50 rebate, dealmac,
2/23. Share a cable or DSL connection with up to 254 users.
- Advice: Changing default browser mail program, SmartMac, 2/23.
This is how I use Claris Emailer with Internet Explorer.
dk
- Low End: Web access
under System 6, Jag's House. All you need is a megabyte Mac and
a modem.
- Opinion: Upgrade
fever, Bob Allis, MacBC, 2/23. His PowerBase 180 now has a 300 MHz G3.
- Advice: Having
fun with sound, Computing With Bifocals, 2/23.
- Opinion: The
mistress of mayhem strikes again, Babes in Boyland, 2/23. What
do you do when your evil twin orders an iBook SE?
- Analysis: Mac OS X DP3,
Rourke McNamara, 2/22 [Slashdot]. "OS X is amazing."
- OS X: Mac hits
another home run, Business Week.
- Opinion:
Lemmings 2000, Infinite Loop 8, Applelust, 2/22. "Lemmings have
a remarkable facility for blindness; they fail to see real
obstacles. They think if they come across any obstacle they can
cross it, and this is their flaw."
- News: IBM
delivering G4 chips, AppleInsider, 2/22. "Beginning some time
last month, IBM began manufacturing and shipping Apple finalized
versions of the PowerPC G4...."
- News: Macs Only! receives Macaid "5 Star" award "5 Star" award.
BTW, Macs Only! is the first
Mac-centric site I visit each morning. dk
- Opinion: Why MS is grabbing
at straws, osOpinion. I've said it; RC says it. Windows "is
becoming the only OS that is not Unix based."
- Dark Side: Microsoft loses Windows trademark, MacAddict, 2/22.
South Korean publisher owns "Windows" trademark in South
Korea.
- Web: Dr. Webster's Guide to
the MacQuarium
- Analysis: OS
X performance on a G3, Michel Munger, Mac Observer, 2/22. Lots
of good data, especially about object oriented display.
- Opinion: An old freedom
dies, jamie, Slashdot, 2/21. About internet filtering -
including examples of blocked non-porn content.
- Opinion: I love my Mac.
Period. Ms. Geek. About Macs, the cloning debacle, "guerilla"
ads, and more.
- News: Newer Technology
Online Store open, iMAXpowr G3/466 iMac upgrade, other products
available for direct purchase.
- News: NY
Times charges $2.50 to read "past" articles, John Farr,
Applelinks, 2/21. We've avoid linking to the Times because it
requires registration, but this is preposterous. Go get 'em,
John!
- News: RAM
prices continue downward slide, Charles Moore, Applelinks,
2/21. 64 Mbit chips approaching US$5 ($40 for 64 MBytes of
memory).
- Review: Maxtor's
Fast 40GB DiamondMac Plus, Accelerate Your Mac!, 2/21. Fastest
hard drive they've ever tested.
- News: Caltech recommends
PCs; criticizes Mac browser, Java support, MacNN, 2/21. While
not mandating PCs, technology department recommends against
them.
- Web: iCab 1.9a
available. Still lacks Javascript, Cascading Style Sheets.
- News:
German Mac market growing, Macwelt [MacSurfer]. Not a huge presence in
Germany, Apple has climbed to the #8 spot.
- News:
Apple Store offers 7-day price protection, Mac Observer,
2/21.
- Advice: Developing
and implementing a backup plan, Paul Shields, Applelinks, 2/21.
Very thorough.
- Opinion:
(Malcolm) OS X T-shirts and mistaken identity, Rodney O. Lain,
The iMac, 2/21. "I wonder if Apple is aware of the problems they've
caused for black Mac lovers like myself?"
- Opinion: Universalized,
serialized, and bussed, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 2/21.
Thoughts on USB, the iBook, FireWire, AirPort, and the death of
SCSI.
- Advice: Getting
rid of spam, Tim Hillman, MacCentral, 2/21.
- News:
GraphicConverter adds support for JIF, Mac Observer, 2/21.
Jeff's Image Format
replaces GIF, avoids use of patented LZW compression.
- Opinion: Too
much of a good thing?, David Larson, MacinStart, 2/20. "I think
that by adding more and more products to its default line-up, Apple
might end up back in the same place it was during the
mid-1990's."
- Opinion: Loneliness and the
Internet, Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, Useit.com, 2/20. "Why is
the telephone considered a superior form of social contact relative
to the Internet...?"
- News: Spammers
forced to tell the truth, Wired News, 2/19. "[Senders must] use
the exact characters 'ADV:' ... as the first four characters in the
subject line of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message,"
reads the so-called Colorado Junk Email Law, House Bill 1309.
- Opinion: The long wait
is over!, Bob Allis, MacBC, 2/18. "The Graphite iBook with a
366 Mhz G3 for $200 more - I am not convinced."
- News: ixMicro
shuts down; no support available, MacNN, 2/18. They made good
video cards, had good support, and will be missed.
- Dark Side: "Hidden"
licensing fees could cost Windows 2000 buyers plenty,
Applelinks, 2/18. Up to $190 additional for "client access fees"
which are required for Win2K users who need to access Win2K
servers. (more on Cnet)
- News: Colorado
lawmakers OK internet ad bill, Excite News, 2/18 [Slashdot]. Spam must be clearly labeled
"ADV:" or be liable to fine of $10 per incident.
- News: Apple Japan took
one-third of 1999 desktop market, iMac NewsPage, 2/18.
News:
Australia labeled
"great market" for Apple, MacChat, 2/18. "Australia will
receive the new products announced at Macworld Tokyo within a few
days."- Benchmark: G4/400
shootout, Bare Feats, 1/18. Upgrade beige G3 vs. 7500 vs.
Yikes! and Sawtooth G4s.
- Web: It's
pronounced jiff, 60-Second Window. This settles the debate
about how to pronounce ".gif" files.
- Opinion:
Lonesome Internet blues, take 2, Scott Rosenberg, Salon, 2/18.
Flawed Standord study sees email, chat outside the realm of human
contact.
- Opinion: Misfire
awards, Loose Cannons, Applelinks, 2/18.
- Advice: Older
PowerBooks: Going portable on an iTeen budget, Mac Observer,
2/18. "Did you know you can now buy a [used] color PowerBook for
little over a hundred dollars?"
- News: XLR8 displays
multiprocessor Carrier at Macworld Tokyo, Macs Only!, 2/18.
Allows use to two G4 ZIF modules - more on the
XLR8 site.
- Analysis: Apple's new
Japanese focus, MacWeek, 2/17.
- Opinion: Is
Apple in trouble?, Philip Machanick, MacOpinion, 2/17. "The big
seller today is ultralight notebooks, which the PowerBook
isn't."
- Opinion: How do
you spell WWW?, Marc Zeedar, MacOpinion, 2/17. A reminder that
spelling and grammar count on the web.
- Thank you, visitors. Tuesday was Low End Mac's busiest day
ever.
- Huh? Apple
doublespeak, MacNN, 2/16. Ongoing controversy: Did Apple block
FreeMac.com from buying a million iMacs?
- Connectivity: How easy it was to create a home network using DSL, The iMac,
2/16. Just over an hour to share DSL between two Macs.
- News: Apple
store opens in Canada, ehMac. Canucks can finally order
build-to-order Macs.
- Web: iBook Gamer
[Macs Only!]. New site about
gaming on the iBook.
- OS: Apple,
AOL veterans making Linux easy, Cnet, 2/16. They're working on
"a version of Linux your mother could use."
- Advice: iTools not just
for OS 9, Macworld, 2/16. Yes, you can use iTools with older
systems - I do. dk
- News: The new Macs, Mac News Today,
2/16. Quick overview of iBook SE, Power Mac G4/500, and the new
PowerBook G3.
- Opinion: PowerBook
- Ugh!, David Norton, MacMilitia, 2/16. Apple needs a better
naming convention - and this isn't it.
- Opinion: PowerBook
1400 gets new ticket to the fountain of youth, Charles Moore,
MacSimple, 2/16. "But does upgrading a 1400 make sense?"
- News: Apple Store Canada. Canadian prices, French
pages.
- Web: MacMall overhauls
website, announces new Macs in stock this week.
- News: Apple
unveils new iBook, PowerBook, Power Mac G4 at Macworld Expo,
Applelinks, 2/16.
- News: Apple SEs iBook, MacAddict, 2/16.
- News:
Study finds heavy Internet users are isolated, Washington Post,
2/15 [Apple's
Orchard]. But is heavy internet use the cause or effect?
- Opinion: Another view on
the speculation and rumor issue, Joey Cooper, MacMilitia.
- News:
Apple stock closes at all time high, Wes George, Mac Observer,
2/15. This is starting to sound like a broken record. :-)
- Review: Sonnet
G3/350, 400, XLR8 G3/350 upgrades, The Review, 2/15.
- Opinion: Two
radically opposing views on Pismo debut - and some "rumors"
observations, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 2/15. "Returning to
the issue of "rumors hurt Apple" for a moment, I am highly
skeptical...."
- News: Qualcomm
releases Eudora 4.3, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 2/15. Users
express great satisfaction with beta, eager for commercial
release.
- News: MS completes second preview release of IE 5, MacCentral,
2/15.
- Opinion: A note from
Andy, Steve Wood, 2/15. Thoughts on freebies and reviewing with
integrity.
- Opinion:
It's a 3D-licious World Wide Web, The Idiots, Mac Observer,
2/15. That state of 3D on the Web.
- History: Inventing the
Lisa interface, Rod Perkins.
- Opinion: Macworld
Tokyo rumor madness out of control, John Farr, Applelinks,
2/14.
- Opinion: Back to the
future, James Dilworth, Macville, 2/14. The incredibly long
usable lifespan of the Macintosh.
- Wanted: Wizardry I
for Macintosh,This Old Gamer, MacMilitia. If you have a copy of
this treasure, please contact Joey or Dan Knight
. dk
- News: Major
Canadian retailer discontinues Apple products, MacNN, 2/14.
CompuCentre blames low margins, no price protection, and difficulty
getting product from Apple.
- Opinion: PowerBook 170
saves the day!, Mac Widow, Right on Mac!
- Advice: Share & share a lot, MacSimple, 2/14. Sharing an
Epson printer on a network.
- Consumer: Bargain
basement G3 upgrades under $200, MacReviewZone.
- Hardware: Firewire
to IDE external case, Accelerate Your Mac! Club Mac's US$149
case converts IDE drive into external Firewire drive.
- Connectivity: Cable expands wireless
links, Broadband Week, 2/14 [Slashdot]. "A new generation of
wireless-broadband systems now entering the production stream may
finally mean that the tools are at hand to make over-the-air
connectivity a viable alternative...."
- OS: Linux more
reliable than Windows NT, GNet [Slashdot]. NT setup had over fifteen
times as much downtime.
- OS LinuxPPC 2000 due
2/14/2000, LinuxPPC [MacInTouch].
- Dark Side: AMD
busts out 850 MHz Athlon, Yahoo/ZDNet, 2/14.
- News: "Peanuts"
creator Charles Schulz dies, Yahoo News, 2/13.
- Hardware: Inside
the iBook, Dan Parks Sydow, MacCentral, 2/12.
- Opinion:
Stylized email: Yes or no?, Jon Bonner, MacSoldiers, 2/12.
"...since stylized e-mail messages are inevitable, instead of
fighting stylized e-mail we should work together instead to come up
with a standard that works."
- Review:
CameraMate a best buy for digital camera owners, The iMac,
2/12. USB device supports Compact Flash and Smart Media.
- Opinion: iPalm,
Pismo, and 17" iMacs: Stop the speculation!, John Norton,
MacMilitia. "Let's just say that it's not good for Apple."
- Connectivity:
Using AirPort as a bridge instead of a router, Apple TIL, 2/11.
Bridge mode lets you connect your ethernet network to AirPort.
- Review: Hands on
with the iSub, MacCentral, 2/12. Finally available, "we found
the combination of Harmon speakers and the iSub a nice audio set-up
that perfectly complements the new iMacs."
- News: Jobs denies
Apple restricted sales of iMacs, MacNN, 2/11. FreeMac was not
denied the right to buy one million iMacs at retail, as they have
claimed.
- Dark Side: How
many bugs?, John Farr, Applelinks, 2/11. Win2K has 63,000 known
bugs.
- Opinion:
G3, G4, or GWhiz?, Dan Willis, Daily Mac, 2/11. "According to
this little tidbit, Apple is expecting 550 and 600MHz G3 chips any
day now...."
- News: Connectix
announces decisive victory in Sony lawsuit, Applelinks, 2/10.
Virtual Game Station once again available.
- Dark Side: Microsoft
moves to mandatory software registration, ZDNet, 2/10. MS
promotes this as an anti-piracy measure.
- Opinion: Time
for a revolt against styled email, Charles Moore, Applelinks,
2/10. "What we have here is yet another collision between
functionality and aesthetics."
- Survey: What kind of
PowerBook is best for you?, MacBC.
- Opinion:
What's gone wrong with PowerPC?, Philip Machanick, MacOpinion,
2/10."If Intel can crank up the antiquated P6 design to 700MHz and
Motorola can't get the much more recent G4 up to 500MHz, something
has to be wrong."
- Advice: Security aspect: Macs and
cable modems, SecureMac, 2/10. "Cable modem users are generally
the first people to be targeted by those who scan
networks...."
- Opinion:
The one-person web is dead, Jason Snell, Macworld. As
publisher, author, designer, and editor of Low End Mac, I tend to
disagree.
- News: Tangerine
iBook appeared in 1995 movie, MacMilitia. Prescient Pixar put
iBook in Toy Story four years before the product's release!
- Review: iMac
DV Special Edition, MacSoldiers, 2/9. "Monitor resolution and
DVD problems aside, after three months of use I do not regret
purchasing this iMac Special Edition and feel I got my money's
worth."
- Opinion: Scandals,
NDAs, rumors, and the threat of attack: Why Mac webmasters are
great, Joey Cooper, MacMilitia. "I'm proud to be able to be
near such talented and kind people."
- Web: The Road Warrior is back!, Charles Moore, MacSimple,
2/9.
- Gaming: N64
USB adapter works on Macs, MacCentral, 2/9. US$30 device allows
use of Nintendo 64 controllers on USB-equipped Macs.
- Review: Upgrade
card well back from the cutting edge: PowerForce G3/250,
MacSpeedZone, 2/9. A lot of performance for US$175.
- Low End: Lessons from a
5400, Macville, 2/9. "I'm amazed by the stability and
responsiveness of my Performa 5400...."
- Opinion: Why are you such a
Mac nut?, Scott Feldstein, ATPM. "I was mid-way through college
when I met up with my first Mac...."
- News: Financial
problems continue to plague Newer, MacNN, 2/8. Upgrade company
working to restructure debts, avoid bankruptcy.
- Opinion:
Smoking new video card coming to a Mac near you, The Idiots,
Mac Observer, 2/7. Voodoo4 and 5 designed for cross-platform
performance.
- Benchmark: G4 worth
extra cost?, MacSpeedZone, 2/7. Real advantage comes only if
you're using AltiVec enabled applications.
- Opinion: Apple
storms Hollywood with new movie software, KMSP.com. "iMovie, in
short, is probably one of the most compelling pieces of software
available for the iMac. It's also probably the most fun and one of
the easiest multimedia titles."
- Web: Mac Buyers
Guide, Canada's up-to-date Mac source. [MacMilitia]
- News:
Hackers attack, overwhelm Yahoo!, NandoTimes, 2/7. Denial of
service attack took down site for over two hours Monday.
- OS: Carmack
ports X Windows to OS X Server, Xappeal, 2/7.
- Analysis: Taking
chips to 10 GHz and beyond, ZDNet, 2/7. Experts predict 10 GHz
CPUs by 2011.
- Analysis:
Does Moore's Law no longer apply?, ZDNet, 2/7. If not, there
are other ways to make chips more powerful.
- News: Software
makers aim to dilute consumer rights, LATimes, 2/4. UCITA
could allow them to change terms on the fly, turn off your
software, prevent negative reviews.
- Web: Buyers
Guide: G4/400 daughter cards, MacReviewZone, 2/4. Only one of
four cards is readily available. (Also see Low End Mac buyers guide.)
- Advice:
Performing a clean install, About.com, 2/7. When and how to
perform a clean system installation.
- Opinion:
Appearance vs. reality on the Mac web, Applelust, 2/7.
Interesting comments on rumor sites, among other things.
- News: iCab Preview
1.9 available [MacNN]. The little browser adds some Java
support among other things.
- News:
G4 chips still in short supply, MacUser (UK), 2/7.
"...Motorola's production problems are a result of shortcomings
both in the chip's design and its manufacturing process."
- Advice: How to share an
"unsharable" Postscript USB printer over AppleTalk, RSX
Solutions, 2/7 [MacNN]. Freeware Print Desk Lite lets you share the
printer on your network.
- News: Semiconductors
are smokin', Wired, 2/7. "Much more likely to reach the market
this year is a 780 MHz PowerPC chip from Motorola...." (Yes, the
folks who can't seem to supply the G4/500.)
- Benchmark: Rage128 Pro vs.
Rage128, Accelerate Your Mac, 2/5. Compares original G4 AGP
video card with current version (available from Apple for $99 with
OS 9).
- Review:
iMAXpowr G3, MacUser (UK). "The iMAXpowr is a revelation: an
upgrade for a supposedly non-upgradable machine."
- Opinion: The Great
Debate, Tim Robertson, My Mac. "See, John, [the Mac-centric
web] is not about business. Never has been."
- Low End: Resurrecting
a Mac Portable as a desktop computer, Godwin Chan.
- Opinion: i-Pliance,
Dan Willis, Daily Mac, 2/4. "How much power is enough?" (This
article makes a lot of sense. dk)
- Analysis: Why Jason needs
Pismo, Christopher Turner, ATPM. "Pismo is an evolutionary
release&emdash;think Lombard, with a faster processor...."
- Web: New Mac search
site hits the web, MacSearcher, 2/4. Search US, UK dealers for
hardware, software prices.
- Opinion: iMac DV SE, a
gamer's perspective, Inside Mac Games. "The big question on
everyone's mind is 'is this iMac a kick-butt gaming machine?'"
- News: Interex
files for Chapter 11; XLR8 to spin off, MacNN, 2/4. "As for
XLR8, a Macintosh upgrade company that sells G3/G4 upgrades in
addition to USB products, it continues to be profitable...."
- Digicams: Fuji
raises digicam quality bar, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 2/4. New
cameras have 4.3 and 6.1 megapixels.
- Opinion: Cheerleader
or critic?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 2/4. "..Apple could be
even more successful if they could emulate the Japanese automakers
in being genuinely interested and responsive to what their
customers want...."
- Inverview: Applelink's
Joe Ryan, MacMilitia, 2/4.
- Opinion: Mac
OS X for Intel: Has the groundwork been laid?, John Kinsella,
Applelinks, 2/4.
- OS: Linux
on a Mac is back, iTeen, Mac Observer, 2/4.
- News: Epson unveils new
photo printers, MacWeek, 2/4. Now I just have to pick the right
one.
- News: iTools
license reworded, Applelinks, 2/3.
- Web: Mac Night Owl,
Gene Steinberg's site.
- Opinion: Lucy
Linux returns for the weekend, John Martellaro, Mac Opinion,
2/3. Why Linux is not a consumer operating system.
- OS: 64-bit Linux arrives, ZDNet/Yahoo, 2/3. Trillian consortium
will have Itanium-optimized Linux ready when the chip ships - which
could give them a lot of time.
- Review: Wired4DVD
card, Accelerate Your Mac!, 2/2. Decoder card handily
outperforms software decoding on Power Mac G4.
- Opinion: iBook: the
outdated machine?, Macville, 2/2. Why Apple needs to improve
the iBook.
- Opinion:
iTools terms of service threatens subscribers' privacy, Apple's
Orchard, 2/2. Could posting something to iDisk remove your
copyright and ownership rights?
- News: MacCain thrashes Bush, Yahoo/Reuters, 2/2. I just love it
when the underdog wins.
- Analysis: Outlook
for faster G4 sustems gloomy, AppleInsider, 2/1. Apple may be
stuck at 450 MHz until June.
- Opinion:
Apple Canada: The good, the bad, and the ugly, Mac Observer,
2/1.
- Hands On: iMAXpowr
G3/466, Insanely Great Mac, 2/1. First CPU upgrade for the iMac
(Rev. A-D).
- Hands On: Sonnet PB 1400 G3/333 upgrade, PowerBook Source, 2/1.
Tests confirm lots more speed, improved battery life.
- Opinion: KidSafe:
No choice at all, Macworld. "It's a little disconcerting to be
surfing a Web cobbled together by faceless people who will never be
held accountable for their work."
- Opinion: Want
to do something about spam?, Applelinks, 2/1. "It amazes me
that spam is worth the trouble to those who use it...."
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