Guide to Compact Macs, a quick overview of Apple’s 10 compact Macs. Inside the Macintosh 128K, Hardware Secrets, Gabriel Torres, 2012.12.17. The 25 most important Macs (part 2), Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2009.02.17. The 25 most significant Macs in the first 25 years of the platform, continued. 25 years: The Macintosh legacy, Tommy Thomas, Welcome […]
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About lemOS Interface Build: February 1st, 2026 07:36 EST . UI Designers: Mark Sokolovsky, Simon Royal . Low End Mac™ 2026. What is lemOS? Obviously this is a website, and the entirety of the navigation is based upon images and text – to maintain backward compatibility with older devices to visit and thematic continuity. […]
This index covers desktop Macs based on the 68040 CPU. This includes all Centris and Quadra models, plus some LCs and Performas. PowerPC 601 Upgrades for 68040 PDS Macs, Daniel Knight, 2016.08.31 .. Add a Second SIMM Slot to Your Quadra, LC, or Performa 630, Chris Placzek, Memory Upgrade Options, 2016.08.25 . Sonnet QuadDoubler […]
A curated section for articles about other operating systems, particularly those which can be installed on Macs and other apple devices. This section may also include “other” macOS articles. See instead: Search results for “Operating System” . Windows 95: One of the Greatest Operating Systems Ever? Simon Royal, Low End Mac, Low End […]
Here is a list of links to different pages and articles on Low End Mac about the various different operating systems which ran on Macs. /Software Tech Specs > macOS Index 80s Mac OS System 1.0 . System 2.0 (To be added) . System 3.0 (To be added) . System 4.0 (To be added) . […]
<| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 0000 | 0000 | 0000 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . February 2026 Apple A18 Pro Specs Mark Sokolovsky, Apple Silicon CPU Specs, […]
<| 0000 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 |> 1985: Word, Excel, PageMaker, and the LaserWriter Daniel Knight, Low End Mac, Mac History – 1985.12.31 – Leave a comment – In January 1985, Apple announced the Macintosh XL, which was nothing more than a new name for the wildly unsuccessful […]
<| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 1997 Mac Musings Archive for 1997 Daniel Knight, Mac Musings – 1997.12.31 […]
<| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 1998 Mac Musings Archive for 1998 Daniel Knight, Low End Mac, […]
<| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 1999 1999: The Year in Review Daniel Knight, Low End Mac, […]
<| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2000 Mac 2000 Revisited in December 2000 Daniel Knight, Low End […]
<| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2001 ‘Twas the Night Before (a Mac) Christmas Matthew Urban, Low […]
<| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2002 File Synchronization: A Step Closer to Switching to OS X […]
<| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . November 2003 20″ iMac G4 (Late 2003) LEM Staff, iMac, iMac G4, […]
<| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2005 1 GB nano Coming?, iPod mini Hot on eBay, $10 […]
<| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2006 The Review Vault Adam Geller, Low End Mac, The Review […]
<| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2007 My Experiences with Mac OS X Trevor Wale, Low End […]
<| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2008 Unbuntu Linux and Boot Camp Make It Easy to Create […]
<| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2009 Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for Mac Users Charles W […]
<| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2010 SATA and SSD Options for PowerBooks and iBooks Daniel Knight, […]
<| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2011 Memory Cleaner for Intel Macs: It Works Daniel Knight, Low […]
<| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2013 Can $35 Make Your TV Smarter? Google’s Chromecast Reviewed Adam […]
<| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2014 Boot a Clamshell iBook from USB Adam Geller, Low End […]
<| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2015 Should Apple Offer Expandable Storage for iOS Devices? Adam Geller, […]
<| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | .. December 2016 Shopping UK: A Smart List App for Your iPhone Adam […]
<| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2017 Opera for Mac FAQ Daniel Knight, Low End Mac, Software […]
<| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 0000 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | December 2023 Mac OS 9 is Still Alive and Kicking.. and That’s Not […]
<| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 0000 | 0000 |> | January | February | March | April | | May | June | July | August | September | | October | November | December | . December 2025 2015 rMBP DG 2.5ghz thermal pad mod LEM Staff, Hacking […]
This is the first iteration on macOS and iOS post-WWDC, after a recent May 14th update spent roughly a month and a half in a development state. Individuals can opt-in via the Software Update section of the System Settings app, as long as your Apple ID is associated with an Apple Developer account. Key […]
Some History on the Best Mac Value Ever: The Mac Pro 4,1 and 5,1 The Mac Pro has went through many iterations over the years and with the advent of Apple Silicon, things have certainly come to a crossroads. The Mac Pro 4,1 from 2009 and the slightly revised Mac Pro 5,1 (sold from 2010 […]
Dear Low End Mac Friends: It’s been a while. Life and other typical duties keep one busy, but when something extraordinary comes up, there’s always time to talk about it with our community. In this article, I will be discussing an interesting piece of hardware (a display to be precise) – the RCA MM36100. […]
It’s been a long time coming, but I have left the iPhone and iOS world – making the switch to Android.
Best known for the Commodore 64, the best selling single model in the history of computing, Commodore International was one of the first companies to enter the personal computing market and the first with a million-selling computer. Its first model was the Commodore PET.
Prior to the September 2012 introduction of the iPhone 5, every iPhone had used a 3.5″ display. Since the iPhone 5, all screens have been larger than that. At the same time, Apple abandoned the 30-pin dock connector it had inherited from iPods and adopted the new Lightning connector. This also marked the debut of […]
SCSI isn’t the black art it sometimes seems to be, but the various terms different people use for the same thing makes it tough to sort out. I hope the following lessens the confusion.