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New on Low End Mac

• Interview: Low End Mac's Dan Knight, MacMilitia, 1/14. 'Nuff said.
• Opinion: Skin off Apple's nose, Dan Knight, The iMac Channel, 1/14. "...Apple should be flattered."
• Advice: Installing OS 8.1, Online Tech Journal, 1/14. With over two dozen 6100s to update, there had to be a faster way to install the OS.
• Rumor? Stealth Macs coming soon, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 1/14. What, is Apple thinking beige? Looks like it....
• Tech: PDS, the processor direct slot, Online Tech Journal, 1/13. What is the processor direct slot? And why are there so many different ones?
• Opinion: 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."
• Low End: Ten Years with an SE, Matt Wolanski, My First Mac, 1/12. "I got nearly ten years of use out of my Mac SE and about 5 years use out of the Performa...."
• Opinion: PowerBook 1400, a good buy, Low End Mac, 1/12. This solid performer even has a G3 upgrade option.
• Update: CPU upgrade guides for G3 ZIF, G4 ZIF, G3 cards, G4 cards, G3 level 2, G4 level 2, Low End Mac, 1/11.
• Rumor? Insidious Microsoft Virus, Anne Onymus, The Rumor Mill, 1/11. "The virus exists as several separate components strewn through the Microsoft application...."

Around the Web

• OS: Mac OS X, AppleInsider, 1/14. Good overview of new OS, includes preliminary system requirements.
• News: Apple, Sotec reach settlement, MacInTouch, 1/14. "Sotec has agreed to pay Apple 10 million yen (about US$95,000) in damages...."
• Benchmark: Is AirPort a good substitute for ethernet?, Bare Feats, 1/14. Half the speed of 10Base-T isn't so bad.
• History: The Mothership, Apple Lisa and early Macintosh archive.
• News: Beleaguered Microsoft replaces Bill Gates as CEO, Mac Observer, 1/14. Yes, Microsoft is beleaguered by legal problems. Great headline -- good read, too.
• News: Bill bows out, MacAddict, 1/13.
• News: Gates abdicates Microsoft throne to Ballmer, Yahoo/Reuters, 1/14. Gates will remain chariman, take title "chief software architect."
• Opinion: Copyrights and copywrongs, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 1/13. "...making copies of copyrighted material for private use is legal under Canada's copyright legislation, so the new tax/levy is a penalty placed on legal activity in many cases of copying."
• Opinion: Apple's big mistake, 1/13. "...Aqua is attractive, but unfortunately Apple has sacrificed usability for looks."
• News: Legal tumult over Aqua look, MacWEEK, 1/13.
• Consumer: @Home gets Usenet death penalty, Slashdot, 1/13. If @Home doesn't block spammers, subscribers will be blocked from Usenet effective 1/18/2000.
  • @Home responds to UDP notice, Slashdot, 1/13.
• Opinion: Skin o' trouble, AppleSurf, 1/13. Apple wants to make it impossible for Windows users to have a Mac OS appearance.
• Opinion: Apple gets testy about GUI, Slashdot, 1/13. "...it's an original work -- just inspired by the aqua GUI."
• Consumer: RAMseeker adds Compact Flash, Smart Media, Flash ATA price tracking.
• Review: CameraMate, The Review, 1/13. USB device reads Compact Flash, Smart Media.
• Low End: Jag's House Timeline, Jag's House. Jag's story from his first Mac until now.
• News: Sonnet announces second 1400 G3 upgrade, PowerBook Zone, 1/12. This one will have a 1 MB cache for even more speed.
• Consumer: Cash discounting, PowerBook Central, 1/12. If you pay with a credit card, it may cost more than you thought through some dealers.
• Opinion: Plea for a better USB keyboard, Amy Hoy, Daily iMac, 1/12. "Apple, please, listen to us...."
• Web: Google for Mac: a response, Macinstein, 1/12. Macinstein has been a 100% Macintosh search engine for over a year.
• Opinion: Paranoia probably justified but ultimately destructive, John Farr, Applelinks, 1/11. "And then we considered the effect of the iReview efforts...."
• Tech: Using DVD-RAM discs, Apple TIL. Now we know that you can't boot from Apple's slow DVD-RAM drive. :-(
• News: Microconnect ships USB keyboard in six colors, AllUSB. $50 keyboard matches iMac colors, Apple extended layout.
• Consumer: Phase 5 offers G4 upgrades for under US$500, Applelinks, 1/11. 350 MHz daughter card, ZIF, L2, and Umax C series upgrades all under $500.
• Opinion: What's wrong with this picture?, Charles Moore, Applelinks, 1/11. Still no Apple Store for Canada, while Hong Kong, Belgium, and Australia have them.
• Deal: ATI RAGE 128 Pro with Mac OS 9, $99, The Apple Store. Only for the "Sawtooth" G4, but the card + OS 9 costs as much as OS 9 does!
• Web: Apple-specific search engine, Google. It's fast.
• News: NewerRAM has 128 MB SIMMs for 6100, Applelinks, 1/11. It begs the question of spending $800 on memory for a six-year-old design.
• More links and link archive on Mac News Today.

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