Low End Mac Archive for July 24

July 24 in Low End Mac History

Apple strongarms Mac Junkie, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Thanks to Apple legal, an inept ISP completely wiped Mac Junkie - right after the Expo keynote!
More Macworld reflections, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. A look back at the show.
Free ISP in Spain, Cyber CDP, No Hype 56k Modem Page. If you live in Spain or might go there, this could come in handy.

Hooked on low-end Macs, Frank C. Modica, My First Mac. A chance encounter with a Mac Plus leads to low-end Mac addiction.
Revolutions and participation, Jonathan Ploudre, Back & Forth. The only real revolutions are ones we participate in.
Broadband access for all not a luxury, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Access to new technologies is a key to economic growth and reducing world poverty.
Disappointment and Mac value, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Why we were disappointed with the keynote, and why we need to focus on solutions instead of MHz.
Is Apple to blame or not?, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac. Looking back at the Expo - do we really need new designs?

X Files, Dave Wardell, X-Basics. How the Home folder in Mac OS X helps you better organize your work.
Hooked on Everything2, Dirk Pilat, Down But Not Out. "For the last couple of weeks, I have been seeing myself becoming helplessly drawn to the genial Everything2."
iWhining about Jaguar, .mac fees, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac. More thoughts on the value of Jaguar (OS X 10.2) and Apple's .mac services.
Website automation with PHP and MySQL, part 14, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal. Modifying the way the date is displayed and scheduling content for future release.

How to digitize your old tapes and LPs with your Mac, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. One solution is to use iMovie to record sound coming through the audio in port on your Mac.

7 tools for keeping your laptop (uh, notebook) cool, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.24. A quick look at the Podium CoolPad, ChillMat, ChillHubs, Laptop Desk, Xpad, iLap, and iBreeze - seven stands designed to keep you 'Books running cooler.
The Joys of Classic Computing, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations. While older computers can't do as much as quickly as modern one, sometimes good enough is really all you need.

Does a college freshman need to run Windows on a MacBook?, Al Poulin, My Turn. While you can run Windows on today's Intel-based Macs, is there any reason most college students would want to or need to?
Shiira 2.2 an even stronger contender for best Mac OS X browser, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Shiira incorporates elements from many other browsers, has developed a unique interface, and could be a serious challenger to Opera as the Mac's best browser.
Performa 6300 'the beginning of a beautiful friendship', Antonio Bunt, My First Mac. "...these machines really caught my eye and my heart. I never looked back, and I have been a Mac user ever since."
The iPhone is a premium product, error in AT&T iPhone plan, and the value of an old Quadra, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. The first generation iPhone isn't a mass market product. It's a premium product aimed at people willing to pay more for a superior product.

Could a minitower Mac be Apple's 'transitional product'?, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. The Mac mini has been on the market for 3-1/2 years, and some owners are ready to move on to something more flexible and powerful.
The compressed air keyboard repair, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. If your keyboard isn't working as well as it once did, blasting under the keys with compressed air may be the cure.

iPhone outsells Macs 2:1, AT&T turning off potential iPhone buyers, fiery iPod incidents, and more, iNews Review. Also the true cost of a smartphone, battery saving tips, cop denounces speed trap/traffic cam apps, lots of new and updated apps, and more.
MacBook sales up 25% in June, Apple tablet with Verizon?, SSD vs. hard drive benchmarks, and more, The 'Book Review. Also Apple may extend antiglare to other Macs, Momentus 7200.4 notebook drives, Crucial SSDs, bargain 'Books from $179 to $2,144, and more.
Apple's best non-holiday quarter ever, BlackBerry Desktop for Mac, Project Macsimum Impact, and more, Mac News Review. Also tips for using Faces in iPhoto, WWDC sessions on iTunes, changing the short user name, Pagehand word processor saves to PDF, and more.

Mac Blu-ray Player Lets Macs Display Blu-ray Movies, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. Dan Bashur looks at the first internal Blu-ray drive for the MacBook Pro and likes what he finds as he reviews the Matshita UJ-267 internal Blu-ray drive.
Software Update Broke My Hackintosh, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Letting Software Update do automatic installs can break your Hackintosh. Frank Fox shares how he fixed his.