The Low End Mac Link Archive, November 2001
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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.
- Rights:
Music industry quietly unveiling copy-proof CDs, D. Ian Hopper,
Associated Press, 11.30. One person notes copy protection critics
"probably pirates themselves."
Slashdot suggests buying the CD, testing it, and returning it
to voice your displeasure.
- News: Pundit
goes Mac after disastrous XP experience, Dennis Sellers,
MacCentral, 11.30. One nightmare WinXP install was all it
took.
- Low end: Saving face with
iCab on a PowerBook 520c, Leo Jakobson, Mac-Upgrade.com, 11.30.
"...for an old, underpowered laptop, iCab is not just a nice
alternative. It's a lifesaver."
- Rights: ZDNet
publishes article on important free speech, Bryan Chaffin, Mac
Observer, 11.30. Free speech on the Internet seriously challenged
by court rulings.
- Consumer: Week's
best PowerBook, iBook deals, PowerBook Central, 11.30.
- Web: Web
Page Design for Designers has posted the December issue.
- Analysis:
The "Mac-ness" of Mac OS X: Unix and the future of data
organization, Brian Tiemann, Applelust, 11.30. How and why a
multiuser OS changes some of the rules.
- Software: AppleWorks
update, Apple, 11.30. Clever installer put 6.1.2 on pre-X
systems, 6.2.2 on OS X machines.
- Web: AppleInsider
has a new look. They've published no new content since April 27,
but at least they've taken the time to make it look nice.
- Benchmarks: Western
Digital 100 GB hard drive with 8 MB cache, Tom's Hardware
Guide, 11.20. Does the bigger cache make a big difference?
- Rights:
Apple cease-and-desist stupidity leak, Slashdot, 11.29.
Vigorous debate on the legality and morality of installing a full
Mac OS X 10.1 from the updater. Includes full instructions for
doing so. May violate DMCA.
- Opinion: Jobs is right,
Microsoft settlement is wrong, Kelly McNeill, osOpinion, 11.29.
"Tuesday's decision by Jobs to potentially risk this relationship
by speaking out is an indication of just how inappropriate he feels
the proposed 'remedy' really is."
- Opinion: I want my own
computer, R.P. Phillips, Mac Kids, Family-Mac. Grade school
kids should have Macs, too.
- Rights:
Message boards are opinions, not facts, Slashdot, 11.28. Court
rules that messages posted in public forums should generally be
taken as statements of opinion, not fact.
- X Migration: The road from
Claris Emailer to Entourage, Gene Steinberg, Mac Night Owl.
"I'm pleased to have eliminated yet another Classic application
from my daily roster."
- Rumor: PowerPC G5 enters
"volume production," Tony Smith, The Register, 11.28. Source
indicates 1.2-1.6 GHz G5 may be just around the corner -
and show up at Macworld Expo.
- Rights: US court ruling
nixe software EULA sales restrictions, Andrew Orlowski, The
Register, 11.28. "The judge . . . has ruled that
consumers can resell bundled software, no matter what the EULA, or
End User License Agreement, stipulates."
- Opinion: OS
X: My personal odyssey begins, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks,
11.27. "X is going to take a lot of getting used to."
- Opinion: Why do I
prefer Macs? Why ask why?, Vern Seward, Mac Observer,
11.27.
- Benchmarks:
Hard drive tests with Apple's iPod, Roger Smith, Accelerate
Your Mac, 11.17. Not lightning fast, but a competent
performer.
- Web:
Excite@home could cease service on Nov. 30, Yahoo/Reuters,
11.27. Company has been under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
since late September.
- Virus:
Internet worm that tracks typing still spreading,
Yahoo/Reuters, 11.27. "Badtrans" has already surpassed SirCam for
new infections in November, spreads via Microsoft Outlook and
Outlook Express, infects when message is read or previewed - no
need to run an attachment.
- Opinion:
Playing the keyboard, Jerry Pournelle, Byte.com, 11.26. A
writer's thoughts on keyboards - and that darned caps lock
key.
- Opinion:
State of the art: Digital photography, David Em, Byte.com,
11.26. "I'm a strong proponent of digital photography, but I don't
believe we've attained Nirvana yet."
- Opinion:
Who's adopting Mac OS X?, George Wagner, Brave New Mac, 11.26.
A look at Mac users, Windows users, and new users adopting
OS X.
- Web: EverythingMac.org,
a very new site dedicated to the sharing of knowledge about the
Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X.
- Analysis: Dot-com is
dot-gone, and the dream with it, John Schwartz, New York Times,
11.25 (free registration required).
- Web: Three Macs and a
Printer is back, now hosted by ATPM.
- News: UK gov agency
threatens to dump 50,000 Windows desktops, John Lettice, The
Register, 11.24.
- OS: OS
X set for Mac default in March, Andrew Orlowski, The Register,
11.23. Apple's Schiller suggests March 2002 as date when OS X
will displace classic Mac OS as default on new systems.
- Virus: Aliz worm turns,
bites Windows users, John Leyden, The Register, 11.23. Email
worm infects Windows PCs - even if it's only previewed.
- Rights:
Calif. court sets hearing on Russian programmer, Yahoo/Reuters,
11.21. Dmitry Sklyarov still can't go home.
- Spam: Toll free numbers of
spammers, Jeffery Goldberg [
/.]. Tired wasting your time deleting spam? Waste their time by
calling them on their toll-free lines.
- Opinion: Apple:
The ultimate computing machine, Marc Zeedar, Less Tangible, Mac
Opinion, 11.21. "Does Apple want to be perceived as a luxury
computer maker?"
- Consumer: Play
more. Pay less. Apple. Buy an iBook between Nov. 21 and Dec.
31, get $100 back from Apple.
- Dark Side: Deal
may put Microsoft at head of the class, Michael Kanellos,
Cnet, 11.20. Microsoft to grow education share by donating $500
million to put Windows PCs in disadvantaged schools? Only in
America would we settle an antitrust suit by giving the loser a
bigger share of the market.
- Opinion:
Does an upgraded WallStreet make sense as an iBook
alternative?, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion,
11.20.
- Advice: Protect your computer
with a firewall, Michelle Klein-Häss, Geek Speak, Low End
PC, 11.19. Why you need a firewall to protect your computer from
the Internet.
- News: Apple
tries to woo Windows defectors, Joe Wilcox, ZDNet UK,
11.19.
- Forward migration: Check
software for Macs, Dennis Sellers, MacCentral, 11.17. Yes, you
may be able to print checks without going to Windows.
- Opinion:
Flies in the OS X ointment, Mike Vannordsel, Applelust, 11.16.
Mac OS X developer's rant against those who rant against
OS X.
- Web: Family-Mac's
November issue is out.
- Opinion: Old Mac vs. new
Mac?, Tim Robertson, MyMac.com, 11.16. "Is there any compelling
reason to upgrade to a new Mac, or can you survive in today's
computer world with an older [one]?"
- Consumer: Week's
best PowerBook, iBook deals, PowerBook Central, 11.16.
- Advice: PowerBook won't
shut down, Damien, AppleTech, 11.15. Using a process manager as
a diagnostic tool.
- Analysis: Inside
Salon Premium, Scott Rosenberg, WebTechniques. "...how do you
bring in subscription money without strangling advertising?"
- Opinion: Netscape
6 (not Mozilla) should give up the ghost: A preparatory
requiem, Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer, 11.15. "Microsoft has
spoiled me with Internet Explorer...."
- Web: MyAppleMenu
(formerly AppleSurf) has a fresh new look.
- Oops: Itanium
flunking Compaq server tests, Cnet, 11.14. Intel's next gen
server CPU "fails to perform as expected." No wonder we christened
it Itanic in 1999!
- Web: How "penny per
page" might work, How Stuff Works. It would definitely lead to
more 8-10 page articles on the Web....
- Benchmarks: iPod as a
FireWire hard drive: How fast is it?, Macs Only!, 11.14. Pretty
darn fast!
- Benchmarks: TiBooks vs. iBooks, Bare
Feats, 11.14. See how new and recent models compare.
- Opinion:
Tough enough?, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion,
11.14. A look at ruggedized notebooks.
- Opinion: The irony
of hating Apple, of hating America, of hating me, of hating
freedom, Rodney O. Lain, Mac Observer, 11.14. "The highest cost
of freedom is existing outside one's comfort level."
- Opinion: Will
Apple eventually phase desktops out just like it did CRTs?,
Jake Sargent, Portable Mac, 11.13. Not soon, but maybe later.
- Dark Side: WinXP
bug ate my data, vnunet.com, 11.12. "Microsoft has admitted
that a bug in Windows XP may result in data loss if users
reinstall, repair or upgrade the operating system."
- Web: Three Macs and a Printer is missing in action. If
anyone knows how to contact Matthew Glidden, please let me know.
- Web: Hot link
biases, Laurie D. T. Mann. Some good thoughts on bad Web and
Internet behavior.
- Humor: Justice
to break up Apple for turning Microsoft into monopoly,
SatireWire. "...both sides agreed Apple's history of
"self-inflicted, anti-competitive" management practices is
primarily to blame for turning Microsoft into an illegal
monopoly."
- Discussion:
Should Apple adopt AMD's processor rating scheme?, MacSlash,
11.12.
- Web: Portable Mac
launches, looks at iPod and Netscape 6.2. We wish Jake Sargent
the best on his new site.
- Review: I
can't believe this is a Microsoft product, Gene Steinberg, Mac
Reality Check, AZ Central, 11.09. Yet another rave for Microsoft
Office v. X.
- Opinion: A
shrugging Atlas: Sometimes I wish for Armageddon, sometimes I wish
Apple would go out of business, Rodney O. Lain, iBrotha, Mac
Observer, 11.09. "People talk much about how irrelevant Apple is:
I'd love for Apple to disappear, just to prove them wrong."
- Opinion: Operating systems,
Apple Computer style, Khan Klatt, osOpinion, 11.08. "If price
were the only factor that establishes a sustainable operating
system, then Apple Computer would not exist."
- Opinion: Okay, so
Apple's accuse of being a racist company, Rodney O. Lain, Mac
Observer, 11.08. "I have no problem with the discrimination suit.
Racism is alive and well in America, and it must be dealt
with."
- Rights: Yahoo not bound
by French Nazi ban, Cnet, 11.07 [
/.]. Nice to see a sensible ruling on this one.
- Advice: Hard
drive partitioning, Charles W. Moore, Mac Basics, Applelinks,
11.06. We always partition at LEM. Learn why and how you should,
too.
- Opinion:
My first week with Pismo, Charles W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac
Opinion, 11.06. Nice, but not a huge improvement over
WallStreet.
- Advocacy: St.
Monica Technology Committee: Mac vs. PC Issues, Kern Trembath,
11.05. Why the Mac is a better computer.
- Opinion: Browser
beta bakeoff, Charles W. Moore, Applelinks, 11.05. How do
Netscape 6.2, iCab 2.6, and Opera Preview 4 compare?
- Opinion: Leading from the
front, CodeBitch, MacEdition, 11.05. Everyone publishing on the
Web should read this.
- Benchmarks: TiBook
667 vs. 550, 500, Bare Feats, 11.05. Preliminary
benchmarks.
- Software: iTunes 2.0 available,
Apple. Troublesome installer has been replaced.
- Ezine: Web
Page Design for Designers, November issue
- Opinon: Goodbye
Cube, Hello Pismo, Charles W. Moore, 11.02. Pismo replaces Cube
and workhorse WallStreet.
- Web: iCab
preview 2.6 available, iCab.de. Second most used browser at
LEM; hoping someday it will displace IE 5.
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