Recently posted in our community, a community member setup a Minecraft server on Linux with a Power Mac G5 – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge shared by […]
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Recently shared in our community, someone posted a link to Infinite Mac, a resource I’ve long forgotten about but has sparked discussion– now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge […]
Back from the Low End Mac Mailbag is an interesting custom Power Mac G4 Cube from a new contributor in our FaceBook group, Chris Tee. He spray paints it, modifies it, upgrading it into space… and beyond! Chris: “For my first post here…I wanted to share something I’ve been working on since 2023, and I […]
Recently posted in our community, someone added thermal pads to the inside of their 2015 MacBook Pro – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge shared by others Have […]
Recently posted in our community, Greg Hrutkay was working on some Xserves, using some RAM out of his Mac Pro, someone chimed in about bad RAM slots in their Power Mac G5 – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, […]
Recently posted in our community, Greg Hrutkay was in the process of baking an already dead 7300 GT, some community members shared some valuable insight – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article […]
Recently posted in our community, someone installed Adélie Linux on their Quad G5 – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge shared by others Have our community be more […]
Recently posted in our community, a meme was shared which sparked a discussion about having 8 GB RAM in different years – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the knowledge […]
Recently posted in our community, someone picked up a flood-damaged Apple Studio display and managed to restore it back to full health – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily article output Save the […]
Recently posted in our community, Guillermo had a question regarding his Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, and some of the suggestions shared by others were helpful – now to be featured as a part of the “Low End Mac Mailbag“. As a part of the Low End Mac mailbag, we aim to: Greatly increase daily […]
Recently reported on MacRumors, a new bluetooth ID for a audio device in the Apple Codebase has been spotted. Although there is absolutely nothing beyond this point of information, it’s a strong indication of a new product to be released. . . Recently there have been plenty of rumors circulating about the AirPods Pro 3, […]
After a year and a half, Apple has updated the 13? MacBook Pro, dropping “with Retina Display” from its name and adding some new features – most notably the Touch Bar. There are two 13? MacBook Pro models in the line now, which is bound to add some confusion among buyers. The entry-level model does […]
With the Late 2016 refresh, Apple has dropped the words “with Retina Display” from the names of its MacBook Pro models. Retina displays are standard across the board on all MacBooks. What’s new is the Touch Bar, which replaces the dedicated row of function keys that have been present on Mac notebooks since the 68040 […]
For the first time since Apple released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in July 2012, Apple has dropped support for a number of older Macs that had supported OS X 10.8 through 10.11 El Capitan. No MacBook and iMac models prior to Late 2009 and no MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and Mac Pro […]
Most early Mac clones were built around 8-16 MHz 68000 CPUs or 16-40 MHz 68030 chips, but the 68000 Dash 30fx ran its 68030 at a blazing 50 MHz – 25% faster than the “wicked fast” Mac IIfx, which was the fastest computer on the market when it went on sale in March 1990. The Dash […]
In addition to building the first commercial portable Mac, the WalkMac, Chuck Colby also developed the first Mac tablet, which he called the Colby Classmate™ Portable Computer. It was introduced at the August 1991 Macworld Expo in Boston. The Classmate is built around a Mac Classic logic board. It has a built-in trackball and membrane […]
You may not remember the Atari ST family, a series of computers based on the same 8 MHz Motorola 680×0 CPUs as the early Macs. They never really carved out a niche in the US, although they were moderately popular in Europe. The STs offered PC compatible floppy drives, a DOS-compatible filing system, and GEM, […]