Low End Mac Archive for July 26

July 26 in Apple and Low End Mac History

Mac OS 8 released. Multithreaded Finder. Introduces platinum appearance. Requires 68040 or later. No official support for 68030 Macs, but possible with Born Again and some other hacks. Most of all, it's not available to Macintosh clone licensees.

The iBook market, Dan Knight, The 'Book Page. "...the iBook (like the iMac) calls out to be embraced. Buy me. Use me. Show the world your colors."

Trends at Macworld, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. Optical mice, small mice, specialty keyboard, FireWire, AirPort, and more.

What to do with your old Power Mac, Eric Schwarz, The Power of Mac. Five things you might want to do with your old first generation Power Mac.
Installing Mac OS X is quick and easy, Kevin Webb, My Turn. Installing Mac OS X was much faster and easier than anticipated.
It was a pleasure, Joan Gordon, My First Mac. Just the pure ease of getting it to do what I wanted was a pleasure unlike anything I had ever tried before.
Analog video on your Mac, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. What do you know - you can input analog video into a Mac with FireWire.
Using Equation Editor, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report. How to use the Equation Editor in AppleWorks and Microsoft Word.
Politics and the Mac Web, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Why the Mac Web has a place for politics.

Mac vs. PC platform passion, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive. Both Mac and PC users run the range from passion for their computing platform to indifference.
60 GB laptop drive, stolen 'Book trackers, Jaguar and OS X Up-To-Date, bargain 'Books, and more, The 'Book Review. Also laptop cooling, Drive 10, a hood for brightly lit conditions, ATA/FireWire upgrade kit, and e.Digital's iPod look alike Odyssey 1000.

A low-end digicam, sleep of death, GV modem software, 9.2.2 and 10.3 on WallStreet, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also troubleshooting G3 Power Macs, Radeon Enabler on iBooks, and the dead iBook lives again.

12" iBook G4/1.33 GHz. Newest 12" iBook 11% faster, 512 MB RAM standard, includes Bluetooth 2.0 and Radeon 9550 graphics.
14" iBook G4/1.42 GHz. Newest 14" iBook 9% faster, 512 MB RAM standard, includes Bluetooth 2.0, Radeon 9550 graphics, and SuperDrive.
The revised Mac mini value equation, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. With 512 MB of RAM standard, the new Mac minis are better values than the old ones - even at close-out prices.
Used iBook value, lemonade vs. iBook, Pismo hinge repair, email and older Macs, and more, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings. Also, faster Pismo graphics with 10.4.2, a happy MainStreet user, image browsers for OS X, InteliMac, and more.
Oops, Vista already trademarked. Suggestions for naming the next version of Windows, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side. Microsoft has run into trademark issues with Windows Vista. The Lite Side offers some alternatives.

Maximizing the PowerBook 3400c, Jason Schrader, Maximize Your Mac. Once you've acquied a PowerBook 3400c, which OS should you use, what software should you install, and how should you upgrade the hardware?
Preparing your PCI Power Mac for Linux, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End. How powerful a CPU do you need? How much memory? Do you need a faster drive controller? Are some video cards better than others?

The Mac mini is dead: Why it missed the target, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. The Mac mini is compact, elegant, and affordable (for a Mac). What the market wanted was expandable and affordable compared with a Windows PC.
The TiBook marches on: 400 MHz productivity in the 2 GHz era, Neil Hokanson, My Turn. "Even though my PowerBook isn't the fastest or latest and greatest, it works, and the low-end marches on."
iPhone cost, Low End Mac on the iPhone, using an LCD display with a G3 iMac, getting files off SCSI drives, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag. Also sources for used Mac games and problems with Low End Mac's home page in Safari.

iPad apps are getting down to business, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. With the right app, your iPad can work with Office documents, view PDFs, share files, and even run your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer.
Did Apple just double its market share?, Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market. If we consider the iPad to be a tablet computer (rather than a media tablet), Apple has just doubled its market share.
5 myths about the iPhone 4 and 'Antennagate', Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz. Apple bears the blame for the design flaw, but Apple critics have gone over the top to misrepresent the company.

Apple accounts for bulk of PC growth, iPad the most popular PC ever?, Apple A6 processor, and more, iNews Review. Also Spotify comes to US, InfiniteLoop Stand for iPad and iPhone, iPhone case with your favorite photo, and more.
MacBook Air gets Thunderbolt and Core i5/i7 CPUs, world's first Thunderbolt display, and more, The 'Book Review. Also check you battery's health, keep external drives from overheating, new MacBook Air case, and more.
OS X Lion available, Mac mini updated, using Snow Leopard and Lion, Safari updates, and more, Mac News Review. Also Migration Assistant updated for Lion, app compatibility with Lion, iOSification of OS X, TypeIt4Me on sale, and more.

Is a 12" PowerBook G4 from 2005 Still Useful?, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. Seven years on, does a 12" 1.5 GHz PowerBook G4 have the power to remain a useful tool in one's computing arsenal?
2005 iBook G4: Going Out with a Technological Bang, Dan Bashur, Apple, Tech, and Gaming. The last generation iBook G4 had several technologies absent in earlier versions, giving it strong value even today.
First Impressions of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. Installation took 45 minutes, all apps that ran in Lion run well, and everything seems a little faster.
Mac OS 8: Short of a Revolution but Still a Step Forward, Alan Zisman, Zis Mac. More than anything, Mac OS 8 felt like Apple catching up to Microsoft's Windows 95.
My Experiences with Efficient Mac OS 8, Simon Royal, Tech Spectrum. Especially for vintage Macs with limited memory, Mac OS 8 will be far less sluggish than Mac OS 9.
Lines in the Sand: A Brief History of the Classic Mac OS, Dan Knight, Mac Musings. 'You could say that with each major OS version since System 6, Apple draws a line in the sand that some models cannot cross.'