Low End Mac Archive for July 17

July 17 in Apple and Low End Mac History

Macworld: Looking on with envy, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. We all wish we could go to Macworld Expo - but not this year for Van Esch.
RumorLog: The Cube?, Dan Knight and Anne Onymus. We're not saying Apple will make a cube, but looking at reasons why it might.

5-year-old Mac lover, Korin Hasegawa-John, My First Mac. Thanks to ClarisWorks, Mac addiction started early.
The fastest Mac, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. Computers may achieve 100 GHz in coming years, but we've had some very fast Macs along the way, too.

17" G4 iMac announced. The screen is not just bigger, but mostly wider. New top-end iMac includes latest Nvidia GeForce 4 video.
Kiss iTools good-bye, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Effective September 30, 2002, iDisk, HomePage, and your mac.com email will no longer be free.
Apple should follow Microsoft's suggestion, Stephen Van Esch, Mac Scope. "Microsoft has pretty much given Apple carte blanche to promote the living heck out of OS X."
Upgrading a blue & white G3, Evan Kleiman, Mac Daniel. Overclocking, CPU replacement, RAM upgrades, faster hard drives, and other options for the b&w G3.
OS X: The best of Amiga, Linux, and the Mac OS, Ryan Callaghan, My First Mac. "I had already decided that my next machine was going to be something completely unable to run Windows...."
Macworld NY 2002 keynote address, Dan Knight, LEM Expo Coverage. The latest word from the mothership.
The different world of Hong Kong, Andrew W. Hill, Aquatic Mac. So many differences in Hong Kong - only the PowerBook 2400c seemed to really fit in.

Factor of 3 rule predicts 3 GHz G5 as next computer, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. On average, every new computer the author buys runs at three times the speed of the one it's replacing.

More ways to add OS 9 features to OS X, modem problems with MacBook and USB modem, Opera problem, and more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also potential problems using Target Disk Mode to install the OS, using Classic on Intel Macs, value of Pismo G4 upgrades, "Tiger" on a G3 iMac, better laptop ergonomics, and more.

PowerBook Duo and DuoDock problems, no TPM on most Intel Macs, iTunes for Linux, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also a Mac mini that displays some Web images in grayscale, vintage Mac desktop patterns, where to sell a used Mac, dithered images, and more.

Optical drives on way out, MacBooks can't display millions of colors, MacBook Air doomed, and more, The 'Book Review. Also problems with 7200 rpm drives, more iTablet speculation, the subsidized netbook rip-off, bargain 'Books from $179 to $2,144, and more.
SSD in Mac Pro, Mac cloner opens store, Ubuntu vs. OS X, new Nvidia drivers, and more, Mac News Review. Also Classilla brings Firefox to OS 9, slow networking in OS X, iMac vs. Mac Pro, URL shortening software, Quicken update finally coming in 2010, and more.
Free coffee with iPhone, 3GS regret, iDrive Lite spams Gmail contacts, best apps ebook, and more, iNews Review. Also $79 iPhone refurbs, Apple wrecking mobile industry, 'mystery' mail bug, Designated Driver app, machined metal iPhone cases, and more.