Archive for the ‘LowEndMac’ Category
Rare Find: Apple ][ Jigsaw Puzzle from 1983
Joshua Coventry chanced upon a rare find on eBay: an Apple ][ Jigsaw puzzle from Apple's 1983 Gift Catalog.
Back in 1983, Apple released a gift catalog featuring Apple-branded merchandize such as mugs, T-shirts, and, amongst many other items, an Apple II jigsaw puzzle.
I bought it for 99 pence. Shortly after, it arrived - and, being [...]
History of the Mac
I have to admit that the Apple fan that I am, I am a recent switcher. The first time I started to use a G4 eMac as a personal computer was at work early 2005. But having left the corporate grind for a mobile/telecommute/freelance writer’s life left me without a Mac for a few months [...]
Defining the Apple “Power User”
2006 is the year of the laptop for me. After several years of living by on company-issued laptops, then purchasing a low-end used laptop myself when I went freelance, I finally got to push myself into buying a new laptop this July, which was an entry-level Compaq Presario V2000. I really wanted a MacBook, but [...]
Looking Back: OS X on x86 “Stupidest Thing Apple Could Do”?
I stumbled upon an article on Low End Mac written by Jeff Adkins exactly four years ago (October 17th, 2002) detailing the author’s opinion that “OS X on x86 would be the stupidest business decision in history.”
That was the time when an x86 version of OS X (Project Marklar) was still very much under wraps, [...]
