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Author: Neale Monks
Neale Monks has used Macs since 1990, when he was won over by the simplicity of printing from a networked Mac compared to doing the same thing with networked PCs. Since that time he's written for several Macintosh magazines including Macworld and Macformat as well as MyMac.com, InformIT, Peachpit, TidBITs, and the now-defunct AppleLust web site.
Besides using Macs to make his living every day of the week, he likes to tinker about with vintage Macs, and a few years back wrote an e-book called 'Buying Used Macs' published through MyMac.com.
Neale has a degree in zoology and a PhD in palaeontology. He lives in the market town of Berkhamsted on the edge of the Chiltern Hills.
Regime Change, Iran, 1953
It is often said that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. One striking story from recent history that we would do
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Apple! – It’s time to put the PowerBook to bed!
Of all the Macs, the PowerBooks will always be my first love. Though I’ve used many different desktop machines over the years, all the
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Sony, Microsoft, and digital rights management
Many computer users like to think pirating software or music is a victimless crime. After all, how is installing the latest version OS X
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Are some countries just plain nuts?
In a speech to students at a university in Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, among other things, that Israel should be “wiped off the
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Video iPod — an innovation too far?
A news article at the BBC web site (see the link below) chronicles the difficulties a number of tech companies have had in getting
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The European Union for Beginners
Several correspondents at MyMac.com have referred to the European Union in their blogs and articles, but for many Americans the entire structure remains something
Read MoreBridget Davies Handmade iPod Covers
Review
A unique work of art, produced from suede and silk, stitched and embroidered by hand, and available in a range of colours to match any outfit.
Read MoreClassic Macs #4: The Original G3 iMac
No list of classic Macs is complete without reference to the big, blue bubble that saved Apple and the Mac OS. Neale Monks takes a look at the G3 iMac.
Read MoreClassic Macs #3: The dual-USB iBook
Neale Monks, author of Buying Used Macs, considers the dual-USB G3 iBooks to be the best value Mac portables about. Find out why in the third of his articles on Classic Macs.
Classic Macs #2: The Mac SE
This week Neale Monks, author of Buying Used Macs, looks at the Macintosh SE, the first of the compact Macs to sport the line-up of serial, ADB, and SCSI ports and probably the best value machine around for anyone wanting to start a classic Mac collection.
Read MoreClassic Macs #1: The PowerBook 3400
In the first in a new series about collectable and easily obtained Macs from the past, Neale Monks, author of Buying Used Macs, takes a look at the PowerBook 3400, arguably the first portable produced by Apple that was good enough to replace a desktop machine.
Read MoreAfter the Mac Mini, is there still a market for used Macs?
In a recent Podcast, MyMac.com editor Tim Robertson mentioned the fact that the introduction of the Mac Mini might well have made my recent Scroll Down Book “Buying Used Macs” somewhat obsolete. The argument boils down to this: with the Mac Mini offering Internet connectivity, enough horsepower to run most home and office software, and support for all the modern USB and FireWire peripherals, is there really any need to buy a used Mac at all?
Seven things I hate about you – an open letter to the computing industry
There are some things about the industry that just drive me nuts. I’m not going to whine about how come there little rubber feet from my iBook came off so easily, or complain that Bill Gates just doesn’t play nicely. No, what bothers me are things that could be fixed relatively easily, or exist purely for the benefit of the manufacturers and retailers, or don’t seem to have any obvious advantages to anyone.
Read MoreDoes Microsoft matter?
If Pages turns out to be as successful as Safari and Keynote, does the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft have something to worry about? And if Microsoft stopped producing Office for the Mac, would it really matter?
TiPaint Touch-up Kit and iKlear iPod Cleaning Kit
TiPaint Touch-up Kit and iKlear iPod Cleaning Kit
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Apple’s Little iTunes Pricing Problem in Europe
The first Apple iTunes Music Store opened in April 2003 and only serviced the United States, but was followed in June 2004 by three
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Used Macs
Computers are expensive things. A premium laptop can cost as much a decent second hand car, and even at the budget end something like
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Remembrances of Macs Past – Part 2: The Lows
Remembrances of Macs Past – Part 2: The Lows (11-11-03) Dr. Neale Monks. Not every Apple out of Cupertino was made of gold. Neale Monks had the misfortune to come across a few of them.
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What’s New Pussycat
What’s New Pussycat (10-25-03) Dr. Neale Monks. Neale Monks takes a look at the key new features in Panther and wonders whether they’re enough to make the home and small office user want to change.
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