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Waterfield First with SleeveCase for New 17" Unibody MacBook Pro
Charles W. Moore, 'Book Value, 01.08
Waterfield has a reputation for top quality bags at appropriate prices, and it's already designed a sleeve for the new 17" Unibody MacBook Pro.

Surprise, Average Broadband Throughput Is Lower than Maximum Throughput
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.08
If a service is advertised as 8 Mbps maximum, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the average speed is below that number.

A History of Apple's Lisa, 1979-1986
Tom Hormby, Orchard, 01.08
Originally envisioned as a business computer to replace the Apple II, the Lisa brought the mouse and GUI to the computer market - only to be felled by the less costly Macintosh.

The Innovative Lisa
Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 01.08
Apple's Lisa and how it paved the way for the Macintosh.

The Lisa Legacy
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.08
We should always remember how Apple's innovation paved the way for all future computers.

Lisa's DNA Is All Over Modern Computing
Ray Arachelian, Apple Seeds, 01.08
Those who label Apple's Lisa a failure are ignoring the computer's legacy that shows up in every personal computer sold today.

January 8 in LEM history
02: Lament for a budget iMac - Macs get the job done - 03: Big 'Book, little 'Book - Things I really like about Jaguar - 07: One thing OS X should learn from Windows - Shiira 2.0b2 - 08: Mac Pro (2008) - Xserve (Quad Core) - This old Pismo - DRM in OS X anything to fear? - G3 iMac upgrade resources

The 17" Unibody MacBook Pro Value Equation
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.07
The new model is a bit faster, a bit smaller, a bit lighter, and has an incredible 8-hour battery life.

Blackouts and Web Access, Death of a Kanga, the Future of PowerPC Macs, and More
Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 01.07
Also another email client suggestion and whether a G3 iMac can handle a 7200 rpm hard drive without overheating.

How Netbooks Impact Microsoft and Apple
Tim Nash, Taking Back the Market, 01.07
Netbooks are keeping Windows XP alive, which may slow adoption of Windows 7, and perceived value keeps the Mac market share growing at the expense of Windows.

The Ill-Fated Apple III
Jason Walsh, Apple Before the Mac, 01.07
"...not only was the Apple III mind crunchingly expensive, it was made with none of the passion of the Apple II or Macintosh."

Apple III Chaos: Apple's First Failure
Joshua Coventry, Cortland, 01.07
Apple had known nothing but success with its Apple II product line, but when it tried to enter the business world with the Apple III, the learned the cost of failure.

Apple's Worst Business Decisions: Another Perspective
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.07
Apple's poor business decisions predate the Macintosh. Let's hope they learn from their mistakes.

2 Apple Failures: Apple III and Lisa
Tom Hormby, Orchard, 01.07
Apple's two not-so-great product lines between the Apple II line and the Macintosh.

17" Unibody MacBook Pro
01.06
Thinner and lighter than ever, the unibody model tops out with 8 GB of RAM and a 2.93 GHz clock speed.

No, an Overgrown iPod touch Is Not a Netbook
Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.06
BlackBerry pretends its Storm is a netbook, but a netbook needs to be big enough for a typable keyboard.

Adventures with an Overheating PowerBook, the 10.5.6 Update, and Other Things
Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 01.06
After three years of reliable service, the PowerBook began to run so hot that the fan was almost always on. What was causing the problem, and what would fix it?

Apple's Half-Baked Support for DisplayPort
Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 01.06
The DisplayPort specification supports audio, so why does Apple use USB to route sound to the LED Cinema Display?

VisiCalc and the Rise of the Apple II
Tom Hormby, Orchard, 01.06
"VisiCalc was first released for the Apple II, which quickly became an invaluable tool for businesspeople - at least until IBM moved into the 'personal computing' market in 1981."

Interview with Dan Bricklin, Inventor of the Electronic Spreadsheet
Joshua Coventry, Cortland, 01.06
Until 1979, a spreadsheet was something you did by hand. VisiCalc changed all that and gave personal computers the first 'killer app'.

Apple IIe Nostalgia: A Reunion 15 Years in the Making
Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 01.06
Sometimes nostalgia is all you remembered, like when you get to recreate your first computing experience from the Apple II era.

Apples from Other Orchards: Apple II Clones
Joshua Coventry, Cortland, 01.06
Before the IBM PC spawned compatibles, companies around the world cloned the Apple II - some with more success than others.

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