Link Archive: July 2004
Links Around the Web
- Upgrade: OWC offers
full line of Macintosh SuperDrives, Kirk Hiner, Applelinks,
07.28. "Internal 8x-speed SuperDrives for most PowerMac models
start at just $99, with many special software and media bundle
options available to choose from."
- News: IBM readies
dual-core PowerPC, Daniel Drew Turner, eWeek, 07.26. "The
PowerPC 970MP will contain two processing units per chip, with each
carrying its own execution core, Level 1 cache and storage
subsystems including a Level 2 cache."
- Opinion:
All hail the iPhone, Mike Davidson, 07.25. "...it is becoming
rapidly clear that Apple is ripe to enter the cell phone market
within the extremely near future."
- Advice: A few
simple steps toward improving your Mac's performance, Charles
W. Moore, Mac Basics, Applelinks, 07.23. How to get the best
performance out of OS X on your Mac.
- Opinion: OS 9,
mine, all mine, Giles Turnbull, MacDevCenter, 07.23. "And as
far as Ken is concerned, the old Mac OS wins hands-down."
- Opinion:
Wither art thou, low end Mac?, Alex Kayhill, Mac 360, 07.23.
"How does the eMac compete for $799. Compare prices anywhere.
Compare what you get."
- History:
The money machines, Ellen Florian, Fortune, 07.23. "The humble
ATM revolutionized the way we deal with money and turned global
commerce into a 24/7 affair."
- Opinion:
.mac isn't worth the investment, Al Fasoldt, The Post-Standard,
07.21. The author of this piece completely ignores the usefulness
of iCal publishing and using iSync if you have more than one
Mac.
- Advice: Switching to the Mac on a
budget: How to reinvent your entire computing universe for under a
thousand dollars, Bill Palmer, BillPalmer.net, 07.20.
"...unlike some computer companies (Dell comes immediately to
mind), when Apple says $799, it actually means $799. No
non-existent rebates, no bait-and-switch tactics, none of
that."
- Analysis:
Twelve inch iBook vs twelve inch PowerBook revisited, Charles
W. Moore, Road Warrior, Mac Opinion, 07.20. The 1.33 GHz PowerBook
G4 costs 45% more than the 1 GHz iBook G4. Is it really worth
it?
- Opinion: Partitioning
redux, post and riposte, Charles W. Moore, OS X Odyssey,
Applelinks, 07.19. The numerous advantages of partitioning your
Mac's hard drive.
- Opinion: The new iPod,
Steven Levy, MSNBC/Newsweek, 07.19. A bit thinner, new iPod copies
controls from iPod mini, boosts battery life to 12 hours, and drops
price US$100.
- Virus: First Pocket PC
virus discovered, BBC News, 07.19. "[BitDefender] said the
virus posed no threat and was produced only as a 'proof of concept'
by its creators."
- Advice:
12 steps to improving your Mac's performance, Joli Ballew,
O'Reilly Network, 07.16. "Figuring out what causes the slowdown is
a start to getting better performance. Knowing the cause of the
problem is only half the battle; though."
- News: Apple's market
share at 3.7 percent, MacNN, 07.16. "Apple was the No. 5 PC
vendor in the US market in the second quarter with a 3.7% market
share behind Dell (32.9%), HP (19.3%), Gateway (5.6%), and IBM
(5.6%)."
- Web: The
little rumor site that could, Leander Kahney, Wired, 07.15.
"Claiming more than 600,000 registered members, Spymac has become
one of the biggest sites about the Mac, and it is beginning to flex
its newfound muscle."
- Opinion: History
repeated as Apple slams CPU supplier, Tony Smith, The Register,
07.15. New iMac introduction delayed by IBM's inability to produce
G5 processor in required volume. Sounds like Motorola in the G4
era....
- AAPL:
Apple shares rise 12 percent on results, Reuters, 07.15.
"...shares jumped 12 percent on Thursday after the maker of the
Macintosh computer and iPod digital music player posted
third-quarter net income that tripled from a year ago...."
- Hardware: The G5
iMac, MacSlash, 07.14. "During today's Quarter 3 results
conference call, Apple announced that the next iMac will have a G5
processor...."
- AAPL: Apple 3Q
earnings surge to $61 million, Brad Gibson, Mac Observer,
07.14. "The highest third-quarter revenue in eight years . . .
improved Mac computer sales of 19% and robust iPod portable music
player sales up 162% were catalysts for the rosy earnings...."
- Opinion: The annoying world
of computing, Thom Holwerda, OSNews, 07.12. "Whether it be
Linux, Windows, BeOS or whatever other obscure OS: they require so
much time to load."
- Rights:
iPod undermines Microsoft on copy-locked CDs, John Borland,
Cnet, 07.12. "...the fact that makers of antipiracy technology are
approaching Apple and the iPod marks a new direction for copy
protection."
- News: Macworld's
back in Beantown, Leander Kahney, Wired, 07.12. "IDG, the
show's owner, expects about 60 vendors and 10,000 visitors, down
from 55,000 visitors and more than twice as many exhibitors in
1996."
- Software:
Why Microsoft Office Mac 2004 scares me, Bob Levitus, Dr. Mac:
Rants & Raves, Mac Observer, 07.09. "...I am sorely tempted to
delete the whole Office 2004 suite until an update arrives, at
which time I'll gladly give it another shot and see if they got it
right yet."
- Analysis: Apple makes a
play for NT orphans, Mary Jo Foley, eWeek, 07.09. "To
capitalize on potentially disenfranchised Windows server customers,
Apple is planning on providing an NT migration tool as part of the
Mac OS X Server 10.4 Tiger release...."
- Opinion: Sony to
step up Walkman ad campaign, Vern Seward, Mac Observer, 07.09.
"It is clear that Sony wants Apple's leadership in the world of
portable music players, a position it once firmly held with its
line of Walkman cassette and CD players."
- Software: Charles
Moore reviews three OS X backup utilities, Charles W. Moore,
Applelinks, 07.09. Three low-end backup programs for the Mac OS X
user.
- Opinion: Oh,
just go get yourself an eMac and call it a night, Bill Palmer,
BillPalmer.net, 07.02. The flat panel iMac is dead. Long live the
eMac!
-
- <go to the Mac News Today
index>
Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized,
sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Opinions expressed are
those of their authors and may not reflect the opinion of Cobweb
Publishing. Advice is presented in good faith, but what works for one
may not work for all.
Entire Low End Mac website copyright ©1997-2016 by
Cobweb Publishing, Inc. unless otherwise noted. All
rights reserved. Low End Mac, LowEndMac, and lowendmac.com are
trademarks of Cobweb Publishing Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh,
iPad, iPhone, iMac, iPod, MacBook, Mac Pro, and AirPort are
registered trademarks of Apple
Inc. Additional company and product names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks and are hereby acknowledged.
Please report errors to
.
LINKS: We allow and encourage links to
any public page as long as the linked page does not appear within a
frame that prevents bookmarking it.
Email may be published at our discretion unless marked "not for
publication"; email addresses will not be published without permission,
and we will encrypt them in hopes of avoiding spammers. Letters may be
edited for length, context, and to match house style.
PRIVACY: We don't collect personal
information unless you explicitly provide it, and we don't share the
information we have with others. For more details, see our
Terms of Use.
