Low End Mac Archive for July 16

July 16 in Low End Mac History

A shareware Web?, Andrew W. Hill, My Turn. We used to have donation-based BBSes and still have donation-based software. Why not a shareware Web?
Low-end Macs and email authentication, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Email clients for 68K Macs that support SMTP authentication and other solutions to authenticated email access.
Adding modern ports to older Power Macs, Korin Hasegawa-John, Mac Daniel. It's easy to add USB, FireWire, USB 2.0, and 106 MB SCSI to older PCI Power Macs and clones.
The Cube: Road Apple, Dan Knight. Now that Apple has put the Cube on ice, we try to figure out just what went wrong with the most beautiful Mac ever.
State of the site report, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A look at Low End Mac's past, present, and future.

Microsoft nonsense, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Microsoft makes more money from Office on the Mac than Apple makes in a year. What have they got to complain about?
'Twas the night before Macworld, Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac. Thoughts and predictions - what we may see at the Macworld Expo.
Finding mods for your old games, Korin Hasegawa-John, Mac Daniel. Favorite mods for Unreal Tournament and Marathon, plus a lot of other modification resources.
Southwest to charge Mac users double, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. After successfully charging wide passengers for a second seat, Southwest Airlines targets Mac users.
Jobs to shock Expo attendees, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill. You just know Steve is going to have something to surprise us with - but what?
Website automation with PHP and MySQL, part 13, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. Displaying the time of the most recent site update and current prices for Apple stock automatically.

How long is the useful life of a laptop computer?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Threee years? Ten years? How long can you expect to keep using a laptop before you consider it obsolete or wear it out?
Serious Classic Mac OS Performance Tips, Dan Knight, Mac Daniel. Tips for getting the best performance from the classic Mac OS on older hardware and in OS X classic mode.
Portables 54% of Mac sales, replacing an iBook, tiny and high capacity drives, new BookEndz, and more, The 'Book Review. Also G-Point 802.11g card, ThermographX updated, Palms and Macs together, Sony X-brite display, iTunes underwater, bargain 'Books from $45 to $2,599, and more.

Fixing the hinge on the 'Blackbird' PowerBook 500 series, Mike Huttinger, Mac Daniel. Simple, step-by-step instructions for repairing a failed hinge on the PowerBook 520, 540, and 550.
OS X on a G3, FireWire Disk Mode missing in action, Panther on a Power Mac, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also glossy displays are sharper, where to get Netscape 7, two OS X replacements for MacDraw, and an iBook power problem solved.
No Classic or G3 support in Leopard, would a midrange Mac grow or kill Apple?, Mac floppy issues, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also Tiger on really old Power Macs, Photoshop Elements for Mac, G4 or G5 Power Mac a better choice?, and automatic resolution and bit-depth switching in the Classic Mac OS.

The Windows death spiral, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Sure, Vista user share is growing, but it's not enough to offset defections to Macs and Linux. This is the beginning of the end for Windows.
Vista is not 'leaving Macs in the dust', Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Now that Windows XP has been officially discontinued, Vista sales are surging. Mac sales are growing too.
Superior dithered images with HyperDither, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Reviews. HyperDither reintroduces the dithering alogrithm intoduced by Bill Atkinson and creates better dithered images than Photoshop.
Buying glasses online, iCab on G3 iMacs, USB adapter for WallStreet, long term support, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also whether a 1.67 GHz PowerBook is a sensible choice, midrange or top-end the best value, Opera can change the way you work on the Web, and more.

The rise of Google: Beating Yahoo at its own game, Tom Hormby, Orchard. Google started as a project by Stanford grad student Larry Page, who envisioned a better way of evaluating pages on the Web.
Optimized builds make Firefox 3.5 and 3.6a faster and more responsive, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Mac builds of Firefox 3.5 and 3.6 alpha are available for G3, G4, G5, and Intel Macs. Each is optimized for speed.

On the road with a Pismo and an iPad, part 3, Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere. The iPad continues to work reliably. Too bad it can't sync with the old Pismo PowerBook.
Smaller iPads Rumored, Apple and HTC Shake Up Smartphone Market, iPhone 4 Flashlight App, and More, iNews Review. Also how people use the iPad, iPhone charges faster from AC adapter than USB, new cases and stands for the iPad, and more.
Apple tops Laptop Mag's support showdown again, iPad vs. Tablet PC, XtremeKey rugged USB drive, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple dominates Best Buy's 'elite laptop' category, Apple sues over knockoff MagSafe adapters, Toshiba's new portable drives for Macs, and more.
Apple genius vs. Best Buy geek, intro to Mac malware, 6 alternative email clients, and more, Mac News Review. Also is Tesla Motors 'the new Apple'?, Pixelmator 1.6 released, essential free troubleshooting apps, Ubuntu for Non-geeks revised, and more.