Mac Musings

Mac Musings Archive - 2001

• Low End Mac in 2001, 12.31. A look at Low End Mac in 2001 - growth and more.
• Apple takes it on the chin in FY2001, 12.28. Apple's income and unit sales were both down over 30% in FY2001, leading to a $25 million loss.
• Where Apple and ATI have gone before, 12.27. Millions of Mac users deserve better than the second-rate drivers they're getting in Mac OS X. If Apple and ATI won't deliver, they can at least let someone else step up to the plate.
• The Rest of the WebSideStory, 12.26. A second look at the WebSideStory claim that Linux is 0.24% of the desktop Web market.
• Rage at being left behind, 12.24. It's official - Apple doesn't plan to support graphics acceleration for any Mac (except the b&w G3) with ATI Rage video.
• Troubleshooting: What works, what doesn't, Troubleshooting Your Mac. Of the three most common effective solutions, two deal with software.
• Dan Knight's TiBook, Tools of the Trade, 12.24. A look at the hardware and software that comprises Dan Knight's tool of the trade.
• You've got gold?, 12.21. A new online currency lets you buy and sell using gold. We look at the pros and cons.
• The Slashdot Effect, 12.20. A look at the effect a simple link from Slashdot can have on site traffic.
• Linux lies, 12.19. Linux users only 0.24% of all Web users? Think again!
• Do the right thing, Apple, 12.18. Why Apple really should provide accelerated graphics drivers for older Macs that run Mac OS X.
• iCab & SmoothType: Odd couple?, 12.17. iCab & SmoothType usually work well together, but sometimes things get messy.
• Your right to link, Dan Knight's Soapbox, Cobweb Publishing, 12.14. In this crazy society, you can't even assume that another site wants you to send visitors their way - or that your link is legal.
• Early G3s losing support, 12.14. If Symantec is abandoning early G3 support, can Apple be far behind?
• Updated: Macintosh History: 2002 and Beyond, 12.14. We've updated our year-old predictions about tomorrow's Macs.
• About 20 million served, 12.13. Wow, 20,000,000 pages! Low End Mac past, present, and future.
• Popularity vs. respectability, 12.12. Is there a correlation between how well known a site is and how well respected it is?
• Apple's ahead-of-time innovation, 12.07. Response to "Apple's Just-In-Time Innovation: Can It Last?"
• Tips for fighting spam, 12.06. Some online resources to help wage the war against spam.
• Selling AAPL, 12.05. Thirteen-and-a-half months after investing in AAPL, I sold it all. Here's why.
• Spam, spam, spam, spam, 12.04. Why spam won't go away - and some suggestions for fighting back.
• Not @home, 12.03. What do you do when @home shuts down and you have no working phone line?
• A new option for online funding, 11.30. Paythrough, a new an alternative to PayPal for subscriptions, donations, and selling online content.
• Good surveys and bad surveys, 11.29. Why some surveys are meaningful and others meaningless.
• Buy this site, 11.28. Thoughts on ownership and the Web.
• More thoughts on Mac browsers, 11.27. More thoughts and advice on Netscape, Internet Explorer, iCab, and Opera.
• Mac OS X: Developers and Users, 11.19. Why developers and users have a very different perspective on Mac OS X.
• The future of free Web content, 11.16. Ads and affiliate fees are no longer adequate to keep the Web afloat. Where next?
• The best browser for the classic Mac OS, 11.14. Which is the worst possible browser, except for all the other ones?
• Apple and the PC price wars, iMac Musings, 11.12. Dell, cheap PCs, iMac value, and growing Apple's mind share and market share.
• Quandary: OS 9, OS X, or Linux?, Nancy Butts and Dan Knight, My Turn, 11.07. Thoughts on migrating to Mac OS X vs. Linux vs. sticking with the classic OS 9.
• Macs, PCs, and power users, 10.26. Looking at the differences between PC power users and Mac power users.
• iPod: Yawn or Wow?, 10.24. Is Will the iPod be the next iMac or the next Cube?
• The new 'Books, iBook & PowerBook Page, 10.17. Reflections on the new PowerBook and iBook models.
• Is Microsoft the enemy?, 10.15. Is Microsoft's dominance of personal computing a bad thing? If so, what can we do about it?
• PC users are not the enemy, 10.10. Friendly Windows users are potential converts; antagonists will rarely switch sides.
• How good a value is the $799 iMac?, iMac Musings, 10.09. Is the $799 CD-ROM iMac a better value than the $999 CD-RW iMac?
• Service and freedom, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 09.20. A second look at mandatory national service to build a stronger America.
• The new 'normal', Dan Knight's Soapbox, 09.17. It's time to consider mandatory national service to build a stronger America.
• Class act, Mac web, 09.12. Kudos to the Mac-related websites that suspended Mac news to help us focus on Tuesday's terrorist attack.
• 9/11, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 09.12. The terrorists have succeeded in their goal of sowing terror in America.
• Strategic upgrades, Mac Daniel, 09.10. A guide for making reasonable, informed upgrade vs. replacement decisions.
• Apple and the gray market, 09.07. What is the gray market? Is it a bad thing?
• Beyond MHz and GHz, 08.30. Why we need a cross-platform performance rating for Macs and PCs.
• Selling well on eBay, 08.28. Tips when selling your Mac on eBay.
• Classic is vital to OS X, 08.27. The Classic mode is essential to adoption of Mac OS X; it is not a mistake.
• The low end in Low End Mac, 08.21. Low-end is a moving target, but we continue to cover it.
• Abandonware and copyright, 08.16. How can you obtain software for older computers and avoid software piracy?
• Loss vs. harm, 08.15. Intellectual property theft: Where's the harm? Where's the loss?
• Our debt to the IBM PC, 08.13. A Mac user considers the 20 year legacy of the IBM PC.
• Meltdown at Low End Mac, 08.08. Summer heat and screaming UPSes can't hold a candle to the impact Windows worms and viruses on this Mac user.
• Not franchising Apple stores, 08.07. Why franchising Apple's retail store doesn't make sense.
• The battle in Carteret County: Macs vs. Windows PCs, MacInSchool, 08.06. In the battle of Macs vs. PCs in Carteret County, it looks like Windows has won - this time.
• Build your own Mac, 08.03. How Apple can grow the market by offering a 'build your own' Power Mac.
• Analog video on your Mac, 07.26. What do you know - you can input analog video into a Mac with FireWire.
• Disappointment and Mac value, 07.24. Why we were disappointed with the keynote, and why we need to focus on solutions instead of MHz.
• Looking back at the Expo, Expo Report, 07.23. Looking back at some of the best introductions of the Expo.
• Best of Show Award, Expo Report, 07.20. Our first "best upgrade product" award and other upgrade advice.
• Moore's Law, New Macs, MHz Myths, 07.20. Looking at the state of the Mac in light of Moore's Law.
• Owning the Market: Keynote Reflections Expo Report, 07.19. With a consumer G4 and an analog video to FireWire converter, Apple could dominate the iMovie/iDVD market.
• Overview of keynote address, Expo Report, 07.18. Faster iMacs, even faster G4s, new apps for Mac OS X, iDVD2, and more.
• Before the Expo, Expo Report, 07.17. Thoughts on the trip to New York.
• State of the site report, 07.16. A look at Low End Mac's past, present, and future.
• The Cube: Road Apple, 07.16. Now that Apple has put the Cube on ice, we try to figure out just what went wrong with the most beautiful Mac ever.
• Mac myopia, 07.13. The benefits and dangers of Mac myopia.
• DSL Diary, No Hype 56k Modem Page, 07.09. Initial impressions of DSL service and SMC Barrier router.
• Do you trust me?, 07.05. The RIAA doesn't trust you. Microsoft doesn't trust you. Movie studios don't trust you. Here's why.
• Web tips & rants, Online Tech Journal, 07.03. Site changes, planning, archiving, too long URLs, navigation, code compression, efficiency, broad browser support, and more.
• Deconstructing objectivity, 07.02. Thoughts on the nature of reality, journalism, philosophy, and subjective knowledge vs. objective reality.
• Expected at Macworld Expo, with Anne Onymus, RumorLog, 06.28. Less than three weeks to the Expo. Here are our early predictions.
• The political spectrum, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 06.26. Why the traditional right-left, conservative-liberal spectrum is inadequate to describe political behavior.
• Making a trifold brochure, Online Tech Journal, 06.25. Tips on designing and printing a full color trifold brochure on a Mac using AppleWorks.
• Micropayment reader feedback, 06.25. Readers share their thoughts on the idea of micropay.
• Making micropay work, 06.22. Some potential problems with micropay, other ways micropay can be used, and how it might be implemented.
• The ad-base Web is dying, 06.21. How micropayments can change the face of the Web.
• Paying for Web content, 06.20. Why you'll like micropayments.
• Little payments, big business, 06.19. There's big money to be made in managing a whole lot of little transactions.
• A penny for your thoughts, 06.18. An introduction to the case for micropayments.
• Apple and Linux: We need each other, 06.15. "If we . . . turn our back on Linux, both the classic Mac OS and Mac OS X will go the way of the Amiga, NeXTstep, and OS/2 - all amazing operating systems that have been almost completely marginalized."
• How to save Social Security, Dan Knight's Soapbox, 06.14. How one small change could improve Social Security.
• All hits considered, 06.13. Reflections on donation-supported vs. ad-based websites.
• The coming flat panel iMac, iMac Channel, 06.11. How Apple could produce a flat panel iMac today and sell it for $1,099.
• Value and Panhandling, 06.11. Funding the Web: Is asking for site donations panhandling?
• Crunch time at Low End Mac, part 3, 06.07. Things are looking up, thanks to support from Mac users around the world.
• Next gen iMac hoax?, with Anne Onymus, RumorLog, 06.06. Why we don't think the next generation iMac will include a removable pen-based display.
• Video CD reconsidered, 06.06. Video CD, the lower quality, lower cost cousin of DVD - is it a good value?
• Crunch time at LEM, part 2, 06.04. More on our financial situation - and a big thank you for donations to the site.
• Crunch time at Low End Mac, 06.01. How the dot-com crunch hurts Low End Mac - and how you can help.
• The innovative Lisa, Online Tech Journal, 05.31. Perhaps the most innovative computer before the Macintosh, Lisa paved the way for a GUI future.
• Real world depreciation, 05.30. How computer depreciation should really be calculated.
• Small victories, MacInSchool, 05.30. Hooray for small victories - Grand Rapids Public Schools still buying Macs, and teachers are choosing Macs for personal use.
• The original Macintosh, Online Tech Journal, 05.29. An in-depth look at the original Macintosh and how it shaped future Macs.
• Copyright or copy wrong?, 05.22. Copyright, MP3s, Napster, DVS, DeCSS, RIAA, MPAA, and who controls the digital future.
• Low End Mac Cubed, 05.16. We've switched to a G4 Cube while the TiBook is in for repair - our thoughts on Apple's most compact desktop computer.
• Just different, 05.15. "This article shows the kind of misunderstanding of the Mac that is common among Windows users."
• So long, Douglas Adams, 05.14. "Science fiction humorist and Mac advocate Douglas Adams passed away last Friday. So long, and thanks for all the laughs."
• Macs for Schools: The cMac, MacInSchool, 05.10. How Apple can beat cheap Wintel computers at their own game with a remarkably inexpensive Mac.
• Macs for Schools: The eBook, MacInSchool, 05.09. How Apple could make the iBook even less costly.
• Fault and responsibility, 05.09. Memory loss caused by the recent firmware update is definitely Apple's fault.
• Macs for Schools: The eMac, MacInSchool, 05.08. Why the iMac is nearly perfect for schools - and how Apple could make it more affordable.
• Configuring your iBook, 05.03. A look at the value and configuration options of the new iBook.
• Apple redefines iBook, 05.02. "...this is the smaller, lighter, less costly iBook a lot of us were hoping for two years ago."
• The May Day announcement, with Anne Onymus, RumorLog, 04.30. What we may and may not hear from Apple tomorrow.
• Apple turns $43M profit, 04.19. Not a great quarter, but Apple turned a profit when most PC makers were losing money.
• Peerless value?, Online Tech Journal, 04.19. A look at removable media, especially Iomega's new Peerless drive.
• Do Macs cost too much?, iMac Channel, 04.18. Even the iMac seems overpriced for the budget computing market, but is that a bad thing?
• Next gen Power Macs, RumorLog with Anne Onymus, 04.16. Thoughts on the demise of the G4/667, faster Motorola CPUs, and future Power Macs.
• Mac, faith, and religion, 04.13. Thoughts on the Christian faith, the Christian church, and the Macintosh community.
• Best of the Mac Web survey results, 04.12. Which Mac sites are best known? Which are best loved? Survey results are in.
• Personal computing, 04.11. "...right from the start, Apple was less concerned with creating the most powerful machine on the planet and more concerned with creating the best computing experience."
• Rest of the Mac Web, 04.09. Over twenty Mac sites that didn't make our survey - this time.
• Four Years of Low End Mac, 04.06. Forgive us for getting a bit self-congratulatory, but LEM turns 4 on Saturday. This is our story.
• Best of the Mac Web, 04.05. Survey asks your opinion of some of the best known Mac websites.
• Buy New Every Two, 04.01. Why you really do need to replace your Mac every two years.
• Shot in the foot again: Firmware update disables RAM, Dan Knight, 03.25. "...we should not be at risk of losing some or all of the memory in our Macs because of a firmware update."
• No Mac OS X yet, 03.23. Why I'm not switching to Mac OS X yet.
• Hands On: PowerBook 100, The 'Book Page, 03.21. Has it been ten years already?
• Time to replace your iMac?, 03.19. Today's iMacs are faster and have plenty of new features. Is it time to replace Old Bondi?
• Amazon.com or a bookstore?, 03.15. When does online buying make sense, and when is a bricks and mortar store a better deal?
• Feedback on PayPal, 03.14. PayPal generally works well, but some users have run into problems.
• Apple wins and loses, 03.13. High owner loyalty is great, but it can't offset declining market share
• Consolidate or die?, 03.12. Why Apple stands alone - and should remain different.
• Survey Says...., 03.9. Harris Interactive says 47% of Mac owners are buying Wintel computers - are they serious?
• How PayPal works, 03.7. If you've bought in an online auction, you've probably seen "PayPal accepted." What is PayPal, and how does it work?
• One brain or two?, 03.5. Last summer Apple said two brains were better than one, but can a dual G4/533 really keep up with a G4/733?
• Bigger ads, better ads?, 02.27. The Internet Advertising Bureau is proposing several monstrously large formats. Is this a good thing?
• Flower Power: Thinking too different?, iMac Channel, 02.26. What Apple might be thinking with flower power and blue Dalmatian.
• iMac 2001. A Better Value?, iMac Channel, 02.22. How do the new iMacs introduced in Tokyo last night change the value equation?
• Not the end of the Mac as we know it, 02.19. "I must respectfully disagree with Adam Robert Guha.... The Mac as we know it has a long life ahead of it."
• TiBook Report #7: Zap!, The 'Book Page, 02.16. Great laptop, but there's this pesky problem with static electricity....
• Byte, April 1995, Blast From the Past, 02.14. Pentium Pro, PowerPC 603e, Macintosh clones, best laptops (including a PowerBook), and a DOS compatible.
• TiBook Report #6, Dan Knight, 02.8. Is the PowerBook G4 really a desktop replacement? Also, more comments on DVD playback.
• The new eConomy, 02.7. "...there's a new part of the economy that plays by a new set of rules."
• LEM boycotts Cnet links, 02.6. We've stopped linking to a good news source to protest "mega-ads" that overwhelm content.
• TiBook Report #5, iBook & PowerBook Page, 02.6. Heat reduction with CoolPad, burning CDs, DVD tips, and more.
• TiBook Report #4, iBook & PowerBook Page, 02.5. Battery life, SETI performance, and more on heat.
• TiBook: Day 2, iBook & PowerBook Page, 02.2. Internet connection update, more on heat, brief benchmark discussion.
• TiBook: Day 1, iBook & PowerBook Page, 02.1. More impressions from my first day with a PowerBook G4.
• First Impressions: TiBook, The 'Book Page, 01.31. Stop the presses - I got my PowerBook G4 this afternoon.
• Getting ready for my TiBook, The 'Book Page, 01.30. Several things will change in the way I work when my PowerBook G4 arrives; this is the time to prepare for those changes.
• Change at Low End Mac, 01.29. Today marks one of the more significant changes in the history of the site.
• Make mine optical, 01.26. Until I used an optical mouse, I was content with traditional mice. That's no longer the case.
• Beating the blackout, 01.25. Whether you're in California or elsewhere, here's how to be ready when the lights go out.
• Burning CDs, watching DVDs, Dan Knight, 01.24. Is Apple missing the boat by giving us CD burners and taking away our DVD players?
• RumorLog, Dan Knight & Anne Onymus, 01.23. Whenever the new iMac comes out, here's what we anticipate.
• Buying from Canada, 01.19. Hints from Canadians on buying across the border.
• Buying a PowerBook G4, The 'Book Page, 01.18. Here's why I'm ordering one, and how I'm configuring it.
• Macworld Expo: non-Apple products, 01.11. Low End Mac's picks - an optical mouse, USB TV tuner, new recordable media, dual G4 upgrade, and FireNet.
• San Francisco Log, updated 1:11. Low End Mac's first family in San Francisco.
• The new Power Mac, 01.10. Four new models - which is right for you?
• The titanium PowerBook, 01.10. A perspective on the new PowerBook G4.
• Macworld keynote address, 01.9. Faster Power Macs with more slots, new software, and a PowerBook worthy of lust.
• San Francisco Log, 01.9. Low End Mac's first family in San Francisco.
• Pre-Expo rumors & predictions, Dan Knight & Anne Onymus, RumorLog, 01.5. Our take on the pre-Macworld Expo rumors making the rounds.

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