June 2006
- MacBook replaces Dell laptop,
can outperform Power Mac G5/2.7 GHz dual, Adam Robert Guha,
Apple Archive, 06.30. After two years, the Dell was on its last
legs, and Apple's bundled apps made the MacBook a compelling
choice. But what's really impressive is the performance of
universal apps.
- eMac repair extension program,
Core 2 Duo Mac mini world's fastest Mac, $99 full-screen video
capture, and more, Mac News Review, 06.30. Also customized Mac
minis from Rival Computer, students advised to pack a Mac, use
multiple iPods with one Mac, iDictionary software for the iPod, and
much more.
- MacBook nano coming?, expanding
battery woes, MacBook 'almost perfect', color MacBooks, and
more, The 'Book Review, 06.30. Also the mooing MacBook, Apple's
fix for 17" MacBook Pro fans, educator's test $100 laptop, white
notebook from Acer, Dell notebook goes up in smoke, bargain 'Books
from $139 to $2,149, and more.
- Floppy drive observations: A
compleat guide to Mac floppy drives and disk formats, Scott
Baret, Online Tech Journal, 06.29. A history of the Mac floppy from
the 400K drive in the Mac 128K through the manual-inject 1.4M
SuperDrives used in the late 1990s.
- Why I want Apple to make an
ultralight notebook computer, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac,
06.29. The 12" PowerBook is nice but heavy. And while Apple
practically invented the ultralight category with the PowerBook
Duo, it has long since abandoned the market. It's time for a
comeback.
- Getting IE 4.5 to work with Low
End Mac, 7200 rpm drive heat in an iMac, upgrading OS X on a white
iBook, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 06.29.
Configuring Internet Explorer 4.5 to work with CSS-based websites,
overheating issues with iMacs, positive results with OS X upgrades,
and problems getting an SD flash card to work in a PowerBook
1400.
- Core 2 performance coming to the
Mac, Intel version of Darwin closed, IBM's 500 GHz chip, and
more, The Macintel Report, 06.29. Also Fink now universal,
Intel's plans for 10-core CPUs, and 65nm chip production surpasses
90nm production.
- Switching the small office from
Windows to Macs, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User, 06.28.
With Intel-based Macs, the time may be right to adopt OS X as your
standard platform while providing Windows as an option when
necessary.
- More on the best classic Mac OS
browser and video capture options with Mac OS 9, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 06.28. WaMCom as the best classic Mac
browser, software suggestions for OS 9 video capture, and two
hardware alternatives to having your Mac do the video
conversion.
- Need for a midrange Mac, Internet
café needs, internal or external 7200 rpm drive?, LEM broken
with IE 4.5, and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 06.27.
Suggested ways to use Compact Flash with vintage Macs and
PowerBooks, problems getting CD-RW to work with a PowerBook 1400,
and more thoughts on website incompatibilities.
- How and why a 1998 Windows CE
device found a place in one 'Book user's bag, Andrew J Fishkin,
The Mobile Mac, a06.26. Although a bit of a disappointment in 1998,
this HP Jornada 680 has found new life as a backup note taking
system.
- 'Macs suck' and the PC
conspiracy, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max, 06.26. Half the
Windows users in an informal survey responded that "Macs suck"
while also claiming to be unfamiliar with Macs. What's up with
that?
- Elsie, a prototype of the
Macintosh LC, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 06.26. This LC
prototype has "confidential" ROMs, a reset button on the
motherboard, and only supports 1-bit video.
- Mac Pro musings, no Pismo startup
chime, changing a user's Short Name, MacBook drive upgrades, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 06.26. Also OS X
installation questions, a cool hard drive gadget, thoughts on Mark
Pilgrim switching from the Mac, and more on an upgraded Pismo vs. a
PowerBook G4.
- Make your Mac region free for
DVD viewing, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac, 06.23. If you
travel to different parts of the world, it can be helpful to have
region-free DVD playback. Here's how you get it.
- Pimping my 15" PowerBook
G4, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac, 06.19. You can add a
faster CPU, but the more cost-effective upgrades are more RAM, a
bigger/faster hard drive, and a better SuperDrive.
- Compact Flash with SCSI Macs, PB
1400 CD-RW upgrade problems, and Web incompatibilities, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 06.16. Suggested ways to use Compact
Flash with vintage Macs and PowerBooks, problems getting CD-RW to
work with a PowerBook 1400, and more thoughts on website
incompatibilities.
- Improving the 12" PowerBook
with a faster hard drive, more RAM, and a better SuperDrive,
Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac, 06.16. Although you can upgrade
to a 1.67 GHz CPU, that's a small boost for more recent PowerBooks.
Putting in a faster hard drive and more memory is another way to
speed things up.
- 10 of the most important Macs
ever, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 06.16. Time to pare back
the old Mac collection. Which models to keep, and which ones to add
later on.
- MacBook a bargain, MacBook Pro
a dream, Daystar 1.4 GHz G4 upgrades, thin 16 GB Flash Drive, and
More, The 'Book Review, 06.16. Also keeping your laptop looking
new, iLevel and iLap stands, eSATA card for MacBook Pro, new
sleeves and cases, bargain 'Books from $155 to $1,199, and
more
- Macs take away Microsoft pain,
Macs revive James Bond, iMac king of all media, iWoofer, and
more, Mac News Review, 06.16. Also Windows users guide to
switching to the Mac, Bluetooth firmware update for PPC Macs,
universal USB 2.0 drive adapter, waterproof case for video iPod,
and more.
- After music, photos, and video, how
about ebook support on the iPod?, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report,
06.15. With a delivery system already in place, Apple could do
wonders for the small ebook industry by putting an ebook reader on
the iPod and selling ebooks through the iTunes Music Store.
- Compact Flash with SCSI Macs, PB
1400 CD-RW upgrade problems, and Web incompatibilities, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 15.06. Suggested ways to use Compact
Flash with vintage Macs and PowerBooks, problems getting CD-RW to
work with a PowerBook 1400, and more thoughts on website
incompatibilities.
- MacBook Apple's Best Yet,
Unexpected Performance Differences, Case Discoloration, and SATA
drives, The 'Book Review, 06.15. Still more reviews raving
about the MacBook, and some head scratching at Macworld about
performance differences between white and black models.
- Core 2 to hit 3.2 GHz this year,
Apple 80% Intel, new Intel GPU adds high def video support, and
more, The Macintel Report, 06.15. Intel has more efficient
chips in the queue, the new satisfaction per Watt metric, Intel
working on water cooling, and Intel targets the low-end PC market
with Core 2 and cheap Pentiums.
- Drive matters, Dan Knight,
Mac Musings, 06.14. There's more to picking the right hard drive
than size, spindle speed, buffer size, and price. But how can a
5400 rpm drive ever outperform a 7200 rpm drive?
- Mac nostalgia: Why Apple should
introduce a modern Pismo and SE/30, Matthew Wright, My Turn,
06.14. The best PowerBook ever made and the iconic all-in-one
compact Mac are just crying out to be reinvented for our nostalgic
"everything old is new again" retro culture.
- Moving files from your new Mac to your vintage Mac, Paul Brierley, The 'Book Beat, 06.13. Old Macs use
floppies; new ones don't. Old Macs use AppleTalk; Tiger doesn't
support it. New Macs can burn CDs, but old CD drives can't always
read CD-R. So how do you move the files?
- Problem banking with older Macs,
winning the education market, Compact Flash for vintage Macs,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 13.06. Also thanks for
help with StyleWriter drivers, a new Mac user and Pismo lover,
Apple as a prosumer company, and problems with PayPal.
- Upgraded PowerBook vs. new
MacBook: Which makes more sense?, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile
Mac, 06.12. Especially for serious gamers, the older PowerBooks
with their graphics processors and dedicated memory run circles
around the low-end Intel GMA 950 graphics of the MacBook.
- Is Netscape 7 the best classic Mac
OS browser?, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 06.12. Why
the one-time "king of browsers" beats out Internet Explorer and
iCab as the classic Mac user's browser of choice.
- Sudden impact: Apple's great
Asteroid hoax, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill, 06.09. Truth of the
matter is, the Asteroid Project didn't exist to produce a viable
product, but as a way to shut down rumor sites.
- Macs bait in Chinese scam, time
to switch from OS 9, new U2 iPod, OmniDazzle software, and
more, Mac News Review, 06.09. Also switching from the Mac, G5
Quad power, the multimedia Mac mini, WD drives now sync with Macs,
Guest PC adds MMX support, and more.
- Hot MacBook Pro, long term
iBook, glossy vs. matte, PB 1400 'Volvo of laptops', first 200 GB
notebook drive, and more, The 'Book Review, 06.09. Also an
iBook fire starter, sticky space bar on MBP, Escalade of notebooks,
ultraportables to change laptop landscape, bargain 'Books from $155
to $1,699, and more.
- Pismo downgrade a treat, IE for OS
X, pimp my SE/30, education market reality, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 09.06. Also a church looking for five
Macs for a cybercafé, another ADB mouse source, why not USB?, and
LEM had the answer all along.
- Core 2 paves way for Mac Pro,
Core 2 benchmarked, Parallels Desktop release candidate, and
more, The Macintel Report, 06.08. Intel's new Core 2 chips point
to more powerful Macs, Intel's new chipsets abandon parallel ATA,
the Mac vs. PC difference, and a step-by-step guide to using Boot
Camp.
- MacBook 'that good', easy hard
drive swap, mooing noise disaster, and vent cover problems, The
'Book Review, 06.08. Reviewers find the MacBook screen nice, the
keyboard excellent, but have mixed reactions to heat and noise.
Also, Parallels Desktop runs nicely on the MacBook.
- The Zen of Mac, Matthew Jay,
Macs to the Max, 06.07. "Macs give us the most productive and
simple usefulness that other computers never come close to."
- PowerBook 1400 still a favorite
nearly 10 years on, Heather Anne Hurd, My Turn, 06.07. "Even as
I type this, I am amazed by this old PowerBook. It's keyboard feels
great, and I love the 1400's small form factor."
- Apple needs to offer less Mac
for less money, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 06.07. As nice as
today's Macs are, they offer a lot of features the budget buyer
doesn't need or want to pay for. Why not give them what they
want?
- Microsoft out of acquisition
targets, may acquire self, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 06.06.
With a dearth of worthwhile companies to swallow up, Microsoft
might to well to look in the mirror and contemplate buying the
Redmond Behemoth and doing a massive reorg.
- Need IE for Mac, looking for ADB
mouse, IIfx ROM in SE/30, Mac family numbers, and more, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 06.06. Also where to find better RAM
prices, drivers for the StyleWriter 2400, and a new URL for
downloading System 6.0.x.
- A pair of application
switchers for the classic Mac OS, Nathan Thompson, Embracing
Obsolescence, 06.06. Both LiteSwitch and ApplWindows let you
quickly switch between apps, but AppleWindows has a lot more
features.
- Power strategies for using your
'Book in the field: Batteries and AC adapters, Andrew J
Fishkin, The Mobile Mac, 06.05. One or two extra batteries and at
least one spare AC adapter can be essential when you're traveling
and need to get hours and hours of use from your 'Book.
- Free and low-cost software for
680x0 or PowerPC Macs in the recording studio, Tyler Sable,
Classic Restorations, 06.05. No cost and low-cost software that
lets you use vintage Macs and the classic Mac OS in your sound
studio to capture, mix, manipulate, and convert digital music.
- Matte vs. glossy screens, upgraded
Pismo vs. 12" PowerBook G4, video capture with OS 9, and more,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 06.05. Also how DiskWarrior
can save the day even when it 'fails', thoughts on keyboards for
those with neuropathy in their hands, Norton SystemWorks for Mac,
and more on OS X browsers.
- End of G4 models points to
unprecedented value for used G4 Macs, Leaman Crews, Plays Well
with Others, 06.02. The PowerPC G4 may no longer have a place in
Apple's product line, but that's a far cry from saying G4-based
Macs are obsolete. If anything, their value is going to
increase.
- The Lite Side's guide to Mac humor
on the Web, Jeff Adkins, The Lite Side, 06.02. What, the Lite
Side isn't enough humor for you? Here are five more Mac-related
humor sites to sink your teeth into.
- Sometimes an extended warranty
can be a real lifesaver, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive,
06.02. Desktop computers tend to just keep on working, but when it
comes to items you use "in the field", an extended warranty could
be just what the doctor ordered.
- 5 Apple products among PC
World's 100 best, 5 among 25 worst, Mac Pro anticipation, and
more, Mac News Review, 06.02. Also how Apple eliminates the
need to choose between Windows and Mac, Apple's computer recycling
program, cool retro speaker for iPod, Microsoft's first Mac-only
mouse and keyboard, and more.
- iBook bursts into flames,
Dell's Mac OS support, turn your 'Book into a virtual light saber,
and more, The 'Book Review, 06.02. Also more on thermal paste
in the MacBook Pro, more good press for the MacBook, AirPort Base
Station upgrades, new high-capacity batteries, bargain 'Books from
$165 to $1,999, and more.
- Does technology improve our lives
or just complicate it?, Matthew Jay, Macs to the Max, 06.01.
The question isn't what can technology do, but how can it simplify
our lives, improve our efficiency, and reduce complication.
- iCal alternatives, synching
Palm to Mac, cross-platform project management, and securing
Windows, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User, 06.01. Other
calendar suggestions, looking for a separate iCal editor, say no to
Norton, and securing Windows by staying off the Internet.
- Blocked MacBook
vent, MacBook benchmarked, how to upgrade RAM and replace your hard
drive, and more, The 'Book Review, 06.01. Also the price of
beauty, MacBook anticipates features of future MacBook Pro models,
and several MacBook reviews.
- Should Apple delay Mac Pro?,
Intel Core 2 Solo, Windows on Mac ebook, and more, The Macintel
Report, 06.01. Why Apple might benefit from postponing the Power
Mac replacement, Intel's pursuit of the cutting edge, and Macintel
POST error codes.
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