Low End Mac hopes you'll enjoy Dirk Pilat 's globetrotting adventures using Macs in Europe (he originally did so in the UK, but then relocated to New Zealand, and lived in Germany for a little while, and is now back in New Zealand). Dirk Pilat also has his own site, DirkPilat.com, and is a contributor to EverythingMac.org, an OS X site.

Down But Not Out

• Thoughts and advice on replacing a two-year-old iBook G4, 2006.02.01. This iBook G4 has taken a beating. Does it make more sense to buy a new iBook G4, wait for the Intel models, or look at the used market?
• iBook on last legs, Mac mini saves marriage, and Macintel meanderings, 2006.01.23. With the iBook G4 "falling apart at the seams", does it make more sense to buy a new G4 iBook or wait for the Intellified next gen iBook?
• First impressions of the 14" iBook G4, 2003.11.13. "Apple has managed to produce a machine that combines everything I want from a portable computer with appropriate processor performance for a competitive price."
• Apple shines after a poorly timed iBook order, 2003.11.06. The frustration of ordering a G3 iBook just two days before it was replaced by a G4 model.
• The 17" PowerBook that got away, 2003.09.29. New PowerBooks means lower prices on older ones - but the manager at Dixons wouldn't budge on price for a beat up display model.
• Virus-free Macs, G5 delays, joys of Mplayer, and negative Mac reviews, 2003.09.17. Smugness over avoiding all those Windows viruses gives way to shipping delays and reviews that question the Mac's value.
• iBook and *nix ruminations from Heathrow, 2003.08.25. The only Apple portable in a terminal filled with Dells, Gateways, and HPs.
• Don't break up Apple - build it up, 2003.05.15. Breaking Apple into separate hardware and software companies is nuts. Instead, Apple should expand into other fields.
• Have iBook, will relocate yet again, 2003.05.01. The iBook toting doctor leaves New Zealand behind for a temporary home in Germany.
• Apple's New Zealand roadshow and New Zealand's Mac mag, 2003.02.12. Apple NZ takes its show on the road, plus a look at MacGuide, New Zealand's home grown Mac magazine.
• New PowerBooks, Safari, Keynote, and other things to wean us from Microsoft, 2003.01.20. Microsoft makes too much money to abandon Mac users, but that doesn't stop us from running alternative software on our Macs.
• Holidays, Mac gifts, and which 'Book to buy next, 2002.12.18. As the 500 MHz iBook begins to falter, thoughts on whether it could best be replaced by the new iBook, the current TiBook - or wait until the next generation.
• Here's to small Apple dealers who make a difference, 2002.12.05. Apple Stores may be grand, but they've got nothing on local shops full of enthusiastic, helpful Apple evangelists.
• Plucker puts Web on your Palm for free, 2002.11.18. No OS X support from AvantGo? No problem -- Plucker comes to the rescue, and it's free.
• Mac OS X rapidly catching on with *nix geeks, 2002.09.27. Linux lovers and Unix users are discovering how easy, flexible, and powerful Mac OS X really is.
• Groveling: Jaguar is not fat, slow, and deeply flawed, 2002.09.25. A clean install of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) solves problems caused by earlier install over 10.1.5.
• Jaguar fat, slow, and deeply flawed?, 2002.09.04. What to do when Jaguar won't support the modem that worked under OS X? Back to OS 9.
• High Mac Prices in New Zealand, 2002.08.21. How high prices damage Apple's market in New Zealand.
• Hooked on Everything2, 2002.07.24. "For the last couple of weeks, I have been seeing myself becoming helplessly drawn to the genial Everything2."
• iPods, import licenses, and Apple engineering, 2002.06.26. "Everything about this thingamajig oozes class: the packaging, the glass surface, the display, and the polished steel back."
• Viruses, worms, Trojans, and OS X, 2002.06.07. The Internet is utterly awash with infectious little binary packages - is OS X safe?
• Learning Linux on a PC?, 2002.05.17. Why in the world is Dirk running Linux on an ugly beige Pentium box?
• Macs, New Zealand, and Darwinism, 2002.04.26. Yes, there are Macs in New Zealand, but do they really promote godless Darwinism?

• The sorry state of Macs in New Zealand, 2002.04.18. Our UK correspondent has moved to New Zealand, where Macs seem to be virtually unknown.
• Interview with MacUser's Ian Betteridge, part 2, 2002.03.07. The rest of our interview with Ian Betteridge, editor of MacUser, looks at print vs. Internet and Apple's future.
• Interview with MacUser's Ian Betteridge, 2002.02.26. An interview with Ian Betteridge, editor of MacUser, on the state of the Mac in the UK.
• Lessons from OS X on unsupported hardware, 2002.01.29. It works very nicely, thank you, but be sure to use a fast hard drive.
• The Mac Web and the future of Mac magazines, 2002.01.21. There used to be little more exciting than the latest issue of MacUser. The Web has changed all that.
• 20,000,000 pages served, no paycheque, 2001.12.24. Thoughts on Christmas gifts, quality content, and making money on the World Wide Web.
• AOL UK dropping Mac software, 2001.12.13. A look at the AOL OS X client, and AOL UK's plans to stop distributing their Mac client.
• Chatroom failure, IRC success, 2001.12.05. X-rated Aimster Mac chat, nobody home on AOL's Mac channel, but IRC and dalnet come through.
• MSN, black bras, and the future of Apple, 2001.11.20. An MSN UK billboard inspires thoughts for future Apple ad campaigns.
• Steve, the iPod, and the future of Apple, 2001.11.06. Thoughts on the iPod's success and Apple after Steve Jobs.
• OS X: stability or usability?, 2001.10.18. OS X 10.1 works and is stable, but does using it have to be so much work to get it working?
• Good-bye Macs, hello OS X, 2001.09.25. Farewell to older Macs, hello to OS X - and some questions.
• iBook advice: Reader input on iBook issues, 2001.09.11. Restarting the iBook, cleaning stains, trackpad alternatives, and how to avoid overheating.
• iBook: curse or godsend?, 2001.08.31. Small, light, affordable, easily scratched, hard to clean screen, hot, and sometimes difficult to use for gaming.
• Travelling with your iBook, 2001.08.15. The travails of travellig to Europe for holidays - at least if you want to use your iBook.
• New iBook sans DVD-ROM, 2001.07.31. It simply wasn't possible to buy a DVD iBook in London, so Dirk Pilat had to settle for less.
• Wait and don't panic, 2001.07.25. Reflections on the Stevenote and the future of the Mac.
• Okay, some Mac users are conservative, 2001.06.26. Yes, all Mac users are not liberals. Comments on the conservative wing of the Mac movement.
• Are Apple users lefties?, 2001.06.14. The conservative press denies the existence of Apple, while the liberal press embraces it.
• Mac as religion in the UK, 2001.05.15. What does it mean to claim OS X, Steve Jobs Worshipper, Macintosh User, or Apple Computer as one's religion?
• Just try buying a Mac, 2001.04.24. The decidedly sorry state of Mac retailing in the UK.
• OS X, Apple Tattoos, Sexy TiBooks, 2001.04.06. Mac OS X in London, an Apple tatoo, and the sexy Titanium PowerBook on the cover of MacUser.
• Low end Mac users are nuts, 2001.03.27. Brits have to face high prices, a shortage of retail outlets, and a Macworld editor who looks down on low end Macs.

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