The Low End Mac Link Archive, July 2000
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- Analysis: Will the
real "Cube" computer please step forward, Brent Hecht, Insanely
Great Mac, 7/31. Cobalt more likely to go after Apple over name of
Cube, not shape.
- Analysis: Are
LCD monitors better?, CMPTR [Win98Central]. Some terrible
typos, but a good overview.
- Dark Side: Microsoft
patches Windows 2000, PC World, 7/31. Win2K users better have a
fast connection - the whole service pack weighs in at 87 MB!
- Benchmark: G4/400
+ Voodoo5 beats Athlon 1 GHz + Nvidia, Bare Feats, 7/31. At
high resolutions, Mac/Voodoo5 combo outperforms "2.5x faster"
Athlon/Nvidia - the Wintel leader.
- News: New Macs
enter retail channel, MacWeek, 7/31. Latest iMacs, Power Mac
G4s finding their way into retail channels; Cube soon to
follow.
- Opinion: A cube is a
qube is a cube..., Kyle D'Addario, Mac Observer, 7/31. Pretty
much says it all.
- Advice: Email
etiquette is appalling, Post says, USA Today, 7/31 [Win98Central]. Helpful tips
for the netiquette challenged, such as "fill in the subject
line."
- Rights: Don't get
fooled into believing email is private, Detroit Free Press,
7/30 [Win98Central].
Dow Chemical reviews employee email, fires some employees.
- News
: Apple faces possible
lawsuit over G4 Cube, MacNN, 7/28. Cobalt's blue Linux Qube vs.
Apple's silver Mac OS Cube - not easily confused. Besides, Apple
now owns NeXT, who "cubed" long before Cobalt (right).
- Opinion:
An apology to the rumor sites - this time, Rodney O. Lain, Mac
Observer, 7/28. "Even after having given the devil his due, I still
believe that the rumor sites are a bastardization of good reporting
and good journalism."
- Benchmark: First lab test:
Dual-processor Power Macs, Macworld, 7/28. "...two 450MHz
processors do excel at tasks in applications designed to take
advantage of the second processor." Duh - but does it help anything
else?
- Consumer: Apple
Store offers killer deals for students and educators, Insanely
Great Mac, 7/28. Great deals for students and staff. (Homeschoolers
click
here for information on how you can buy at a discount.)
- Overview: New PowerBook upgrades, Ceolaf, PowerBook Source,
7/27.
- Humor? Motorola: Wanted
dead or alive, MacEdition, 7/27. Motorola accused of violating
Moore's law, which predicts doubling of performance every 18
months. The G4/450 shipped last
August, so we should be somewhere around 700 MHz today. Sigh.
- Consumer: Best
PowerBook, iBook deals, PowerBook Central, 7/27. Also link for
DVD kits for WallStreet PowerBook G3.
- Hands on: First taste of Newer
Tech G3 WallStreet upgrade, PowerBook Zone, 7/27. Beta tester
reports improved speed, battery life.
- Opinion: Spelling,
grammar, and the fanzine mentality, Thomas Wetzel, Applelust,
7/27. "...good writing is a fundamentally revolutionary act because
careful and thoughtful prose requires one to take control of both
one's thoughts and one's words."
- Opinion: The mouse
conundrum: how many buttons do you need?, Mike Ellis, Right On
Mac!, 7/27. "A lot of people miss a great deal of functionality in
the Mac OS by not having a second button...."
- Opinion: Internet
freedom under siege, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks. "...roughly
40% of Americans have been gulled into thinking that politically
correct statism is a good thing."
- Consumer: PowerBook
1400 battery price guide, Martin Trautmann [PowerBook
Source].
- Rights:
At-work-monitoring bill introduced, Yahoo/AP, 7/20. Legislation
would require employers to notify workers if monitoring electronic
communications in the workplace.
- Hands on: Interware 400 MHz G3
for PowerBook 2400c, Jake Juck, 7/17 [PowerBook Source]. Almost
double the speed of NUpower 240 MHz G3 upgrade and five times
faster than original 180 MHz 603e.
- Opinion: Kermit the
Frog axed: Creative differences or statistical miscalculation?,
Wes George, Mac Observer, 7/27. The Expo favorite with "(It Isn't
Easy) Bein' Green" has been pulled.
- Opinion: Ihnatko
cubed, Andy Ihnatko, MacCentral, 7/27. "...it inspires -
demands - purchase."
- Opinion: This
Old Mac..., Chris Rogers, iTeen, Mac Observer, 7/27. Keeping
your old Mac running as best it can.
- Upgrade: Peek at first
PowerBook G3 upgrades from Newer, Go2Mac.com, 7/27. US$500-550
466 MHz card will upgrade almost all WallStreet models, all
Lombards.
- Preview: How does
3dfx Voodoo5 compare to Voodoo3 and RAGE 128 Pro?, Bare Feats,
7/26. Impressive 32-bit performance and minimal frame rate fall off
at higher resolutions.
- Preview: 3dfx
Voodoo5 PCI card, Kyle D'Addario, Mac Observer, 7/26. "...based
on what we have seen, Mac users of all kinds, especially gamers,
are in for a real treat."
- Review: 3dfx
Mac Voodoo5 5500 PCI Graphics Card, Mike Breeden, Accelerate
Your Mac, 7/26. Impressive, even with prerelease drivers.
- News: Macworld
New York sets attendance record, MacNN, 7/26. With 61,250
attendees, it was the most popular East Coast Macworld Expo
ever.
- Consumer: Get a
keyboard extender for your new G4, Go2Mac.com, 7/26. Pro
Keyboard cable to short for G4 users, but Apple has a free USB
extension cable.
- News: Dual
processor G4 optimized apps on the way, Dennis Seller,
MacCentral, 7/26. "The same app that is preemptively multithreaded
with one processor using the MPLib will automatically become
preemptively multithreaded and multiprocessor aware on a
multiprocessor machine...."
- Analysis: The right
Mac for business, Paul Shield, The Business Mac. "With the new
Macs announced last week, it is again appropriate to consider the
question of which Mac is right for the typical business user."
- News: XLR8
announces OS X compatibility for upgrades, Applelinks, 7/26.
Carrier ZIF, MACh Carrier, and MACh Speed upgrades will work with
OS X. (Just waiting for Newer to make the same promise....)
- News:
High-tech firms agree to instant-messaging compatibility,
Fresno Bee, 7/26 [Mac
Observer]. "Conspicuously missing from the list of
participating companies is [AOL]."
- Analysis: For whom?, Ceolaf, MacinThoughts, 7/25. Who is the
Cube for?
- OS:
Mac OS X Server 1.2 not compatible with G4 MP, Cube, Apple TIL
86063, 7/25 [MacNN[. Time for a
patch - or the end of OS X Server?
- Opinion: Will you be assimilated
by the Cube?, Corby Stephens, MacInStart, 7/25. Best point: The
Cube is Apple's first desktop computer that isn't over 15"
tall since the Beige G3 was
discontinued in January 1999. (It also has a smaller footprint than
any compact Mac.)
- Opinion: A look at the
Apple Pro Mouse, Nick dePlume, Think Secret, 7/25. "...a
significant improvement over Apple's last mouse."
- Opinion: iMac colors: Good,
bad, and ugly!, Dave, Mac Monkey. Thoughts on indigo, ruby,
sage, and snow.
- Analysis: Recent intellectual
property law developments on the Internet, R. Mark Halligan,
Esq. Pay special attention to cases where Internet publication
destroys trade secret status.
- Rights:
Hollywood looks to kill hyperlinks in copyright fights, Cnet,
7/25. "A half-dozen high-profile legal cases revolve around the
legality of links...."
- Opinion: Top 10
products at Macworld Expo, Insanely Great Mac. You may find
some nice surprises on this list, especially #10.
- Opinion: Is Apple corporate
secrecy justified?, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl. "Lest one
think I'm supporting Apple's position, I'm not."
- New email list: MacCube,
The Macintosh Guy.
- New email list: MacMP, for
multiprocessor Macs, The Macintosh Guy.
- Opinion: Apple
legal temporarily shuts down Mac Junkie, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 7/25. "First Amendment freedoms are under attack these
days on many fronts, and it's sad to see Apple Corp. among the
attackers. "
- Opinion: The new Mac
lineup, hmm..., Steve Wood, Busman's Holilday, 7/25. "I find my
views considerably less charitable to the less than revolutionary
offerings from Apple."
- Analysis: Macworld
wrap up: What exactly did happen last week?, Kyle D'Addario,
Mac Observer, 7/24. "...time to take a look back and try to figure
out what it is that exactly happened. "
- Opinion: Thinking inside the box,
Steven Levy, Newsweek, 7/24. "To Jobs, the point is to make a
computer so perfect both outside and in that it satisfies the
toughest customer imaginable: himself."
- Opinion: The more
sinister side of gatekeeping, Bob Allis, MacBC, 7/24. "They
know that they would not win such a case in court, and are banking
on the fact that web site operators will not stand up."
- Opinion: Apple,
BusinessWeek, Peter Burrows, 7/24 [MacSlash]. "But then, Apple has
always been able to market circles around its rivals."
- Opinion: Apple's new
desktop hardware: Making a virtue of necessity, Charles W.
Moore, Applelinks, 7/21.
- Opinion: The new
legacy items, Andrew Shalat, MacWeek, 7/21. Thoughts on the
no-button mouse, Pro Keyboard without a power key (!), and changing
habits.
- Opinion: Report
on the new Apple mouse, John Martellaro, Applelinks, 7/21. "I
was initially concerned about using the entire top as the button.
It's not a problem at all. In fact, it's delightful."
- Upgrades: PowerBook Source looks at Sonnet, Newer, PowerLogix
CPU upgrades, 7/20 (scroll down).
- News: XLR8's
dual-processor move, Macworld UK, 7/20. Upgrade puts two 400 to
500 MHz G4 processors in a ZIF socket.
- Analysis: Macintosh cubed,
Andrew Gore, Macworld, 7/19. "...both the simplest of computers and
the most powerful."
- Opinion: Mac
OS X: The lessons of Mac OS 9, Kevin Bradley, MacInStart. "If
the roll-out of Mac OS 9 last October taught me anything with
regard to the upcoming release of OS X, it was this: wait."
- Macworld: Jobs'
keynote fall on Wall Street's deaf ears, Wes George, Mac
Observer, 7/19. "Investors cluelessly shrugged off the news from
MACWORLD which will radically alter the bottom line for Apple in
coming quarters."
- Macworld: Apple
announces 4 new iMacs starting at $799, John F. Braun, Mac
Observer, 7/19. Full family ranges from $799 350 MHz model through
500 MHz iMac DV Special Edition at $1,499.
- Macworld: New
Apple mouse a winner, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 7/19. "...the
stunningly beautiful tool is not only accurate but easy and fun to
use."
- Macworld: CPU
upgrades step into laptops, MacWeek, 7/19. Companies offer G3,
G4 upgrades for PowerBooks, including Sonnet G3/400 for PowerBook
1400.
- Macworld: Color me ruby - or
sage or inidigo or snow or graphite, MacMilitia, 7/19. Four
iMacs, five colors. (I love ruby!)
- Benchmark: New G4
upgrade for iMac, Bare Feats, 7/19. Newer upgrade brings
original iMacs (Rev. A through D) into the G4 era.
- Analysis: Microsoft,
Intel: Apple: What numbers matter?, Motely Fool, 7/19.
- Analysis: Thinking
public, Joseph Ferrare, Think Secret, 7/17. Long, thoughtful,
worthwhile article explains why Apple communicates the way they
do.
- Analysis:
Macs on the cheap, Sascha Segan, ABC News.com, 7/17. "While PCs
more than a few years old have zero resale value, these retailers
are selling Macs up to 15 years old...."
- News:
MacInTouch rebuffs Apple legal with public snub, Bryan Chaffin,
Mac Observer, 7/17. "...when that long time veteran journalist was
contacted by Apple, Mr. Ford bit back."
- Opinion: Passion
vs. rationality in the OS wars, Charles W. Moore, Moore's
Machine, Mac Junkie, 7/17. Mac users really do "think
different."
- Opinion: Apple consumer
cube? I don't think so, George Edward Green III, MacRelations
2k, 7/17.
- Macworld: Predictions
for Macworld Expo, Eliot Hochberg, MacJunkie, 7/17. No cube, no
OS X beta, but some surprises. (At LEM, we're predicting OS X beta
will be available.)
- Hands on: USB Printer
Sharing 1.0, Macs Only!, 7/17. Useful but limited free utility
lets recent Macs with OS 9 share a USB printer.
- AAPL: Apple fiscal Q3 2000 earnings preview, AAPL Investors,
7/14. Projection is over one million Macs, almost $2 billion
revenue.
- Analysis: Crossing
the Rubicon: A look behind the scenes at MacOS Rumors, Wes
George, Mac Observer, 7/14.
- Humor: Amazing
Mac cube images surface!, Wes George, Mac Observer, 7/14. Mock
mock-up of Apple's new cube design.
- Benchmarks: Acard hardware IDE RAID,
Seagate 15,000 rpm Cheetah, Bare Feats, 7/14. Fast and faster -
wow!
- Software: A time
machine for your Mac?, Stephen Beale, MacWeek, 7/13.
Fascinating idea if it works: Rewind allows users to recover
overwritten files and more.
- News: Apple
legal stops MacCards revival, MacCentral, 7/13. Don't you
sometimes wish Apple legal would get a clue?
- Opinion:
Save us from geek cool, Philip Machanick, MacOpinion, 7/13.
"Geek Cool: things that blow you away on first sight, but which
stop you from getting useful work done."
- Analysis: Microsoft
goes it alone with IE 5.5, John H. Farr, Applelinks, 7/13.
Microsoft continues policy of "embrace and extend" to push
proprietary additions to HTML standard.
- Review: Mac OS in a
Nutshell, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks. MacOS In A
Nutshell is an excellent reference for what is probably the
largest proportion of Mac users - people who have transcended the
neophyte stage but are still well short of being "power
users."
- Opinion: Misadventures
of a Linux newbie from the Mac world, Tom Streeter,
LinuxNewbie.org. "Here are a few things I wish someone had told me
before I installed Linux on my iMac about a month ago."
- Advice: Letters,
Nancy Gravley, Computing With Bifocals, 7/12. Turning off
background images in your browser, introduction to digital
cameras.
- Opinion: Is the iMac's
appeal fading?, Mac-Upgrade.com, 7/11. "Assuming the next iMac
offers at least the same mix of performance and design savvy of its
predecessors, I'd say we're less likely to see the iMac craze
fade...."
- Hands on: Microtech USB
CameraMate, Macs Only!, 7/11. CompactFlash and SmartMedia in
one convenient unit.
- Advice:
Build to order used PowerBooks, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior,
MacOpinion, 7/11. Other World is now offering BTO PowerBook
3400s.
- Deals: Sonnet G3 daughter cards,
US$113 and up, see DealMac, 7/10-11. Sonnet promises OS X
compatibility, providing even more value.
- Deal: iBook Road Warrior
Bundle, US$119, Dr. Bott LLC. The iBookBag also works very
nicely with all the recent PowerBooks (WallStreet, Lombard,
Pismo).
- News: iMac 350
officially discontinued, MacNN, 7/10. "The $999 Blueberry iMac
has been officially discontinued...." G4/400 also in very short
supply.
- Analysis:
Monitor prediction falls flat, Henry Norr, SF Gate, 7/10. The
expected switch to flat panel displays has been postponed.
- News: More
on world's first ink-jet printed full colour light emitting polymer
(LEP) display, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 7/10. Even if you
don't understand all the details (I don't), the bottom line is
cheaper flat panel displays.
- Opinion:
Journalism ethics, credentials, and more perspectives, Michel
Munger, MacSoldiers, 7/10.
- Opinion: An old Mac in
an iWorld, David Norton, MacMiltia. "The rule of thumb when
using an older Mac is to accept that you can't do everything."
- Opinion:
.Net? .Not! Microsoft Abandons Future To Apple, Bryan Chaffin,
Back Page, Mac Observer, 7/10. "Microsoft's .Net on the other hand
is nothing short of a nightmare."
- Hands on: Microtech USB
XpressSCSI adapter, Macs Only!, 7/10. "It's small, light and
works great."
- Opinion: Authentic
Macworld rumors, Wes George, Apple Trader, Mac Observer, 7/10.
"...if loose lips sink ships then Apple's tight lips are helping to
float a battalion of rumors."
- MP3: Napster: We're
100% legal, Go2Mac.com, 7/6. Some interesting arguments in
response to RIAA claims.
- Humor: iTari 2600.
"...it's the cheapest, easiest way to your favorite video games
without the hassle of going to the arcade. "
- Illustrated
Mac IIci teardown, Steve Wood, Busman's Holiday. Step-by-step
instructions for getting inside this vintage Mac.
- Rumor? Pictures of new
Mac revealed, Joey Cooper, MacMilitia, 7/5. And a new color
scheme, too.
News: Seven into
one Down Under, Steven Noble, MacWeek, 7/4. "Seven of
Australia's largest Macintosh retail chains have merged...."- Analysis: Is
Apple's four-cornered strategy a done deal or a foundation?,
Wes George, Apple Trader, Mac Observer, 7/4. "Almost everyone is
coming out with some hardware variation on the Internet appliance
theme."
- Benchmarks: Upgraded blue & white
G3 can run with the big dogs, Bare Feats, 7/4. G4 ZIF upgrade
plus Voodoo3 holds its own with Power Mac G4.
- OS: How to
run Linus on an SE/30, Jag's House.
- Opinion: Whither Mac
the Knife?, MacWeek, 7/4. MacWeek's fictional rumor monger put
out to pasture.
- Opinion: Journalism,
ethics, and sacred cows, Charles W. Moore, Moore's MacCave,
Applelust, 7/4. "'Objectivity' is the great sacred cow and
particular conceit of journalists...."
- Opinion: Online
advertising: Cheat or be cheated, R. P. Phillips, Family-Mac.
How site sponsorship works, and how some cheat the system.
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