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iBook & PowerBook Related- SETI@home Weekly
Update, Mac Musings, 4/14. A look at the Top 20
teams, and those who would join them.
- Surfing
large, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/14. Internet
Explorer 5, big screen fonts, and another reason Macs are
better.
- Mac games in
development, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 4/14.
A look at eight games currently being developed for the
Mac.
- Choosing a good
printer, Chris Lawson, Mac Daniel, 4/12. "What's a
good printer for a vintage Mac, one you can still get
toner or ink cartridges for?"
- Dutchmen sneak
past Team Mac Observer, Mac Musings, 4/12. They came
out of nowhere, pushing Team Mac Observer to 20th
place.
- A road not taken (by
Apple), Scott Atkinson, Mac Musings, 4/11. "Unlike
Macs, there's nothing here to make you stop and admire
the craftsmanship."
- Macs get the job
done, Todd H. Cheong, My First Mac, 4/11. "My first
Mac was an SE. It had 1 MB of memory, no hard drive, and
no printer."
- AOL@school, Evan,
iMac Musings, 4/11. "AOL will be soon releasing a new
version of their software specifically for
schools...."
- Team Mac
Observer dealt major setback, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 4/10. Defection costs team several thousand work
units, drops back to #19.
- Low End Mac at
three, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/10. A look back at
Low End Mac's first three years.
- Apple Tech
Support or pop psychology?, David Schultz,
Virtuality, 4/7.
- Team Mac
Observer expands, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 4/6. No
sign of ET yet, but new members have closed the gap
between Team Mac Observer and Team Lockergnome.
- Bulldozing for a faster
drive, Paulo Rodrigues, Tangerine Fusion, 4/5. It
takes some time, but here's on inexpensive way to speed
up your old hard drive.
- Web design, part 4: Site
graphics, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 4/5.
Choosing the right image format and file size.
- SETI@home: Team
Mac Observer reaches #18, Low End Mac, 4/4. We need
your help to catch Team Lockergnome and reach #17.
- How can I burn a
CD?, Chris Lawson, Mac Daniel, 4/4. Explanation of
CD, CD-R, CD-RW, plus advice on choosing a drive.
- Burning CDs on a
Mac, Scott Barber, Online Tech Journal. Setting up a
CD burning system.
- Amazing IE 5.0,
Evan, iMac Channel, 4/3. "My faith in Microsoft has been
restored."
- End of the Mac Web
as We Know It, Anne Onymus, Rumor Mill, 3/31.
- The carpenter's trade
in the computer age, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel, 3/31.
A carpenter, a block of wood, an R/C battery, and a
resurrected PowerBook.
- SETI@home: Join a
team, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 3/29.
- Are Aqua-skeptics
luddites?, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings,
3/29. "I have no interest in change for the sake of
change, or in putting form before function, and I really
have no time for change that makes things worse."
- Replacement screen
for a 5300, Julie Fugett, Mac Daniel, 3/27. Options
for replacing a bad screen on the PowerBook 5300.
- Mac game sequels,
Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 3/27. New games are
great, and earlier versions will often run well on less
powerful Macs.
- Dealing with dead
pixels in TFT displays, Charles W. Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 3/23. Detecting and dealing with
dead pixels on PowerBooks.
- Macs and digital
video, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel, 3/22. Starts out
looking at video editing on Macs, then examines various
video formats. A good read if you're at all interested in
video editing or buying a camcorder.
- Setting up a cable or
DSL router, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 3/22.
The documentation was Windows only, but I figured it
out.
- iMac sites
reviewed, Dan Knight, iMac Channel, 3/21. An iMac
webmaster looks at other iMac sites.
- More PowerBook & iBook
sites, Dan Knight, iBook & PowerBook Page, 3/20.
A couple more sites and feedback on one from the first
review.
- Raising the dead,
part 3, Manuel Mejia, Mac Daniel, 3/20. Ongoing work
resurrecting a Mac II, plus the start of a PowerBook 100
project.
- Web Design, Part 3:
Cascading Style Sheets, Dan Knight, Online Tech
Journal, 3/16. How Cascading Style Sheets control the
appearance of a site.
- Macs and AOL 5.0,
Evan, iMac Musings, 3/15. "Even though AOL 5.0 adds many
nice new features, I believe it still has many
shortcomings."
- The Best 3D
Gaming, Kel Taylor, Mac to the Future, 3/14. What
could offer better gaming than an iMac DV or Power Mac
G4?
- Under my skin,
Katherine (BondiBlue2), My First Mac, 3/14. "I've only
been a Mac user for four years now, and I've learned a
great deal...."
- A look at PowerBook &
iBook sites, Dan Knight, iBook & PowerBook Page.
The half-dozen best PowerBook and iBook sites on the
Web.
- Opinion: G4
insignificantly superior to G3, Dan Knight, Online
Tech Journal, 1/13. From the hype, you'd think the G4
blew away the G3. Don't believe the hype.
- Rolleiflex embraces
digital revolution, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 3/13. Ancient, respected camera manufacturer
makes digicams and digital backs.
- Honest speed, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 3/10. Despite all the discussion of
cutting edge performance, you can have enough computer
speed.
- Honesty, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 3/9. Who is to blame for the lack of
faster G3 and G4 computers?
- Older PowerBook, iBook
prices crowd $1,000-1,500 range, Charles W. Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 3/8.
- AirPort Works!,
Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh, 3/8. "I'd like to take
back every nasty thing that I'd ever said about Apple
during the last few weeks."
- Mac OS X: the big
change, Kel Taylor, Mac to the Future, 3/7.
"Interfaces must and will continue to change with time.
Can you imagine computers a hundred years from now even
using graphic interfaces?"
- Who is self
serving?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 3/3. Apple is
calling Real Networks self serving? If the shoe
fits....
- Don Crabb, I truly
never knew you, Rodney O. Lain, Things Macintosh,
3/2.
- iBook, Wintel laptops
compared, Dan Knight, iBook & PowerBook Page,
3/2. How do the iBooks compare with the current crop of
Wintel laptops?
- Politics and the
Mac web, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 3/1. "I appreciate
the readers who wrote to tell me they wouldn't visit Low
End Mac again because of my political views."
- A boy and his Mac,
Glenn Dawes, My First Mac, 3/1. "From 1988 to 1992, I
knew nothing other than my Mac Plus."
- Good design, bad
design, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/29.
- Is Microsoft's business
plan obsolete?, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 2/29. While Linux challenges Windows, free
suites also challenge MS Office.
- Aquard, Gerard
Bagwin, Mac Musings, 2/28. "A back to basics OS is what
we need, not inconsistent icon sizes and photographic
toolbar icons that mean nothing."
- The growing iBook &
PowerBook market, Dan Knight, iBook & PowerBook
Page, 2/25. Apple is well positioned to take advantage of
the growing portable market.
- Macs play MP3,
Evan, iMac Channel, 2/24. What MP3s are, how to use them
on the Mac, and how to find them.
- How MacCain won
Michigan, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/24. Not only how
he won, but why it matters for November.
- Web design: Using
include files, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 2/24.
Low End Mac's webmaster shares tips on efficient site
design.
- Absolutely essential,
Hans Echterbecker, My First Mac, 2/22. For Hans, his LC
575, Volvo, and Estwing hammer are absolutely
essential.
- The Internet is
social, Patrick Griffin, Mac Musings, 2/21. "I have
also studied community development, also from a Web
perspective...."
- From pencil to
PowerBook: One writer's Mac odyssey, Charles Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2/21. Fourteen years of writing
progress.
- The social
Internet, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/19. "Rather than
fearing the Internet, the Stanford Institute for the
Quantitative Study of Society should look at how people
interact socially because of the Internet."
- New PowerBook, iBook, Dan
Knight, iBook & PowerBook Page, 2/17. Are the new
iBook and PowerBooks good buys?
- Apple's retail
problem, Paulo Rodrigues, Mac Musings, 2/17. "Apple's
computers and other products have been grossly
underrepresented by PC reviewers...."
- The new Macs, Mac
News Today, 2/16. Quick overview of iBook SE, Power Mac
G4/500, and the new PowerBook G3.
- Apple abandons
Motorola, IBM, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 2/16.
Apple throws in the towel over G4/500 problems.
- Rumor or
speculation?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/15. Why
Apple can but won't release Pismo or a faster iMac until
the G4/500 is available.
- Are extended computer
warranties worth the cost?, Charles Moore,
Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2/14.
- Making your PC
work with your Mac, Steve Wood, View From the
Classroom, 2/14. Cross-platform software and a way to
mount Mac disks on Wintel machines.
- Surfing the iNet,
Evan, iMac Musings, 2/14. Evan lists some interesting,
fun, and useful sites for Mac users.
- Home, small network
backup solutions, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal,
2/11.
- Back to the
G3, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/10. To pass 450 MHz,
Apple should go back to the G3.
- Plain old email,
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/10. "Every day I receive blank
email. There's a subject and a sender, but no text.
Nothing."
- Think Choices,
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/9. Apple needs to offer
consumers more model choices.
- Promoting the
Macintosh, Jerry Rogers, iMac Musings, 2/9.
- Feedback on "Killer
PowerBook," iBook & PowerBook Page, 2/9. Several
readers wrote to say that they, too, want PowerBooks with
bigger screens.
- Graphics and game
play, Brian Rumsey, Low End Mac Gaming, 2/8. Our
newest columnist looks at gaming issue on new Macs and
old.
- Pismo or Graphite
iBook?, Dan Knight, iBook/PowerBook Page, 2/8. A
stunning image of what a future black & graphite
portable could look like.
- A knowledgeable Mac
bigot, Kevin Thomas, My First Mac, 2/8. "Along the
way, I have gone from being an ignorant bigoted Mac user
to a knowledgeable bigoted Mac user."
- The dubious economics
of processor upgrades, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 2/7. Even if you can upgrade the CPU, should
you?
- Wanted: A killer
PowerBook, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 2/7. To replace
my desktop, I just want a PowerBook with a screen that
shows more.
- Where are the new
Macs?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 2/4. Everyone was
predicting new hardware at Macworld Expo....
- Backing up your
Mac, Charlie Ruggiero, Mac Daniel, 2/4. "What do you
recommend for backing up the data on your Mac?"
- Recovering a stolen
PowerBook, The iBook & PowerBook Page, 2/3. One
user's experience in recovering his PB 1400.
- More Backup Basics,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 2/1. A look at
Redux, a powerful freeware backup solution.
- Connecting Macs,
Chris Lawson, Mac Daniel, 2/1. Explains how to connect
two or more Macs and copy files between them.
- Where's the
G4/500?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/21. "Remember how
Steve Jobs announced the Power Mac G4 on August 31,
1999?"
- The World Wide
Web, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/20. It's grown to
over one billion pages with no end in sight.
- Macintosh 2000
revisited, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 1/19. Eight years
ago Henry Bortman guessed what today's Mac would be.
Today we're evaluating his predictions.
- Compubrick
160, CustoMacs, 1/18. Would you believe a PowerBook
160 converted to desktop use with plastic blocks?
- Mac shopping at
CompUSA, Eric DeStefano, Mac Metamorphosis, 1/18.
"All I have to do is go into the Macintosh section of a
CompUSA and all the loser salesmen will leave me
alone."
- The main difference
between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Rodney O. Lain,
Things Macintosh, 1/17. "...there is one redeeming trait
that Steve Jobs has over Bill Gates: Steve Jobs is a
loser."
- Using the right rodent
helps reduce wrist pain, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Rambling, 1/17. A look at ergonomics and real-world mouse
use.
- Preying on
innocents, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/17. "Over time,
you develop a sense for those you like, those you
tolerate, and those you mistrust."
- Skin off Apple's
nose, Dan Knight, The iMac Channel, 1/14. "...Apple
should be flattered."
- iReview
reviewed, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/12. "Maybe I
shouldn't be disappointed that Low End Mac didn't make
the cut at iReview. I'm in very good company."
- PowerBook 1400, a good
buy, Low End Mac, 1/12. This solid performer even has
a G3 upgrade option.
- Insidious
Microsoft Virus, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 1/11.
"The virus exists as several separate components strewn
through the Microsoft application...."
- Beyond the box?,
Paulo Rodrigues, iMac Musings, 1/10. Apple talks about
going beyond "the box," but does any of the anticipated
hardware do that?
- Unbelievable!,
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/7. Mac OS Rumors claims to
have served over 900,000 pages in twenty-four hours. I
don't believe it.
- Egg on my face,
Dan Knight, 1/7. I rate my hardware predictions. At least
I was right about "something unexpected" and Steve Jobs
not leaving.
- The New
Apple, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/6. By not
showcasing hardware, Steve Jobs is trying to teach us
something important.
- Macworld 2000
Keynote Address Special Report, Mac News Today, 1/5.
We couldn't be there, but caught it through the miracle
of QuickTime 4.
- PowerBook hard drive
replacement options, Charles Moore, Miscellaneous
Ramblings, 1/4. If you've outgrown your drive, here are
several options.
- Macworld
prediction scorecard, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 1/4.
Rate my predictions from late December against the
reality of Macworld.
- PowerBook 540c, a best
buy, Low End Mac, 1/4. The Blackbird series was
Apple's best pre-PPC machine, and the 540c the best value
among them.
- 1999 at Low End
Mac, Dan Knight, 1/4. The publisher looks back at a
very busy year for Low End Mac.
- The Best Macs
Ever, Dan Knight, Low End Mac, 1/3. "Apple has a
tradition of great computers...."
- Adoption notice
for an SE/30, Steve Wood, View From the Classroom,
1/3. The short tale of an abandoned SE/30 brought back to
usefulness.
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