Low End Mac Archive for May 8

Low End Mac Archive

PowerBook 2400c

The natives are growing restless, David Schultz, Virtuality. Users are demanding more choices. Should Apple expand the product line?
Web content to go, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. How to adapt web pages for the handheld computer (Palm, WinCE) user.
FireFly PowerBook on tap, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. Yes, Apple will illuminate future PowerBook keyboards. The technology may surprise you.
Air quality: A look at environmental illness, Dan Knight's Soapbox. Life isn't fair, especially when nice smells can make you sick.

Macs for schools: The eMac, Dan Knight, MacInSchool. Why the iMac is nearly perfect for schools - and how Apple could make it more affordable.
Buying a second Mac, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. Tired of sharing a single Mac? Tips on choosing a second system.

OS X beyond the PowerPC, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. New hardware platforms provide a real opportunity for OS X to compete where Windows doesn't already dominate.
Mac emulation with Basilisk II, vMac, Alan Zisman, Mac2Windows. More on Basilisk II, OS X compatibility, and emulating a Mac on a Mac with vMac.

Other things I'd pay 99¢ for, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. I'd pay 99¢ for a shareware game, a month of ad-free site access, or to send 1000 emails if spammers had to do the same.

Getting the Mac digital jukebox up and running, Nathan Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence. Connecting your PowerPC Mac to your stereo and remote control options for running a headless digital audio jukebox.
Setting up a NuBus Power Mac as a digital recording studio, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. Take a Power Mac 7100 or 8100, add a Digidesign AudioMedia II card and a fast hard drive, and you've got the core of a powerful, low-cost digital recording studio.
Flexible eWheelie stand improves notebook use at your desk, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. With a unique wheeled design, the eWheelie Laptop Stand lets you roll your 'Book to the side when you need to use your desk for other things.

Why Apple must continue G3 support in Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard', Dan Knight, Mac Musings. "We're worried about what happens if Apple unchecks that box in Xcode to include the instructions necessary to run OS X on G3 processors at all."
New ideas for Low End Mac?, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh. Have an idea for making Low End Mac even better? Send us an email.

500 MHz iMac with Panther great for Internet, watching video, and more, Carl Nygren, My Turn. At $65 with upgraded RAM and a bigger hard drive, it was too good to pass up, and it works very nicely with Mac OS X 10.3.
Why one Mac user chose BlackBerry over iPhone, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job. The advantages of OS X, Safari, Mail, and iSync don't outweigh the familiarity of BlackBerry, its excellent software, easily replaceable batteries, and a camera-free option.
Boomerang: The Blue and White Power Mac G3 that kept coming back, Charles Webb, The Webb Chronicles. Over its nine-year lifespan, this Power Mac had at least five owners before it finally gave up the ghost.

12 year old PowerBook 2400c Apple's first crossover notebook?, Charles W Moore, 'Book Value. Built by IBM Japan, the PowerBook 2400c remains the smallest footprint notebook that Apple has ever produced, comparable in size to today's 12" netbooks.
Macs tracking swine flu, 6 quick Mac OS fixes, iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.4, and more, Mac News Review. Also Right Zoom maximizes windows, GeForce GTX 285 coming to Mac, APC backup batteries incompatible with Intel Macs running OS X 10.5.4 and later, vertical mice, and more