Low End Mac Archive for April 16

April 16 in Low End Mac History

C2, the next iMac, Dan Knight, The iMac Channel. Will the next iMac have DVD, 100 MHz bus, FireWire, 64 MB RAM, a larger screen?

Steve Jobs was right, Stephen Ashton, My Turn. Flower power, CD-RW, and iTunes makes the new iMac an easy sell.
BeOS or NeXT: Did Apple make the wrong choice?, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. Did Be really have the better operating system for the PowerPC?
Next gen Power Macs, Dan Knight & Anne Onymus, RumorLog. Thoughts on the demise of the G4/667, faster Motorola CPUs, and future Power Macs.

The Mac is back, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Mac OS X and Java could make the Mac a leading choice for programmers.

Mac myths and the Apple challenge, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. Apple needs to aggressively attack the myths surrounding the Macintosh.

Low-end Macs: Why Apple needs a headless model for education and home users, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. "We know Apple resists marketing to the low end because the profit margins are higher for the stuff they do now."
Kissing Internet Explorer for OS X good-bye, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Microsoft's browser just kept hanging itself, so it was time to search for new solutions.
Macs, the virus scare, and safe computing, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. "...full time antivirus software really isn't necessary on any platform, as long as you take the proper precautions."
Warnings on iBook logic board replacement, pink iBook, wireless cantenna, Pod Shield, and more, The 'Book Review. iBatt battery monitor, FlyLight USB, Keyspan USB Server, bargain 'Books from $150 to $2,499, and more.

Logitech TrackMan Wheel intuitive, easy to use, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Trackballs are well suited for some tasks, less well suited for others. Logitech's thumb-controlled TrackMan Wheel is quickly mastered, and its software provides lots of options.
Different branches: NeXT, Newton, and BeOS, Seb Payne, Different Branches. The main trunk of the Apple tree gave us the Mac and iPhone, but other branches of the Apple tree include NeXT, BeOS, and the Newton.
Apple TV or iPhone a better Mac?, benefits and drawbacks of Leopard delay, a DMG tip, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also using a 'Book with WiFi instead of paying for broadband, FireWire/USB 2.0 card for 20th Anniversary May, upgrade in a Mac 128K, and more.

Open Computer: The first Macintosh clone in a decade, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. Whether Psystar survives Apple Legal remains to be seen, but the Open Computer does point to the market for a lower cost, expandable Mac.
The secret of Mac security revealed, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Whether Macs are secure because of obscurity, scarcity, or design, growing popularity is making security more of an issue for Mac users.
18 bits can't display millions of colors, today's magic is different from yesterday's, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also more feedback on Mac browsers, slow dialup Internet, and a SCSI-to-USB 2.0 solution.

Introduction to hard drives, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. A look at the factors that influence hard drive performance: seek time, latency, throughput, and caches.
How about an 802.11g card for the original AirPort Card slot?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. There are a lot of old Macs with 802.11b AirPort Cards still in use and with poor security. Someone should make a plug-and-play 802.11g replacement card to provide better security, higher throughput, and improved range.

New MacBook Pros benchmarked, ultrahigh performance MPG Pro Laptop, new OCZ SSDs, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Dell discontinues Hackintosh-friendly Mini 10v, iPad as a notebook replacement, upgrades for newest MacBook Pro models, and more.
Mac OS X not on backburner, use iPad as a second display, firmware updates for 27" iMac, and more, Mac News Review. Also Apple patents combo USB 3.0/DisplayPort connector, Snow Leopard security update, new performance enhancement tool, and more.

Unicorns of Pismo Lore: 1 GHz G3 and 900 MHz G4 Upgrades, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. Although 550 MHz G4 Pismo upgrades are still available and 900 MHz G3 were rare, the holy grails of Pismo upgrades are PowerLogix 1 GHz G3 and 900 MHz G4 upgrades.
Flashback Malware a Wakeup Call for Mac Users, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. The Flashback malware targets Mac users and has given Apple a black eye. What to do about it.
How Much Longer Will Apple Support the iPhone 3GS?, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. Although Apple is still selling the iPhone 3GS, its days may be numbered with a new iPhone and version of iOS approaching.