Low End Mac Archive for March 16

March 16 in Low End Mac History

Web Design, part 3: Cascading Style Sheets, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. How Cascading Style Sheets control the appearance of a site.

Passing of a free OS, Stuart Bell, My Turn. Apple has forced Mac512k.com to remove System 1.0 through 6.0.1, versions that have always been free to users of older Macs.
Macintosh: The next generation, Jake Sargent, iThings Considered. Thoughts on the future of the Cube, iMac, PowerBook, Power Mac, and iBook.
Buying a used Mac, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Tips on selecting and buying a used Power Mac.
PowerLogix WallStreet/Lombard CPU upgrade, hard drive recovery, CoolPad trial, and more, Charles Moore, The 'Book Page. Blue Chip upgrade deal, 5300 trade-in reached Canada, Pismo education pricing, CoolPad trial offer, hard drive recovery, and incredible memory prices.

Apple's top secret 'Project Comet' unveiled, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. The Mac mini has one serious design flaw. "Comet" addresses that oversight and adds new power to Apple's smallest computer.

Capture stills from DVDs with a simple hack, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. Although Mac OS X doesn't support screen captures from Apple's DVD Player, this hack adds a screenshot menu item, making it easy to create your own stills.
1,000 Intel native apps, Intel unleashes OS X, the ultramobile future, flash RAM for notebooks, and more, The Macintel Report. Also another project to get Linux and WinXP running on Intel Macs and lots of developments on the Intel CPU front.
Rivals can't match closed iPod system, but Samsung comes close; HomeDock Deluxe puts playlist on TV; and more, iPod News Review. Also creative and strategic iPod use as a Georgia college, Chrysler iPod integration, recommended FireWire and USB cards, a flashlight for your iPod, share your iPod over a network, and more.

Pismo Spotlight woes solved with simple fix, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. After working for 8 months, Tiger's Spotlight indexing had simply stopped working. Here's why - and the easy solution to the problem.
Flaming MacBook, flash-based MacBook mini speculation, NEC's daylight-friendly LCD, and more, The 'Book Review. Also tricking out the MacBook Pro, SanDisk and Intel enter flash drive market, DuelAdapter lets MacBook Pro use PCMCIA and CardBus cards, bargain 'Books from $180 to $1,999, and more.
Mac Pro could go 8-core with quad-core Xeons, and Intel enters flash drive market, Mac News Review. Intel released the quad-core Xeon this week; it's just a matter of time before we'll see it in the Mac Pro.

Darwine: Mac Wine in new bottles, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. Darwine is a free, open source program that allows you to run many Windows programs on Intel-based Macs without a copy of Windows.

Ubiquitous computing: Tabs, pads, books, and clouds, Adam Rosen, Adam's Apple. "Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning . . . when technology recedes into the background of our lives."
Why I plan to stop using Google Docs, Jason Walsh, Mac Life. Jason Walsh continues his search for the perfect word processor and explains why he uses Google Docs - and why he will stop using it.

My first car was a 1966 Volkwagen van, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing\. Talk of VW's new Bulli minivan brings back memories of John Hatchett's first vehicle, a 1966 VW panel van.

RAM Disks Return, Stretch Battery Life, Muzetto Outback Bag for MacBooks and iPads, and More, The 'Book Review. Also 15" MacBook Air rumored for April, Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook is no MacBook Air competitor, and two battery apps.
Mac Pro Users Waiting for Upgrade, Quicken 2007 for Lion Released, Free Menubar Apps, and More, Mac News Review. Also how the cloud will replace the PC as the center of our digital lives, Opera on HTML5, and WD acquires Hitachi GST, and more.