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All members are invited to blog on Applefritter. Weblogs should generally be of a technical nature and should be written in such a way as to still be readable and useful 50 years from now. Please do not embed outside media. Images and videos can be uploaded via the Media Browser. Files should either be attached to the blog post or uploaded to the file libraries.

When you post to your blog it will appear on this index and on your personal blog page. Once you've made a few posts, contact me about having a graphic added on the top of this page.

Rosebud

Submitted by williamahearn on June 15, 2005 - 1:21pm

It seems to me that perfection is a worthy pursuit but an uninteresting endpoint. It is, after all, only an old, working but obsolete computer when you’re done.

Notes from a heretic

Submitted by williamahearn on June 11, 2005 - 5:24pm

f you think that Apple switched to Intel because IBM couldn’t produce the PPC chips in quantity and desired speed, I got a bridge in Brooklyn that you might be interested in. Apple has been running OSX on Intel for five years for a specific reason and it wasn’t as a contingency option. I

An Old "Book" For My Library - A Rebuilt PowerBook 150

Submitted by astro_rob on June 6, 2005 - 11:47pm

PB 150's are the red-headed stepchildren of the 68k PowerBook line. Nobody really wants them. I often wonder why. My first PowerBook was a 150, and I thought it was a decent enough machine. The screen wasn't great, but it was fast running System 7.1. It also typed easily, and for me, that is always a plus. Sadly, it died one day, quite possibly the victim of a lightning strike while it was charging. Even after replacing it with more capable machines like the PB540c and 5300c, I still miss the PowerBook 150. That changed in May, 2005.

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