March 2007
- Windows Vista 'a compelling
reason' to buy a new PC, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive,
03.30. After 3 weeks with Vista, that author finds it a viable
alternative to Mac OS X - at least on recent hardware.
- Cracked MacBook photos, first
64 GB solid state drive, overheating problems, and more, The
'Book Review, 03.30. Also 8 laptop coolers reviewed and rated,
upgrading a 12" PowerBook, troubleshooting power adaptors,
ThermographX goes universal, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299,
and more.
- 2 GHz upgrade for G4 Power
Macs, Apple named in Bluetooth suit, Boot Camp gains Vista support,
and more, Mac News Review, 03.30. Also Macs vs. Windows for
gaming, Apple's share of high-end market, upcoming Core 2 CPUs to
pass 3 GHz, 802.11n for Intel Mac mini, and more.
- Allegro USB 2.0 a great way
to add several USB 2.0 ports to your Power Mac, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac Reviews, 03.28. You can never have too many USB ports.
Whether your Power Mac has no USB 2.0 ports or too few, this $30
card is a great way to add the ports you need.
- Empower your notebook computer
with a dock, Andrew J Fishkin, Best Tools for the Job, 03.27.
The key to good dock use is consistency: Have the same monitor,
mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals at each location.
- Drag and drop problems with flash
drive, troubleshooting a Mac with Linux, G3 video problems, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.27. Also
FireWire boot drives, bootable partitions, bootable external DVD
drives, and maximum hard drive size on older Macs.
- Bringing my Apple Lisa back to
life, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 03.26. The floppy drive
wasn't working the keyboard was rough. Some homebrew fixes got
everything working again.
- Griffin TuneBuds 'a vast
improvement' over Apple's earbuds, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 03.23. Where Apple's earphones lack bass, the TuneBuds
provide plenty. A great replacement for the iPod's earbuds at just
$30.
- Apple among best travel
notebooks, first 300 GB laptop drive, 17" MacBook Pro concerns,
and more, The 'Book Review, 03.23. Also getting the best
battery life on long flights, cleaning the MagSafe connector, first
3 GB upgrade for MacBooks, bargain 'Books from $180 to $2,299, and
more.
- Lack of OS X malware befuddles
security experts, the Software Update prebinding bug, and more,
Mac News Review, 03.23. Also, 10 reasons to buy a Mac, OWC launches
Blu-ray drives, Liquifile thinks different about the Finder, and
more.
- Maximum drive size in older Macs,
12" PowerBook 'the new Pismo', best browser for archiving, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.21. Also WiFi
cards for PowerBooks, video problem with a blue & white G3,
installing OS X using NetBoot, and more.
- The iPhone: Is it a
Macintosh?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 03.20. Is the iPhone
nothing more than the union of iPod and cell phone technology, or
does OS X make it a real Macintosh?
- Troubleshooting an iMac and
possible Pismo overheating, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 03.19. Figuring out what's wrong with a G3 iMac that
won't boot properly and possily spurious temperature readings from
Gauge Pro.
- Pismo Spotlight woes solved with
simple fix, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.16.
After working for 8 months, Tiger's Spotlight indexing had simply
stopped working. Here's why - and the easy solution to the
problem.
- Flaming MacBook, flash-based
MacBook mini speculation, NEC's daylight-friendly LCD, and
more, The 'Book Review, 03.16. Also tricking out the MacBook
Pro, SanDisk and Intel enter flash drive market, DuelAdapter lets
MacBook Pro use PCMCIA and CardBus cards, bargain 'Books from $180
to $1,999, and more.
- Mac Pro could go 8-core with
quad-core Xeons, and Intel enters flash drive market, Mac News
Review, 03.16. Intel released the quad-core Xeon this week; it's
just a matter of time before we'll see it in the Mac Pro.
- Making floppies and CDs for older
Macs using modern Macs, Windows, and Linux PCs, Tyler Sable,
Classic Restorations, 03.15. Older Macs use HFS floppies and CDs.
Here are the free resources you'll need to write floppies or CDs
for vintage Macs using your modern computer.
- Interview with Ray Arachelian,
creator of the Lisa emulator, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living,
03.13. Ray Arachelian spent most of a decade creating the world's
first working Lisa emulator. Why he did it and some of the
obstacles he had to overcome.
- 11
No Cost Tips for Optimizing Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Performance, Ed Eubanks Jr, The Efficient Mac User, 03.12. If
your Mac is getting sluggish, here are 11 tips that can help
restore its original performance.
- Pismo Spotlight and Find woes
persist with latest version of Tiger, Charles W Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.12. In early 2006, Spotlight and Find
inexplicably stopped working on the G4-upgraded Pismo. A year and
four OS X updates later, the situation hasn't changed.
- DST fixes & info for OS X,
Classic Mac OS; Maynor demos WiFi hack; Samsung's hybrid drive; and
more, The 'Book Review, 03.09. Also glossy vs. matte displays,
troubleshooting slot-loading drives, MogoMouse charges in PC Card
slot, bargain 'Books from $209 to $2,299, and more.
- DST fixes & info for OS X,
Classic Mac OS; Mac sales double in January; 3 Spotlight enhancers;
and more, Mac News Review, 03.09. Also bloated Universal
Binaries, 24" iMac "nearly perfect", Carbon Copy Cloner expands
into backup app, and more.
- Tripping the light fantastic
with Griffin's disko iPod case, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to
Macintosh, 03.07. Griffin's disko nano case not only protects your
iPod nano - it gives you a light show as well.
- The $900 notebook: Where is
Apple?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 03.06. With cheap
Windows laptops starting below $500 and good ones in the $800 range,
Apple should introduce a MacBook that sells for less than
$1,100.
- Why OS X 10.2 is best for Classic,
switching to Opera, installing Tiger on a B&W G3, and more,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 03.05. Also thoughts on
Firefox, modem problems on a Pismo with OS X 10.4, and connecting
an Apple Studio Display to a MacBook.
- The First Expandable Macs: Mac
II and SE, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 03.02. Until March 2, 1987, Macs were closed boxes with no
internal expansion slots, no support for color, and no internal
hard drives. The Mac II and SE changed all that.
- $25 802.11g card for PCI Macs,
drive support for 802.11n AirPort Extreme, Adtron ups flash disks,
and more, Mac News Review, 03.02. Also firmware update info for
Intel Macs, washable medical mouse and keyboard, TechTool Protogo,
and more.
- 12" PowerBook G4 the new
Pismo?, recovering MacBook Pro wakeup failure, MacBook Pro noise,
and more, The 'Book Review, 03.02. Also why you should buy a
MacBook Pro, Apple Store's inefficient RAM upgrade, PB/iBook lower
RAM slot failure, bargain 'Books from $209 to $2,299, and
more.
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